,. 4 mm;
tel-lulu loan endeavor to solo admit—
tulle-i All- timeouts standard
earlyund-conriderahly over one hun-
dred were towed to stone thmushout
the We”. avenue platform was
utilised to accommodate a very emu
portionoitheexerdow.whilothero
minder chaired the doorways and
lined'up no»; the walls. It me quite
evident .trioee the experience of. last
night gut future commencement ss-
cruises will have to be held elsewhere
ill-I, J Milton Elohim. chairmen of
the school board,“ presided» «and in u
test well relented words conveyed to
the m the expression or opinionl
0! them, the iseulty and the coni-
mun! 44, adarge. his said:
'lldr‘ Superintendent «Ladies and Gen-
tléi'neu end Members of the Grad-
courit‘s,;4for inventory, for forward
" 4 locking. The question is what
a view
prayed. the. great hearted philautbro
By; the wise stetesmanship. the broad
' ‘4 4 Imlnded municipal spirit. ’Xnd the
mighty power of human society?
Admitting that; you have done your
tel/lie. and done them well neverthe
loss the question confrontsL you. how
will your repay these precious gifts of
» .huuinnlty? _Thon1as diuxly says:
' Leuniwhat is
what is right.
out the truth in order to do the right
Levery life-egotism and altruism.
fittest. and whose battle. cry leuusb
vovemome grasp overwhelm. .tnke
cribe on your banner
4 rotherh‘ood. ” recognizing that all hu-
manity has done what our
herited we must bequeath
that BOIYSI
infly so far apart, yet togetli
patio every human béi'd'gi; For
end we find that to serve oth
F.‘ .
one ce 0 others.
v oils'liio
educatiou and the W
“wet
I 4 {er on you
L do Labor ‘Ito 3’01"
lime. or the ”3""
may rendered. and
Women, .
pruented the close"
5mm Principal ‘-
,. My waiting for that
II minent which is the visible token
of years of toll and tasks accomplish-
oily-on behalf of the board of educa-
this it becomes my special privilege
4 to$3y to you one last word. It's a
Band time for Elie balancing of ,ac~
”William to tell you the secret of the
you. going to do with your life lrom
now on? Do you realize that you are
selected from the many.
splinter this reason have a duty to
potion), ,lt duty unusual? Or do you
Mylo ymxrseiv2es Don't worry. We
I- are what we are from our own cxer~
tions but let not your egotlsm deceive
you. L'How about that ancestor who
fwlBed you his gift of heredity, your
tether and mother who tolled and
rue in order to dd
But that's the rub.
'What is true? in the world are many
people. And oft-timed]: shedoWs creep
among them to dim their vision. and
. I “ many stho‘d on different plains of. obe-
' narcotics. and try. their best to buzz“;
. out the question. But it’s up to You.
L and you alone to find the truth and
the truth shell make you free. Find
There are two motives that rule
«4 Will, you be guided ’by that egotism
whose motto is the survival of the
rive and grow fat and whose proto—
type is the superhuman or Iivlll you
“human
fathers
nil} motherelliave done, and as we
a by adopting that altruistic phil-
"be onto others as
cold that Ithey should do unto
whose prototype is Jesus of
lded by those motiveetLL seem-
er domi-
no
u live for himself hose, and
L indispeneible to our oven self re-
L ' ’to perm: ourselves demands
ll tor yen it you have a early
‘that. more and more altruism
e lace 0: eschew: ‘0 “‘9
4 end" Would
hand do what :3 right “
. your Mikes 95
n444glea1n and glitter as it they, it is not .
beautiful; whatsoever be its fashion, I.
runny is ‘at the door with a threshold:
The key is on your shoulder. Enter
L 4 or: the «graduating 1.1.4.51; ,.
their choicest
L' 11
acting in return you wi-
American eitlsery
Mr Ghanaian. seem at the
Melisamessodfimfle
,.
chosen it We Opportunity is the
1m and peculiar theme of the on
casino 1lieu: manner of work is ap-I
proved; you. are. graduated; Judson.
you are at the door.
