{"id":15499,"date":"2014-10-16T01:21:06","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T05:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getitright.pmss.net\/?page_id=15499"},"modified":"2021-04-30T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T19:59:38","slug":"1942-commencement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15499","title":{"rendered":"STUDENTS 1942 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Pine Mountain Settlement School<br \/>\nSeries 19: Students<\/h5>\n<h2>1942 COMMENCEMENT<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CONTENTS:\u00a01942 Commencement Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Freedom Our Great Trust&#8221; &#8212; Images and transcription of the\u00a07-page 1942 commencement program including prayers, short speeches, music, hymns, and lists of participants and class members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0by\u00a0<a title=\"BIRDENA BISHOP\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15523\">Birdena Bishop<\/a> &#8212; Images and transcription of the original 6-page\u00a0handwritten draft of the speech given by Miss Bishop at the 1942 commencement.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>GALLERY: 1942 Commencement Program<\/h3>\n<p><strong>FREEDOM OUR GREAT TRUST<br \/>\nMAY 22, 1942<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15499 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15502'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15502\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15502'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 01. [1942_graduation_001.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15503'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15503\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15503'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 02. [1942_graduation_002.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15504'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_003-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15504\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15504'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 03. [1942_graduation_0031.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15505'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_004-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15505\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15505'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 04. [1942_graduation_004.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15506'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_005-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15506\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15506'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 05. [1942_graduation_005.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15507'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_006-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15507\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15507'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 06. [1942_graduation_006.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15508'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_007-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15508\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15508'>\n\t\t\t\t1942 Commencement, page 07. [1942_graduation_007.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>TRANSCRIPTION: 1942 Commencement Program<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Page 01 (front cover). [1942_graduation_001.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">FREEDOM OUR GREAT TRUST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">COMMENCEMENT<br \/>\nMay 22, 1942<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>Page 02. [1942_graduation_002.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fantasy<\/em> in G. John Sebastian Bach<br \/>\nORGANIST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Processional &#8211; <em>American<\/em> &#8211; Ernst Bloch<br \/>\nCLASS OF 1942<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A Mighty Fortress Is Our God<\/em> &#8212; Martin Luther &#8212; 1529<br \/>\nAUDIENCE<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 210px; text-align: left;\">1. A Mighty fortress is our God<br \/>\nA bulwark never failing:<br \/>\nOur helper He amid the flood<br \/>\nOf Mortal ills prevailing;<br \/>\nFor still our ancient foe<br \/>\nDoth seek to work us woe<br \/>\nHis craft and power are great<br \/>\nAnd, armed with cruel hate,<br \/>\nOur earth is not his equal<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 210px; text-align: left;\">2. Did we in our own strength confide,<br \/>\nOur striving would be losing<br \/>\nWere not the right man on our side,<br \/>\nThe man of God&#8217;s own choosing;<br \/>\nDost ask who that may be?<br \/>\nChrist Jesus, it is He;<br \/>\nLord Sabaoth His name,<br \/>\nFrom age to age the same,<br \/>\nAnd He must win the battle<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 210px; text-align: left;\">3. And though this world, with devils filled,<br \/>\nShould threaten to undo us;<br \/>\nWe will not fear, for God hath willed<br \/>\nHis truth to triumph through us<br \/>\nThe prince of darkness grim &#8212;<br \/>\nWe tremble not for him;<br \/>\nHis rage we can endure,<br \/>\nFor lo, his doom is sure,<br \/>\nOne little word shall fell him<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page 03. [1942_graduation_002.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 210px;\">4. That word above all earthly power,<br \/>\nNo thanks to them abideth<br \/>\nThe Spirit and the gifts are ours<br \/>\nThrough Him who with us sideth;<br \/>\nLet goods and kindred go,<br \/>\nThis mortal life also<br \/>\nThe body they may kill;<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s truth abideth still<br \/>\nHis kingdom is forever.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scripture Lesson &#8212;<em> Peter, Corinthians, Galatians<\/em><br \/>\nA SENIOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is there is liberty.