The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-06-15

PREPARE FOR PEACE
Existent Period Passing and schooi
System Great Factor in Making
Men and Women, Says
Executive.

Governor William L. Harding woult
abolish some Of the straightIaced, red
taped school laws of the state and. re
place them with some new-fanglet
IDEAS Of his own that have been grow
ing on him for years, he said in his ad
dress at the commencement exercises
Of the 1913 class OF Keokuk High
school. Friday night
These are some Of the things
the governor said he would do:
Make the state responsible for
the training of a boy or girl in the
INES they are best adapted to.
Graduate boy or girl from
High school even il they can't
learn Latin.
Lay the foundations for good
lawyers, teachers, Housewives.
husbands and farmers in the
Governor Harding was addressing
the forty-seventh annual commence
ment OF the school.
Duty Of the STATE.
It's the duty OF the state govern
ment to furnish every boy and every
gin with the opportunity. early In life,
to do what work they want to do and
then prepare them for it The sooner
that is done, then the sooner will there
cease to be insists in this land of
ours"
To make doubly sure that his aud
fence got the import of his meaning,
Governor Harding said. Now I'm
going to say that an over again." and
he repeated his theory about the
states responsibility toward the stud
emit"
save a Boy.
II boy simply can't get Latin I
wouldn't keep that boy from gradual
Ing from High school. I'd break rule
into . thousand pieces and save a
boy"
And he added: Thank God we're
getting to that situation rapidly in this
country.
"A failure Of q boy or girl is fail
ure upon the life of a community.
You've got to give the boy and siri a
chance to show initiative. They must
4 have chance"
We are living in a marvellous and
wonderful age. There never was a
time when young men and women
should be SO well equipped as now. It
is a proud moment in the life of each
member of this class for it means a
place of recognition for each in the
! community"
America to Lead.
DEPRESSING momentarily from the sub
Ject of education, the governor said:
The place in the world for common
( laborers is gone. almost. The people
Of the western hemisphere are abour
to lift the old world out of the mire.
We are never going back to an ex-
istent age after this war is over and
the state and nation should prepare
to see that every man and every fam
lily has his own home. For the home
: Is the greatest thing in the world"
Never Boarding House.
Wittily he added: "a man will 90
out and defend his home with a shot
gun, but never a boarding house"
Then he attacked the foreign language
proposition in the schools.
I'VE aren't trying to build a pickle
factory, we are trying to build a ma
ton and a man can't be true blue, hun
bred per cent running over, Patriotic
American if he can't read LincoIn's
Gettysburg address in the original.
It's the Sermon on the Mount in
America and you can believe me it's Co.
ing to be read in the original in Iowa
THE greatest event in the world is
happening now. There never was
show like it before. Some day this
war is going to be over and a new
leadership will be presented to Ameri-
ca. The hours of the Crucifxion. the
signing of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, of the Emancipation Procla-
nation must have been great hours,
but today is more vital to the world
than any day that has ever come and
gone.
Building Monuments
The man and the woman who can't
catch the spirit of this hour is going
to lose The boy who rs fighting on
foreign soil now is building a monu.
ment that will last forever and the
father and mother who give a son to
the greatest cause are creating the
most precious heritage.
The future of this old world is In
The hands of America
Freedom for ALL
Its up to us here at home to
catch the spirit 1t is one thing to
have an army to defend the nation
and another thing to have the folks
at home preparing for the time when
peace comes.
Some day when the war is over
we are going to see Uncle Sam Sit
ting at the head of long table. On
each side will be the allies and
down at the foot will be represent
alton of the German people, but not
the kaiser. There a new declaration
of independence will be written and
we will say that all nations shall he
free and have equal rights. Not until
then will peace come
The Graduates Opportunity.
Turning to the graduates, the GOV
ernor said: