The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-07-01
COMMENCEMENT
AT ELK'S HOME.
B0stOnian Lauds Roosevelt
at Annual High School
Commencement.
MRS.BRADF ORDTALKS

never IN the history or henosha
High school has such interest been
evidenced in commencement program
as was shown at the sixtieth annual
graduation exercises in the Elks' aus
diterium Friday evening. The audi
forum was filled to capacity and
there was an overflow ii. the lobby,
balconies and stairs.
Several Of the older people were at
tracted by the appearance of Henry l..
Southwick, dean of Emerson College
of 0ratory, Boston, who delivered the
commencement address. Mr.. South
wick became popular in Kenosha as a
Shakesperian reader and old adj
mirers welcomed the opportunity to
hear him last night.
Life of Theodore Roosevelt.
Dean Southwick offered Some Prac-
tical Lessons from the Life Of Theo-
dore Roosevelt-the American" s'Theo-
dore Roosevelt was a mans man, a
heroes hero, and an Americans
American" was the tribute paid by
Mr.. Southwick. Roosevelt is often
spoken of as the typical American, but
a more correct word would be repre-
sentative American; an example of
what it is possible for an American
to be. His life illustrated centralized
genius in every phase.
"The question arises, WAS he a
superman,' or is it possible for others
to attain the heights to which he
climbed? Let us see what he had to
start with-his capital for business.
He had talent, but that does not ex-
plain his career. He had a fortunate
inheritance. He was member of what
might be termed the American arts
tocracy, but distinguished ancestry
does not assure success. He had fine
educational equipment-thi fact is of
especial interest to High school stu
dents-and very fine home atmos-
phere. He had wealth, enough to leave
him free to pursue his own desires,
but wealth was not responsible for
his career, for Roosevelt was essen
TALLY a self-made man.
Lauds Great American.
There are two kinds of self-made
men, one, the type of Lincoln, has
nothing but is stirred by divine am
bition; the other has given to him that
which so many men work for all their
lives and never get. A man born into
an environment of wealth and culture
does not have the incentive of the first
type and it seems to me that self
made man of the second type has the
harder task.
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fate, and the captain of his mind and
soul. He began with his body, whip
ping it into shape in the rugged ranch
life Of the west. He then became cap
tain of his mind, with the magic power
to sway thousands which was charae-
teristic. He became captain of his
soul by fearing nothing in life OF
death. He was honest and uncom,
| promising. He was a great lover
lover of Gods outdoors, an apostle Of
conservation; he was q. lover of man
humanist and confdant."
Some of the magic power" with
which Roosevelt swayed, his audience
hypnetized Dean Southwick's hearers
For two hours he held them spell.
bound with anecdotes and eulogies Of
the man whom he admired. Every
phase of the great Americans life was
painted in brilliant, never-fading col
ors and as his last words echoed into
the silence, hush settled over the
assemblage before the applause which
4 thanked Dean Southwick for the even.
ing of intimacy. with Americas hero.
Mrs. Mary d. Bradford, superinten.
dent OF schools, made the presenta-
tion of diplomas. She gave an en-.
tightening and entertaining history o.
Kenosha High school from the year d
its establishment, when the boys out.
numbered the girls, through the days
of the Civil War with its aftermath
OF lesser interest on the part of the
boys, to the present time when the boys
are again outnumbering the girls,
| The musical program for the exer
cises consisted of Introductory music
by the High schol orchestra; selection
Garry Me Back to Old Virginia. b,
the boys octette; Murmuring Zephyr,
and Welcome, Pretty Primrose" b,
the Misses Yerda Noren, and Edns
Cameron and Mrs. Carl Starr; "Choru.
from Faust" Girls Glee club.
Principal G. N. Temper presided al
the exercises which marked the com.
mencement of one of the larges
classes to complete the four YEA,
course at Kenosha High school.