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‘_ Lam |. |,r~~ Vt. ‘ idea of business niothnds. and linsirissr- ~

_, fprinclples. During the cast term wa,

l-ln.-ii that it has

k business courss,lrui next your we intend

,; t. r..-.~~~ iii, \\-‘~» loo

' d( r~.._ i..-.»-.u~»» »~~ know

. rit

. .\~ \\»‘ li lri lliii [la

,gtiiituia Wliist lt W

` oral tis irisi/tri is desrin-1

lll

have not granted diploma:-i for this shnii

granting a special diploma to those who wish to take this shnrt__courro.

Now, I would just like to say a word

about our studstits away. Iain always

` _ “aims irish unto liprnrr nfl pw-

_ it

._ '

Gil

Y ,

» 'i ii-ing the next term. l~‘,o`V

K #III have a very go0d`

r i

,QA ,_

,t- ,__

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71"" "“"‘ mu il” ‘"“w'h iilllufl to hear from thsrri -to hear of their

"°' -if-'111'\“l\.f\11fIU1“fi‘P'\1k*,siicccss; but I ini also glad to know

liliat while they are receiving snocerr

' ifrctn a monetary standpoint, they nrt- v therein no rrevessily cf, _ _ _ .

also giving splendid satisfaction to their

_ l . t » ,

,I`;:'V‘l'L§lu';r: TI ngxzgstnud employers. _\ short limo ago, l had thi-

tlics nynri the success .ri re you will have a ve

of pleasure of meeting one of nry old

students in t-he person tif Mr Ii I) Mc-

‘I _ _ y Lood,vice president of the Whitney "V Mm umm bmw mv\“m` Glass Works. the largest institution ot

'Wk "1 me "ext yen' mm its kind in tho world It remaitied for """' |“"“'“ lfuhful um" u Prince Erlirrird ‘island boy, and a

_ lm" 'mm my OW" PX' griiiluate nf the "U li C," to receive this

£1" “’0"k °f me ‘W0 'hi' iiiipniriirnvrit. the first position an ou'-

*-Lll l" Im “d“""“bl" 1"' sid rover held in the Whitney Glasr ‘”“7\`°"-7-l.’°f°“’I "lt d°“"‘ Works. Whatl moan to say is this. "“"1 °'° P'°"i°“" °°`C“5‘°”“` that the various oflices, president, vice I“'°'°“°d I" Ih" d°9""" president and secretary, etc, were all fh M' Mm" “Pee” N’ "SIP held by members cf the Whitney family. ml [ha °°‘m"7- I mem’ “‘ but Mr McLeod made the first break

of hmd Wming' I nm when he was elected secretary ol that ' i"*°"°"°d’° ‘h“t‘_ lm” firm, afterwards vice president; and

'li I ‘m (filly beg“'"if]R‘ today he ls in the enjoyment 'G84 Wm' the ""m"g V of the snug little salary cf :$535,000 a

l year. In talking with me over the past.

__p°"~l5 M' 'hem' 'md ‘ and happy hours we spent in the old. “C '_ " 1" °““ "°“‘“"~' "'“ 1 B 0" he me irnrmiiisr 1 fest it a nuts

'M “mm help to yon' ‘ I owe tothe coils 5 to return my thanks

E rnvince in every rf- ~ g V . _

9 - m some “"7"” H°W Mn I but do 1' ' number of applications in, rind we have

l I see the copy books

M "mm is ‘frgmai gm' i "When I went to you I was u poor boy

‘ wfmng' h°"° B ° but now I am in a position to do some

*'°'°"’ “ken mu' Eh” "Well," I said, "Mr McLeod. perhap

l ~ . *rg i .menun many B°h°:°l" thing,what would you advise me to do':’

B umm' 'hm I wen” im" you would like to do something fora

“P7 b°°k “W” the 19" boy cr girl in your native province.”

