Putnam patriot., 1921-06-24

The exercises in the Victory The
- last night marked the close of
r. graduation ceremonies of this
.asv in Putnam. Thirty-seven seniors
.s.s;ved the diploma of graduation
t-om Superintendent of Schools Mac
no,ald at about Gas last evening,
xsile twenty-one students of st.
ua-y's parochial school were gradu-
a,s3 At the Catholic church Sunday
afternoon. Those promoted from the
grammar department of the public
s.bools we're given their certificates
Thursday morning.
Graduation Exercises
The principal address at the high
school graduation exercises was tie
ljvered by DR.. Willard Scott of Brook
hn. Mass. DR.. Scott is a platform
seeker Of some note, delivering ad-
dresses often from a Chautauqul plat
frn. and he is also a popular college
preacher
Or. Scott repeated the scriptural
passage. What shall it profit a man
if he gain the whole world and
lass his own soul" He mentioned
two ways by which a man might at
tempt to gain the whole world or as
maeh Of it as possible. and he showed
tks dangers in each pathway to the
sos5
Those Of you who plan to attend
college" he said, may attempt to
gain something of the world by
branching out in the higher institu-
tons. But in the colleges there lie
many dangers. Many professors. of
ten in our most conservative institu-
tons, take peculiar delight in de-
stroying all the props under mans
religion and faith in existing institu-
tons without substituting faith IN
something else in doing this.
Then, too, he may fall prey to the
inconvenience or troubles which lie
in secticnalism. The college man
brings home his college chum from
Alabama. and his sister falls in love
with this chum. They may marry and
be unhappy because of their different
interests.
And not only are there social dan
gers but the vocational side brings
troubles as well. The young man
goes to college. becomes educated and
then settles down in another country,
far from his home.
eon the other hand If you insist
that the young man stay at home and
escape these dangers, you will make
Of him narrow and little man. And
in general you will find that the man
who bucks up against the world out
side and takes his chances will in
much greater likelihood make the
greatest mark in this world.
The best policy is to buck up
against the world with courage and
adventure. Be in the world but not
Of it.
Your previous training has been
10 develop in you the proper attitude
Of mind. The quality of your work
in the world has been largely deter
mined by the attitude of mind you
have developed Go into the world
with the right attitude of mind and
you are bound to come out all right.
And don't stay in college too long. 1t
IS as bad to be in school at q as out
Of il at II.
Right now there are wonderful OPP
portunities for great career. ! CON-
mend you to a busy, stressful life IN
this, our most wonderful era.
After the address Principal Snow
presented to Miss Helen Thompson a
set Of the Cambridge edition of the
English classics as the Eden Tatem
award for excellent work in English
literature.
Besides the principal address and
music, essays were delivered by Miss
Jeanette Nichols Gilbert, Robert Ellis
worth Arnold and Miss Helen Ruth
ven Thompson. who received highest
scholastic standing in the classical,
commercial and general courses, re-
spectively.
About 800 persons crowded into the