Show A high commencement school commencement Is an opportunity for consideration of the meaning of education it is a fact of course that the parents are more interested te in their children than they are in any part of the exercises in the hearts of the seniors there is a flutter of excitement which may not be conducive to deep thought on their part for long intervals and the audience in general is made up of citizens who are present partly because of their friendly interest in the graduates on the other band there Is a dignity and solemnity about the occasion a certain attitude of mind on the part of everyone that makes them willing listeners to a discussion about aduca alon and its bearing upon life and conduct why should one not take advantage of the occasion to discuss this very matter A commencement Is socie tys final exhibit of the greatest experiment society has ever undertaken twelve years of sacrifice devotion and of instruction sit upon the platform A commencement exercise Is educationally speaking the final ordeal of youth now about to enter upon young manhood or womanhood mo the light which shines through the eyes of the parents is not merely one of affection it Is the light of hope in which there is mingled a quizzical expression of doubt A commencement exercise should irean just one thing a rededication of ourselves young and old to democracy s greatest safeguard to her only hope universal education lotus D coffman |