The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-06-04
Frank Camel
Talks to Graduates
VOCATIONAL EXPERT CIV S
SPLENDID ADDRESS AT COM
MENCEMENT EXERCISES.

On the evening of May % members
Falls High School received diplomas
marking the completion of their high
school courses. The exercises were
held at the armory. Reserved seats
were sold to defray the costs Of the
speaker and Incidental expenses and
by the time the doors were opened at
500 o'clock the seats were entirely
sold out. The armory was filled to
its capacity by the parents and fri
ends of the graduates and as the
young men and women marched slow
ly down through the hall between the
crowded ranks of friends and relatives
the sight was most inspiring and up
lifting.
After the overture by the orchestra,
the following program was carried
out:
Professional -- Orchestra
Invocation Rev. E. Prosser
Salutatory- Vera Mertz
Music------- High School Glee Club
Valedictory----- Lilah Marvin
Address Mr.. Frank H. Camel
Solo--M Miss Opal Giebler
Awarding of honors---S. E. Hargis
Presentation of Diplomas j. R.
Keefe, Pres. Board Of Education
Music Orchestra
Benediction----Rev. P. L. Grove
The main feature of the evening
was the talk of Mr. Frank H. Camel,
a specialist in the line of vocational
guidance. Mr. Camel is speaker Of
rare eloquence and his ready humor
kept the audience on the alert
throughout his talk. He began his
talk with some interesting statistics
on the value of education to help one
succeed in life and earnestly advised
the graduates to go on to college if it
is at all possible.
Mr.. Camel stated that this class
was the largest he had ever seen from
a town of this size and Supt. Hargis
later informed the audience that this
was the largest class that had ever
graduated from the Redwood Schools.
Mr.. Camel showed that life is con-
slant run of new experiences and that
to get the most out of these expert
enceS one must have a suitable educa-
tion. Ignorance is the destroyer of
ambition, and in order that man
may overcome this ignorance and gain
knowledge he must first realize that
he knows nothing. Mr.. Camel gave
several very excellent pictures of the
sort of life which is led by the ignor-
ant person and his words should be
an inspiration to all who heard HIM.
The graduating class stands on the
Threshold of an entirely new exist
ance, which, once it enters 1T can
IT, Mn Pc
expression, "The railroad of Life
sells no round trip tickets. The key
note of his address were the words of
the prophet Ezekiel, "When | had dig
ged in the wall, Lo, Door,!
The wall symbolized ignorance and
the act of digging the door represent
ed the procuring of an education. Mr..
Camel said that no one could dig
door for another person, that each
man or woman who goes out into life
must dig his own door and that only
those who have the courage to dig
all the way through the thick, hard
wall of ignorance can ever really live,
in the very real sense of the word.
One form of ignorance which he par
ticularly mentioned is the fact that
many individuals are placed in high
rank because they belong to a GER
tain society or organization. He en-
phatically stated that any government
which places men on par because
they belong to a certain organization
is hinderance to democracy.
Mr.. Camel particularly emphasized
the Importance of work. He gave
the following rules for working: 1.
Work Definitely; 2. Work Persistent
ly; 3. Work Progressively; 4. Work
Conscientiously; 5. Work always IN
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