The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-05-24
GLASS or TURrY-rwo REcEIyES
DREONAS GRADCAmSG PROM
OUT :" PTN HIGH SCHOOL.
two S&rnoEtu SPEAK, TIA Addresses
Dealing WITH Patriotic Subjects
Eru4. SScoSa Gives diplomas.

1J3E010X W1lh
EruS. I&cooa Gives Diplomas
Tho graduation exercises for the 1913
class Of Trade,phi,. District high school
were held laSt evening IN Che cathedral
auditorium OF the Scottish Rtto CAthed-
raj. The 50 graduates marched onto, the
stage in their caps and gowns OF gray
and black. followed by the members Of
tho Girls Cleo Club. which furnished Tho
music for the evening. under the dtrec-
ton Of Miss Bess McGranahan When
Twilight WeaveS' from Beethoven, was
the opening song. following which Rev.
". E. Schuette, pastor Of tho St James
Lutheran church. asked the invocation
The Glee Club then sang "May Song
from Arditl.
The first speaker OF the evening was
Miss Martha Hogan Beck. She took for
her subject The Two Americas" and
in = ,,.cll prepared speech told the SINH
ls.rity Of the founding and settling OF
the South and North Americas. how
their resources were practically urlin-
ited. and the factor which had kept the
two nations separated so long WAS the
unSyrnpathctic and misunderstood gov
ernmcnts. She said that South America
was discovered by Columbus in 1+9S. but
that It had only been discovered BY
North America in 1918 when trouble
started with Mexico. During the recent
world war with all tho European nations
at war and .he submarine warfare on.
the two Americas gradually sought out
each other toStradc. Raw materials are
me chief exports from South America
and manufacture articles comprise the
exported products from the u S Inc
adding Of Spanish to the curriculum OF
local schools also proves the tnendiS
feeling between the two countries She
concluded by stating that South amer
lea had sent delegations here TO gam the
best education possible and the pros
poets are very good LOT ono +Niuetiea
instead OF two.
John Welty Handlan was the next
speaker and he chose for his subject
"Our Need for Universal Military Ser
vice" In n splendid address he recalled
the inadequate army at n" time the I.
S. entered the recent war. and me Sc
lective draft measure reSorted 20. l'ur-
ing tho Civil and South American wars
tho draf, law was used and England also
-r.s obliged 10 draft part Of h"r army
during the later period OF The war. nc
irnnrcsscd the fact that universal! MILL
tarv trimming need not be tbs compulsory
training system used. by Germany. ous
rather the modified plan used by AUS
Sralie, France. Belgium or switzerland
Colonel organ. commander or tho -'th
division. Of New York. is to conduct
Junior PlattsburE during the summer
months, using the Switzerland system.
Mr.. Eandlan suggested that each man
-vbo Is physically fit at the age OF Il
v.ars serve six mouths in military
srnool and then te put on the reserve
list until he reaches the age OF 40 years
This he said: may seem like very eN-
oenst1a proposition. but tho camps are
.elr,asy constructed and could be USED
inst as they are. He viewed MS SUI
3ect from every possible angle. the col
1ere man could serve his six months at
3he college, the mechanic could enter
Motor Transport Corps or the AVIATION
while those who were needed 1rnanclaIy
.t home could make allotmrnts whlie
.r-.inp He related the physical i'm
,,-7,vernent Of the men who have seen
serv4ce and concluded by naming some
~ the most prominent men in the coun-
+rr Who are in favor OF such a plan Tor
universal military training.
Trhe tborus sang The Garden OF
Cleo" Following which Lloyd LowneHs
Friend. A. Il. state supervisor OF ntsh
schools in West Virginia, gave a inc
address He used for his SUBJECT MN,
ing Dreams Come True. Inc essensla.
onelif1cations for success are-KnoW
@,o,-.elf. know your job. help your fell
iour men and make your dreams come
an. He said that a new ana import
a,+ srhiect added to high schools WIS
Voca+fonal Guidance. wherein the ooFs
80 ,,rls were led to think just What
+heir life work should be and Just what
they were the best Cuali1ied 10 90 ne
.aA that cooperation instead OF com
,eition was the chief factor among DUST
ro-.- 7oen OF to-day to achieve success
70
-, tbe L s. soldiers had in going to
~. AID Of their fellow mon: that this |
-, Tho means of raising the STANDARDS
~, tbe ,,eople. He concluded by telling
~ th,. necessity of seeing visions ana
Sa,;ns dra1us and also Of being little
Sfs.atistied with present conditions 10
Be successful z,,ro-.,,
Prof. S. 8. Jacobs, olseF7c1 sop1
Of schools addressed inc ciaSS
IN q few brief words and when 'olo u
+ho absence OF two members OF the 1'l'
Glass Ono was Samuel McGo~an, VI"
vas injured In trying to save the NE Oh
a child At woodsdale, last OCTOBER MT
McGowan has just returned from spe"o
ing seven months in the hospital anu
ia now able to be about on crutcncs' 40
sent his thanks and appreciation 70 VIC
class for a remembrance sent TO MN AT
this time. irwin ttoHhSAey 10 >-iS O>'NA
member OF the class who was not pres
ent. He Is quite III at his home in Elm
Grove Of typhoid fever. but as he hao
completed his work will receive his
diploma !
The diplomas were then presented ri
the graduates by Prof. Jacobs. and the
Cleo Club sang Gypsy Life" from
Schuman and Rev Schuettc asked tho
bened1ction.
The following graduat"d:
Dorothy Mildred Beans.
Martha Gosan Beck.
Marie Isabel Blayncy.
Natalie Dolores Brennan.
Agnes Cecilia Brennan.
Neva Naomi Caldwell.
Olive Eerva Courts.
hannibal Albert Davis.
Sue, Clara Falloure.
Kathleen Virginia Flanagan,
Mildred Virginia Foreman.
George Albert Frazier.
E>ael Bell Gibson.
James Knox Gibson.
Alice Madeline Griffith.