Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-06-02
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TOLD
OF VALUE OF EDUCATION

cent of the officers in the army and
navy were college men.
"Now what is an education, and
what is it's purpose? 1t isn't tool TO
enable a person to make more money
it does that but that is not its, pri-
mary purpose. 1t isn't the means OF
getting an entry into the best society !;
il does that but that isn't nts real
purpose. Education means to lead or
draw out. It helps man to De MS
best: it draws out all that is finest in
him: II developes all his latent pow
ers, helps him to think, to reason, TO
see through, over, around and unoer
subject, to get it from all angles.
al make a plea therefore, to the
boys and girls of this community that
thew may have the best that money
can afford, because with our natural
wealth and the good blood which flows
through the veins of these successors
of Wisconsin's sturdy pioneers, we
ought to make Wausau to the state or
Wisconsin what Northampton is to
Massachusetts"
Make Tasks Worthy
Rev. Taylor then suggested to the
students that in casting about for
something to do they should first OF
all "get the conviction that life itself
is sacred and that every power you
have should be consecrated to some
worthy task. A student once asked
our president if he could not take a
shorter course than the one prescribed
by the institution. oh, yes was the
reply, but that depends upon what
you want to make of yourself. When
God wants to make an oak he takes
100 years but when he wants to make
squash he takes six months Take
all the time you consistently can to
make a good start in life.
"In the second place be willing to
do your part in the common tasks OF
life. Do not feel that you are above
your fellow men.
edison is the best exemplification
of live mind that grasps the essen
tials of it's problem, whatever it may
be. Therefore, Edison is our great
est national asset today in inventions
and the production of wealth. He
has credited to him in the Patent Of
flee, more than 1000 inventions.
Some of these were patented almost
fifty years ago and therefore are freely
other countries. In 1910 100000, 900
was invested in his various inventions
with an annual gross revenue of ST.
OFT 100000.
I'm 1921 approximately s14,OO0,000-
900 is invested in his inventions,
showing the growth of these factories
in ten years. This means that one
twentieth of the total wealth Of the
United States has been created by Mr..
Edison's intellect and inventive gen.
ius, while one-thirtieth of the income
of the nation last year was derived
from these great manufacturing and
labor saving devices.
Religion Essential
my last thought ladies and gentle
men of the graduating class is that
education without religion is a men
ace. There has somehow come the
idea that manhood and womanhood
may be complete without religious ele-
ment of character. But for the full
development of intellect and character
there must be the union of religion
with the forces of education"
The "Twenty-third Psalm" by Mem
delssohn. sung by quintette, of the
Misses Gertrude Luebchow, Olga
Heinzen. Mary Nicoud, Lucille Rozelle
and Helen Biller, followed. After the
singing of my Country IT'S of Thee"
and the benediction by Rev. H. H.
Kattmann. the organ postlude, Festal
March, lehman, ended the program.