iid show me; it was hid- . suggested that he give B medal as an ‘W I mu" my th” COPY incentive to reaier cnet . “I wil

K By

“M °“ the desks fo' m” give you an annual medal, if you will

M" ‘Wt t° “sk f°"h""~ _ I want you to get ir, and tc get the very

h° d°°" “B th°“!~h ‘he i best. I shall leave it to you to decide, shamed of them It as in the conditions on which it shall be ry for those who nr: awarded. The medal shall be known as,

:gig raircers, to hi, gnol me-‘Mr,¢1_,@°d Mednigi

nl ogy should be gt od Last night I received u letter from

I ’ 9°* o who are Rc- another student, Mr A O Mollilillan I ’ S _Q 0 formerly vice-principal of this college. , , e wand gratiiinl now holding a most important position i, _, ponunny or saying with the Lars cf the Woods Mating on.

" V E' at Winnipeg. He writes me soyingV V

i’ well, and our own little team won out i hom ourselves and cm wow. good “Drk touigim Wa ind in wnueo,

t in the League as the clirirnpion basket- '. “fe my B ring with (img qglissg amagazlng whip B ball players ot' l’riri<~.e Edward Island, l'-l-h0998"1¥-I*“_m°" “aid "° I“"°d“°“°" we chrmened __The Eu", ,, and

is Nash followed.

_ "S .\DDRE~l5`.

that he has met with a gross many c the students of the "O B O," und tha they are all doing well. In iris letter h

A ,-,'e as follows;»

M Um'-i I 0°" “swf” fbeen giving the mat-ter much considers j-~ "mi W "ne “P Very tion and I think that you had better an " -eoauso I believe the , ncunce at the closing exercises tual,

,~ Ch I could make is`will do likewise; not so much for book

"' _ front rows. I certain learning as for practical business ability "1 ` uduating class speaks quality of manlinsss and honor. Let lt- .. 8

J work that has been ibe somewhat like the conditions of th . ‘ho past term. i “Cecil Rfodss Scholarship."

“ ‘ ‘rank His Honor andi Our students are finding ready em

‘ Q3* their words ol’ com' p‘oymentawuy_ They are also finding

",:`_ I J hcouragemerrt. I feel - employment at home; but I am sorry to

Y- ,ack the students for ` say that the employment at home is not

iudness und att-aution,sul’rlciently remunerative to keep them

'ir ch. ls ncw drawingihere. We receive telegramsfrom away

, V 'exried to do my bas, _asking for steuographers and book-keep

` ' iv me ,ight d;,ec¢im,_ Vers, and they are taken on our own re~

,yr Tmiuor hm, dom, commendation. This speaks well for

.rave the othors of our the college; it shows that those who

V- ,have gone before have done good work

in-mne an hmovanou in Butlmust not dwell on this; it isim

hose who intended tak

d t _ U. _ W ithat is L B Miller; he is the hardest old

dm yptwr mg 8 lad to please; You the students, know

towork admirably, So h ‘ V

fooeived diplomas from ‘ ngetumess canes'

ho have taken the short

V ` will come to me before next Christ-

'. 5°’ md wh° Wm Rradumetmas and thank me for I have

tried to be honest and fair

Zi ‘nw ms wmm as nano' i and, while lenient as far as possible,

‘v ‘ _ , says:»“I am much pleased to learnt c*"“£ 'he D'°5f"‘““ is “ that R D MacLeod has contributed un

“' _" V myself, 111111 wyrunnuai medal mriie~o Bo." 1 hav

' YOUR HONOR. Yotrn Wotisrtiir, MR

g is we gave a sho" busi_ ‘ possible to please every person. There

is only one person I try to please, and

lit. Ibelieve w ena person tres to

hm I “mm number ofipleass everybody. that moment his

d°p°"mem‘ have mkeni There are some students who think

iness course, there are a 1 the _

y should be sitting witn the gradual

den” ,M in the Shorthand 'lug class tonight. Those who itbink so

have always looked to the reputation of

1 i i

i 1

Vice President- of the Whitney Glass Works.