Opportunity: ob ports, mooning at
the partial. opportunity:- at the wet;
What door! That is a question in
deed. Oh, the doors of this ‘woridi
oh, what doors there are in this life
of ours! The door to the good and
the door to the had; the door to the
true and the door to the ialse; the
door to the Beautiful and the door to
the Hideous. . Opportunity is yours.
Will you choose the right orwlll you
choose the wrong? 'Your living, your
life; your dying,.your death depend
upon your choice. You must not
guess: you must know. Mistake is
dangerous: it is total.
You are young. IThouspentIdays oi
your life are few. A volt deal in this
world is unknown to you. .IAs you
have availed'youmelves of incomes-
lunity of. this School, '80 are you now
graduated. The timebas come when
this. school is closed to you, when you
go out to other doors in. the great
. school of the world. At this time 1
door.
There is a house called the house
of life. Whalebbver is. good «is com.
ponent of this house. Whatsoever is
true is Iinpronortion of, this house.
whatsoever is beautiful is in adorn-
ment oi.’ this house. And thishouse
is built to abide. And it is great.
greater than the house of faith.
greater even. than: the house of hope.
In this abiding house of greatness is
all the treasure oi the world. Oppor-
wolf‘us at the door. Opportunity is
yours. Enter, and the treasure of the
ivorld is yours. But, can you enter?
Never, till you learn and apply the
secret oi? the door. I:
You are young Your day is at
hand Morning light is breaking on
the doors of theIworld. Begin your
day with,4tlie"beglnning of knowledge
of the secret of the door. Bow down:
down on your knees. your shoulder
near the sill. The house of. love is
the house of prayer. The secret of
the door or the house is on the shoulI
der and on the’ sill. ' L
The secret of the shoulder: DfI Hie
servant He ssidL. . “And the key of
the house of David 1.4 will lay. upon
his shoulder."
The secret of the sill is‘ in its
name. And the secret of the name is
in the grass.
The secret of the shoulder is in
the arm .4and in the hand that now
the cuts and the rye and the wheat
and the corn. oil grain-yielding grass
of the field: in the am“: and in the
hand that reaps» the grain-yielding
grass of the field; And the. secret of
the threshold, the name of the sill
is in the grain-yielding grass of the
field.
The secret of the place of the key
and thename of the sill is in the
Threshing Let the straw Iand» thefichufl
Land the gathering and the garnering
of the grain. The secret Lo! the door
of the house 0'14 love istork. devoted
Work. work that goes with the swing-L
ing of the sewer,L work that goes with
the swinging of the reaper, w‘m‘k that
goes with the singing of the song of
“harvest home. .Work that goes .‘with
the threshing and thewl'nnowing at
the chair from the groin. work with
141 purpose and a wllL The key. to the
house o! love is work. 'I .
LB‘ewaré the door without it thrash-4‘
old KllL who enter «there eat' shell.
The door without it threshold is to a4 _
, house wit-hoot sustenance.
I}
l
- it- is not true; however lnvitlhg, it is
not good. Turn away. Your; onpo
there and eat the breed or. life. 4.4
Graduates: you can now hear and
speak and read. What? Words. Be-I
coreful in this matter. In Words you
hear the voice or all ironstone _ 4
utter words which were once on the
tongue of Abraham. some of {your
words “were Hunter's: Jame Rivers
uied by Virgil.- in words of your
tongue Milton told the story of ms:
lion, Shakespeare portrayed humsn
413cm I splendid possession is met
Let it,
-1011 4
predation. Threshold: and we hear
“he pausing thew mite;
lion at the f
Hy mimetic W» I haveL ' L
Jehovah. Threshold and
991115 word is of nitrous, insnelent
doya, phoned by a men whose name
WWW 11nd built by n note whose
name was Peace. Threshold: ensue
oracle or the Word is that the wraith
of heaven is stayed on earth where
men more his temple at theathresh-
in door
What is in the house becguse. of
work done in love and in apex-sci»
tion: done in separation and in sac-
rifles? work done in sacrificial Bee.
rides; the giving up of oxen the good
to attain onto the hotter.
corn. in the sorting, is mimosa unto
new
its manifolding The life of the
grain, in the flipping. is sacrificed
onto a higher being. Sacrifice. the
letting go of even the good and the
better in order of attainment unto
the best The essential of life merg-
ing into higher. life is sacrifice All
life below. even .ths'purest Lof Ithe
pure. must be sacrificed to attain unto
the lite above iwhere all is pure. This
.is the lesson of the Life that came on
earth unto sacrifice.
