Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-05-29
HIGH SCHOOL CoMMENcEMEN1

the 1919 graduating class of Trego
County High School were held at the
High School auditorium last Thurs
day night. The exercises were open.
ed by the High School chorus singing
tsThe Heavens Resound'' which was
followed by invocation by the Rev.
Wade.
Alfred E. Vanorden d. D., of Sal
ina, had been secured to deliver the
address to the class and was intro
duced by j. H. Nies1ey, principal of
the school DR.. Vanorden spoke on
ssSome Evidences of an Education"
His address was an excellent one and
filed with many valuable thoughts
In his opening remarks he told the
class that they, with the present gen
Grafton, are facing the dawning of
new age, new world as it were, and
described it to them by the oft re-
peated verse:
We are living, we are dwelling,
In grand and awful age;
In an age on ages telling,
To be living is sublime.
The call from each one to help ush-
er in this new world will demand the
very best that it is in them and It
will fall to those who have the -edu-
cation to carry on the construction
work In this work of reconstruction
the question is what evidence can
you give to the world of your educa-
ton The uses of an education were
classified under three principal div
IsIons, the power of though, the power
of efficiency and the power of char
| acter- By the power of though we are
enabled to develop and not to stun bic
along IN darkness and uncertainty and
the truly educated mind is devoted to
renectIon, concentration and the con-
| quering of hard tasks To know how
to use ones brain is an evidence of
/ education. The power of efficiency is
an index to what is within US and it
| is not only necessary to possess power
to think but the power to do must
go with it. The times will reoire men
and women of ability to think and act
quickly. The uniformed and the i1saz
practicable will fail while the oppor-
tunity to do Will fall to him whose
hands are best trained for the task.
Under this division the speaker en-
phaclzed a necessity of knowledge
of chemistry, history, civics and
economy The affairs of the world are
so interviewer at the present time
that knowledge of these subjects are
an aid to the successful conduct of
business affairs not only to the edu-
Gator and city man but to the farm er
as we'll But were the powers of
thought and the powers of efficiency
the only ones developed and trained
education would fall pitifully short of
| its end Education is a fully develop
| ed person living worthy life. For
that reason it is necessary to pos
sess the power of character that an
education may be complete. God and
Christ and christian character ere
needed. To develop mind only would
prove detriment to society and the
training of character is necessary for
| the development of morality and edu-
cation without character is treason to
morality In closing he admonished
the graduates to go forth into life
with determination to live honor
| able, useful lives and to develop their
powers of though, efficiency and char
acter and gave them as parting words
| this poem:
! s<Be Strong."
We are not here to play, to dream, to
drift.
We have work to do, and loads to lift
| Shun not the struggle; face it, it's
Gods gift.
| ssBe Strongl"
Say not the days are evil-who's to
blame?
And fold the hands and acquiesce-
0 shamei
Stand up, speak out, and bravely, IN
/ Gods name
.sBe Strongl"
1t matters not how deep entrenched
the wrong,
How hard the battle goes, the day,
/ how long
Faint not, fight onl tomorrow comes
the song
Miss lone Kraus, a member of the
graduating class rendered on exceIl-
ent violin solo from t<Serenata Op. Is
No ]" by Moskowisk which the aud
fence greatly appreciated
j. H NiesIey, principal of the High
School presented the diplomas and IN
his few remarks gave the graduates