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For brethren, ye have been called into liberty: only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love served to one another.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page 04. [1942_graduation_004.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Home Road<\/em> &#8212; John Alden Carpenter<br \/>\nSOME STUDENTS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A Philosophy of Freedom [See images of original document and transcription below.]<br \/>\nA TEACHER<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Historical Sketch<br \/>\nA SENIOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Choral<\/em> &#8212; John Sebastian Bach<br \/>\nORGANIST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Those Actively Engaged<br \/>\nAN ALUMNUS<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Four Basic Freedoms<br \/>\nA SENIOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Values Reconsidered<br \/>\nA SENIOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presentation of Gift<br \/>\nCLASS PRESIDENT<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Presentation of Diplomas and Certificates<br \/>\nPRINCIPAL<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page 05. [1942_graduation_005.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Spirit<br \/>\nAUDIENCE<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 180px;\">1. Winds of God unfailing fill the sunlit sails<br \/>\nOf a great Ship sailing where conjecture fails;<br \/>\nSeekers we, and we must discover,<br \/>\nDoubt we not though the chart is hid &#8212;<br \/>\nChart we may not see,<br \/>\nPlotted by the world&#8217;s great lover<br \/>\nDown in Galilee;<br \/>\nCaptain prince and pilot he.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 180px;\">2. If ye then perceive and if the heart desire,<br \/>\nShall the mind achieve and spirit shall aspire;<br \/>\nThen shall man see him, and shall praise him<br \/>\nIn the fern, in the sea and cloud;<br \/>\nEvery flower and tree<br \/>\nIn the sap of life must raise him,<br \/>\nAs in Galilee<br \/>\nIn the form of man rose he.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\">3. His is each profession, every man his priest<br \/>\nWho in work&#8217;s expression finds his joy increased;<br \/>\nIn his Church are the ploughman, sailor,<br \/>\nMerchant, prince, artisan and clerk,<br \/>\nAll whoe&#8217;er they be,<br \/>\nCraftsman, thinker, tinker, tailor<br \/>\nCome to Galilee,<br \/>\nFind a plan and that is he.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\">4. Those who love him wholly need not him confess,<br \/>\nSince their lives must solely him in them express;<br \/>\nHe&#8217;s the goal that man ever searches,<br \/>\nHow should man see that goal afar?<br \/>\nEach in his degree<br \/>\nThat doth love him, of his Church is.<br \/>\nDown in Galilee<br \/>\nFounder of our Church was he.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page 05. [1942_graduation_005.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Senior Prayer<br \/>\nA SENIOR<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Eternal Father, we have been blessed by Thy guidance to this time. Thou has given us hope and strength when by our own efforts we would have failed. For friends; for hardships overcome; and the inspiration of all who have taught us here, we thank Thee. We shall try by our life in the days to come to repay the debt we owe to the past. We pray that Thy spirit, which we have felt here in many ways, will be in our hearts always.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Amen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Glory Now to Thee Be Given<\/em> &#8212; Bach<br \/>\nORGANIST<\/p>\n<p><strong>Page 06. [1942_graduation_006.jpg]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>PARTICIPANTS:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">ORGANIST &#8212; <a title=\"ARTHUR W. DODD\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=1610\">Arthur Dodd<\/a><br \/>\nFIRST SENIOR &#8212; James Centers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">SOME STUDENTS &#8212;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 180px;\">Nelle Shuler<br \/>\nHattie Sturgill<br \/>\nLouise Hawn<br \/>\nRose Oliver<br \/>\nMarbeth Peters<br \/>\nIrene Garrett<br \/>\nFlora Ford<br \/>\nSarah Shepherd<br \/>\nThelma Centers<br \/>\nLucille Beeler<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 150px;\">TEACHER &#8212; Birdena Bishop<br \/>\nSECOND SENIOR &#8212; Bonnie Ayers<br \/>\nALUMNUS &#8212; William Hayes<br \/>\nTHIRD SENIOR &#8212; Theda Howard<br \/>\nFOURTH SENIOR &#8212; Velma Peters<br \/>\nCLASS PRESIDENT &#8212; Oral Howard<br \/>\nFIFTH SENIOR &#8212; Gwen Hendren<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8211;*&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">CLASS OF 1942<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=50836\">Charlsie Vaughn<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0Velma Peters \u00a0 \u00a0Mary Pace<br \/>\nGwen Hendren \u00a0 \u00a0Bonnie Ayers<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=75174\">Willard Enix<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0James Centers \u00a0 \u00a0Bill Turner<br \/>\nCalvin Jones \u00a0 \u00a0Oral Howard<br \/>\nRuth Ann Cornett \u00a0 \u00a0Frances Hall<br \/>\nBecky Begley \u00a0 \u00a0Reba Garrett \u00a0 \u00a0Delia Taylor<br \/>\nTheda Howard \u00a0 \u00a0Bertha Lewis<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>GALLERY: 1942 Commencement Speech<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Birdena Bishop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-15499 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15509'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_008-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-15509\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-15509'>\n\t\t\t\tBirdena Bishop. &#8220;A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221; 1942, p. 01. [1942_graduation_008.