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Show CLOSING EXERCISES OF GORDON ACADEMY The Twenty-Eighth Animal Commencement Com-mencement Hold at Hammond Ham-mond Hall. Tho twenty-eighth annual commoncemcnt of Gordon academy took place la Hammond hall Tuesday evening and tlrow an audlcnco that crowded tuo building. Tho hall was tastefully taste-fully decorated with tho cumb colore block and gold and a wreath of ferno nnd floral pieces. Tho progvanimo was opened with prayor, after which Miss Llnnln T. Rutt sang "Just Wearying for Tou." Prosldcnt B. M. Ilogen then Introduced Rov. Noblo S. Klderkln, pastor pas-tor of tho First Congregational church o Ogden. who delivered tho commencement addroaa. In tho coUroo of a very helpful talk he uald: Impression Is Loft. 'ThcBo days always luuvo an Impression. It Is Inestimable. Wo all look back on our own school days. In life, It 1b tho look backward, as well as forward, that rounds out exporlonco. Tonight th forwanl look predominates. It Clve hops of nchlevomunt of victory. "Some of us hero tonight will look 'back on four years of collego course, but do wo flan for tho futuro as wo planned In tho past7 .Ifo Is u debt wo owo to God. Tomorrow wo may bo away. Tho vital requirement Is lo livo woll today. Wo should do the best wo can with tho tlmo nnd toJonts clven us. When we think of tho uugody of tho ten-talent men spokn of In scripture, it Is sad that they did so little. Owe Doht to Ignorance. "Tou aro fortunato to possess your education. educa-tion. You owe a debt to Ignorance. You must loam the great truth that added prlvllego means added responsibility. I bop men will novor tiro of the truth of this. "Wo nsk: 'What Is tho real good of education educa-tion V In anuwer I would say: 'To know how to II vo; to achieve happlnowt.' Ood mans us to do certain work, nnd sent us here for that purpose" Scott Case Is Cited. Hero the speaker cited tho caso ot William Scott, a prlviitn In company K. Third Vermont, Ver-mont, during tho war Ho slept on post, was ordered shot, was pardoned by President Lincoln, Lin-coln, nnd over oftr gavn liln time, tnlonts. nnd, finally, his life, to pay tho debt he owed to Mr. Lincoln tho gift of his life. Ho spoko of th debt tho graduates owe to humankind and said further: Chance as to Crowns. "Tou may go homo at Inst wearing tho cheap crown of a frivolous life, or you may wear tho senrn of battles fought and won. Tou must Judge for yourselves, and Judgo how." Miss Rutt sang "In tho Dark and Dow," and Principal B. M. Hogcu prcrentcd tho diplomas to tho peven girl graduate with apt nnd earnest remark. Tho following aro th graduates: Jennlo Auckland. Buth Carol Evans, Edna Irene Farnpworth. Ivy May Snyder. Sny-der. Hazel Sopplngton. Arllno Tlbbettn and Dorothy Calkins Thompson |
