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Coming to the RICHARD THEATER, Ahoskie, N. C. !? -Thursday and Friday, MayT7th and 18th, That Most Talked About Picture of All Pictures Harold Lloyd in "GRANDMA'S BOY" rrs GREAT. DON'T MISS IT.' __ Free Tickets to All Grandmothers Friday Night Only. $jjj p;,,?<jfSBglgr' t\K :/> ~'-'w- ||m ADDRESS BY K. T. RAYNOR TO 1923 GRADUATING CLASS In A "Masterly Address He Out lines The Possibilities And The Dangers That The Future Holds Forth The baccalaureate address publish ed below was read by Superintendent K. T. Ray nor, of the Ahoskie High School, to the sixteen members of the graduating class of 1928, on the final day of commencement last week: You have come through four long years of work and study, with the many perplexing problems that have confronted you all solved, and today has at last dawned for you,?the day fdr which you have striven,? the day of which you have dreamed, for which you have longed. A few momenta ago 'you' received from my hands the diplomas which set you free from this institution of learning. But before you shall go, before the last linlrthat binds you to us shall be broken, let ra? burn into your minds and hearts these fey thoughts as my final parting message. Today begins for you a trying time of life. You are standing now upon the threshold of a new world, you are pausing on the shore of an untried sea. You have hitherto been care fully guided all along your journey up through the grades, and up through High School, Perhaps times have come when you have chafed un der nptraint,/and long for freedom from books and school work. That freedotn has now come to you, and today perhaps you take hold of it with fear and trembling, wondering what to do next. The world today opens its door* and bids you enter. The stages is all set?many false at , tractions line your pathway to trap and ensnare you. Real life for you is just beginning. The rosy dpwn of youthful life is just breaking. The birds are gaily singing along your way. All is happiness for you. The world is now demanding of you to begin your life. After elevep years of study and preparation, what have you to giye to the world that-Is ex pecting so much of you? You say you have your life to give. That is quite true. But what is life?- Do you know? 1 On the border of the Lybisn Des ert, between the barrenness of sand . and the fertility of the river, the Egyptian Sphinx has stood for four thousand years. Its looks have been towards the rising son, and the life giving Nile. It symbolises intelli gence, strength and imperishability. This immortal monster, though wor shipped as the author and giver of life, abd the ruler of the upper and lower worlds, has never yet solved one probjem of life, for, after all, he la but ato^e. So, the fabled Grecian Sphinjt, propounding his riddle in the highway of Theses, did not solve the problem of his Own bread. Lift is not a riddle to be^t^ssed at, but a . problem to be solved. The immortal ity of stone or story is but the immor tality of death. What is life? This question no man can answer, because no man knows. The farmer\ can plant a kernel of corn and.see frosp which part of it life springs, but the1 life itself he canot see. The chemist can analyyze an egg, and can make another like it, but that egg will not produce life. Men will give fortunes to stay the stream of life when it is Rowing out of their own veins, to continue the pulse beat, to keep up She respiration, but it flows out de spite the will or ^fsh. But the prob lem of d beating heart, a heart which, \ like the'ecean, swells with hopes and ebbs with fears, sleeps in peace, and breaks in storm, giving fdr destiny a port or a grave?this is the problem of livings And each one of you must solve it aright for yourself or be dill solved by it. How shall you begin your problem today? What is your life now? Probably, as much as it has been. What you have been doing you are likely to con tinue doing. Your Hfe ia the sum rx. Hi total of -your reactions to the various I influences brought to bearCOgop you. S You alone know better today what yoqr real lifa is than any man can tell you. If you have responded nobly to the wholesome influences thrown around you, and have been mindful of the splendid educational opportunities Offered you, you are likely to be alive to them 'n (he fu ture. It seems only right and alt' gether fitting therefore to congratu late you upon the success thtfs far , attained. You have utilized some of the opportunities placed before you, and not being contented with mere elementary knowledge,- you have gone onward and upward, so that today with your'diploma in your hands ybu can leave this old school better equip ped for the work of the real life that now calls to you; better equipped to withstand the temptations that lie in wait for you; better equipped for the successful solution of the many, many problems yhich confront you. What is your life? I answer, it is a part of | a divine plan. One person looks small; but the great is dependent on the small, and both are necesary for final success. The lad with the bar ley loaves and the two small fishes was far more important in,feeding tHh thousands than were all twelve of the disciples. Prom all eternity that boy was a part of God's plan. So are you. There is a place for you to fill. The world expects you to do something, your parents and friends are build ing high hopes in you. God will re quire something of you in return for his blessings. The State which edu cated you now expects something from you in returns. The hearts of your fathers and mothers will throb with joy as you mount step by step the ladder of fame. May you ful fill the high destiny that divine goodness has made possible for you I But just here comes the question of fulfilling that destiny, that place for you in the world into which you are how so eager to enter. I am forced to inform you that the strug gle will be difllcut. The world into which you are now