The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1923-05-21
GIVES ADDRESS
TO 70 SENIORS
AT AUDITORIUM
DIR. S. +. Halfyard Delivers
Baccalaureate Sermon to
High School Students
MUSICAL PROGRAM ALSO

seventy nigh school students IN the
1923 graduating class was preached
yesterday afternoon at the city Aud
itorium by Dr. S. r. Halfyard before
a good size audience.
The exercises were opened with
the singing of America" by the
audience. DR.. J. f. Rycrson made
the invocation, and pronounced the
bencdiction. A piano solo, "Ador-
alton" by Barowskl was given by
Mrs. John l.. Hughes. Mrs. Arthur
Bauer sang "Gloria' A Buzzi Peccia
accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
Hughes. The violin obligato was
played by Donald Mcdonald.
Dr.. Halfyard toov as his text the
words, "Who Went About Doing
Good" and developed his subject by
speaking on the three rules of life.
The first rule is to learn some
thing every day, the speaker said.
Those who have been graduated
from the schools are sometimes
spoken of as having completed their
education. They have received their
diplomas and their education is fin
ishcd. But the fact of the matter
is that ones education is never CON-
plctcd. Nor should it be thought Of
as being finished. Education is life,
and is therefore as continuous and
as vast as life. Those who have
finished the course at school should
continue to study and to learn. Life
is the greatest of all schools and it
might be pointed out that those who
have not had the advantages Of the
schools may, if they will, learn much
from this great school. Indeed many
men and women who have wrought
many great achievements have
learned much in life's school and
we all can learn much there.
Education is made up by accretion.
One fact is gathered here, and
another there. One truth is learn
ed today and another tomorrow.
Education is not completed within
education is just begun. You have
but started on the royal road to
knowledge. AS the days go by there
will be many things to be learned.
Many golden sheaves of knowledge
arc to be gathered.
You will observe that our rule in
wolves more than learning some
thiH, every day. 1t says learn
something useful every day. We
must learn the things that we can
Ourself use. 1t may for example be
some great fact in history. 1t may
be some historical fact that will
throw light on present day history
for the past interprets the present.
1t may be some fact or facts in the
field of biography. An eminent
man tells US that when he was a
boy he began to read biographies Of
the great men of the world. The
knowledge thus gained enlarged and
enriched his life. 1t may the deed
of some discoverer or explorer, or
inventor, or statesman. 1t may be
something in the fields of science,
some fact of biology, or botany, or
geology, or physics. 1t may be
something of literature, some de-
lightful poem, or soul-stirring prose
1t may be some fact Of engineering
of farming, or automobiling. II
may be something in connection
with health of the body and the cul-
tivation of the mind. 1t may be the
beginning of something from the
greatest book of all. A book which
is more than literature. A book
which reveals God and sets the
door of heaven open before us. A
book which enables us to built
character and teaches us our true
mission and destiny. The worlt
around US is full of truth. God has
placed truth within our reach ant
we need the seeking and the dill
gent mind. And it is possible thai
We may make the mind most val
liable storchousc. We may gathel
truth which will broaden our livc'
and make our experience rich ant
deep.
One writer says that life is o
no avail unless it implants in tn
mind the greatest of all lessons-th'
lesson of eternal self-improvcment
To, have the head full Of dates, AM
theories, and facts is of very littl
use unless one knows it is far NOR
essential to constantly gather ne,
truth. Young men and women ar
too apt to allow themselves to grow
: soft and sclf-satisficd. The secrc
of all right living-is to learn t
reach out, to build each day
stronger and higher ladder o
which to climb tomorrow, Content
ment means stagnation. 1t is tn
active, striving n,:nd that develop
and grows.
The second rule is: Have worth
purpose in life. If you read histor
you will find that the men and tn
women who have attained to nobil
ity of character and to distinctio
in their work have been persons Q
serious and worthy purpose. The
lived for something worth while an
they succeeded.
No really true life can be live
apart from high purpose and ain
The person without such purpos
does not worthily achieve. 1t ma
be pointed out that the curse q
multitude Of people today is tbs
they have no high aim. All owe
our land there are multitudes
men and women who live merely fo
the pleasure of the moment. The
live for dress, for fashion, for tn
dance. Others live for money ge
ting. They are strangers to ii
things that are high and lofty. ]
the true qualities Of manhood ar