the college. A student must come up to the standard and if he cannot come inp to it today, he must wait until he is ahh- to reach that standard. ne moment he is able, we will gladly grant him u diploma with nllits benefits, ‘ The outlook for the next teiin was never brighter. We already have ti

iievsry reason tc believe that the next ° term will find us with oven ri larger at-

tendance than we have yet etijcyvil The usefulness of thi- college rnnsi in- ;crease with such “plz-rioid iriilueriocs I ‘ aiding it.

I Ispcke to you at Christmas relative

to athletics. I think it is but right that

gave each ri gold fountain p=n.)

Mr Miller then asked Mr 'l`rainor to

address tht- students.

MR TR.\IN()R'S ADDRESS.

Mr J O ’l`rainor. Vlci-_ Prinoipal,spcke

_ as follows:

Patscrrar., Lanrssi Asn Guaran- .\rrr.rt:-

Perhaps it is only right that 1 too

should give an account of my steward- ship. I do not intend to take np very much of your time however, as the hour is wearing late. and the elements seem

- to be conspiring ugalnrt us to some ex-

tent. But, I may say that Ido not think it atiall necessary to dwell very long on the work of the past yoar. As Mr Mir

, ler has said, our work is pretty woll il- I lustzratod this evening by having the

largest graduating class in the history of

ilfw!

O0bLElxE

l .1 »sHnM‘ .

he institution The term Just ended has been ii. very

busy one, it has been busy for ourselves

l t d t lut ithas been

rnnnv ways. This your we have gradu

sypewriting department against 33 law

work which has been dont-withou speaking disparsgiugly of formeryearr- is the best that I have ever seen. W~ presented only 34 p omus The other graduates have sono away from time to 'me; s thousands of miles away this evening. l

l that the are not all here ai

they would help to make even a more

Ishould bring this matter up tonight. _ _ . Md ,m ins in them 1 bulge() me

_ h --lf ti t 3 -

lllliudlstlute m.M we Timium athllgtlulfn! xggdpldssihldaizs Ihtdiinretheagruduaiidg “the ”°“°h°' “mi °"°d mm '° P"

lil 0 HB0 W111i01`. " U19 WHS 11 1"’ el' ` them on and see if they would suit. him

_ . t l l l I the fairest,

BDU LBBRUB 11110 which We W9” m'l°m" hsevelilnl iainswover “sed nl, tie took upu book and could read. so been said that character counts. Dr

i I t

11110911 U0 8115911 1 b‘?UC\@ ibm 110 “Bl” and mo" D 6 me.” F he said, very wall at a diltance but not Anderson very strongly impressed tha

Commencement Lxerclsesof any bnllllts

His Honor and Dr Anderson. Perhaps

what others say about ur, than to what

to the students ofthe O B O. Thev hav~

I was proud when thi- last game v ns ~ b 1 ` d - d Lhmk in was B very “ood u.me_ I WOM

over* not so much liecnuee of the vlctori' 1119811 Willl US UUBU B 0193 ll e9 r W

' _' dvise the stud nts of the O B . O. t

B W0" by °“' "‘“d""“~ bu” Uf "h" spl°"d'd b“°_n°w some to look upon :them ” ihtroduoe a shorthand m\8.azlue an _ lfeeling which existed among the <liil'-r- V I\\1K\\lB1’! lnembaf' °f th” '°"°h~“K “Wm emma” it “Tue Eno" ,, It is R V" _ .aut players of t-he tearnr. The other ‘ TINY UWB favoured usdwml 'heir PW' “ood word ' -

_ ,. ~ . - . - tdiil ttim s uringthe crm. '

