The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-05-17
GRADUATES HEAR
EXCELLENT TALK
q HANDICAP OF AN EDUCATION y
Is TOPIC OF PROF. II. G. DALE
WHEN 73 RECEIVE DIPLOMAS

The Handicap of an Education,
the extra weight and responsibilities
of learning, which to one person acts
as drag to be carried through the
years, and to another as fywheel,
giving balance to life's activities, was
the topic upon which Professor H. G.
Dale, head of the University of Idaho
department of economics and political
science, spoke last evening as the
principal speaker at the thirty-first
annual high school graduation exer-
cises, when 73 Moscow young people
were given their diplomas
AS part of the commencement
program, the Mrs. Philip Soulen
scholarship cup, given by Mrs. Sou
len each year to the student of any
class in the high school having the
highest standing in his class, was
awarded to Leslie Hedge, one Of the
members of the graduating class.
This is the first year that the cup
has been awarded, and to become the
permanent property of any student
it must be won for three successive
years. Members of the graduating
class having an average of 9 A for
their four years in school were given
special mention during the exercises.
Those students were, in the order of
their scholastic standing, Marjorie
DILL Q6OI, IneOuOI0 Il. OOIItll, L oil
els G. Eldridge, Iona Penwell, June
Davis, Cecil Smith, and Joseph Olsen.
Prof Dale's Address
The principal address of the even
ing was given by Prof. Dale, who de-
fined the handicap of an education
as the carrying of an extra weight OF
learning, which brought with it the
handicap of the greater distance
and the later start" All these, how
ever, only act as greater factors lead
ing to ultimate success to those who
profit by obtaining an education it was
emphasized. The extra weight Of learn
ing was likened by the speaker to
the weight of poise, and the weight OF
a realization of the possibilities
in life, helping the young graduate
to keep his feet on the ground " as it
were.
6 It is the extra weight of learning
which will keep these young people
from going out into the world and at
tempting to institute the type of poll
tican and economic reform which is
advocated by I. w. WIS, and that ex-
ira weight of education will always
continue to hold them from participa
ton in such activities, Prof. Dale
said.
Long Race Counts
g So many men can run the short
race, while SO few are able to go a
long distance. 1t is the handicap OF
a later start which will in the end
determine who can survive the long
est, and the modern business man now
realizes that from the college and
high school graduates must come the
men upon whom he can rely to stay
the entire distance, and upon whom
he can place responsibilities"
1t was brought out during the lee I
ture that Of the men given the army
intelligence tests during the war, only
fifty per cent were even capable OF
completing a high school course, and
of that number only twenty per cent
actually obtained that education, and
that of the ten per cent capable of !
completing university curriculum,
but two per cent graduated.
Increase Earning Capacity
OF those boys and girls who at
the end Of their eighth grade, went |
out and got job, there are but few
who will have the opportunity of be-
ing placed in responsible positions.
Many times those who start first get /
winded first, and those of us who con-
tinue on through high school, then
college, and even further to specializa
ton, have better chances of winning
out in an actually shorter period of
application.
" Ninety-two per cent of the gradu-
ates of particular university paid in
come taxes last year, while govern
ment figures tell US that but two per
cent of the entire population pay an
income tax. The problem of the han
dicap of the later starter is becoming
more and more serious, and at the
same time, more and more necessary
for success Prof. Dale said.
In closing the speaker gave a few h
words of personal advice and counsel
to the members of the class, in which
he told them of the manner in which
they could show their loyalty to their
lives.
: Superintendent Phi Soulen, in Civ
ing out the diplomas to the gradu-
ates, gave a brief talk concerning the
Moscow school system and it's prob
lens. The invocation and benedfctiOn
were given by Rev. H. o. Perry, of
the First Methodist church.
The high school orchestra and the
girls and mixed choruses gave several
the course of the program, which was
enthusiastically received by the large ,
audience.
Class Roll It
The 73ngraduates to receive diplo- ,
mas last evening are as follows:
Hattie G. Allen, Clyde C. Anderson,
Benedict, Robert Homer :
Bell, A1yce B. Carlson, Henry J. Bot .
ten, June Ransom Davis, Theodore A. I
Margaret Fox, Leslie c.
Mildred Gilbertson, David !
p Burch, Gladys Fac Gregory, Leon !
E. Campbell, Lillian I. Hazeltine. !
Samuel Hager, Alpha F. Helm, Paul :
G. Draper, Bernadine e. Jessup, Fran
els Glover E1dridge, Evelyn Irene !