The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-06-10
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BUTLER URGES
143 GRADUATES
aupustana Gym Crowded at Com
mencement Program of Rock
Island High School.

L II
,,,,nnasium last night, friends and /
s.siatiyes of 143 graduates witness
II the concluding event of the ,
pock Island high school term.
The graduates marched from the
,aar of the gymnasium to the stage
nile the professional was played
10 the high school orchestra, d. !,
pscted by Miss Gladys Allison, as /
.sstant supervisor of music in the |
schools. The invocation was given |
s ~ Rev. w. G. Oglevee, pastor of the !
south Park Presbyterian church. |
TWO numbers were given by girls
ahoral club and Dr. Nathaniel But
ior of the University OF Chicago,
tba sneaker Of the evening, was in
troduced by Arnold Lau, principal.
"Since the war, the people are
thinking more clearly about .educa-
ion" DR.. Butler said in his ad-
dress upon school and Success"
at is the aim of the high school to
make the individual understand the
work that is TO be followed, and the
great difficulty today in commerce
and industry, is the pupils leaving
school before they have completed
their work They are anxious to
earn money and believe that by
Saving in school they are losing
time"
DR. Butler emphasized three val
mes of education: the value of the
high school to its graduates in Civ
ing them the kind of training which
guarantees success in their respect
i've vacations; the value of the
nigh school in preparing them for
social and civic life, giving to its
bovs and girls social intelligence
and the social habits; and the value
OF the high school course, not only
in giving the kind of training which
wins the awards of commerce and
industry and not only in training
for intelligent and helpful citizens,
but also in enabling the individual
to get the best things out of life.
Want 100 Per Cent Men.
FACTORIES and organizations of
today want 100 per cent men work
ing for them. They do not care 1or
a is per cent workman and it is
loss to the pupil to leave school pc
fore being capable Of giving the 100
per cent.
Higher education makes a per-
son think and he must not only
make a living and pay debts in this
world, but before he is worth while
and fulflls the purpose for which
he is put in the world, he must
contribute to the community in
which he lives. A high degree OF
intelligence is a nasset to the com
munity and if this community was
devoid of schools the property and
real estate would decrease IN Valu-
alton.
Good education enables a man
TO know a good man man when he
sees one,'' he asserted.
ITO earn a living is not altogeth-
er everything, as some people
think. Working and eating are OF
course necessary but along with
them one must know how to play,
love and worship. A school must
train not only for work and civic
and social relations, but also for
leisure. The high schools do
great work in this direction by
bringing the boys and the girls into
contact with the best in literature,
social ideas, and in a continually
greater extent by bringing them
into contact with the best things IN
music and art"
In giving statistics, DIR. Butler
showed that out of every 100 school,
pupils only rs reached the high
school and out of this rs only about
seven or eight on an average, grad
uate.
Grads Deserve Credit.
Turning to the graduates, he
said these are the survivors OF
the fittest and they we'll deserve
credit for remaining on duty and
completing their high school
course"
"An educated man carries a sharp
ak and the uneducated man carries
a dull one" he continued, but the
educated man, even though he mas
an instrument that will do the
work, must use it Everyone con
tains potential power, but it must
be developed"
Summing up his address, DR.
Butler concluded "the high schoo
is truly a community asset, and the
| American people are showing theil
| appreciation of that fact In tne
| rapid multiplication of high schools
and the rapidly growing enroll
ment in them. Money spent foI
Il education is spent for enllghteh
ment OF mankind and the Salvation
Of the republic"
Dedicate watch Tower" to Lau.
| Wilson Payne. president Of the
class Of 1922, gave brief talk II
which he read the dedication o.
the high school annual, the water
Tower" to Principal Arnold Lal
l and the editorial written to Arnoi1
1 lau by his class" The class pres
ident said the class of 1922 has al
1 ways felt that it was Mr.. Lau
| class. inasmuch as it entered th'
| high school when Mr.. Lau assumed
his duties there, and now has nm
| ished its work there as Mr.. Lau
who is also to enter a new field
| work, Is doing.
In the absence of J. L. Vernon
/ President of the board of educa
ton, the diplomas were presented
70 the 143 graduates by James r
Witter. member of the board