The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-05-29
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manufactured for this purpose but no
ono ever manufactured q machine
thst can solve q problem. Problems
must be solved by individuals. We
are constantly facing new problems
and the time for solving them Is
when they present themselves NOT
tomorrow or next week but now. he
Illustrated this by stating that you
lmay spray fruit trees every day Of
$50 days IN Q year but II you failed
Ito spray them on five certain days
Eyour fruit would suffer from neglect.
They tell me-" said the speaker,
shat John D. Rockefeller did many
wrong things. ! don't know as /
Ehaye nothing 10 do with Mr.. Rocktel-
Eler, am not IN his class and don't Ike
millionaires anyway, but ! do know
THAT II Mr.. Rockefeller did make mis-
takes he made them at the right time
to make mistakes"
Face your own problems, do your
own thinking and do It at the right
time. Problems come rapidly. When
the commission to investigate The high
cost Of living. got down to business
and asked for information concerning
profiteering letters poured In by thou
sands on this subject and before they
could be handled the cry went up from
thousands to investigate the coal prob
lem, then Immediately look into shoe
and boot proiiteering,n clothing and
operalls. When a ship leaves Norfolk
larbor with orders to proceed to Liver.
pool or vice versa the orders may be
changed a dozen times by wireless be.
fore the ship reaches q destination and
no captain Is sent out with a cargo
who can only travel from Norfolk TO
Halifax. He must be able to right
about face and reach any port that
may be designated. Nobody knows
where a cargo which starts out these
days Is to 60 TO and any hour Of our
lives we are likely to be out Of our
element and may have to 80 to Hall
fax"
Dr.. Winship admonished the older
folks, some Of whom he said are crys-
talized, fosspized and petrified not to
Judge the youth Of today by them
selves, NOR to Judge their opportuni-
ties by their own. The woman Of III.
ty has no right to criticise the dress
Of the women under thirty. The &s:-ld
is looking forward not backward.
Thirty years ago no one had ever seen
an automobile and today We must
watch or be killed by them. Old folks
must realize the rapid changes that
are confronting the world today.
Look forward not backward. Edu-
cate the children for things, we know
nothing about. Think OF what has
happened since the youngest member
Of this class was born. Help your.
selves, be alert for new things. The
wooden clocks placed in front OF
jewelry shops marked at twenty min
utes to eight will do for the old dunn
mics who want to see things as they
have existed, but those who want TO
see the world move forward must use
United States standard time. We must
realize that our problems are Ameri-
can and world wide. No problem that
c%onfronts Fairmont Is Its problem
alone: It must be- West Virginia's
problem, Americas problem and world
wide. To be a big man one must
think in big units, units bigger than
any n%eIghborhood city, state or ma
ton. Solve the problems that suit
you and play where you can play best
In the game Of life" Dr.. Winship Il.
lustrated a point he wished to impress
on his hearers by showing a knife
made Of stellite a substance which had
: been discovered by Elwood Hanes,
, which could and would stand heat,
cold and other exposure and yet re-
, main unchanged. Said the Doctor, Il
have often wondered why only one
man discovered this substance, and
have been told that this man when a
boy in studying chemistry was cha
lgrtned because his teacher often told
his class Of certain substances which
were said to exist but nobody knew
anything about them and then and
therel he resolved to seek out these
substances. Challenge yourselves,
boys and girls, he said, to resolve that
you will solve problems the world
knows nothing about today. In clos
ing he told Of an automobile trip he
had taken up the mountains in the
! West and how when he admontshed
the driver OF the car to "honk" discov.
cred that the man was looking ahead
through mirrors which reflected clear.
ly the other side Of the trail and could
see clearly what was ahead. Look
around the corners, boys and girls, and
see what is coming up the other side
of the mountains"
In addition to the mastery address
Of the speaker Of the evening an in
teresting program was rendered.
Seated on the platform were Dr..
Wlnship, City Superintendent Of
Schools Otis G. Wilson, Principal
George H. Colebank, Glenn F. Barns,
class sponsor, Rev. Roy J. Meyer, pas
tor Of the Lutheran church, A Brooks
Fleming, member Of the Board Of Ed
ucation, and the Misses Hazel Morgan
and Margaret R. Smith, ~valedictorian
and salutatorian Of the class.
Following the invocation BY Rev.
Meyer a pretty duet was skilfully
rendered by the Misses Sarah Watts
and Ruth Wilson, members Of the
class. Miss Margaret R. Smith fol-
lowed with the salutatory address,