Five Certificates Were Presented

FIVE CERTIFICATES WERE PRESENTED

TO THE GRADUATES OF Y. M. C. A. NIGHT SCHOOL.

W. W. Widemeyer Made an Earnest Appeal to Young Men to Train Themselves for Better Work.

A larger number of young men than in any previous year was present Friday evening at the Y. M. C. A. opening reception for the association night school. The program was opened by Mr. F. M. Hamilton, chairman of the educational committee, who in appropriate words presented certificates to the students who passed the international examinations last March. These certificates come from the international committee of the Y. M. C. A. and are good anywhere in the United States and Canada, meeting the entrance requirements in 110 different colleges and universities. they were presented to the following men: In book keeping, Harry W. Birchfield; in advanced arithmetic, Albert Wenger, Geo. Darlington and Albert Klager.

W. W. Wedemeyer made a most earnest appeal to the young men present to make use of their spare time and fit themselves for better positions which they might just as well be holding with a little additional training. The saddest thing in the world, he thought, was for a man to feel that he was not doing what he ought to be doing and might have been doing had he been prepared when the opportunity came. He recalled instances of what some young men had accomplished through the Y. M. C. A. night school. Vergil Ward had prepared himself for high school, Adolph Ziefle for the University pharmacy department, Ed. Chapin for the position of foreman in the Olds-Mobile works, Detroit, etc. There was always room at the top. Most successful men, men like Thomas A. Edison and others, had been poor boys, but they made good use of their opportunities. Every young man, he said, who had any spare time, and every one had some, should select some line of study and persistently follow it.

Mr. Wedemeyer was followed by brief talks from some of the teachers, including Mr. Moran of the shorthand class, Mr. Tweedy of the poster club, Mr. Pack of the fencing club, and Mr. Hawkes of the class in electricity and magnetism. The speeches were all full of vim and enthusiasm.

Enrollment for the classes followed and the prospect is good for a large attendance again this year. Classes in arithmetic, algebra, grammar and the poster club will meet Monday night. Classes in penmanship and electricity begin Tuesday night.