[iteams ull soernt,.l satisfied that thi vic Tub” 9 berilrjf wane!" Ander‘on,°l lu' All my “(6 I have been "ying W i wry went N., Im’ "um mm" *mem dy S I make an effort to do something, and l r In reouguiticnof the r.erv.ces of our "IFN |0 OUT 9D°"m°" 5 0°°P° 9

seam in keeping up rg.. remimrion of months ago and the excellent sddresr ‘h°Y°11D81l\0l1|ioingfrom this colleg

‘ ' i i

the mirage in rho, ,iir,,Cr,0,,V i -.vmiid he gave us on that occasion, which was :sn ?°‘l‘;i'{‘; :mr °;°u:§;:° ;l:d‘”::;‘ like to give them ri souvenir. If Capt 1'0D0fi»0d by I-he °f“d°n"*- TW’ In ‘Um mug" womdbs “ww” b and b ' lRlce and the others of the teanr, will f¥1\'l1l5h"d 9P|°Udid l11Ml»B\' f°|° f“°\l"0!|i ’ y ‘hindi i i | gr mi iii asain and the practical advice which lt cou~ wma °' me ba" uw” ev" p'°d“°°d °"

Y “ “F ° “° ° ' W P* ‘ ' Prince Ecwararrirma. 1 drank you in

fuintd if absorbed by the students

them, on behalf of tin- Coilr-ge with »- r V ,-ememhmum._ (pi-_,mimi riiiiiei- their could not fail to be of incsloulable bone “mlm 1°' 'ff P|;:.“'° 7;: luv” gi"

lit to them.

Imurt thank the students for

punctuality during the year,

lplicaticn at all times.

uri our Own. `

1lDF~l906

.l ....__,..».- _..._ -_ - __.~.

Commencement Exercises are not

prrhapt, as joyful as some other uccas. roar.-as our Ohristmus closing exer- cises for example. As His Honor has said, ir seonrs a pity tc see the intelli- gent-e, and youth uf this country going broad lt sciiins u pity almost that this prov noe, wninti has produced su in-my bright young uien and wtimal , who have lic||;|-il in build up and develop tic indusiri-ri ot inner conntilar, cannot fnrn sh theni with some lutritive om- iturrriirir. ir n nw. For the majority ot rlrsnr ilrnro- are ti- positions worth occtipyirig in ini~ n;ru..iry, with very fr-w or--. prions; but il ern is some cor - solarr-.ri rn iaifrwiirg that wherever they go tht-v wil rt il or tln~ highest credit u

ivislrutiorr.

I'ti~»- k into ii wi ir rl not tr- atuln tc

rr-fri r..r ri~¢. .him ti v if i.ivil-uiiirl -. 'avg' i fr 'tir~ -v ~~ir~g‘- r torirsirruwri ~ vin |'~»- by mnui , 1-oi'-iii .r», ity tw y Nlti' w-into vis- -iii 11 ri it lilrr ii rr.. “' i `.' iii- wurll w~n€4| h~- r slr" r

p'rri ilif-iris--Ives, rim t:~lir~gr~, and their

in rairylrig tml ili-- pmgr mm ,

Now, Ido am intend to take up any

register cf our department, there was not one who did not intend to make the d|‘°"mi“°'°d '5°i““ m0" ““f*l"lY very best use of his or har iims white in The eloouilonists and musicians are en the cottage. and I may go further and 001116 livery time. sn: I have not hear nay that I have yet to hear of a single a single speaker eucored hers this even- studsnt who was not perfectly satisfied ing- Now than I do not intend to mak with the instruction he or she received. A speech. However, if I do speak I ma

