Show valedictory ADDRESS EDUCATION SAFE investment by noriene strom N K R 11 S education means the drawing out and development of 0 all the human faculties and tile the preparation of a man mail ur or Nv woman ollian for the duties and re iolli leb of life it is in menial moral and physical its ain is to secure for an ail individual a position in society to provide comfort com tort aud and to promote happiness throughout ones life never MUS us life more complex and exacting never were human achieve indents more varied and more wonder lul tile the earth I 1 is glided with ribs of abel and electric wires hash messages around the globe taster fater than the manil lau lan comprehend man alan with his hand i lloyds it a mighty power which itcan he ll 11 us in whatever his interests vurry him great changes are taking place around ua aery year every month yes cs nearly every day sonic ed d cc occurrence currence startles us leaving us to to wonder what will wilf happen bippen next liangco art are occurring in national governments ern ments and industrial systems ail aal t is possible that well wen we are azain again settled down out of the present condition of if general chaos we will find our elves eles el es in a social tind and economic setting greatly different front from that of the present in our saner moments e may well consider just how a perou could best direct his efforts it at tile present time lime hoarding gold will not do 11 Itu cidh iding up a fortune in bonds s not certain education seems to be ba jodais tod us only safe investment A k persons education determines his position in our social and ceo economic true ture almost axi most anything that a mail c it accumulate ean an be takei away from him by a general ch change ange 1 n I government or society but no force nn ail ever chanze chance the rolat iott cristina cx istina between the people who are arc prepared for something and those who arp are not prepared ore pared cpr anz it chiq relation is fixed inore firmly than tile the rok rock of education is one asset asser w which aph amnot ibe be taken away from you was a time in the lie old world where title and nobility descended to son whore where the heritage of fortune followed through a long iong line of de mits there was presented no motive to action no inventive incentive to exhort extortion ion and ill the lire fire of genau genius s was smothered mothered Lw bixik ileath ath the ashes of if despotism but E i is s not so in this lay day and time the eagle of intellect can call soar with wilh ar ab ee toward the sun while inous ands elow below to with their generous plaudits pl audits cheer him in liis his flight are and such should ever be the compensation pensa tion of beai learning the recompense to the sons and daughters of tree free america to enter the arena of cienci ci ence and literature here where ie is a builder of liis his own fate a I 1 path is ia opened on oil which all can cali tread anti and fame faine and fortune offer their tempting prizes to the nini inmates ates of the cottage as well viell as the inmates of tile the palace wu we cannot prophesy today what the future course of human events will be at this period it is particularly difficult to say jula what situation this graduating class will confront in ill lie next twenty to bears ears there is s m in ill america over the ap patent success of the alie national kercov ery program of the past year on oil tile the whole the trend of the times seem to be upward but it should not be fol foi gotten that chat the hoo hus liless i is still in the experimental stage it Is be cause of this inescapable uncertainty of what the linal outcome will lie be that my contention is Edu education caLion is only sate safe investment now that our high school days are over this commencement day brings to our attention the fact that wo we must either further our education by going cn to college or choose a vocation vocal ion in el choosing loosing our our vocation lets not ask ourselves liow how we can make the most money but choose the work that thai will call out all our powers and test our character the financial part will take care of itself if we secure a 1 position lets enlarge that position put originality and luto into it fill it az a it lins has never been beell filled before do better betler work than is expected of Us u edgar A oust gust inspires m us by the following advice to young people ill 1 trust that the young people of the new nev De will lie 10 brave enough to work be stron strong enough to see a task thru the everlasting lutness mut ness of duty 1 is irksome tedious aud and monotonous noton no but the only road to ment invest some of your time in yourself gather as much wisdom of this world a as you can for you will need it if vou von must gamble that a good book will wil pay bigger dividends than a poor one rl buik k a little extra effort for which you may see no immediate returns on the cliance chance that it will make a better workman and a happier human being hiis oily nich mch marks the end ci ox our lilga is shirely nent ly li named alilea our liay day 0 lire are a liew liay day a new pun perl ou od III aur holes lu ill our fuere ve ne must on elrna iy ay only a small percenia oe ox of us will ue lu allic able ill tuia tills eia ol 01 ei to vu FU on to college or of h higner giler leardi icari ing lut but we iove are lacing lle hie oo 00 v e call ube tills tia this as vur our and ami school mama as a lur LUU law ut 01 all etc bour kealm lea innig aig atone boes bioc a nun mail la meui ent ia lattural tural a badty pius it desil e to deelus mentally and Illy scally win uie juat giov many rutillus u will nio oil tile luo latiker ui of buccey aua and achica emen C ialy ui col tile 1111 woi act Z men and ami nau but bul ln lie but bui they loved woi iv they lolow ledge tile to lo nt ill inlo the lot dio beliele ox oi tiling latie menu hard buc privation nou guinea them arum their course vi UL we u cau cali tile me baub 01 and ami tile with ciui vi vidu duals aly an ail weal a goti goal alm aim let iel it ic lead us on in our education enort worry work years spent aull aua expender expend elix ea aie ivell avell imick tor for with a luigu rate OL 01 all aud lilu ille icing if we invent them in education maher education teaches a man t ti appie appice emte LaLe life in its lullu luil liess ess it it eu ell tor for a man mail to ile be defied to ila work lout lio luau was made to worn wor all the llie ame with the piment trena trelia of affairs ai fairs men abife are apparently destined too to have leys less time for N olk and anoe tune tillie tor for whatever else ele they wish tu use lie it of lus or routine work lie shut ilu be mole taaim a tired classical business man mail ile he can call get more enjoyment out of lite life and do his N ork better it if his education has enabled him eiten the days work is done to turn to something ent fiely dif ferent acil wid kiil bend him to his desk next morning refreshed by the rest that comes from an alere Ll Ere change of ideas aid iii iut t ebesta pa haps hapa it is here that eliat the college aduca tiou tion pays best of all A man mail can cali thus thua have many anu can follow them all with an all maielli gence that will albring satisfaction to himself and perhaps make worthy contribution trib ution to achievement no better aLtion of it a truly educated man ian can call lie be found than up he has achieved success who has libeu well laughed often and boned much who has I 1 gained the respect of antell gent men and the love icie of if little children who has filled his hil niche and accomplished complis hed his task who has left the world better than lie found it ii whether hether by an improved poppy or a rescued soul who has never lacked la in appreciation of tile the earths beauty nor failed to ex express pres it who lias has always looked for the best in others other s and veil the best lie he had whose afe was an inspiration his memory a benediction what our schools are trying to du clo is tomake the path atad wisdom shorter and easier easer to make life richer and happier and to develop ue ful citizens therefore to the youth of the land and the graduates of out our class I 1 have but one last word to say and that is for us its to get gel as much education as possible while we have the opportunity is our hour our day Remer riber that if we sit bael and do nothing we ne are no better than the animals who are content to live eat cat and lie die god hag put an upward reach in III the soul of man lets each reach upward and outward until alre the best of whatever we arp are if you cant he be a pine on the top ot of the hill be a scrub ira in the valley but he be tile the best little scrub by bv the side of the rill bo be a bush if you cant be a tree if you cant eanet tie be a buh bub be a bit of grass and some hiff ill hway happier make it if you cant be a then just be a bass but the livI lost bass in the lake we all cant lie be captains weve bot of to ro he be crew theres work for all of us its here theres big b work to do and there lessor to do and the work were to do Is the near if you cant he be a highway then just lie be a 1 trail if you cant lie be the fhe sun be a star it by size that you win or you fail lie be the be best st of whatever you are arc X |