The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-06-24

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 Opening the exercises was instru- mental music furnished by the school
 orchestra under the direction of Miss ,Ingeborg the Svendsen@Tune. Joseph
 Schwarz then welcomed the large
 audience and greeted his classmates
 with the SaIutatory.
 He spoke as follows:
 s'It is indeed fortunate that the
 salutatory address comes at the be- ginning of the exercises, for now I shall be able to enjoy the remainder of the evenings program I have tread, somewhere, that a speakers { primary purpose is to secure the ! sympathy of his audience and I feel
 confident that before I shall have
 finished I shall get the sympathy of my hearers
 l+Surely there is no occasion upon which an assembly has more in com l mon than on commencement night fThere may be cause for disagreement ! between nation and nation, between couutryInan and fellow COuntryInan, : between neighbor and neighbor, be- ltween friend and friend, but between -parents experiencing the common hpride of having a son or daughter graduate, there can be naught but perfect concurrence of goodwill we are fortunate in having with gus our friend and former principal, MT Lee Mir. Lee, we welcome you to our exercises. We realize that you have come here with difficulty but we trust the pleasure derived by you ! from this reunion will compensate you for your inconvenience. Again we have with our teachers. To {. them I know not what to say, but to carry out the felicity of the graduat- ing atmosphere feel it incumbent upon me in behalf of the class to y-thank them for having so kindly and randirectfy invited Us here this even ing
 {. I~To the indifferent and impartial tparents and friends of the members of the class I must hasten to ad- vance the assurance that the class or tsH is a most unusual class It was &ny privilege to be present at the [commenceInent exercises of last year s .aother was given to understand that Frhe class of 1920 was the best class Ethat ever graduated from the Bridge Sport High school This year I am EprincfpaI and teachers that the class Eof 1921 is the best class that ever sgraduated from the Bridgeport High school I should be sorely puzzled fby this progression of progress, that : of having each class better than the 1 last were I not absolutely sure that fthe class of '21 is the best class that ever graduated from the Bridgeport | we are, therefore, in a peculiar fposition- We descend from the proud and lofty dignity of seniorshiP : to the low and humble position or [coIlege or business world freshman ! ship. That we have been fresh i men we regretfully admit That we : have been sophomoreS, we can moi 7 deny. That we have been juniors, | we are unable to challenge. That we have been seniors we proudly ac- fknowledge. [ .As seniors we have been subjected { 50 one of the most burning and hu- | 7. initiating injustices of all school his tory. We have been given a new style inte1Iigence-teSt which is really | an. ignorance test but it is not so | much the test as the fact that we were given it together with the fresh. men, wherein the shame lies Where 1 is that tongue which can describe or | that pen which can depict the soul | gnawing of a senior after the in | | telIigence test when strolling along mark freshman say, Hm- There 1 goes that senior with the ten-year- old inteIligence' But the program this evening is long and already the ! rhetorical and oratorica1 guns along 1 sthe first line of attack are impatient | kto fire We trust that you shall be able to withstand theb ombIrdnent' Miss The1ma Helene Knox then wspoke on Should Bridgeport Have S,Juyenile Court ?'' and was followed Tby John Ronald Hopkins. His topic es-was My Friends in Fiction and in sMY FRIENDS IN FICTION AND
 IN LIFE. yBy tsePhfneas,'' pseudonym John Ronald Hopkins 'I. swhn IS this feeling that comes over { And leaves me soothed with the calm of honest work well done; sTheu comes back again to renew My vigor for the tasks to come Tt soothes me, and inspires me to perform
 ,any part in life with re-awakened t1t pictures truth and strength, rColnfort and faith
 swhat CAN it be-
 sRut wait. I recognize it now! N is the spirit shape that Memory
 Ntakes
 :when she recounts the merits of my aafy richness in the gold of earth is -es,t what a wealth of friends I can Friends throushout my daily life Stauncb friends and true, whose help
 waits on my need,
 And sometimes grants my wish De- Friends of the present and of years wnose earliest recollection leads me To note the myriad kindnesses of their
 dear hearts
 ,Rut not alone the friends of flesh and Does Memory delight to bring to
 me
 s7t seems that every book ever s-9a.. roused from it's mute pages sA+ least one character that my mind
 retains
 sometirnes it is for depth of feeling
 shown,
 seOr perseverance in the face of fate sAgain, it is some fiction-creature
 that invites
 ss1dv pity or my sympathy. And yet
 again, I share the authors
 pride
 ,sIn told accomplishments of va1orous
 days,
 When sordid cruditfes in life and modes Set out more clearly jewels of