I may also refer to cur relations with d Her broadly from those who hav the students of the bool-keeping depart- Ipokeu before me, I might diggs in “_ »ment. As you are aware we are not in "mi rgrpsoss; perhaps you would no the same building-» here is considerable iikg ii and perhaps they would, space between us; but we still see each gave,-gi 0| me ,pagers im-9 have mg. other at timer. and I just wish Mrs tv sn li. for granted that all the brit h mention the harmony which existed bo 'young man .nd wgmgn gndulin of 'WSW th” lW0 dvP“1lm0“"» *nd ‘U0 this college arc going to leave this coun- many courtesies and klnduessas I re- "YV 1 do no; baiiew g word M it; may ceived from Mr Mlller's students as well ,quid ba ,-o,,||,h ii they did _ Then, is

\ V f , ‘ ' ' I _

fonlonsl lits,vrhc have besuywiili riaV§V‘r,.‘_._ ,' ,_ on former occasions, and ,whom wo

shculdllketohosrsgsln._ / ` 'V '

In gqnclualrlll. I Wllh GNP] Dlil YOIIV icrinni variation. It seems s long V .rand from June to December, for I'

b suppose our next maetltg will uosba till V the Christmas closing. But the mouths

will pass faster than we a_e aware; time spent in the pursuit of pleasure ai- `

ways passes quickly. I hope, thi r fora that we shall all mess again at seine

uiura time and renew the friendships, ie pleasure- , rind the associations of

ur-nlglli.

A song by Miss Margaret S rwiirtwts he ri- X1 viiiirrhw. is tl was wit-mal

THE MAYOR S I.l)l)ll.llJ S

.tis \V.rr~nip iliiyirr Priori spoke as

i|||11\\ t m

Ytiiia "~ rwuii it l‘niaClPal, l./iDIl!8

A.\') h.li'l LHHENL ,-\i lliin l.-ilv liiiiir 1* i/ rirll ri-it. l-B 3|

...I i..ir |-~i rn» i g v. ~--ii an aiiilrri-s cl ,nn INN |i_ irrii ~| .I ii is mv duly to

,my ,i (sw wtndr. rw.-air »- i.n-~ city is cer-

iriirtlv iriil- \»i~'i 1 » i riirliinl .\l\ll>)` '\l\f| .ifr..ii ~ ._~. i fra ~it~, rr-~ it~»iurt` i‘,,,. ,.r.,. , p r ii- - oiiilfigt-Vis well i¢.,,.“-"ii ,v .i ‘ar-~~ii'..i. .intl lilsilllr

` i_ii~ U irri -ilu _ li-»inc itl lie o ln-

r.e.i.i 1 irc in- ~- ini if l' l -~ \rn~~ in o rn- n4:t wiili i rru.rili»-r lr.-ui the ii.fI’rireD

placii . Tim ltiiirwludgu that l get from

MRA R_ DV MCLEQD those wir-rare travelling fn m one part

` rf Canada to anoiheij tpealrs high!! 0'

he i B L/ is a pcispc t into any busi ness in Canada cr United States

l may say that I um alittle more in crested in the shor hand department

aswelasoursuens. . h __‘ h hw' avery pleasant and satisfactory orislri [\‘"°W W nl' “'T"D"° 5": ‘ ;°“§ haw

alphabet P. B, . ., ec, or

V V _ rho f`. B. C. In fact the vnry narnc of _-_-W

t » . V 1 7. . ‘_ ' . ~ .K

~ 1 I . r

'lv I

down lilo wordsa muule can a

year I may my mmfeov," that ,h. enough to road myself. I remember

' ' man attending a

when I was a young shorthand class, the teacher we had wa alittle man,and these little men ar

di I this e,,e,,i,,‘, very conceited. The scholars had al-

ways an idea that he put on a goo

without locking through his glasses.

got a pair of my mother’s glasses an

on y wer" y ` ' brought them to school. These glasses down only echo briefly again the valu-V

in the whole league suffered more be- I college in Canada or elmwhere' qui", so warp neu" I; h.nd_ I uid,

I V cause of the many changes in it, than i We have had much pleasure in Imam ipennph you had bane' "lean mem np: I me O' R C' Bm M mm gundam wa" in to the very instructive addresses ci ‘mich he Md “nd f°““d mer” ""°5 n ’“0BP1*C1111¢Bd "D111 D|1\5’111P» v11°il19‘ glass in them.Ido not know wh: ther yo

willinllly stelvped forward and _ tor;k_hlis “ is Pleasant" for .H of you to "men UV phy “ch nicks on you “.5 an or nm, iplace- so that altogether we did air _i ous if you do you certainly :how very

U18 DBPPB DK BVS H.

their MR MOOREADY'S ADDRESS.

