Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-06-09

Education.
A large number of parents and
friends attended the graduation exer-
cises of the wildwood High School,
Glass of 1922, in the auditorium last
Friday evening. Seventeen students,
who have successfully passed the four
years of school work, were awarded
their diplomas and addressed by Rev.
Milton Harold Nichols, pastor of the
! Park Avenue Methodist Church, of
Philadelphia. The auditorium was
t~astefully decorated with maroon and
white crepe steamers, the colors of
the class, and the platform was beau
titled with ferns and potted plants.
The exercises opened with the in
vocation by Rev. Henry B. White, pas
tor of the First M. E. Church. The
graduates attired in caps and gowns
SANG Awake with the Lark" very
prettily. Miss Mary Elizabeth Kloo,
an honor pupil of the class, then de-.
livered an Grafton on the subject, 1.-THE
immigration Question" Miss Kloo's
grafton was very interesting and could
be heard distinctly from every part of
the room. The graduates then sang
"The Lord Is My Shepherd" a para
phrase, from the Tw%enty-third Psalm.
The second honor student to deliver
an Grafton was Isaac Jones Heston,
president of the class. The theme was
1.-THE Genoa Conference" and the
president, in a we'll modulated tone,
told of the accomplishments of the
recent conference in a manner that
maintained the interest of the audi
ence during his Grafton.
Supervising Principal Chalmers in
troduced Rev. Nichols, who greeted
the students in a friendly manner.
Rev. Nichols had a pleasing person.
atty and presented many truths to
the graduates and their elders, inter
spersed with bits of humor and nee
dotes of his experiences. During his
address he said: There is something
about knowledge that makes us
thirsty, and the more we drink the
more we want. That is education.
The receiving of an education doesn't
mean that your future is made, but it
does mean that you have received the
opportunity of living life at it's very
best. 1t is up to you as graduates of
Wildwood High School to grasp this
opportunity now and prepare to get
the very best things out of life. Life
to be lived at it's very best must con-
tain three factors-thought, character
and duty. In our minds we are either
forging weapons for our destruction
or fashioning tools with which to
build a house of success.
"The more you know a thing the
more you like it," continued DR.. Mich
OILS, land if you want your thinking to
be masterful you must love to think
deeply. Always have a vision but
don't be visionary. Have your head
in the air, but always keep your feet
on the earth. You have not been privi-
legged to receive your education in or
der that you might separate yourself
from the masses, but that you might
do greater work to lead the world
through the darkness. The supreme
purpose of education is to help those
who are helpless, encourage those who
have faltered by the wayside and dedi-
cate your lives to the service of 9th
ers. Be true to your ideals, your
teachings, your better self and your
God and you will attain the greatest
of successes"
The presentation of diplomas was
made by E. NJ. Johnson, president of
IL DoorI 1f EJ,ao+;0o who in a -Four
words thanked the city officials and
the teachers of the Wildwood school
system for their cooperation during
the past year. He then gave the well
earned diplomas to the graduates.
After the diplomas were presented the
graduates were each given a large
bouquet of American Beauty roses.
The students sang the Bridal Chorus"
from the Rose Maiden" and then
mingled with their parents and friends
bidding their formal farewell to the
school and the teachers with whom
they had long been associated.
The graduates were Isaac Jones
H%eston, president; Mary Law Barber,
vice-president; Myrtle Elizabeth Kloo,
secretary; Harold Lee Braidwood,
financial secretary; Ruth Esther
Bright, treasurer; Samuel Milton Gar
fnkle, Lenore Estelle Gloeckfer, Ruth
Elizabeth Haines, Clara Hill, Ralph
William Maxwell, Charles Thomas
Mcneil, Helen Elizabeth Mounts, Doro-
thy Harvey Price, Mabel Worrell Rob-
bins, Frances May Shute, Esther May
Gladys Stein, and Martha Kemmerer
Van Horn