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June 23, 1916. 
tions in her essay. The final deter- 
mining element of the statesman musi 
be mercy, she said, and in closing 
quoted Portia’s speech on mercy froin 
The Merchant of Venice. 
Misses Clara Corrin and Emily 
Ferreira sang a duet, “I Know a 
Bank,” adapted from A Midsummer 
Night's Dream. 
Supt. of Schools John C. Mackin, 
introduced the speaker of the evea- 
ing, Hon. Alden P. White of Salem. 
Mr. White’s address was a departure 
from the “cut and dried,’ formal 
commencement address, which as ie 
said, “may be read by columns in the 
papers at this time.” Speaking in- 
formally he told of his striving io 
remember something which had been 
said at him at commencement time, 
but the only thing which stood out 11 
his memory was the figure of a doc- 
tor of divinity at Amherst, in his cot- 
lege days, who counselled the young 
men of the graduating class never to 
do anything questionable for fear of 
being thought “green.” Mr. White 
said that at the conclusion of that talk 
‘the venerable gentleman leaned across 
the pulpit and said, “And young mea, 
may the good Lord keep you green.” 
He said that perhaps in after years 
many of this class would recall the 
words as he was doing at that time. 
Mr. White read a letter, which %1¢ 
said might have been written by an 
old friend whom he had known m 
years past, a man who was born in 
Essex County and who had journey- 
ed in the early day to the Middle 
West and settled, becoming some- 
what of a sage in his later years, re 
ceiving the honor of his community 
wnen he died. Mr. White suppose] 
a case in which the sage, a village 
blacksmith, wrote his advice and com- 
ment upon the essay of his son's 
friend to be given at the Manchester 
graduation exercises. The letter was 
filled with homely advice and an old- 
fashioned humor which made it hard 
to believe that it was not a real, in- 
stead of an imaginative letter. 
Commenting upon the subject of 
the supposed essay, “The Scholar’s 
Ideals,” the writer said, “We agreed 
that it didn’t matter much about the 
originality. There is nothing original 
about the Rock of Gibraltar, but it 
will stand shooting at just as well to- 
rrorrow as it did when they first in- 
vented gunpowder. So about ideals. 
They are made to shoot at. Some- 
tines the aim isn’t high. enough, but 
generally there isn’t carry enough “1 
the powder, or else the fuse gets 
wet. * * * * 
“The ideal in politics—if I size 1t 
up right you say, “The mission of the 
scholar. is to purify politics, the 
scholar must be above mere party.’ 
You say he must insist only first rate 
men are nominated; that the. office 
seek the man and not the man the 
office. That’s all right. I have a dim 
recollection of having heard those 
very words before. Only if you are 
going to stay in some parts of Essex 
County and hold on to this theory, 
I’m afraid you'll be sort of lonesome. 
“The ideal in business—from Plato 
the Greek, to Theodore Roosevelt, the 
American, philosophers and dreamers 
have set up high standards. But I 
suspect that all else that has been 
written to express this particular 
ideal, in the whole space of time that 
lies between the Chaldaic | hierogly- 
phics and the typewriter, falls to 
nothing compared with the simpie 
words of One who spake, ‘Do unto 
others as you would that they should 
do unto you.’ If we could live up to 
that ideal in business, the lawyers 
would ‘find most of their business 
gone, the moss would grow over the 
sealed doors of the bankruptcy 
courts, there would be no lock-outs, 
no strikes, no paupers’ graves, no bul- 
lets crashing a quietus to despondent 
brane. *** 
“Individual enterprise can success- 
fully compete with trusts, if only it 1. 
ingenius enough and persistent enough 
to persuade the people that it’s par- 
ticular product is just what the peo- 
ple want. Trusts or no trusts there 
is always a* market for educated 
brains.**** 
“The ideal of. conduct—I don’t 
know much about etiquette. I’ve 
been too busy to know which fork 
goes with the oysters) My rule o 
conduct in my blacksmith shop is to 
keep the bellows going and_ strike 
when the iron’s hot. ‘There’s a heap 
of difference between etiquette and 
politeness. Make the most of the 
good manners. But manners and 
etiquette are only artificial. On the 
other hand real politeness comes 
right from the heart. It puts the 
brake on the word that will hurt. [ 
is always ready with the act that helps. 
Such politeness is not gained by edi- 
cation, but a cultured mind and a 
kindly heart. You may die poor. 
You may fall short of the successes 
you are now dreaming of attaining, 
but some other lives will have been 
brightened and the world will have 
been a little better because of you.” 
After the trio, “The Garden of 
Sleep,” by the girls of the school Miss 
Nina E. Sinnicks delivered the vale- 
dictory. Her essay, was entitled, 
“Shakespearés. Message.” She com- 
mented onthe influence of Shakes- 
peare upon the people of all nations 
and told of his deep philosophy, quot- 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 43 
ing extracts from his tragedies. In 
conclusion Miss Sinnicks thanked the 
parents and school officials for their 
support during the school years and 
counselled her classmates that in fu- 
ture they must be more self-reliant. 
She concluded with the Shakespeariia 
quotation which included the class 
motto, “To Thine Own Self Be 
‘Erue,” 
Raymond C. Allen, chairman of 
the School Board, distributed the 
diplomas. He congratulated the class 
upon having set a new record in point 
of numbers and upon the large num- 
ber of young men in the class. He 
said that the class had received the 
benefits of their high school educatio1 
through wise laws of the Common- 
wealth and liberal appropriations of 
the town. In turn they owed it as a 
duty to the town and the state io 
make the best use of the talents ¢c- 
veloped by their training. 
After the chorus, “Gloria,” by the 
school, Rev. Chas. A:. Hatch. pro-- 
nounced the benediction. 
It should be a gratification to tue 
retiring principal of Story High 
School, Professor Saben, to realize 
that his 17 years efforts in the inter- 
ests of the school have been crowned 
by the graduation of the largest and 
one of the most promising classes 
the school has turned out. 
Instrumental music for the exer- 
cises was furnished by a trio com- 
posed of Miss Bella Porter, violin ; 
Frank P. Knight, Jr., ’cello, and Miss 
Helen C. Stetson, piano. Decoraticns 
for the hall were green and gold, the 
class colors. 
BASEBALL, TOMORROW. 
(Special Despatch) 
Washington, D..C.—The weather 
man has promised sunshine for Sat- 
urday in Manchester. He regrets 
that Manchester has been passed out 
such bad weather the last two Satur- 
days and assures the Brerze that he 
wishes to make himself right with the 
Manchester fans by giving them good 
weather for tomorrow’s game. wit! 
the Grey and Davis team. .He says 
that in return for the favor of a good 
day he hopes that fans will turn out 
in force to support their team. If 
they do, he promises to remember 
Manchester for the rest of the season 
when he is sorting out the good 
weather. Advices from  enemy’s 
camp in Cambridge bring the news 
that the Gray and Davis warriors are 
out for blood and hope to take home 
Manchester’s scalp. But the Man- 
chester fans have different ideas. 
Grover will be in the box for Man- 
chester. 
Taxi—Phone Manchester 290. adv. 