*nd Mr. J E B Mc0ready, Editor of th

for their good conduct, and ap-

Guardlau spoke as follows :-

think that. of thc ninety students, [Anus ‘ND G'N"'BM“'_ ` whose names are enrolled upon the Id" mn mink th" I 'mm mn"

speech because I notice the speakers sr

p‘_enry ci roi m lr re on Prince Edward Islaud-- tit e if p. There is plenty c' room r»-rna- ing. What need to go farther than el my rlpiri, a son of Prince Elward lsiiinri stayed right heraand ra. risen to the exnlrrrl station cf Lieutenant- Gcverncr And tniuk loc of the men you have inriuitsd hers, those loading ruuslciain hi-re before ur»\,Pr'cfs Watts and Earle. '1‘i cy were not horn ou Prince Edward Inland, but cams hero to supply a lung felt want Dr Anderson imported from siooiiaod; His .Worship the Mayor, ami Editor Nash of I-he Pa'Illlc'r another bright example of men who came hen- fr011i sbt--nit i fl»l ipositions wlilch you did tml fill _\uu~».e|vm, Principal ldll. lor, the central character of this aus- picious occs t rr-, .int ther man who crime from sbroiri ic til' ri mation at the tcp, I hign ~=ai»-.tr in l‘ri|-tw l€r|w,\i,| i,|‘,,_|; and y--r y u talk or innng msn and

worn ‘ir gurus' librriad in r-hgioli of Poli. tiorir, and all iii-»|~ have comgio nu irlaizrs iii l'r not E-i -.itil Island. SJ|(i, trio" W""'°- A long time sign that “_ run 'ri gill on -ken i'-mul fur him and

~»i`\\-ies huu in slatiil bel'-ro- pilni s~ ." li

yuu huv»~ grit ine git , intl rho lirilurilty, slid the errorgi, 'liar y- u can do ilrir gr. 'hotter than urh-or people can do thorn, and make better use of your time. The world llud You our even if you

Of yuuriirne. are several in 'ma in rho

ll* 01| Island.

Row I

. ir-lr ' '.‘-‘el r~ -1- _

4 xited“55 students from the shorthand anti U99" 'h“""~ Anh°““h I “mmol 'Bk'

` i t it in

in able words spoken by His Honor, ther

MAYOR.

PATON

of good advice. However, most ol’ you know better than l do, the advantages that come from ri Business College train- ing, I, myself did noi have u great deal of use for lt, although I went through a college thirty-tive years ago. Therefore,

s [know something about the course. 1 9 any this without any hesitation, th ut no

portion of nionev expended on such education as 1 lirvn was better expended

o . ,

H Dum of ,hem BW many airs, and could seo perfectly well than that which was expanded 011010

I pi-agiical uses of this life, acquired in a J business collega Let :no before I sit

i Lieutenant Governor. rind His Worship, . in addresses tothe "O, B. O " It has

uV ard of morals is maintained, taught, an

I fore my turn had arrived to say a fe e words to youito-nlght.It would be ruthe d unfortunate for me were! in the position r Mi- llifcOrsady has just placed hirusel as in asking an encore .

e Charlottetown Business College for tha

3 Now. what a very unfortunate thin

lt would bs, if all the boys and girl

upon you. It counts with the student, also with the tnccliurs and Principal c

u t‘ie'college. With them ri high stand

not only taught but the example is set in this institution.