What in in the house because of
work done in true audio bale pur
pose? And what occurs to those who
work in thioumanner? in that: house
are all things of value and at) us. and
nothing is abused: all instruments"
and means and material of wool; and
knowledge and power. and health;
.and sit installation and adorns, dig-
nity and grace and the train of all
virtues.
in accord and in order, for the law
of the house is harmony. And a mir-
sole is wrought upon the faces of. all
one abide in that house; and they
was not that it is so. because the iris—
room of the house is
Their faces are made to shine. Thus
it iathat the faces of so many elderly
folk, are beautiful.
in the house of love, and the light of
their beevenly home is already on
their faces.
the house or love is the house of pie
paration.
door.
lug floor. There is a threshold at the
door of the house of love because the
house is the house of preparation Lior
the restoration of the house of God
upon the face of man.
is yours 80 work in preparation that
your faces may be refssh'loned after
the order of divinity.
yours.
the house eternal is opened the heav-
enly light may shine upon your faces
Opportunity is yours.
sacrifice that you may attain unto
perfection of knowledge of the secret
of the door
stand up with the symbol of the. halo
on your laces, look up With, glory.6n
your faces when the roaring} «thunders
trumpet the closing of the school of
the world and the opening ofI the
4 evaluating doors. , ‘
And all within that house is
in sacrifice.
They have lived
This is the token that
Opportunity. Latin: at the
Halo, Greek: a circular thresh-
Opportunity
Opportunity is
So work in love that when
So work in
so work that you may
t.
:Principal IE.’H.Gu1nbert offered the
class as having finished the prescribed
course of study and therefore ready to
receive diplomas in recognition of the
completion of the work. He compli-
posted the members and then lol—
lowed the presentation or the diplomas
by superintendent Chapman. .
A selection by the orchestrasnd the
benediction by Rev stains s. Hartley.
pastor of the South Nor-well: Baptist
Church, brought to 34 close the even-
ing’s program, which was «one of the
best ever. given at cemmcncomout
time. L
The members or the one: of 1915
Llll'a‘
Jennie Marie Benlncasa.
Sidney Arthur Bodient.
' seeley Lowndes Benedict.
I Allen George Bennett. ' '
L4v1
Genres central]
Lhank B. Chamberlain.
«ILEmilLy Eleanor Coley. '
Ella Lois Gordon.
mistresses.
Robert Word Richardson.
We Eider. .4 1/
Howard Austin ‘lloberts.
. Frances Junette‘fiononn
teellis‘fillch “ *I
Elisabeth estuarine Savage
Ruth Bryan 8te9'6ns. L
Adrien harsher What.
’Willisni Osborn Taylor.
Hilde, tools Thompson. "
Marian Thompson.
'Ssra Esther Trunk“. I
4 Clarence: Eldert Volimer.
. Isabella Suntan! Wokeham.
‘Ellen 'Veronics Waterbury..
Jeanne Hamilton Wilcox.
Carroll Dwight Wills.
Kathrlme Dorothy Wilson.
Board oi question—*1.
Coburn, ,M. :1. Chairman: Henry G.
l
L V
William P. Ward.
Superintend o:
Chapman,
lium 'D: Pollock.
The Afte‘i‘fiion Program.
a Junior High’acnool was graduated
yesterday. and to children of plumalk
belongs the honor or being-members
o! the pioneer class of its kind in this
section or the United states.
‘There were 157 young men and two
men that made up the first production
class of the Junior High School of
year have been undergoing an entire
tin and Center schools.
