The Winslow mail., 1924-05-30
COMMENCEMENT
BRINGS CLOSE
SCHOOL YEAR

The crowning event of the school
year for the 1923-1924 occurred Mon
day night at the Washington school
auditorium at eight o'clock when di-
plomas were awarded a class of seven
teen young folks indicating they had
finished the course of study laid down
by the school authorities of the state
and city
The affair was witnessed by a
crowded house and the stage was or
namented with line of pink and
white carnations. across the front.
while the figures "24" in purple and
white made the background with an
American flag holding the upper
center of the school stage
AS the orchestra of the school play
ed the march from the Opera Aida"
the young folks marched to the stage
and took their places as the audience
applauded
Rev. T. E. Elgin gave the invocation
and this was followed by the singing
of In Spain" by the Senior girls.
Winfred Hensley, salutatorian for
the class gave the first oration on the
subject "The Heart Still Reigns." The
theme was to prove that in spite of
the advance of the commercial idea
and the callousness induced by the
war, the hearts of the people, still re-
sponded to calls of need
Miss Loretta Bauer sang solo and
this was followed by piano solo by
Miss Genevieve Pearson.
Miss Evelyn Carver the valedictori-
an of the class gave her grafton 'The
High School of 1924" in good style.
She followed the development of the
high school idea from the first type
of school up to the present in which
the students are given a type of edu-
cation more complete and finished
than in the early days Both the ora
tions of the salutatorian and the vale
dictOrian were very effectively given.
Miss Eunice Grim sang Come For
It's May" and the Senior girls sang
a chorus number "Hark to the Man
dolin".
"The Ways That VIM or the ele-
ments of success, was the subject
chosen by DR.. F. c. Lockwood of the
State University for the theme of his
address to the students.
The speaker did not seek oroatori-
cal phraseology in his address but
rather chose to discuss with them
what he believed constituted success
and the elements that would make
for it in the life of the students
He said definition of success
was almost as elusive as that of life.
Mems ideas differed on what consti-
tuted success and he could but tell his.
The first element of success con-
sisted in the individual being able to
exist. No success could come to one
Unable to secure living in the world
After existence, comes happiness.
To be successful one must be happy,
he must find existence good and
worth while himself One must be a
producer if he would be successful.
He must live, he must be happy, enjoy
his work and produce. The speaker
believed that to justify his existence
a man must give to the world more
than he takes from it. That as the
final measure, one must leave the
world little better than he found 1t.
Possession of money does not con
stitute success A man may have
money and be a failure He may be
poor in purse and be successful
The speaker did not seek oratori-
that made for success. One of these
was latent ability Another was OPP
portunity. He showed in the lives of
famous men how failures in many
lines of endeavor had made their lives
successful when opportunity to use
their latent powers presented itself
Planning and choosing the life to
be lived, the avocation to be chosen
and preparation for the chosen avo-
cation were then dwelt upon. Success
often eluded the grasp of those unpre-
pared 1t always eluded men who
lacked character. Hard study and
work were necessary to success.
Last but not the least element, was
the Christian element, the element of
religion in the life men must find
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