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20 THE CA UCEUS think to what great man or woman they be- longed. Besides these enforced gifts, we leave- not of necessity, but our own free will--our blessing, tender memories of our pleasant associations together, our forgiveness for anything that we may not have exactly ap- preciated in the demonstration of the past, and a pledge of friendship from henceforth and forever. And we do hereby constitute and appoint the Principal, Mr. Lord, sole executor of this, our last will and testament, ln wit- ness whereof, wc, the class of 1927, the tes- tators. have to this our will, set our hands and seal this second day of June, one thou- sand nine hundred and twenty-seven. ' Signed, -Fiuzn Aariuzn Lewis. Valedictory Not Finished But Begun Many important events of civil and mili- tary life in the past have occasioned special words of farewell, for instance: a gener- al's farewell to his army 5 a president's fare- well address to his people, or a pastor'S farewell to his parish. Although, in comparison with such great events, tonight's graduation is insignifi- cant, yet to us it is all important. Therefore I deem it a very great honor, as the reppre- sentative of my class, to say a fey fitting words at this time. ln place of a formal valedictory speech, 1 have thought best to adopt as my theme some of the special future opportunities awaiting us and the modern outlook as com- pared with the ancient. About a, century ago, if an American had stepped up to l'ncle Sam and asked for an education in the arts and sciences, he would have received a very stern refusal and would have been told instead to use his en- coveries that have resulted in this new order and the chances of further promoting them. D ergy for the development' of our natural re- sources, and for the establishment and de- fense of a better govermnent. There were far too many physical activities for him to be allowed any time for cultivating his mind. Times have changed. Now Uncle Sam is turning more to education and its bene- fits. The sweat of our forefathers has built for us a wonderful nation, and it is our duty to do all in our power to help it still further along, not by just commonplace grinding, as formerly, but by a combining of well- trained minds with manual labor in order to make use of the illimitablc material God has given us. If a person living two hundred years ago or so had been able to see, in a crystal, a picture of today, he would have been tlum- derstruck. To him, all our every day con- veniences would seem as miracles or demons, and even the people would hardly be recog- nized in their strange costumes. Today our social life has been developed to a very high standard by new educational methods, more advanced ways of caring for the body and keeping it strong, shortening of the working day: and the organizing of spare time in helpful exercise. By modern appliances the home is grad- ually being turned into an enchanted castle, as the ancients would think, thereby giving the mother more time to devote to her fam- ily and to further enrich her store of knowledge. The nations are catching the spirit too, and are continually debating and'discussing methods of disarmament to preserve wo1'ld wide peace. It is getting to be a common thing now for a millionaire to leave his fortune for the help for research work in one or many en- ter prises. The results that have come from this aid are far reaching. ln order to demonstrate to you the possi- bilities of the future. it would be well to mention first some of the wonderful dis-
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