The exercises were especially litter-
of the mduatinreiass of members
who attended the examiner which
were hold in the Norwalk Armory.“
West avenue. yesterday afternoon'at
2:15 o’clock . L»
The young ladies. especially. proo-
ented sunset attractive appearance,
‘ due. perhaps, to the (act that they
were all dressed alike, being clad in
white “mlddy” blouses and shirts, with
ribbons and “mldy‘h bows.
The exercises of the day were Ipros-
burn, or the Board oi Education. and
on. the platform with him were: Supt.
of Schools its '1'. Chapman, Principal
Rev John emulsion. of the commune
walk Congregational church, Rev. 4Wil~
Nor'wnlk 11 n. Church and Rev. reed
Episcopel church: , 4
Excellent music lives 4 relished bLil
. the one School upshostrn, which 15911-
cloned several veg;
wanplayed selections.
idly sung by the rompers of we crad-
Lhmmsermaoonmueaemn
,4. mmmsmm
b
1...
Milton
Sharer. M. 1)., Secretary; John W.
Olmsted. Bernard J, Reynolds; Kerry.
{Rides Alexander J.‘Bnmfiiler. Hurry
in. Bootleld, William J. Tracey. M. ID.
Schools-ire. T.
High School Faculty—Edward H.
Gumbel-t. Master; Charlotte lament.
Susan 8. Welsh, M. LouiseIISmitn.
Blorsnce M. Chhncellor, Lilla M. Alger.
Margaret lee lHenry. Blanche dit-
Welch. "William B. AppleM‘IWilliam
C. Perry, Emma IR. Frostdosephine
M. Brotherton,IIMarion‘ IM. Dane. ulnda
Hall." Dorothy Smith, May 0. Factor.
Katherine 1C Denielson. " Harry IW.
‘Blake. Frederick Ill. Oehlschlcgel. Wil-
«For the first time in the educational
history of all the New England states,
. llohment by law for the whole state is
Nomolk. These scholars tor the-past
ly new course of study in the Frank-
esting andentemininx. There were
about 1.3001“ the parenthood {fiends
a relieving touch of blue in the halo.
idedI over by Ghanaian J. Milton Cm
Ireland of the Eranklin Junior High,»
lism Io; slamming of. the. .-,_S440utl41
erick A. Coleman. will? of Trinity
L f ”Woodland
Rose" and "To Thee O Countny,'4' two
very interesting Lathes, were epipha-
sting class, and “LT Know a'Benk, " ,wns
rendered in a charming manner by, “39
girls crunches uev w. c sinner ii
the downtown M B. Church, opened
the exercises with an inspiring pray
aimmmmemua
Whtpmllsein the comets.
Thkwuthtseesmmedm
1 the: uninitiated strublic cost tor an
children 0344 the Mirth“ high “M4
_ obiective plan was ham1m.1t run
-I edtonieettheneeds ofthe children
'.l°mhsdemeth3tmronr ens
~ cent. of those entering the schools in
the moderation dropped out betore
L5 Whilst the high school entrance.
Various causes aided in this deple-
lion. but the fact remained Dr Ayres,
at, the Russel Sage Foundation. says
thct this is not our own dinoulty.
4 however. He says that the general
intimacy of American citieeds to cor-
ry- the great majority of children
through the crib EMGnmt hell
through the: tenth erode.- end we
standpoint at eilloiency it can hardly
be said thiit this is satisfactory.
factory, the finished. product of whic
only accounted for ouehsli.‘ the raw
material provided. would not be con-
sldered a successful venture. The tax.-
‘payers are not receiving educational
returns for their investment. the
homes are not leoeivinx that Which
.the community is under obligation to
give them in a thoroughly plsnned and
practical education in the «fundamenI
tots of knowledge for the children. the
child is not receiving even the med
ium of mental training suiilclent for
a. successful career slurry sLo'ri. From
these facts presented your school so.
thorities endeavored to (emulate a
plan by which this waste would be
conserved. The consolidation of en
the schoi made this possible and the
result was the introduction of the
Junior High School system
(Before describing it in any phase .1
wish to state that it is not an untried
fed which has been foisted on the
city in the central West it is very
largely taking the place of the old
system In New Tori: state it is used
in several places and Milena so suc-
cessful an innovation Mt its celeb-L
seriously considered in New England,
Norwslk has the honor of introducing
the system. and Boston is now study-
ing its merits and has airs“; tal'in
stops to incorporate it in the school
system of that city.
