Connecticut western news., 1922-06-29
VALEDICTORY AND CLASS
 PROPHECY OF C. H. S.
Essay by Mary Montani, First
 Prize, in the Colonial = Danes Contest
Valedietory by Mary Sweeney FACERE GUAM DICERE


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 Theodore Roosevelt said; "Aftel all, when all has been said and done the thing that is most important is for each of us to apply, Tn his or hel way, the old humdrum workday vir- tues, and as regards those 1 know quibe we'll that preaching does not amount to anything unless the preaching is transmitted into prac- tice. Your opinions depend at least as much upon your. actions as your factions upon your opinions. You fathers and mothers in the audience we'll know that if you get your chil- dren to behave in certain fashion so that they always do tell the truth, they will formulate the theory that it is always right to tell the truth that their actions will influence their opinions rather than Il cir opinions their actions.
 The only value of words. uttered or listened to comes when they are transmitted into deeds"
 Realizing the truth of this state ment the graduating class chose as it's motto the. words "facere quam dicere," which mean ''to do rather than to talk about doing
 / Perhaps this motto can better be applied to the life of Theodore Roosevelt than to that of any other man, for his life was one of great activity. He believed that a man must be respected for what he makes of himself and that individual res possibility is a necessity. The one way to obtain success is to work for it. Theodore Roosevelt never won anything without hard labor, careful planning and working long in ad- vance. He showed that kind of dip 1omacy which consists of not utter ing one word that can be avoided.
 We find this diplomacy used by him in the dispute over the Alaskan boundary. Here his attitude was frank and clear cut. He merely said: "Arbitrate if you want to but here is the map"
 We see him entering the Albany Assembly at very early age. There, through hard labor, he rose to lea deisnip in a shorter time than any person before or since has ever been able to. This is shown in the fact that by the end of his first term he was a national figure and at the end of his third he was head of his State delegation to the National Conven- tion. He gained his first fame through a fearless attack on a corrupt judge, whom the leaders of his own party were seeking to shelter; but he gained the real confidence of the public by his solid and persistent work for an honest government.
 Later he was appointed a-member of the U. s. Civil Service Commission and for six years fought the battle of Civil Service reform. It was a perilous position for a man with political ambitions to administer ably, as the Civil Service Commission was unpopular and there was danger of antagonizing Congress. However, Roosevelt carried the fight into the very Cabinet and was again ap- plauded for his courage. "
 He did some notable wrok while President of the Police Board in New York City. He speedily won the affection of the whole force be- cause he was a most energetic roundsman land a fair one to boot. He earned the name of Haroun Al Roosevelt through his patrol trips he- tween midnight and sunrise, because he was willing to get up when other people slept, and see what the town looked like then. Looking after. his patrolmen was not the only errand that took him abroad at night. As Police President, he was member of the Health Board and sometimes it was the tenements he went in specting while the tenants slept. He was after facts and learned them as speedily as he could. When as>Gov- ernor, he wanted to know just how the Factory Law was being executed, he came from Albany himself and investigated. No Governor or Police President has ever before been found who would do this. But Roose- welt learned exactly what he wanted to know and what he ought to do and did it.
 The police were constantly having trouble with strikers. Roosevelt saw that it was because neither party understood fully the position of the other. He called a meeting of the
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