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The 13th Commencement Exercises for Wakefield School in Marshall were held at Belvoir Farms in ‘ The Plains. Nine seniors were graduated during a ceremony which honored their accomplishments. Treasurer of the Board of Trustees, Robert F. Roberts Jr. spoke not only to the seniors but also to assembled parents, faculty, and students applauding the accomplishments of the past year and looking to the future of the school. The keynote speaker was Paul Harris best known for the Harris in the Morning show on Sports Radio 570, WTEM-AM. Mr. Harris was selected by the senior class as their speaker of choice. Mr. Harris began his speech with a mild rebuff of the traditional graduation speech, . . .“any moment now you’ll be making the most important decision ever about which path to take for the rest ‘ of your life. I’m here to tell you it isn’t so.” He went on to sum up his speech in five words, ‘Take risks and question authority.” This last statement brought smiles from the students and had * parents and faculty wondering what the rest of the speech would hold. i Mr. Harris went on to say that no [ decision is irreversible. “Who you ' are and where you go through the • next six decades or so is not an abso’ lute. . .If you don’t like the way that it is going, you can change it. And ; you should. You have to take risks." 1 He went on with several examples of » risk-taking, from the folly'of regisi tering for a Monday at 8 a.m. Phys' ics lab in college to vignettes of his * parents, both of whom changed ca• reers. The second part of the speech ; told the graduates to question au* thority. Again, eyebrows were raised but there was a collective sigh . of relief as Mr. Harris went on to say ‘ that he was not suggesting that the authority of parents or teachers be questioned but rather, “when your ' boss tells you to do something, and you ask why, and he or she says I that’s the way it’s always been • done.”’ He added several other examples, all of which brought laughs: . “When a presidential candidate
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