Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-06-12
EIGHTH GRADE GRADUATION

Interested IN educational a1alrS was /
manifested last Thursday afternoon
by the large crowd of citizens who as
sembled at the court room to hear
the exercises and address delivered in
honor of. the graduating class of 1919
from the eighth grade of Trego county
schools There were seyenty-fve
| members of the class and nearly all
of them were present. They were as
sembIed IN the Office of the county
superintendent and marched into the |
room taking places provided for them |
on the platform in the front of the /
room.
Mrs. Hattie Moore Mitchell, of |
Pittsburg, Kansas, a very able and /
interesting speaker and orator had |
been secured by the county supefin- |
tendant to deliver the address and she I
was fttingly introduced by Prof. J. |
| H. Niesley. He spoke of her as one
who scattered flowers of thought as |
I she goes over the state delivering adj
dresses In her opening remarks Mrs.
Mitchell congratulated Trego county
on her large class of graduates but
also asked, "Dou you know that there
| is only one boy girl in eighteen
| here that should be here owing to
i the large number that started in the
learly grades but for different reasons
1 stopped by the way side? Where are
| the other seventeen ?" She Hkened
i the day as one of the mile stones in
i your girls or your boys life. Your
4 boy or girl has worked hard for eight
years. He or she has surmounted
difficulties and overcome defeat and
today beholds his OF her efforts
lcrowned with success. Today the cur
tain drops and the first chapter of
life is completed.
In
Mrs Mitchell said the slogan of the
i German soldier was Got Nit U.s.;
the French, .sThey Shall Not Pass;
the English, cover the Top" but the
only thing that would fit the Amer
lean soldier was sPUSH". This she
divided into four Subdivisions, .tPur-
pose, Usefulness, Sincereity and Hap
4 piness" IF we accomplish anything
IN life we must haye7"Push'' but there
must be a purpose in life as well. Set
your stake ahead and then work to
reach it. See to it that your purpose
Is right and it will be accomplish
good for you. Purpose is the lantern
that lights the pathway of life step
by step until the goal is reached. To
carry out your 1ife's purpose be use
full Humanity is like clover patch
There are plenty of three-leaf Glow
ers, but the four-1eaf c1overs are few
the most of are three-1eaf-cIovers
and the few who represent the four
leaf clovers are the leaders, Try to
be four-leaf clover IF you cannot
be, join yourself to one that is and
help him. Be useful Usefulness be-
gins at home in helping father or
mother with their every day tasLs
She illustrated this with a story of a
pupil who could not get along with
the work readily as the others and
had failed in the examination That
pupil said to her teacher: Honestly,
feel like a cypher in this world %
: The teacher explained to her that a
, cypher by itself represented no value.
f but when placed at the right of a
: figure it became of little or greater
: vaule according to the figure it was
1 placed beside of to help So, we. in
e this world, instead of remaining
: cyphers may become valuable and
a useful by putting ourselves beside a
: leader.
We must have a sincereity of pur-
pose and be sincere in our actions.
D Sincerity counts for good, but are we,
a as parents and teachers of our boys
!, and girls teaching it to them as we
l should by our own examples IF we
f lack sincerity people will lose con-
; hdence in If we have a purpose
r in life, are useful and sincere, these
virtues viii bring a crown of happi-
ness and happiness is quality worth
while
E The diplomas were presented by
:, Prof Nies1ey and in his remarks he
e stated that he could find nothing more
e appropriate than to endorse the
!. thoughts expressed in the address by
e Mrs Mitchell, and to emphasize the
Y idivisions as cardinal virtues
The musical selections on the pro-
q gram were most exceI1entIy rendered
e land were heartily appreciated by the
t audience The following Is the pro-
a gram:
& iDuet-RoyaI Trumpeters-Br Brown
Elsie Zeman and Ruth KELLOGG