The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-16
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. NuNn 'qpHtS, MI ! ltS'''''''' o. '.'''
. heritage from these walls. In ouI
deeds Of the future We Sha!. seek ''
incarnatc the ideals and principles 70
= cc!vcd here. We can express |" YOU
. no ADEQUATE ,hauS< for the privileges
. Of the past four yours. but In behalf
Of the graduating class. let me offer our
congratulations on IN" growth and In
crcaslug Influence Of III" college tc
whose prosperity YOU hav" =" HealousIN
devoted your energies. We shall seek
to dcmous,rat" our appreciation on INC
Na:tleGc,d Of liz"
The ideals and principles Of our alma
! mater would not live in us as they d"
/ Today were il not for the fact that YOU
members Of tho faculty. ara the living
cxponcnts Of these ideals. At your feet
We sat. and In nc future "" shall not
forget to follow the path which YOU
have G" faithfully pointed out to us.
Words can not express the feelings
N cur hearts toward you whom ch"
legal world calls trustees. May We
, forge, tina, your are trustees. ana ."t
us thsuk q" you as men With desire
10 pave the pathway for the trn'nin
- souls We shall not forget That
thcrr have been timcs or darkness and
rl"om throu"h which YOU have had TO
.iSh' inc way.
Must Appreciate Honor
Fellow students ,hCrc are many or
YOU who will follow IN our footsteps.
Not that No have hlaX"HCd way iha:
Is SUPERIOR 10 nj others. bat the COM
mon course 49, events has brought us
10 this hour. W. NHrrCrintc most high
lv tive honor or This occasion. We could
wish FOR vou nothing better than that
tlN., a
ls,~atton ant tho fidelity ~ the rae
ulry may enjoy the felicity of COM
plotting your courses a. We have done.
and that :" you may II" granted the
same marks "F consideration by our be-
loved alma ma;e-
Fellow classmates. phrhaDS' N The
dim aisle nc the future We may a.,
gather on another occasion which vii.
be alt tive Swcater because Of the years
thtt vii, have passed. hut THIS Is not
probable" We shalt likely go our ways.
10 :hc east and 10 tho west: 10 our N0rA-
tons aud 20 our responsibilities. Hut
the ties that have bound Ms WI! never
he broken Remembrance will ever hold
dear these wears of mutual helpfnn"sS
and comra dcshi1. and may there by no
sadness OF farewell when "" dopar'.
for though tho gatherings 90 IA" pas,
can not lie rcrc0;cd. III" tics o. love VIII
over hind MAY The hpIlowcd memories
Of these raih"riuCS and th0s" dear ties
form, q center round which our r""ol)ec-
,innS NAV cn,hc~ and to which our
AFFECTIONS may ,liug. our alma mater.
dear old Poihanv. "" bid ad.cu :" thee,
around ,hy walls may the ivy ever
cling. and tn our hearts may sweet
memories ~ iu"r ever I've. To thee
we hid farcwoN'
Governor odeN Presented.
Tho principal speaker "f 'h" day was
,hcn introduced by nr. Goodnight. ana
his address ON Tho theme "EdurAtiou as
Arr!:ol to EusiuAs~." made = pr
found impression upon tn" class. II"
said.
II is particularly pleasing 70 come
back 20 Bethany especially al period
when Nature has added 80 "rner0uSH
of her gifts and has so Splendidiy con
tributed 70 all that should b" III" com
pletemcnt OF occasions such as This.
While nv stay WAS brief owing TO
circumstances which compelled mo to
transfer my allegiance 10 another col
lege. yet from time TO time my mind
has travelled hack over the past 10
this quaint town away UP here in the
Panhandle Of West Virginia. My
thoughts have often required To the
associations md friendships h " 7 q
formed. and an confident that by
reason o. such associations, ! have
reaped that which has been or in"aI-
culable benefit as have journey along
the pathway Of 'ife
A half-ccntury has elapsed since !
left here-fifty years Many in a
mans life but how few IN the history
OF recorded events.
When we look back over this period.
when We contemplate the wonderful
growth and development that have fol-
lowed. results that have made our IA.
ton tho leader among those ot tho
world. We are amazed and led 10 Won
der whether we have reached tn" ancN
Of civili7aiinn md whether the future
shall still make for progress rather
than for retrogrcSsion.
Science and invention. the hand
maidens o. industry. have Surmoun'cd
obstacles which but Il few years ago
seemed impossible barriers; electricity
then but laboratory lor. has almost
suppanted steam in its many applica.
lions. man has conquered the air; to
cur homes are brought the voices o.
the far distant. while those who wrote
so ontertainingly a half century ago
of the future and its possibilities could
scarcely have imagined that their
dreams could have been moro than full.
called in that which is but the common.
place OF today
Greater Intelligence
Nor is progress confined 10 that
which has followed scientific research
but in government in social life, the
changes have been no less marked
Nations have risen from q semi-har
harous state to that Of power and In
rluenCc. while our social life has k"It
pace through education and has trans
formed the great majority Of the pee.
lie Of tho earth into outstanding. right.
cons men and women
To one who has lived through this
period recognizing IS he must that
with this progress CreHter intelligence
HaS come to the people. there come!
he Ouerv as 10 what should be said t.
hose who are about 20 begin life.
York.
Advice to Young men. as 10 all men
- seldom much valued. and yet at This
1eriod It may not be amiSs 10 pause.
% look back. 10 in1uir" why these
years Of study: why the submission To-
discipline: query that should be
made IL FOR no other reason than to
MEASURE up and to forecast our worth
in the development and progress Of
he future.