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1969 Will Rogers High School Commencement Address, Oral Roberts
1969 Will Rogers High School Commencement Address, Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts Speeches and Addresses
On May 29th, 1969, Oral Roberts was the commencement speaker for the 30th Graduation exercises for Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Roberts family children attended Tulsa Public Schools. The Principal of the school, Dr. Knight, was also a good friend of the family.
Roberts shared with graduates about the importance of relationship. He notes,
"We hear a lot about the generation gap and the gap between races or the gap between lasses, and after dealing with thousand of people face to face and hand to hand and looking at the thing seriously, I believe there is no …