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\ V 4 „ v 'Vt '; ” nuatn THE PRESS AND STANDARD Wednesday, June 6,1917. fftLTEKBMO GRADOATES’ ADDRESSES Paper* Read at Commencement of Walterboro High School by Members of Graduating Class , r A-— tea dollar* a day. The average yearly Income of an educated mai is one thousand dollars. Id forty years he has earned forty thousand dollars. The average yearly in come of pn uneducated man is only four hundred and fifty dollars. In forty years he has earned only eighteen thousand dollars. The dif ference in earning capacity of the tw«» men ih forty yeafs is twenty- two thousand dollars. Divide thi.r by the tv.o thousand, one hundred tion to the fact that our class has the honor of having theicajiilidates for first and second graduation honors, separated by only 1-7 of a 1 point. Alister Wlteell’s average be ing 95 13-14 and Joe .Mole’s 95 11-14. In bringing this history to a close rr4v» your Indulgence for an/ semblance of too great importane.* tliKt waJtave attributed to the say ings jurd doings of this, our cla^.* \4V commend .ourselves to'^ou, f yg P SALI TATOKI' ^ (MK«* Marie headers.) Beloved Superintendent, Teachers, Members of the Board of Trus tees, Classmates; Ladies and Gentlemen: v The honor has been given me to tender to each sod every one of jtM, s sincere snd hearty welcome to this, our ciowing eserclsea. Welcome then, thrice welcome, scholary soldiers, who have fought for your and our rights and honor. Welcome sol<4i*0 scholars who ars ready to fight whenever your coun try calls for your services Wel come, ye who preach courage as we!» as meekness, remembering that the Prince of Peace came also bringing ^ sword Welcome, ye who make and interpret the statutes which are meant to guard our liberties in peace, but not to aid our foes in war! Welcome, ye whose healing ministry soothes the anguish of the suffering and the dying with every aid opart and the tender accents of compassion! Welcome, ye who are training the generous youths ty whom « nr country looks a* Ita fu ture j isrdians! , Welcome, ye quiet sci lars' who in your lonely studies a: • unconsciously shaping the though r which law shall forge into Us shield and waf, shall yield as Its thunder-bolt! We are scholars, we are gradu ates. wg are a band of brothers, and let us make our progressive as we enter new spheres of life. For life means progress; It is inborn in the human sou! to go forward. It matters not whether it be in work or play, we should have as our goal, perfection; for if we are ' to attain anything in life worth while., we must strive to reach thi^ goal We cannot stand still in this day and time, while others are endeav oring to unravel the mysteries of the unknown: attempting to achieve that which has never before been done. There Is that which lures one oil. Shall we call it the lure of the impos.-ibl*-’ that goal in what- • ever sphere it may be. we name • perfection." in the pursuit' of which man often looses cognizance of this hid materia! world of ours and esperience* the thrilling rap ture of another—a world as real indeed as this, although it be invis ible. Such a goal, it is true, we may never attain. yet it is better to have tried and lost, than to bav * never tried at all. Stagnation m«ans death to our lives, to our hopes, to our accomplishments; so let us be up and doing, striving to reach the goal of perfection. One thing is essential. if we would approach perfection Ur anv sphere of life, and that is a "High Aim.” every voutur man and w«l- mah should leave an ambition to x make some contribution to world** progress. > It i* ne«-e**ary to have a high aim in order to reach what we afe work- x, ing for. A g«H*d niOftu is: “To aim above the mark and you will be sure tu hit it ” Some great soul ha< declared' “Not failure, but low aim is ('rime." The !*oy or girl in school whose sol** ambition is mere ly to pass on their examinations, is as sorely guilty of crime a* any thief or murderer. Perhaps «on>e of us do not realize this. Vievertfte less it is a fact. In lowerin|r y his • aim. he not only lowers that of his family and friends lo whom he is unde r obligation* to do^hi* best, but the airu of his country is lowered. What would.,become of this gr^nd and' glorious nation today, if it were not for the high aim of our esteemed and beloved president and d . his eo-worker followers* It is the high ideal and noble vision of the.,. men. that inspiies in their follow ers. faith and courage, and gives to the nation, assurance of ultimate victory. What an inspiration of joy Is ex perienced when one has grroipplish- ed a task that few bgve eorilplered’ fine lives iq this jov for days, for weeks, and the hardships and the sacrifices of the way arc all at once forgotten fJiirh task completed creates cn- , Crgy for a new undertaking \ child sits down to work out an M gehraii problem and may work on it for hours before solving it. but when his task Is completed, self Confidence is. gainod and, created to solve gieater problems In the future. The soul I* prone to feed on hard tasks. Was it not the seeming im possibility