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15510'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_009-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-15510\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-15510'>\n\t\t\t\tBirdena Bishop. &#8220;A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221; 1942, p. 02. [1942_graduation_009.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15511'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_010-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-15511\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-15511'>\n\t\t\t\tBirdena Bishop. &#8220;A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221; 1942, p. 03. [1942_graduation_010.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15512'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_011-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-15512\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-15512'>\n\t\t\t\tBirdena Bishop. &#8220;A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221; 1942, p. 04. [1942_graduation_011.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15513'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_012-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-15513\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-15513'>\n\t\t\t\tBirdena Bishop. &#8220;A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221; 1942, p. 05. [1942_graduation_0012.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?attachment_id=15514'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/1942_graduation_013-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-15514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-15514'>\n\t\t\t\tBirdena Bishop. &#8220;A Philosophy of Freedom&#8221; 1942, p. 06. [1942_graduation_013.jpg]\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<hr \/>\n<h3>\u00a0TRANSCRIPTION:\u00a01942 Commencement Speech<\/h3>\n<p>A PHILOSOPHY OF FREEDOM<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15523\">Birdena Bishop<\/a>, a Teacher<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">We all have a fairly definite idea as to what we mean by freedom. We think we possess freedom &#8212; in this our beautiful, progressive, democratic land &#8212; and we are willing to undergo almost any sacrifice in order to preserve it. Such is our political and religious freedom, but I would have us think for just a moment about our personal or spiritual freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">When we look for the word in our dictionaries we find that the Latin, &#8220;liber&#8221; l-i-b-e-r means free in the sense of generous, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">liberate<\/span> &#8211; to set free from bondage, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">liberty<\/span> &#8212; a synonym for freedom itself. We speak of having had a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">liberal arts education<\/span>. \u00a0Our years in high school have been just that, a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">liberal<\/span> education or a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">freeing<\/span> education. What has been set free? Our minds. They have been unlocked, opened. They are free to travel just as far as our sympathies and understandings reach. We have dipped into a number of fields of knowledge, perhaps we have had little more than an introduction, but we have a speaking acquaintance, we know just as surely as when we are presented to a new friend, that here or there we have found something that bears further acquaintance, something that <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">must<\/span> be cultivated. So it is that we all find our special interests, and abilities, and we are prepared to keep right on advancing, studying, putting into practice, working in school, or out of school to use that individual talent which we have found to be ours to the end that we create something which is our worthy contribution to the sum of good things that men have done and will do.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">But our interest is not selfishly confined to our own works. We have gained sufficient appreciation in a number of fields so that we warmly lend a helping hand and give encouragement to our neighbors whose labors lie in different directions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Had our liberal education not set us free we would be bound by ignorance (which means simply lack of knowledge). We might also be bound by other negative, unbeautiful traits &#8212; intolerance, fears, hate, envy, jealousy, suspicion, superstition, prejudice &#8212; all of them more dreadful, more fatal to our freedom of soul and spirit, than clinking chains of iron. We might have been our own jailers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">How good to know that truth and knowledge have been set before us and we have partaken. Let us guard and cherish this inner freedom which is ours when our thoughts are good, our aspirations and ideals high. How do we become and stay free? \u00a0The way is so simple. It is the Christ &#8211; way.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Return to <a title=\"BY TOPIC\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=15389\">BY TOPIC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><strong>See Also <a title=\"1942 GRADUATING CLASS\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.pinemountainsettlement.net\/?page_id=9391\">1942 Graduating Class<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pine Mountain Settlement School Series 19: Students 1942 COMMENCEMENT CONTENTS:\u00a01942 Commencement Program &#8220;Freedom Our Great Trust&#8221; &#8212; Images and transcription of the\u00a07-page 1942 commencement program including prayers, short speeches, music, hymns, and lists of participants and class members. 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