Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1933-07-01
hinders progress than spell of prosperity.
wide-open door of blessings and opportunities and

yet we don't enter
For three years and more-our hopes were conferred I
in hands stretched out to exPresldent Hoo
yer; him lost faith; today find ourselves stand
ing with out stretched hands, asking President Roosevelt
steer the old ship of state the harbor of safety
believe in him-we have great leader but am anxious
to know upon whom he depending and IN what direction
his hands stretched 1t is task to conclude that
God is not his leader headed for the rocks Out
of this condition God will get glory He speaks alike to
men and nations-teing them-"Stand still and know .
that I'm God"
Only for short time does man know what he wants
or what he needs; today want prohibition, tomorrow
want whiskey in order to get rich quick we cut down
all the timber today; tomorrow want it replaced
This country settled and developed through in
dvdua effort and rugged perseverance; today the
chine age has placed indivdualism in the back yard
America boasts-and rightly so-of great inheritance
democracy of the people, for the people, and by the
pe today gangsters, racketeers, socialists and COM
munsts attempting to dictate its policy. America
grows righteousy and properly indignant wrongs
suffered by people in other and foreign ands-but at
her very and before her very eyes-she becomes
strangely pathetic wrongs committed against her
own people.
She claims to love law and order and yet within her
own borders she fails lift her against the viola
ton of laws and the rights of of her citizens 1t
fact that man embrace what he hated and
turn his back what he loved If rotten apple
can spoil barrett is equally true that rotten ele
ment spoil nation Our existence-as nation
good horse rightly applied and patriotic
determination to put house in order the first
requisite for happiness and prosperity.
We need to know how funny and how ridic
culous really is, for to leave his house filthy
and drtyand go among his neighbors critcizing them
and offering wise suggestions of what it takes to con-
struct a clean and orderly house.
We need honesty instead of hypocracy-nationa char
acter instead of relief boards, and NATIONAL IN
TEGRITY which is self respecting and resentfu of wrong
placeS-Whether III
The door is so high, you can't it, wide,
you can't go around it, deep, you can't go under it,
you must come in at the door,
Beloved classmates-this brings to the parting of
the ways another setting of the will perhaps find
us graphing with problems and trying to find
other path.
AS students-t appears that have been rocked in
this dear old cradle for the last time in the activities of
the old campus voices about to be hushed.
Indeed it is hour mingled with joy and sadness
because this spot of happest have
been invested
Our going is neither matter of choice or election
but the order of the day isforward march i'm order
that may be made for the eamng Observation-Disclosures
footsteps hear coming behind For this is not
la day of finishing but day of beginning
We have built some air castles, have blown
few soap bubbles and have been looking at things as
they SEEM but today marks the beginning of seeing and
knowing things and conditions they are.
Today marks the beginning of thinking less our
selves and of others. This the beginning of our
Way-et
remember that-the bottom is crowded but at the top
there is plenty of
We wish to to the president and faculty of Cen
trail Mississippi Coegehat you have place in our
fectlons which time not Often may have
seemed carelesswith faults ouweghing our virtues
but not Your interest Kindness patience insruc
ton. advice and council will live on through the ages
and will to motvate activities through fes un
even way
We wish to thank the executive and general board
OF trustees for their untring interest in max
ing this occasion possible May you have sufficient rea
sons to convince that your struggles efforts
not been in vain.
Our prayer is-that you may live long to inspire,
help and lift struggling group
We are mindful of the struggles and sacrifices made
by our parents and loved We repay them
but we pause hereto pledge them that they will not
have cause to regret the pains, time, and money spent
We owe lasting debt of gratitude to our friends
and VISITORS have been delighted to have you present
and we beg interest in your best wishes
hoping that the tokens and today will not become