of the adventurer that led to the discovery of America* It was believed impossible to find a more favorable rout** to India..but Columbus, his soul aflame, with the desire to achieve this end, would brook no refusal nor obstacle that blocked his '* way U was. the thought of making possible the lm possible that sulmated his being If the task had seemed less arduous that in the future, men shall be led to greater and more useful know ledge. God never made ^man simply (or the sake of nuking him. nor that he might create wealth and corrupt himself with Us enjoyments.. Ev ery man i« sent into this world with certaiiR qualities to be cultivated and developed; ’Charged with du ties to be performed * and clothed with je*possibilities commensurable with his power; sent into this world that some other may be the bettef. for his having lived. The inventor, spends years and years and some times a lifetime trying to reach per fection in the task he has undertak en. so that before fie passes away, this world may have received from him, a heritage of something more worth-while* and enduring, i Like wise the writer, the statesman and the discQverer. all through the centuries, have demonstrated the truth, that “Luck is Pluck” and that success, however sudden it may appear to the casual observer, nev er conies by ’chance but results from a noble vision and patient and faith ful endeavor. Oh! the intensity of that flame burning in their hearts and souls. Oh; the Stability of that faith which sustains them amid all toils and trials! It’ is firmer than the foundation of the earth. It Is as strong as the Thrpne of God. Oh! the generous daring of that moral principle which inspires their hearts and governs their actions! Neither reproach nor .persecution, neither wealth nor power, neither bolts nor bars, neither felbbet nor stake is able to subdue It. 1»ng ago' the Undent alchemist thought little of dedicating his life to the search for The formula where by he might transmit into precious gold the baser metals about him. This was a hopeless undertaking, and yet many splendid secrets that today enrich mankind were wrested during their study. King Midas, of story fame, we learn was quite wretched because he could not. by his touch, turn ev erything about him solid gold, and when entrusted with this power, he became more, wretched than before.. May the members of our clast each profit by the experience of these, realizing that there Is a jewel worthy of our soul’s devotion, not indeed the solid gold that these men loved and pined for, hut the jewel of a perfect character. . May the perfect pattern lure each •one of us so Irresistibly from day to day that the pursuit will never, to ourselves, be othet; than Joyous and satisfying. And as we press onward and upward, may some of life’s desert places be made bright er by our touch. Now in conclusion, we thank you for your presence here, and assure this! VO || (hat we appreciate the interest you have shown' in Us by being hero and a goal reached. o- and we trust that -each and every on* of this graduating class •shall lie so impressed by tin' hire of tin* impossible shall cause u* to achieve a/Worthy and noble task: and thii< fulfil! your good wishes for us. Vltain we giv,* you. one and all, a heartv welcome. « l.tss IHSTOltl. I1H7. (Mi<e» l.ola Booth x Inasmuch us every iucidenet which ba> influenced, in any way, the des tiny «>f mankind has been recorded as a matter of history, and likewise no event seems to he complete with out such record being made. There fore. L the historian «*f the cinss of 1917. of the Walterjxiro High School, am presenting tci you a brief Aistory- Of the class,/ The dawn of hist<^ry„so far as this oafticular record is concerned, dates hack to the opening oT the school v«*ar in which we became members of the eighth grade. The author .was not present to behold the break ing* of IhatNdawn. It is. however-, to be recorded that one partieplar luminous spot appeared in the firm ament of our eoitMe. The .class barely missed producing a later day rival to the illustiiohs flip Van Winkle.. One member of the class, whose name is generously Withheld is Hr** proud possessor of an unbrok en of daily naps, from the opening of school THe only occasions on fcju rev . w.kodj there jtrry doubt as to his having slept, were the occasions on which he was not af school. .-Me could sleep longer and sounder and with more perfect assurance in lin ing the right thing at the wrong time, than anyone we have ever known. Other than the above recorded incident, we lived as the flowers that are horn to blush unseen and waste their sweetness on Hie desert air A few of the members of the class withdrew from the school dur .ing the term. The .mkjority. how ever. persisted until the end of the KVKRVTMXi/ HAS AX E>l» and sixty, days, representing a pub-! not because of great accomplish lie school education ^and^ou have j me nts; at least because we have per-1 4s a* result ten dollars, as repre-j pjgf^d to the end. Our record is a‘ gentative of the value in dollar* ana ’record of-duty done, work finished rents of each school day. On a beautiful September morn of 1915 we again gathered at this school building as proud and au thentic ninth grade pupils. y This year our class was fifteen strong. We were not tenth grade students, yet it was something of n consolation to know that we were so near the tpnth grade ak to be oc cupying an adjoining room. The distance in time, separating us seem ed to be shortened by the nearness of space. 