I am very much obliged tc you for

h listening so patiently, and I will not ask I you to enoorcme. (enccred) -Laughter d MR. NASH'S ADDRESS. o Mr Nash, Editor of the Parruor ad- d dressed the students as fcllows:- y Yocs Boson, Mit Cn/irnarris, Lsnrss

AND GEN'rLEarsN.-I aiu exceedtngl

pleased that that applause took place b

Y e

i’

I think it ls my duty tonight. repre-

r" seating a part of the Press of Char-

lottetown, to say a few words in behalf of the "0 B C." For upwards of twenty years I have known Mr Miller, I have watched his career and the career cf the

t e

space of time. I may truly say that th Professor and I have "grown in beant side by side.”

E s

should remain on P li lsiriurl, and not go

V; abroad. Think ct imwihe other pm

vlnces would scifi-r. Then think of das impcrtations referred '.0 hy Mr Mc.

° Oready: these mon were locking around Y seekiuga resting plriivi for the soles of

° their feet, when surldt-_nly they stepped

within our pleasant surroundings, than here they hired, herc _ they prospered and hare they are content to die and bc buried.

I am quite convinced that this is true

of a Nova S rctlan, a New Brunswicknr and a Prince Edward Idaniler. 1 be. love three of them uri-i ni one time. Tbs Nova Scotiati and the New Bruur. wicker wishing to take it rise out of me little Islander said: .\'i»va Scoiian to New Brunswiclrer, “lt you were nor, n New Brunswloker, what would you i., -_w

. _ _ ________

“I would be a Nova Scotlaa." Thou the New Bronswlcker to the Nova Scctian: --lf you were not a Nova Flcotian. what would you bs?" "I would be a New Brunsvvlcker." Both together to tho little Islander: "If you were not an Islander, what would you be?" “I would be ashamed." (L rugb- ter.)

Standing here before you to-night,

with u sister and a daughter-lt will be hard for some to tetl which is the daughter- both attending the ‘ O B U," I am almost too elated, too stuck up, if you like, ifl were not reminded of a story of the French Revolution in 1780, when a person was being taken to the guillotine for execution. All around the populace was crying, "Down with gh; urlstocrat. “Down with ths arlstr- orat." Rising up the thief said, "My friends, I am not an aristocrai, I am a thief." A clergyman tapped him on i, a shoulder and said, "This is no time 'ur .VIYMY-" So I do not think it would to , V91! b€001DiuiVr for me to grow vain over this occasion.

Now there is one thing that I would lik” F0 HB! to the students of the “O B O". II have attended lectures given lu

this institution, and I have learned con- Hdemhly more in that way than Iliad H11! idea I would learn when I stsrtid in to attend those lecturer,and you have enjoyed exceptional opportunities. Ii ls after all "Rlghteousnsss tha exalts tha nation." And righteousness must ba 001191611 with commerce, com. merce on which the great wealth and statute of the whola world rests. Nou, girls and boy; ,im have taken diplomas that will enter you into business life. They will take you 11190 the commercial world: it will ds- P81111 upon them whether you go for-

ward as the builders ofa nation prc- gressive and properous, or whstherycu stand still. I am convinced that all those who hav; taken diplomas, from their appgai-ana; Wlllllht, from the standard set by this college, and from what lr llllllor has told us of them, will aim nigh and ao; Wit" 111011 Part with a willing stron. s"°"°l °f U19 Girls who enter than

commercial iillces as steuograpliara ami typewriters, will develop, and gr-Mini, perhaps as wives of these commercial m°“- TMJ' too will act wsll their psrs, there all the honor lies. ~

I “"1 11°* 801118 t-0 detain von any

l°D86r. I will now say Mr Miller, I h'"° 11111°h Pleasure lu thanking yt u for the honor you conferred on mo i-i permitting me tc make these hw rs- markrthis evening.

(Contlriucd on page 5),

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