The Mena weekly star., 1921-05-26
GRADUATING CLASS HEARD FINE TALK
Dr. Charles J. Greene of Conway Made Wonderful Address, Urging the Right to Happiness--Class of '2l
 Receives Diplomas.


 anuual commencement exercises held
 Friday night at the First Presbyterian
 ehurch. did so in a real atmosphere of
 Happiness.
 It was a joyous occasion in more
 4han one sense of the word, and no
 small part of that desirable condition
 was the result of the wonderful com
 tenement day talk given by Dr.
 Charles J. Greene.
 If Dr. Greene is an orator he did
 hot show it Friday night, but that he
 s man capable of broad under
 standing of the real things that make life worthwhile, there is no doubt in
 1the minds of those who heard his won
 derfully interesting talk to the grad
 hates of '21.
 # Dr. Greene is now acting president
 cf Hendrix college at Conway. He ]. was once Mena resident and pastor
 of local church. That was more Ethan % years age. If he gave the old #Menaites such talks as he gave the *high school graduates Friday night,
 fhe oldtimers certainly suffered great
 loss when Dr. Greene left for another
 pastorate.
 It is impossible to make the types
 Reproduce in the same fascinating way zfhe truths that Dr. Greene enunciated #before the graduating class. The speaker has a way of telling things *that baffles reproduction on the print zed page. One must be right there to *hear 1t.
 * Tie college head and former Mena Epastor uttered many words, but the pist of his remarks can be summed up *in what he designated his creed, in other words what he believes, and zthat can be further classified by the Statement q believe I have a right 8 to be happy"
 It was this interpretation of Dr. ] Greene's creed of happiness that made #the commencement of '21 the happy &occasion it was. In the course of his discussion of happiness the speaker Hgave a generous course of instruction Band advice on how to attain happiness. He laid particular emphasis on the ] idea that happiness consisted of two kinds, physical and intellectual The N first kind depends largely upon the &care one takes of ones health, and *Ir. Greene particularly admonished #the young graduates to realize the Importance of physical health and con- #duct their lives accordingly. Physi- zcal fitness is necessary to attain men, ktal happiness.
 Dr. Greene called attention to the kfact that while wealth is desirable the accumulation of money does not in- #sure happiness He illustrated this point with personal experiences at Little Rock and Fl Dorado. Happi- Eness, if attained at all, is largely de- pendable upon our relationship to Bother people, and for this reason the &speaker urged that his hearers be &broad in their sympathies with the Eother fellow. He listed as horrible examples some of those whom he Eclassed unfortunates because they *were shut ins" from all human sym #pathy.
 One of the most striking features of E the college mans commencement talk was his classifcationof the great American sin, which he called dis Ehonesty. We teach our children to Ebe spenders," said Dr. Greene, but fail to teach them to be earners; Whereby teaching them to try and get 1something for nothing, which is not Hhonest."
 As a final recipe for happiness the Speaker recommended an effort to Emake others happy "Train yourself to produce more happiness than you kconsume. Love was classed as con- \ Edition of mental health that leads to Ementai happiness. Cultivate love and Imake somebody happy and do all to Rmake yourself fit to make others happy. A grouch was classified as a sympton of mental disease and could
 be cured by the proper application of Dove.
 Preceding the presentation of his &ereed Dr. Greene spoke directly to the . .class and among other things con- graduated the group of youngsters over the fortunate position in life. Great men and women have lived and died in the world. according to Dr. Greene, and never had chance to learn the things the class of '21 has learned in the past four years. The awarding of the diplomas was Ehandled by Mark r. Olney, secretary | of the board of education, who also in- lrodueed Dr. Greene. Mir. Olney pre- |sented diplomas to the following. shelby Ford, Myrtle Bell, Zella Iomlinson. Emmett Lindsay, MiIree Smith, J w. Gardner, Jr., Edith Rockwell, Harry Wilkins, Willamina Pipkin, Oliver Norris, Gertrude Patton, Diga Parker, Florence Hamilton, beth Laughlin, Ruth Hamilton, Eva Hodges, Mae Goolsby, Myrtle Tyler |and Cheatham Ogden.
 Hubert Smith, also a member of the |ciass, was out of the city and did not attend the commencement exercises, |tno receiving diploma.
 Principal Price announced that the |honors won by members of the class Were a scholarship at the state univer- |sity at Fayetteville, awarded to Elm melt Lindsay and scholarship at the .college at Marionville, Mo, awarded |to Shelby Ford. announcement was also made that the following had graduated from the normal class and would receive their Diplomas later: Shelby Ford, Flor sence ,e Hamilton, Ruth Hamilton, Eva ||ii!iodges, Mabel Jackson, Beth Laugh m, Olga Parker, Willamina Pipkin, |Edlth Rockwell, Milree Smith, Myrtle Tyler and Christine Watson. when the 19 young graduates en- tered the platform at the Presbyterian |fhurch few minutes after o'clock Friday night there was scarcely va- |lAnf I-C4 --- L