The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-04-29

We get back our Hiefe as noe measure
We cannot do wrong and feel right,
Nor can zoe gipe pain and gain pleasure,
For Justice apenges each slight.
The air for the wing Of the spdrou,
The bush for the robbh and Vren,
But ailoays the path that Is nauow
And straight for the children Of men.
'Ts not in the pages Of story
The heart Of is ills TO beguiie,
Though he who makes eomfship TO glory,
Gives all that he hath for a smile.
For phen from her heights he has !spon
her,
Alas--ii is only 10 prove
Thai nothing is so sacred as honor,
And nothing so loyal as lope.
We cannot make bargains tor blisses,
Nor catch them like fishes in nets;
And sometimes ihe thing our life misses
HELMS more than the thing tohich IL gets.
For good Hefh not in pursuing,
Bm just in the doing, and doing
Nor gaining Of great nor OF small,
As noe wouid be done BY, is ALL
Through enpy, through malice, through
hating,
Aeaiast the world early and late,
No jot Of our courage abdting-
Our part is to work and TO wait.
And slight is the sting Of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his north
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.
These young men have been observed
closely for the last eight years and the!
are clean so far as ! know, upright in tn
association with their classmates and tn
members Of their faculty, firm in the prin
ciples Of right, and sef.governing in tn
main.
present to you these young men wit
heart full Of pride. In years to come tn
FIRE Of experience may develop diiiel
ent hue either for better or for wors'
Who can say? Possibly their associate
will determine as well as other factors, ic
association is either for good or evil.
And now the young ladies Of the cla'
have been going hand in hand, or bette
Joined hands with the young men--if the
, haven't possibly some Of them will sool
, or some day.
What have said Of the young men ca
be said Of the young ladies. They hay
been a source Of pleasure to me and
the members Of the faculty. ! think Il
reason the boys have manifested such sple
+ did conduct is because Of the high stan
: ard Of the young ladies Of the class.
] fact the standard Of purity, chastity, rig
thinking, and right living is measured
, the standard Of the young girls Of elias
r Not only is this true Of class, but it
true Of nations
Let me say one word TO the credit
he splendid womanhood in this class Ne
> TO the salvation of their own soul, the
? will be another great question they will
9 called upon to answer, and when they a
). sked this question by some young m
o (and hope so if the man is worthy ,
!. believe they will have enough sense a
moral stamina not to say, This is so ST
m" but ask him to sit down while s
= propounds three or four questions Tor h
o to answer. First: did you believe me
t be yirtuous when you came here TO q
/ me TO be your wife?" He possibly v
say, Eyes" with a great deal Of emp
10 sis. and say that was the reason he car
), Second: "Haye you as young man, liz
: as you demand Of me as a girl that shol
. have Iived?" Third: "If !, as a girl,
is lived and done as you, as a young m
q and you knew il, would you ask me
y marry you?"
With that abiding faith and eOnhdei