Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1920-05-27
SCHOOL CLOSING WEEK

A big event in the lives of the two
classes of the young people of Trego
county has taken place at Wa-Keeney
this week. The younger class have
received their diplomas which certifies
that they have finished the regular
course prescribed for the first eight
years of school work and that they
are now either through with prescrib-
ed school work or preparing to enter
high school The older class have re-
ceived diplomas signifying they have
finished the four years course of high
school work and are now ready to en-
ter college or to begin battle with the
daily affairs of life. To each class has
been delivered a sermon or address
in which they have been admonished
to make the best of their education
and of the circumstances of life in
which they may be situated. The ad-
monitions are worthy of careful con-
sideration and will long be remember-
ed and cherished by the young people
The exercises of the week opened
Sunday evening, May 23rd, with the
baccalaureate sermon and the services
at the High School auditorium They
were opened by Scripture reading by
sextette of ladies sang an arrange
nsent of the Goth Psalm which was
very beautiful both in words and in
the manner in which it was sung. The
prayer was by Rev. Heizer, of the
Presbyterian church. The class ser
mon wasefiHed with excellent thought
for the entire audience as well as fol-
the graduating class of young people
He used for his text a part of 2 Tim
othy 3:15, EsThe Holy Scriptures which
are able to make thee wise unto sal
vation through faith in Christ Jesus
He drew from this text a theme
thought of concentration or of taking
the Bible as the rule and guide o1
faith and of doing the best in what
soever thing is undertaken. He open
ed with few suggestions along the
line of "Don't worry over troubles
either, past, present or future but uss
itact in overcoming them Don't be 4
1 rainbow chaser but be something
| we'll Be sure you are right befors
you go ahead or before you join il
| criticizing others. Don't be par
acite, yet with our doings have re
spect for the feelings of others. Dom
be a pessimist, be an optimist; tn.
pessimist makes no progress bu
1
| is the result of persistent work ans
| thought of the optimist- Don't hun
for soft spots but persevere with .
determination which will accomplish
| something. Education teaches us hov
| to meet the circumstances of life an,
| to overcome them. It pays to know
| how, but in knowing how it is neces
sary to use concentration and grit
Specialization was recommended an
they were admonished to make tn
Holy Bible their chief text book TIL
world needs educated men and wome
today as never before but they fnus
be men and women who will stand b
the Bible, the church and the Lord
day. The church and the religion @
the Lord Jesus Christ stands as tn
last bulwark today between the grea
unrest and anarchy and contentmer
and peace, that time when there sha
be no more wars. He closed with az
propriate congratulations and recon
nendations for the class of 1920.
Following the sermon Mrs. NiesIe
and Mrs. Lynn sang stI'm Pilgrim
Mrs Dr. Burnett played the plan
The audience was dismissed by tt
benediction by the Rev. Burkart,
the Lutheran church.
: The senior class play, ga Collee
Town." took place at the Garde
Theatre Tuesday night The syneps
! | Of this play WAS printed in last wee1
| issue OF The World and we wiz not n
: print it here. It Is sufficient to ss
that GA College Town is a real co
lege play and filled with many anu
; ing situations and comedies of error