The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1932-06-17
Ships of Life" Subject
Graduation Address

Commencement exercises for the
! 1882 graduating class were held
| Friday evening in the high school
assembly which had been appro-
priately decorated for the occasion.
invocation was gwen by the Rev.
Ii. p. Corser, vicar OF st. Philips
EpiscopaI church, followed by the
song, Alaska, My Alaska, by the
audience, led by Miss Brunsvold at
the piano.
Miss Brunsyold presented high
school quartet OF boys, Lloyd Good
rich, David Davis, Billy Grant and
Lawrence Behovic who sang Sail
ing"
A. Rasmussen, superintendent,
presented the class and made the
announcement that Frances Hatton
was honor student for the four
years of high school being two
points ahead of Clifford Bjorge who
ranked second in scholarship for
the four years though he had made
first place and Harry Dalgity sec
ond place in the Territorial exam
, nations.
Mrs J. H. Wheeler, president of
the school board. presented the
diplomas to Viola Lotus. Frances
Hatton, Nellie Prescott, Harry Dali
CITY, Warren and Valentine Cart
ley. Clifford Bjorge and Frank
DeEney with a few we'll chosen
words. A group of high school girls
sang most charmingly the gay little
song, Goodbye, Dear High School. -
with a number of original stanzas
composed by Miss Brunsyold.
"Ships of Life"
Choosing THE Ships of Life as
the subject of his address to the
graduating class, DR.. A. H. Limouze
of New York held class and audi
ence under the spell of an eloquent
ly forceful presentation of the mys-
terry of the sea as illustrated in the
mystery of life.
DR.. Limouze called attention to
the fact that one had to have an
answer to the question where do
we come from and where are we
going. The cause of pessimism aud
of self destruction which unhappily
is increasing, is found, he said, in
the fact that people have a dissatis-
factory philosophy of life and find
no answer to these questions.
If We would find a satisfactory
answer said DR.. Limouze, we need
to send out a fleet of ships, chief
of which must be kinship, partner
ship, friendship and worship. Then
as the ships are the instruments
that conquer the sea, life which is
mysterious, becomes meaningful
when we set sail on the sea of life
with our fleet consisting of kinship
which brings us into relationship
to God and lends dignity to life,
puts worth into personality and
meaning into our days; friendship,
which means that we are not out on
the sea of life alone-other people
out on this sea besides ourselves
need us as we need them and in the
friendships of life character is made
and service is given.
In speaking of partnership DR..
Limouze developed the thought
that we are on board the good ship
Earth, we are her crew and we have
a navigator to her port. That
means. he said, that we must all
work together for the common good
and for a better world. the task
demanding the closest cooperation
on the part of everybody.
To steer our lives we need a
fixed point, and just as sailor
knows there are fixed stars by
which he can direct his course so
must we have some fixed point by
which We can steer our way. We
get the help we need for this, said
DR.. Limouze. in worship. God is the
fixed point By directing our lives
according to the spirit of His pur-
pose we find our way to our harbor.