The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-16
CLASS OF Az
GRADUATESF FROM
ROOSEVELT HIGH

In the presence VI the usual large gath
cring of parents and friends. DIR. III. l..
Turner, If Michigan State Normal col
lege delivered rhe address to the grad
uatpS
Musical numbers which formed part
Of the program included. The Beautiful
Galathea and Marche ROyale. by Wy
Iii orchestra: PaniS Angelicus and
on. Happy Wind! by Wy Hi Girls
GIee club: Prayer and Scene from
Cavalleria RuSticana. and Music of
Life. 10y Wy Iii a calpella choir, and
the occasional.
Rev. G.. III. Severance gave the in
yoratiOn. and Superintendent +. w.
FrOstic presented rlie diplomas.
The BaccaIaureate Address
A large audience filled Roosevelt
auditorium on sunday night. when
Rev. W. r. 4. Simon. of 81. John Evan
GelicaI church. delivered the baccalaur-
cate address
There was music lay TWO Of the school
ganiZationS-Nal>e Bluette and
Marche Noble. 10y the orchestra; In the
Night. Christ Came Walking by the
chorus: and Schubert'S The Omnipo-
tence. The audience joined i'll singing
America. and America. the Beautiful.
The invocation was pronounced by Rev.
+. III. Wilcox; DR. Warren f. Hall
read the scripture lesson; Superin-
tPndent FrOStic gave the announce
mentS. and Rev. +. J. Firnschild,' the
ienedictiOn.
This waS the text of Rev. Simon ;
address:
AS Thou art God oh lead me. guide
me "--Ps. 81 g.
The entire psalm is the prayer of a
believer i'll the time of deep distress.
Ii is divided into three sections, the
first setting forth the cries for help in
terwOven with expressions of conf
dence. The SECOND part sets forth in
detail all the grief> which beSet the
writer. In the third part, he has over
come the Oppressive conditions and
breaks forth in Il language of unming
led joyful trust. telling his readers TO
have confidence i'm God Thus we read
lily see where this psalm Is filled with
suggestions for our day and age.
Your commencement exercises are
To be held this week and this is indeed
Beginning To many. it seems to
mark the end but actually this l.
not SO. Until now. you have been shell
tered and cared for. In fact. the whole
outline of your school activities up TO
now. have, i'm a general manner, been
established for you. It is true that you
have had To fill in the general scheme
of things with various activities. which
was all intended for your OWN develop
ment mental. physical. social and ne
ligiouS.
Scmc of you will 20 on to a higher
education. others find ii necessary be
cause of present conditions, TO attempt
to get IL job. Regardless of what you
may do. this marks Il beginning and
hot an end.
There is belief present today in
our land. which. in effect. states that
the world owes us a living l heard
that said by many when | was your
age. hut To date have not found it
practical nor conductive 10 the growth
of IA high type of personality and char
acter DR. Henry Link, in his latest
book writes concerning this false phil
CSOphy and It's practice so general in
cur country at this time, these words ::
The result. as history will in my
opinion show. is the most wholesale
degradation of character and person
atty which the world has ever seen,
and among privileged and under priv
LEGGED. alike"
Your life in the whole will be what
you make IT, Mark that. | believe it.
May | say it again. Your life in the
whole will he what you make it, And
MIN of 20 - a
finitely fixed and YOU find that you
have squandered AMI wasted your abil-
titles, blame no one but yourself
Too often. We want those who. be-
cause of intensive preparation and eff
fort, have made something of their
life, TO share with us on a fiftyfifty
bases. Term it what you may, Com
munism. Christianity. fair-play. COM
mon decency. l call it unfair and I'M
just To tax the initiative of any indi-
vidual. who has made success Of his
life because Of lard work on his part,
while the other individual with the
same opportunities. lOafed and Squan-
dered his time and ability,
Here is our world. fraught with so
many difficulties and prahlems Here
is eur country. the greatest AMI rich
est i'm the world, and yet one third
of its population hungry and unable
TO find sustenance. Here We are, hun
dreds of years advanced in technOc-
racy and thousands Of years behind i'm
social and spiritual matters. Here, We
are told. that millisns who now have
no work must he content ts continue
as mt present. with the CcG camps.
PwA. WPA. ere. and the standard of
living be- reduced. Here we are. train
ing hundreds Of thousands I'm our col
Itges and universities and turning
them out into a wOild aud civiliza ton
ina which they will not be able to find
work.
Here, we are told. THAI all fields
arc oyeScrowded. The restrictions are
being made more severe. Only those
IF the upper scholastic level are all
n,itted To the various schools. A pre-
mium Ia being placed on brain and
ability. What ABOUT these in cemPeti-