Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-24
1O2 ARE GRADUATED
FROM HIGH SCHOOL
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Promptly at Sis the orchestra
played a march and those who were
to occupy the platform entered III
two lines. coming into the auditor
ium through doors on either side.
The invocation was made by Rev
desmond Heyliger, pastor of the
First Baptist church, after which
Louis Seaman, one of the honor stu
dents and salutatorian, presented q
logical, comprehensive and we'll pre-
pared grafton on Conservation"
and also made the ~salutatory adj
dress.
The life of future generations"
the speaker said. depends upon our
conservation. In order to bring this
change government control Is neces-
sary and the elimination of waste.
There are only ~one-fourth the num-
Der of FORESTS in the United States
that there should be. Forrest fires
and wasteful numbering methods are
to blame.
I'VE are consuming lumber four
times as fast as it is growing. The
depletion of our forests must be
remedied and active steps in refor-
estration taken at once under gov
eminent control"
With reference to the c%onserva-
ton of our wild animal life the
speaker urged passage and enact
ment of laws whereby 'finny. feath-
cred and furred" friends of man
might be protected. He drew a
mental picture of a world without
birds, without animals. without fish
and overrun by insects.
The last subject referred to by
the speaker was that Of conserv-
ing our mineral The in
creased use of the automobile as the
result of lowered prices has resulted
in an increased demand for oil. 1t
is only a matter of time when this
ST pply will be exhausted II steps are
not taken at n C to conserve, the
speaker said, which will mean the
steam and electricity will then have
to be resorted to. In closing he
made a strong plea for government
control as a means of bringing about
conservation.
THE Mission of the Public
School," by William De Witt Hyde,
was given in an impressive manner
by Albert Klein, another honor stu
dent. Nh. Hyde, in treating the sub
iect, maintained that a public school
tuuCdllOh 10 " " NAAAo tA
order that he might be able to vote
intelligently and mingle in politics.
it is not offered along industrial
ideals so that the children might be
capable of earning their w living,
but it is offered in order that the
boys and girls might become intelli-
gent and public spirited citizens,
good wives and husbands. pure and
model mothers and fathers, capable
of having an uplifting influence in
the community. The public school
gives an equality of training to the
rich and poor alike. the speaker
continued, and the identity of aim
brings these two classes together in
bonds of fellowship.
Roy T. Nielsen. valedictorian. in
addition to making an impressive
farewell address to the teachers on
behalf of his class. gave an Grafton
on THE Soul and Psychology of
most unbelievable rise of that
barism to a point where its military
power is exceeded by only the
United States and Great Britain and
where its commerce has been de-
veloped to such a point that 1t ranks
with that of the largest nations.
I'm order to understand the mys-
FERROUS power which Japan possess
es making possible this wonderful
growth" Mr.. Nielsen said. at is
necessary to understand the Japa-
nese psychology" In Japan. he
said. the business man is looked
down upon. the general belief being
that the commercial element is con-
siderably below all others. The
To ora naDora,n;gt;o -e4~I
the speaker pointed out, placing
national success before personal
success and believing in militarisIn
which is mainly due to foreign in
tercourse. The worship of ancestors
and holy regard for forefathers
must be studied in order for n 20
thoroughly understand the soul of
Japan, Mr.. Nielsen said. He spoke
of the customs and emotions of the
Japanese, their charming and SYM
pathetic n and training in
courtesy. In closing he said: Japan
was thrust upon the world too sud-
denly for the people of other nations
to conceive of her."
Following two selections by the
orchestra DIR. Frank Maroney, OF
night. was introduced by Superin-
tendent Samuel Z. Shull. DIR. Ma
roney's ready wit and ability to i'll
lustrate his points with we'll told
stories made him a favorite at once.
He warned the graduates from get
ting the idea now that they have
finished high school that the world
owes them a living. hat religion can
be forsaken as if for only for very
young or very old people and thai
the law of the land might be all
right in theory but does not work
out in practice.
You boys and girls should start
at once to make a survey of your
selves. Take account of stock. Make
what the doctors call a diagnosis of
yourselves in order that you might
determine what you are best fitted
for" he said.
ITO be a success" the speaker
continued. one must be physically
strong. morally straight and men,
tally alert. the Boy Scout pledge in
this respect. containing these three
important points. The draft" DIR.
Maroney said, showed the number
of poor physical specimens in our
midst"
DR.. Maroney told of the findings