entering is a mass of humanity, more or less discontent ed, more or less worldly minded, and all too much in love with the dollar. Often the public measures a man's suceeas by his bank account. What a false standard! Such was qot al ways the case. And tfiis money-grab bing, pleasure-loving age is drawing down the high standard of our great Nation. "Ill fares the land, to has tening ills a prey; where wealth ac cumulates and men decay." The world today needs more than ever be- r fore men ami women of high ideals and lofty .visions?men who don't en throne the dollar-in the innermost receaes of their minds, bat who strive for the higher things, each as knowl edge, wisdom, religion, character? qualities so rare that they are above the price of rubies and diamonds,? and yet within the reach of everyone of you boys and girls. Success, then, should never mean to you the mere accumulation of wealth. Don't lot that idea enter 1 your minds. But success jg what each one wishes to attain. What is suc cess? To my mind it sifliply means "making the most of our opportuni ties." For you, then, members of the Senior Class, success can be at tained by doing the beet you can with what has been given you in talent and training. But as you draw near the \Verge of the open world today .and put one foot on the brink; as you ap proach' theSadder of life which each must climb, ^ charge you to keep in mind this fact\ That whatever else you may need on your journey through life, three filings stand out far above all others. "These three things are character and determina tion and faith. Let us now- study these three greatest of all assets to a successful life. I \ Character, what is it? It is what you really are, not what your friends think you are. Of what is character composed? Of two things, mind and heart. , From these two sources emi nate all the impulses and- reactions i that build ous character. Is your j character complete today? No; you will ever build'your character, and | never finish it *Evcry thought though oftimes unexpressed, every s ... "s j impression received, every good deed determined upon, all mould and shapfe our characters day by day. But, since the mind is such an important agent in the formation of character, your character should be at least highly creditable, else your gradua tion this morning is a farce, and should be stopped now. For eleven years in this school have your minds been undergoing a process in train-, ing, not s<S much for the suhject mat ter you may remember from the text book, '?but in order that your minds may be able to solve aright the great problems of life for .you, and thus add luster and beauty to that inde finable thing called character. In or der to succeed further along this line I urge you to continue your train ing in some college or university. The higher your mind is developed, the better influence it can exert on your character. Don't stop here. Go on, go on. But, of the two agent in the for mation of character, the heart, per haps, exerts a greater influence. At least that is our general opinion. What training has your heart receiv ed? Where can a heart be trained? A heart is first trained in the home. Here are made the first impressions, which so greatly effect all after life. Hei^in are you blessed in being brought up in a Christian home. For if there is any place upon this earth supremely blessed, it is the American home. If there be one field of as phodel on this side of the grave, if there be any'place over which God's angels of peace may rest for a mom ! ent on their mesage of mercy and fold their anowy wings, it must be in the Christian homes. If there iajmy person on whose face beams the very light of heaven itself, it must surely be the face of a Christian mother. The most holy and most consecrated altar from which" prayer ever winged its way to heavenly courts, is a mother's knee, and'the sweetest word that ever floated out on the still and silent air, carried by angels to the throne of grace are "Now I lay me down to sleep." Happy is the child with such a1 heritage; happy the heart that has received such training. Such a heri tage and such a heart must be yours. ^ The second place in which your hearts have beem<trained is the school room. You, entered at the age of six years, with minds so eager to learn, so easy to be moulded and fashioned. Your teachers at once began the task. Of all sculptors and painters the world has produced the conscientious, christian teacher stknds supreme. The sculptor only beautifies a cold, lifeless piece of stane; a painter only adorns canvas, but a teacher takes a living child of flesh, blood and bone and moulds and shapes a human life in its very budding time, and gives to the world a splendid boy or a splendid girl, bouyant in youth, gracious in bearing, and beaming' with the sun light of happiness?a work of art excelled only by the Master builder and architect of the world. Such a privilege has been yours. This school sets a high standard for its teachers, and is satisfied with only the best. (Continued on page 6) HOW FAR Will your son or daughter progress? PROFESSOR C. CASWELL ELUS In his book "The Money Value of Education/' SAYS:? "The child with no schooling has only one chance in 150,000 of performing distinguished service; with ele mentary schooling he has four times that chance; with high school education, 87 times that chance; with college education 800 times that chance. IF YOU Wish to guarantee the means of a college education for your son or daughter, let me tell you about a SCHOLARSHIP BOND That is being offered by THE CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY of HART FORD, CONN. Established in the year 1846. Assets over ONE HUNDRED MILLION. * J. C. BRETT, P. O. Box 344, Raleigh, N. C. Without obligation on my part, I would like to know the details of your Scholarship Bond. My date of birth is My child's age is v' * Name , ? ' ? Address ' - "/ r ~ ? 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