The Shanghai American School held their seventeenth annual commencement excereises on June 15 in the quadrangle of the schoo! grounds in Avenue petain.
Dr. Welles, introducing the commencement speaker, Mr.
Franklin, said that he was most appropriately nominated by the senfor class, in that he was an eminent lawyer, a keen sportsman, avcapable administrator, a member of the Board of Managers of the School, and of most importance to the students, father of a member Mr. Franklin reviewed the epics of United States history and show-td that to-day, as never before, the nation and the world are in need of leaders in all fields of, human endeavour. He. concluded by say-"Your future is the greatest eta' of all history."
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