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d1-d1*ititcil Jackson, Lawrence McBrearty, IForest Zev.* €acGRADUATES OFWarhil-(1sLINCOLN SCHOOLGL;foMsGIVEN DIPLOMASITiTlt;stisCommencement Addressj I Was Delivered by Dr. E.I-tL. Hendricks Head of theTeachers College jeit | Dr. E. L. Hendricks, president of i the Central Missouri State Teach-climiners’ college at Warrensburg, deliv-j | ered the commencement address to j the graduates of Lincoln high ( yj school at Convention hall, Liberty ^ Park last night, taking as his sub-ject “The Art of Living.” j gra! Dr. Hendricks opened his address At. i by saving that last year there had ' jA .been inaugurated in an eastern jcj, i school a course on the Art of Liv-w;SrI ing. and that it was his purpose J during the address to bring to the , g€ r; graduating class five points neces- | yj | sarv to accomplish the art of liv- j0 ing.The five points were taken from the doctrines of Epicurus, whotaught happiness and sensual pleasures above anything else; Zeno, avv~kRlt;the stoic, who sought to prohibit all Mworry; Plato, Aristotle and Christ.'The speaker said that the teach-! K ings of the Greek philosophers gave •great impetus to the art of living, but that the Son of Man not only succeeded in the art of living, but in the final analysis is able toconvey eternal happiness and salvation to the individual. Above anydlt;iof the Greek philosophers’ teachingsto„ Cand above all combined, Dr. Hen- . w, dricks said that the teaching of i. hiChrist came first, illustrating his y idea bv giving this parable: “This! *commandment I give unto you. thatyou love one another.'’thThe members of the graduating class were Louise Carter, Mary Redmon, Mabel Washington, Della ! Horrell. George Smith, Margaret1Linard, Bertha Smith. Charlene White. Helen Price, Howard Wil-telabeliams. Birdie Henderson, Tommie ’Walker, Novella Bohannon. Hadley; as | Simms. Arthur Shepard, Lillian j pc i Sweate, Lola Sipes, Theo, Walls, j th Ada Bvrd and Louise Jones.| The diplomas were presented to j th the graduates by Superintendent of j jo
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Sedalia Capital
Sedalia, Missouri, US
Sat, May 21, 1927
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