Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-06-04

ProgramCloses
School Year
Large Glass of Graduates
Listens to Able Address
by Rev. FIR. Meagher.
DIPLOMAS GRANTED
TO THIRTY ONE

I'VE are all familiar with the
words OF the statesman who said,
Let me write nations songs and
| care not who makes its laws
$3.50 But there is another truth
lying behind that declaration,
broader in its reach and deeper in
its implication-and that truth is.
Let one be master of a nations
youth and he may not care who
else may try to influence that ma
tons destiny. For the hope and
promise of nation are, all plain
~ enough, the hope and promise
of its youth. 1t may conceive
destiny however great, 1t may
fling its empire however far, it
may project culture however
rich, yet that destiny, that empire,
that culture will endure and flour
ish and develop only in the meas
ure of the aims and abilities of the
youth that nation rears'
With the thought contained in those
words, the Rev FIR M A. Meagher
of Gonzaga University, Spokane,
opened his address to the graduating
class of the Libby high school at its
commencement exercises last Friday
evening The Rev. FIR. Meagher is an
eloquent and forceful speaker and held
the close attention of his audience for
about 30 minutes as he developed his .
| thought that led by gradual and logical
steps up to the climactic statement that
!, the one supreme object OF educationsis
the development Of right character.
! The speaker handled his subject in
scholarly manner stressng the ever
present thought that the ono great task
Of education is to develop In the youth
/ Of the land right concepts Of life and
high ideals. In closing his most inter-
esss..1np address, FIR. Meagher said,
speaking directly to the graduates. :
Wherever you 60, whatever you do,
severer trial will come to you than
that which puts to proof the nobility
of your aspirations and the integrity
of your ideals Men will disappoint and
disillusion you. On one side you will
be told that the human mind can never
know the truth about life's gravest
problems on another side you will be
told that the only law of life is one
Of self sufficiency or of indulgence or
Of expediency. While from another
side you will hear that there is a truth
}.but it is not yet known; that there is
way but it is not yet found; that
there is law Of life but it is not yet
discovered, and you will grow little
tired and little sad at the emptiness
Of your own soul
What is to be the answer
You will also be told that there is
way and truth and life rich In
promise and eternal in value to be
found by an upright mind and sin
cere and humble heart That is the
way to follow through every day of
your life for that way alone lies the
promise of the future and rich and
useful existence
There was much meat for thought in
FIR Meagher's address and it was
handled in such an scholarly way
that it will be of interest to all readers
of this newspaper. The complete ad-
dress will be found elsewhere in this
! issue.
While the commencement address Is
always the outstanding feature OF a
commencement program yet there was
of interest and pleasure. It was one of
the most successful graduating exer-
cises ever conducted by the Libby
school From the time the graduates
scholarly appearing in their caps and
gowns-marched onto the stage to the
professional played by Miss Blanche
Fousek, to the announcement by Sup
} erintendent Wood that the program
; was closed. there was not a dull
moment.
The Rev. r. W. Orr delivered a
thoughtful and sincere invocation. Two
numbers by the Girls Glee club and
one by the Boys Glee club were well
rendered and added a pleasing mu-
r steal tone to the program. Miss Sol
e veig Ramlo delivered the salutatory,
t that contained pleasing thought we'll
S stated and with a delivery of perfect
t poise and ease. Miss Winogene Wood
: as valedictorian gave much evidence
!, of the good work done by Libby high
0 school Likewise speaking with perfect
0 ease and poise, Miss Wood babe good
Y bye to the school and faculty and left
: the thought with her audience that
: the class of 81 has unconsciously as
t Simulated the ideals and conceptions
it of life held by its instructors and that
r, it will prove genuine product of the
IS labors of the faculty.
it Superintendent Wood took advan-
e tage Of the opportunity to express his
Il appreciation Of the cooperation always
r extended to the school by the commu-
e nifty. He said he was confident the past
n year had been a successful one and
: enumerated briefly some Of the &C
i ccmplishments in debate, athletics and
other endeavors-
10 Mr.. Wood then stated the annual
n bestowing Of awards would be given
lg and introduced Mr.. r. N Whitefield
h of the American Legion. Mr.. Whitefield
to announced that the Legion each year
a confers a medal on some Libby stu
,e dent for some unusual work Of merit
n, This year the Legion chose TO awarr