1 - , ’ . With ail this to think over and Imagine how delighted we would be. when we too, could be called the Senior Class •* of th$, Walferbdro High School; we soon began our work with a strong determination of doing better work than w'e had ever done before. - When the county fair was held, the faculty gave us two or thre» days holiday, in w hirh we >iad a very - enjoyable time. _ But like all other good things the fair came to an end and school work earhe to an other beginning. - J Then rgme the Christmas hol'- days which brought us three new members. Evelyn Dicks. Sarah Cetsinger and Joe Mole. We were very glad to welcome then into our clasji. and I am glad to reertnj that they were good, effective^ jyorkers ami we have been pleased to hare t'hm among our •membership. ’ Next came the’mid-term **<amina- tlons. Most of un having an av-. erage of pjjiotv- there were only a ■who had to come back, from the ninth grade,, during examina tion 'week/ , . % These examinations oyer, vve-«n- tere*l into the latter half of our work for that term, and with teat*<*- ly any holidays at all we we*:* soon prepared for the final examination./ Good work having been accomplish ed throughout the term, only a few were required to stand there. I remember very distinctly ;he last morning we came hack to school as ninth grade pupils. We came to get our report cards, and eyer>r members face was wreathed with smiles as we read on our cards. "Promoted to the loth Grade.” The fact that we were no longer mem bers of the ninth grade seemed was almost beyond comprehension. At last we are the Senior Class of the Walterboro High School. We came back to enroll as tenth grad^ members on the 17fh of September, IP 16. Quite a number of the fac ulty were present at chapel that morning and •after they had deliv ered some good talks, we retired to our rspectiye class rooms. Wo were perfectly delighted when Mr. l,ong came Info our room as rfur teacher. We had only one new teacher at the beginning of this term. Prof/ Hodges. Mr. Long, and Miss Jones having taught here ^before. y \W began work -for .this term with thirteen members^/ namely. 'Ey vie lUsher. Pauline Williams. Ma- i by Saunders, Ethel .Fender. Corrib Kishcr. Judith From berg and Lota Mootle. Tile hqys being Eugen • Blark. Alistey Witsell. Chaplin I>avis^. Ludh>w Fraser, Joe Mole and Peljfer I’jFey. We were now ready to carry out our utans. which we had made tljrf previous year, as to what we would do whop our senior year came. These plans were to he a model grade and leave behind us a far bet ter record than any other senior, class had yet done. Soon after we had begun on*- work, we talked of organizing a * s'* .s "in" iiit- f-urj 4*i in** ne might have tired of it and given , term an<t successfully passed the Un tb* adventure, and the proha • examinations for the next ’higher bilities are that It migH* have been grade. ^ ventures before the l. nd. so d»ar to j Attention has bee n often called us. would have been disc >v~red In and can well be railed again to the this ease we mUn: be a poor, weak j inclination of students to wlth- *nd Infirm natlan. nnable »o mpe draw from school between the With the great tasa ne under- eighth grade and graduation. We taking for the nel'ar' of „tir r eo- believe that it Is a serious mistake pie for oqf count*7 anl for the on the paM of the student, who w|th- “ V */ _ .w I draws and the parent who allows It has even bee n «the rearMh ; out the w ithdrawal. after the impossible that has led ; Statistic, go to show that the In the past to our great disroveriea value to any student of each davs snd Inrention*. It will he due- to schooling, between the eighth grade the inspiration of like high aim*. ! and graduation Is approximately literary society and in a short time w< had several good debates, but :is woman’s suffrage seemed to be the only topic on which to debate, on.* society soon died out. Fair /week came and went, leav ing behind its memories of good tunc?. Then we all began to look f of ward to the Chiistm.,s holidays. They soon passed by and the tinv was again at hand to begin wotk. After a few weeks of hard study we were readv for our first examin;- tions in the tenth grade. Thes • passed In splendidly. With minds very well satisfied fqr' Hw wo k done so far and UdtT/a greater de termination to study harder than we had ev6r done before, we now foupd-n nr selves hard at work ngntn. From the mid-term examinations until the present morning we are pleased to chronicle the following as worthy of mention. With the able assistance of .the faculty, a montnly magazine was published by the student body of the high school. It contained articles written ex clusively by the student-body