The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-09
Diplomas Awarded 81 Graduates
At West Liberty Normal School

the time Charles Carroll turned INA
first spade OF earth. with Henry Eassa.
way Davis 4 West Virginan. LOOKING
on. or that memorable July tourth' anu
the United States did tho almost lrnpoS,
sihla Within the two lives OF these great
men"
A Man, or . Coal Mine.
Now, my third question to you young
ladies and young gentlemen. Is one ".
sociology: In your ey"s. which Is tue
bigger. a man. or coal mine
Long age. this question rose IN my
mind. when I attended dinner with
F., T.. Hale Charles W. Warner am
Thomas Nelson Page. MT warner
, kser we had talked over many thines'
turned 70 Mr. Hale and declared tlH'e
West Virginia. within the next twenty
five years, would progress more 'nan
any other state In tho United states
Mr., Hale asked. Will that progress %
IN coal mines or in culture? and the
,n.stion win always be remembered by
me o..
an explanation, permit me TO quote
from oliver Goldsmith. a paragraph from
his The Deserted Village CareruilE
consider this quotation. my friends ana
Won win see for yourself the real mean
irg and 7 am sure you viii try to live
UP TO it's meaning:
" III fares the lad to Fastening Ill prey
u-,ara wealth accumulates and men de-
cay
And now, members OF the class. since
Won have progressed so we'll In your ex-
animation, my fourth question Will no
doubt apoeal to you all. It is pertaining
70 literature. Let me quote Wordsworth
q moment:
III, daily teacher had been the woods
and rills.
IN. silence that Is IN tho starry skies.
The sleep that Is among inc 'o"'E
hills.
FRIENDS. please memorize that verse,
II Is true poetry. good advice. aou
graduates from the city, from wheeling
Ar anywhere should remember, should
get beneath the starry skies that you
night enjoy the silence. and the sleep
that Is found In the lowly hills cannot
b. found in the dust Of tho busy city.
"Remsmber always that verse. Tor
there Is mono that will stand the test IN
the crucible as that one. and II mas
wealth OF meaning.
The Arr Of Living.
MY fifth question to you will pertain
to art. Perhaps that may not appeal TO
some OF you. but you Will see what
mean before 7 have finished. do noe
only mean the art OF painting, tho ART
OF writing poetry or prose; but TO the
art Of life itself. All arts are based on
the same principle. selection.
we must first select our subject IN
writing, we must first select our OBJECT
In drawing or painting. and we must Sc
lect our subject in discussions with care.
And can we put In all we want? From
buying thread to selecting husband.
Young ladies'. you must make careful
YOUR selection. Your practice. your edu-
cation was all selected. You have Sc
lected Your education so far, and now
YOU must make your selection of life
itself Twenty-Five, yes fifty years
from now you will remember you must
always make a selection. A thousand
times a day you select.
whether your life will be success
or failure now depends upon what you
select. And be careful Of your selection.
And now my sixth question will turn
10, Agriculture shall I call It Years
ago tho old saying originated. II has
been heard every day since. and Will
be heard forever. Always the same
question. real. absolutely unbeatable.
eternal truth--'Whatsoever
a mon soweth. so shall he reap
"Ot course you may think OF hearing
Il from tho pulpit when you hear 1t. But
Il applies to all classes Of life, ana
should not come from the pulpit alone.
For does a man reap grapes from tho
thorn, flgs from tho thistles. He reaps
what he sows.
MANY times, down at tho University
sec young men and young women
sowing seed, that what the harvest Will
be, We cannot see. We should always
remember, Whatsoever a man soweth.
80 shall he reap
Using An Eduoatdon.
And now we are around tho circle
We are back whore we started from.
For my seventh, and last question Is
Education, now that you have 1t, what
a.e you going to do with itT
There Is no fully educated man nor
woman. They are only partly educat-
ed. No matter how much a man learns
he can still learn moro. He will never
be educated. Truly tho grave stops our
seeking Of education on this earth. but
do we not still gain wisdom and know
ledge after we have passed that great
beyond.
Education Is like the great big snow
bail Tho larger its q turn adds moro,
and moro, and moro. But yet II IL never
completed. For the moro you roll 1t.
the larger 1t gets. Win you do the
same with your education now?
There are three phases in answering
this great. all important question. Tho
rrst is Have 1t. Have your education
as your honor, integrity your virtue,
your good name.
Live Tor Others
Second, use your education to get
more. Remember the SNOWFALL. The
larger II Is tho easier Il - to acquire
more.
And third. use your education for
not your benefit alone. but for the ben
eft Of your school. young community
your state. your nation. for the whole
world Use It for mankind. Always
work for mankind.
That brings US back to our first few
questions. What does West Virginia
mean TO you? What do the United
States mean to you?
IN closing. let me extend to you my
heartiest wishes that forty-hfty, any
number OF years ahead of you. may
you see the path Of duty, like a beam
OF light in the darkness always ahead OF
you, throughout your whole life.
And may tho blessing Of your alma
mater and the smiles OF God be upon
your forever.
Diplomas Arc Presented
President McGinnis then gave short
talk before presenting the diplomas
President McG!nnls cited tho fact that
West Liberty Academy was first found
"A 4. 1873 and that twenty years later