The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1921-06-02
MADISON HIGH SCHOOL
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WELL ATTENDED-DR. BRYAN
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The high school auditorium was
well filled last evening with the par
ents and friends of the fifty-three
graduates constituting this years
class, that number being the largest
senior group in years to pass from
local school life and activity into the
higher Institutions of learning or in
TO trades or professions.
Filing into the large assembly
room profusely decorated with the
school and class colors the happy and
anticipating members of the gradual
ing class took seats on the platform
at the close of a well rendered march
played by Miss Jessie C. Simpson.
On the platform were also Supt.
c. z. Nickle who presented the class
and DR.. Elmer Bryan, recently elect
ed head of the Ohio University who
gave the commencement address.
Preceding DR.. Bryan's talk the high
school girls quartet gave a beautiful
song number. "Out of the Harbor,"
by Targett
Introducing DR.. Bryan. former
president of Colgate University, Supt.
Nickle spoke of the pleasure in hav-
ing SO talented a man for the occa-
sion.
DR.. Bryan at the outset called at
tention to the fact that his visit here
was made doubly pleasant by a cor
dial initial welcome into the schools
where were pointed out happy groups
of boys and girls in action on the
play grounds.
Among the speakers more defin-
ed thought was the notion. that
youth is full of meaning, full of
joyous activity and longing to re-
main young and bouyant in spirit.
He told of the strength of the new
of training for usefulness, compar-
ing the length of that is required
to bring the helpless infant through
to boyhood or girlhood and on thru
school and home training to gradua-
ton. Animals reach complete train
ing in a brief span, man only after
half a life time of painstaking eff
fort. In mans second period comes
life's most important work and bur-
den bearing. 1t is the time when
ripest judgments are formulated.
The attention of the class was
called to the examples of fine up
standing men who go to the White
House, the pulpts, the judges
benches, etc.-all products of special
training.
The three outstanding choices
the young person must make run
about as follows: At IA to Is years
Whom Shall 1 Serve? At 20 to "a,
What Shall Da? At 25 years and
on, With Whom Shall l Mate?
The responses TO these queries
should be: Serve those whom you
admire and whose aspirations you
most desire to initiate. Do what op-
portunity offers and is suitable de-
pending on a self reliant spirit for
success minus coddling and coaxing
With reference to finding a mate DR..
Bryan gave a warning to choose wise
ly in order to avoid an unhappy life
DR.. Bryan's speech contained wis
dom and counsel that any graduate
open to suggestions for guidance
might well heed.
Following a good night song by
the girls quartet Supt. Nickle in
fitting words with due praise pre-
sented the fine class who rose for
recognition and the comforting of di-
plomas.
That occasion was one long to be
remembered and the event must not
be chronicled Independently for back
of the class and it's group training
stand the grade and high school
teachers who have labored patiently
and long that these young people
might be fitted for the higher duties
of life. While applauding the gradu-
ate let us give more than a modicum
of praise to the instructors of the
young.