and reflects creditably upon the literary Ability of the contributors thereto If you are not already acquainted with this publication, we advise im mediate efforts In that direction. We are reluctant to confess that we have lost, so near the goal for which .we are striving, one of our class-mates The removal of his family caused the withdrawal of Pelzer •Ttsey. Our principal was relieved of his duties shortly before- the final ex aminations. in order that he migh* enter the officers training camp. We have missed him and was aorrv to have him go. hut our sorrow mingled with Joy. in the conviction that he would make an efficient and gallant officer In the army of the j United States of America. We respectfully call yotlr atten- , (By Alister Witsell.) Esteemed Superintendent, teach ers and trustees; you. tyy class mates. It is an honor *nd a pleasure to stand with you tonight and speak the wTrds -of parting regret, and cheer. It is always difficult to realize in its .fulness the significance of the term. “Valedictory.” - The note of pathos sfnd regret is prrme to domi nate the tenor of leave-taking. The tones in which we speak our words of cheer and well-wishes, lend to them a complexion of sadness. Ten nyson wrote in that, his I immortal! funeral dirge: . "Twilight and evening Bell and af ter that the dark. May there be no sadness of ?a ; e- ^Vell. when I embark.” And yet despite his admonition to the contrary, tears rise unbidden to our eyes, as we read his words. We would, however. be ever mindful of the fact that our chief exc use in addressing you ’this even ing is to extend to you in parting our very best wishes, and express an appreciation for all the past has offered us at your hand, whereby we may have profited oerselve* and have been brought to a fuller ca pacity before our God and fellow- men. We are reminded that the ancient Roman, when he left his family, his friends, and his country/ and pronounced his pathetic "Vale” (farewell! with perhaps a mist of tears, blinding ‘his eyes and his .heart aching for the love whose in timate contact he must, for a while forego, still in his parting wished even what the words would indi cate, that s they might in his ab sence all fare well. Even so like wise would we. Life we know is a continuous pro ecss of change; clays, weeks and years bring them to us in never ending procession. And always there comes a stopping place of the old and beginning of the new. The story of human life is written tyith a liberal sprinkling pf periods be tween its all two shoVt sentences. Wherever we turn, whatever we do, sooner or later we come to a stop ping point. Yesterday in the early morning we started on a Journey: we passed through valleys, around mountains. and across plains There flew by us as we sped on ward. rivers and lakes and woods and fertile fields, the changing pan- orarha/clelighted our eyes and stim- j ulated our sense of appreciation for* the work of the master land-scape /Architect. But ere the evening sun lias dropped into the serf, or been Inst to sight beyond the distant hills, our journey hfi* reached its end. We could go no farther alone that road. We-have reached the objective with which our Jcfurney had been begun. Today we read a book, its char acters li\e as we pass them with absorbed interest as we turn its pages. Our love, our hate, our hopes, our fears, our smiles, our dear*, all are played upon a* w * live in the^ atmosphere and condi tions which Hie book portrays. But even as our interest waxes, we ap proach the point where across the middle of the page we find the om- nious words. "The End.” We clos“ the book-and lay it aside. It ha^ been read. Again we meet, tomorrow., some one* whose temperament, disposition and training prophesies for us that we could enjoy their . companion- ship, and interchange of thoughts for a few short hours. We see the fulfillment of this prophecy. Then work calls, the world calls, and the future calls.. We part as the ship* pass in the night, and speak to each other in passing only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness. Tiie end, the parting of the way-. Such occasions of parting, al ways ought to he an occasion of re gret. We are loath to lose the things which have become dear to us through time and pleasant as«o ciation. They have made their im pression on our lives, and they hav* contributed their share Tn ihaTiThg' us as we are. and yet in God’s econ omy it is an inevitable fact for each step upward we may leave only a slight foot-print on the step below, hv whose anl we have •climbed. But those step* will ever he dear to our memory, because by them we will have been enabled to attain to whatsoever height the future years and our own industry may design for us. "Yet all these scenes shall our mem ory wake. And fondly brood with misers] care. Time shall hut the Impression deep- . er make. ♦, As streams their channels deeper wear." Our appreciation, however, will not he evidenced by the words^re speak, but Hv the structure we raise upon the foundations that have been here laid. 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