White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-06-29
DIPLOMAS FOR IS
HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES
Governor Boyle Delivers
Address and Makes
Presentation to the
Departing Class.

Commencement exercises OF the
White Pine County high school were
held In the school auditorium last
Friday evening. Diplomas were pre-
sented TO 16 graduates at the CON
elusion of an excellent program,
featuring an address by Governor
Emmett ID. Boyle and including sew
eral fine musical numbers.
Rev. Mclaughlin of St. Bartholo-
news church offered the solemn and
earnest invocation that introduced
the exercises of the evening. Evan
Davies. captain of the school cadets
for the past two years, presented the
salutatory in a we'll selected address,
which was followed by beautiful
solo from the Oratorio of Samson
and Delilah. sung by Mrs. Anthony
Zurich with superiority of musical
style and In rich cultured voice
that won the admiration of her au-
dienee.
Attorney J. NJ. Lockhart with u
few well chosen remarks introduced
the speaker or the evening. Governor
Emmett n. Boyle.
Governor Boyle preceded his ad-
dress by remarking that he should
BY reason of experience, be most
gifted in making commencement
speeches, az he had been called upon
10 deliver such addresses on At least
eight occasions IN the past month.
He declared that he would vary his
program for fear OF duplication and
not attempt an address. but merely
make a plain statement which he
hoped would be accepted "a one
neighbor speaks 10 another Tie
congratulated the graduates and The
county high school and urged that
all young students be encouraged to
attend Neyada's own institutions
and get an honest-to-God educa-
ton" Speaking OF the record made
by the University of Nevada. from
which he, as n native OF the state.
had graduated. he called attention
TO the fact that no other university
had produced more eminent men In
proportion to It's alumni than had
the University OF Nevada. mo
prouder during the war had any uni
versity than that of our own" said
the governor. There are 400 stars
on the service flag of Nevada's uui-
versity. men drawn from .he ranks
of undergraduates and the alumni.
Out of the 1g1 men at the desks.
I64 Of them went into the uniform
OF the United States. I challenge
apy university OF the world to better
that record" declared the governor.
Governor Boyle then very care
fully introduced the subject for
which he appeared to hold the warm
eet predilection, the subject OF the
League OF Nations. which he declared
should not he looked upon as par
tisan measure, but one that was of
the most vital interest, not only to
the present generation. but to those
who would shoulder the reeponsibil-
ity OF the worlds government In the
future.
The governor explained statistical
~ that there had been 45i major
wars during the Christian era. max
ing the statement that during the
past 500 years England had spent
35 per cent OF that time In r,
while France had spent in fighting
36 per cent OF the time, or In other
words. 419 years out of 500 for
France and 373 of the 500 years for
England had been wasted by these
countries In war.
I'm the period OF 100 years pre-
vious to the nineteenth century" the
governor declared. "all the wars had
cost but twenty billion dollars with
the sacrifice OF four and onehalf mil
lion lives. while the great war OF