To know the causes of the defeo
tlou from our school nuke under the
old system, and its proposed remedy.
will possibly be the must nicotine! roe.-
thod of stating that which the Junior
High School plan is to accomplish. Ac
cording to adequate analysis Itho4s‘s
causes are mainly three.
that the fact that in an industrial
4 centersuch as this community is be-
coming a large percentage of pupils
are urged for economic or other rea-
sons to hecome wasoeamers; as soon
as possible. This means that at the use
at fourteen-fitteen~the normal age
for the eighth end‘L ninth grades. and
also the legal age for the child to ent-
er industridi life there wood be not:
orally 9. great defection from school
ranks.
in the second place as under the
old system,the44objective mainly em-
phbsised during the sixth. seventh and
eighth grades was the subsequent en-
tering of the high school. the scholar
who did not have the objective with
the authors of the scheme naturally
leave school at as early 3 grade as he
35611 she would be legally allowed to. do
so.
Thirdly, the number-13o! Wings
children in the lower grademsult-L
ing in mm measure 41:01:41 the no-
sense or stimulus when once the
high schol objective is removed, Intakes
for this detection actually at a. much
outlier grade thou the normal grade
”.21.. her who .5.— out the
from or also or business ought 13!
mm debuted” that he comple-
ted the course prescribed by the
school chihuahua: those enteritis
the industrial or mercantile pursuit
just as those entering callous or the
prototypical; and mounting from. Ben-
tor, High School have the right to
claim. To give hint this right this sys-
tent is adopted. At the sonic time the
academic student must not be needed
ted. Nor is he.
With these aims in mind the organ!
notion of the Janitor fligh School do
moods first of all a segregation of the
seventh and eighth and eventually the
ninth: nodes in ono‘group. At present
they are so gathered in two centers—
ninth grade in the high school. lthas
emaciated inconveniences in trovetto
A}
tonne spliciallcbd unstructio
tenthrough the blah school From welcome pupils to accomplish this, but
you parents will readily perceive that
the advantage outweights the added
labor. The second step is the establish
meat at an ample curriculum which,
when completed shall count for some-
thing in the future. I condo no better
than quote here just what Superintend-
ent Chspmen says of the‘plen:
‘I‘Bexlnning with the ilrst your. three
courses of study have been uttered-
one for thosenwho expect to prepare
for technical school. cooler those who
wish to lit themselves'for clerics! or
business. Mittens, and one tor pupils
who «will, early be employed in tectory
.or in the home. or who desire spec-lei
preparation in .4 practical industrial
lines. .Itis .oianned that every boy in
these. schools shall have some 4 prac-
tical knowledge 0: the factory—Abel
every 3111 shall know something or a
definite nature about the work of a
home. In the meantime. while moda-
mentsls and citizenship niust not be
neglected."
So much for the perfected plan. Pro-
gross has been made in its direction
in the maintaining this year of three
courses—vacuums. commerclsl end
manusi arts. The advontaée which i
mentioned as attendant upon the se-
gregation or the scholars is manifest
when you consider the departmental
teaching by which the boy and girl of
the Junior High School is henentted.
The same head of a ”department has
continuous charge of the work of that
.dmtmeut for the six years of the
Junior tad Senior School.
Take the Banish department for in-
stance. Yongbeymlsirl may
11 IL'LfLLrLoxn
teachers and debutanental heads in
these we. Which bolero were only
at the disposal of tirade, when elected-
to so ihroush the massatlllllpli allow
all authoritiesszreo that the begin-
ning of the adole‘sb'ootperlbdildd child
is themes. crimes: I opportmity
and peril, Your boy has to meet some
inconvenience in getting to his Junior
High school class that he may receit'e
the very best trninin‘g this city con ‘-sf
ford to so“; any boy. He does not
have to malounul. be. h timed or. all»
men to moire it. lie needs it now.
