Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-15
CLASS Of 1918
IS GRADUATED
sEvENTY-FIvE OF SEvENTY-SEV.
EN- MEMBERS ARE AWARDED
DIPLOMAS.
VACANT CHAIRS, DRAPED WITH
FLAGS REPRESENT OTHER TWO
President w. A. Jessup, Of State Uni
versity of Iowa, Delivers Address on
"Persona Iity"-Hish School Band
and Girls GIee Club Furnishes Music
-PersonneI Of Glass.

| Before an audience Friday night
THAT filled the Odeon, seventy-five OF
the seventy-seren students of the
graduating class of 1918 of the his'n
school were presented with diplomas
by Willard b. Hull, president Of the
board of education. at the forty third
annual commencement The two abb
sent members were John P. Smith
and William S Somers, who are serv-
ing with the colors. and whose vacant
chairs were d,aped with American
flags.
The address of the evening was
given by President Walter A. Jessuh,
of the State University Of Iowa. who
took for his subject PERSONAL ty.'
President Jessnp proved most force
full and interesting speaker, and his
address thruoIt was Of thoroughly
practical and stimulating nature.
In opening he congratulated both
the class and audience upon the occa-
sion that had brought them together,
and reminded them that commence
ments were nothing new, but really
educational history of humanity he
showed that from the savage. with his
crude tribal life, on down thru Sparta,
Rome, and Luther. that all had been
interested in he development of the
child, and had their commandments
in various forms.
World Changing Constantly.
Taking ,Ip ais subject he called at
tention to the word. "Pers onality," and
reminded the audience that we often
hear the expression, "A man of per-
snnalitv": that everywhere in the ac-
tivities of life the demand is for men
and women Of personality. He then
asked the question, What is person.
ahty?'
In considering the subject and the
word, he called the attention Of his
audience to four other words, all
closely related TO the meaning, and
which must be taken in connection.
These words we're vitality, mentality,
morality, and sociaoility, and were
used in the elaboration of the address.
He emphasized the fact that the
world was constantly changing, that
life was undergoing a constant process
Of development, and remarked that ed
ucation had not really kept pace with
the world He called attention to the
need of techn.c aIly trained men and
women. their need in the present war
by the govern nent in its various ac-
tivities and 10 the fact that, in every
walk of life the trained man and
woman were needed. He also re-
minded the lass that they had not
been trained especially for the year
1918. but for l94S and the years be-
You'd.
The audience was invited to go back
and compare the past with the pres
ent; the simple life OF earlier days and
the complicated conditions of the
present time. He told OF how TWEEN.
ty-two years ago a prize of 10000
had been offered for the first man who
drove a horseless carriage, and of the
present with Trore than 100000 auto
mobiles in the state Of Iowa alone,
and remarked that the improvements
would be as great in the next twenty
two years. He also told of the prize
offered only nine years ago for the
first man who would fly a distance OF
twenty miles, and compared this with
the great aviation fields of the present
and, their nunroerless flyers.
Again emphasizing the fact that the
world is not fixed, but is constantly
changing, he asked of the parents II
they had given their children the op-
portunity that belonged to them TO
prepare to meet these changing con-
ditions.
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cheapness OF lard but few years
ago, and of the present high prices;
the simplicity of farming in the old
days and what 1t is today and used
this to illust rate the need OF one
learning all he could .no matter III
what line Of activity he would en-
gage.
Education Now More Thorough.
He compared the past methods of
educating the professional man with
today; how a young man years ago
could enter the office of a physician.
study few months and then go into
practice, but now it required a two
years college course, four years in a
medical school, and then several years
experience as intern in hospital. And
it was the same in law, dentistry, and
the other professions. But all this is
now changed, and that the world now
placed premium upon the highest de-
velopment of the mental life.
The speaker declared that there was
time when the child should be edu-
Gated, which was when he was ready
for it, and urged all parents to en-
courage further education for Their
children by every means possible. He
also declared that experience had
shown even in connection with the
present war that the best way to pre-
pare for service was a good college
| education.
Mr.. Jessup told also Of the methods
in the east of considering the health
| of children at school, and the means
adopted in many places. He told OF
his visit to a New York school and
| the surprises he met with there as he
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