He sets it now:
The advantage at sequence in lhtL
course for the six years is manifest,
lithe high‘school4l‘follows the work
dove tails.44 The boy isonoou'raged
to conipiete the course in any event.
This specialised working in the
teaching ' is to receive further
strengthening this coming year by a
plan which makes the period of
school work sixty minutes longer. inI
the morning and titty in the utter-
InooLnr hair» newcomer-ion which om
give to" study under the direction of
the teachhr teaching that study and
at the sonic time the another of
fi 011‘ the maximum so that escli child
shall receive necessary personal su-
.pet‘vlsion. i do not know of any sys-
too: which could more completely
'I '- sciousness you have 111de that group 44
L . in ssif-sxmsoiod This is one o.» ‘
t
Franklin and Center schools, With the:
.. brought to the first breathing space
‘ hammered by any boy or glrl‘ means 4
scholars to a teacher will he reduced I' 5
tydonr per cent. over tours years
ago "when this movement man.
augurheed, as against I160 in W
grade-in September. 1912. there firm
can in ‘septeiiiher, 1914 The rest
that not nearly the number whom
droppm out for work in previous
years had done so from oecessiur
Many of them Linersiy lacked mess.
tire. They could not see the end L
the journey and the sooner they «on:
have the road the better. They n
have an objective in sight.
Another result already mobile
that the normal classes m. uteri -
more evenly and more rapidiyLL T 6
m or age pupils is gradually bent
eliminated, put in a class by himself
the deficient pupils are being grouped
according to their needs; the number
of normal boys and girls is increasing
and they are taking pride in the
steady step of progress year by year. LL .
Class spirit is being produced. I'm”
crmmunity is receiving adequate tea
turn economically, mentally and “m"
ally ,for the investment it melt
the children. By the low of L0
hunt the schoolauthorlties have
right in any given community to xiv
certificate to . pupils . who ’zhave mot
completed their school course, whose ‘.
work is needed in or for the home by
Which the pupils are excused in whole-J
or part from school attendance. em
year, for instance, the number of such
certificates issued was three hood
and seventy-three. Incidentally:
very significant that oil this numb r ,
on‘y tortyeight were issued to for
(alga born children. the remainder
tiwec hundred IondI».twcnty~five, theipg
for native born children. All-cit -
there has been a maniiest moving
forward of the age at which these .
certificates are being asked. This
hurt your. the great majority .4. .
hundred and thirtyIdveLI were issued
to pupils tram fifteen to sixteen mi;
of: age. This is only one more in
rates of- the vote of the studentson
course, in the long mu,-~the' 1318“
school- with its added ;cur_rloul4d.44 Lt‘ ‘
manual and other courses“ willie
evitablyjproiit by this new outline
learn, this new vision. The pill?!
will see more clearly the sposolb
of continulns uniilotlieI'IM to
ford may he a very pretty .
but it is not as large as New
it doesn’t otter the same opportunity
(or growth. Many students in days-
lo nomenwill take the traln tor the;
maln'iterniinal. This is modulation ‘I
in part. Whether continuing on
branching off at this station the 4,
Junior High school offers a fairer find“.
luster opportunity to the Nomi L
boy or girl and i am heartily 1:1 syi’n L
nathy with its plan , confetti
you as citizens of this community ,
that you are able to provide: for y ‘
childrenin this fashlon. Every grit
better cominunit-y if. that grade
teaches the lesson of honor. 4knowl
edge :snd .useiulnees.. Eve 4
on to the receiving years menus a
code added to the giving years
citizen. I congratulate you: .
school board. your tenchlu
yenr students. liouare.
back of them
this work“ continues; .
If you say it will fail. in the
run,
.ooy educational systolii or Leliic
These Things]. have seen an 1
lied that it is right, then plan
fond let it stay, as the Isysle
Inmate the policy, v hi
4 ”,4. By 'h'lch‘lhs hoard
Norwalk Chronicler