Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-06-25
OUR CITY SCHOOLS.
Closing Exercises Of the High School,
Graduates for 1880.

June 18th. The exercises in the
High school department We're very
Interesting and profitable. 1t was
particularly gratifying to notice
the ircreased number of parents,
and others interested in the welfare
of the schools, i'll attendance, The
gradastiug class consisted of three
persons. The members Of the class
for next year took part in the
exeUissS, The programme con
sistol Of, songs by the school choir
instrumental music BY the lIoare
Brothers, essays, by Misses Mary
Jaeka, bella Prideaux, Clara Neal,
Lena White, Salhe Goldsworthy,
Maggie Crawford, and Orrin Boards
ley, class cNcreise-Enghsh authors,
with representative selections by
the cas in Litemture--Origin and
growthof English, by Sena Oates;
! Chauer, Thomas Jacka; Shakes
peme, William Browning Milton,
Leila PudeauN Pope, Florence
Tramp; Addison, Mary Jaeta;
GoldsLith, Etta Gray; Gray, Clara
Neal; Burns, Maggie Crawford;
Scott, Hrcd Vivian; Macaulay, ly-
dia Stephens; rcnnyson, Lena
White Bancroft, Sallic Colds
WORTHY; Irving, Orrin Bcardsley
Longc,oW, Jennie Clark. Fred
NiNin gave a lecture upon Tho
steanengme,
The graduates for 1850 are Maggie
Crawbld, Salhe Goldsworthy, and
Fred Vivian. In accordance with
the rule which we established last
year, we print below the essays OF
two If the graduates, but we are
unabh to give MIR. Fred Niyiau's
production, rs it was Il suhleeturC
upon "rhe Steam Engine Illus.
tratcG upon the black board. HC
gave the history of the discovery o
steam power and Of its application
To lanl and water travel, and ex
planned ihe principles upon which
the steam engine is constructed
He slowed, from illustrations upon
q le bosrd, the Improvements which
from time to time have been made
III the engine, and compared Iii,
the caly methods Of travel Will
those low in use, and spoke of tn,
great advance which has been made
since tlc beginning of the nine
teenth century. lie showed fa
milimiy with his subject whicl
could only have been attained by
hard study
EssAY--"LoulsA, QUEEN or PRUSSIA,
sALLlE GoIDsWoRTHY.
Thee is no character in history
more 3 be admired and worthy 0
imitation than Louisa, Queen o
Prussis. She was the daughter o
Duke Charles of Mecklenberg, and
was brn in 1776.
Hermothcr died in 1882, and shC
was thsn placed under the care o
her grandmother, the landgravino
of Hese-Darmstadt, with whom
she received a liberal education
During her career as Queen o
Prussia the results Of such IN ed,
ucatiol were shown, for she undel
stood tlc affairs of government and
the needs of the people, and She
aided the king greatly in the earlier
part oihis reign. She was married
in 1875 70 the crown prince, who
succeeded to the throne in 1897, aS
Frederick William III.
II was during the war between
France and Prussia, at the time
when Napoleon Bonaparte was rap
idly slbduing all the countries D,
Europe that her true character WA
shown 10 the world. She was ac
cused by Napoleon of instigatinq
her husband 10 this war; he did
not with TO be at war with Prussia
but she would not submit to him
and when war was inevitable hC
resolved to punish her and hei
beautiful queen. 1t was true that tho
queen favored the war because she
was not willing TO allow the French
Emperor to take away state after
state qf Prussian territory and leave
her husband and children with only
their titles, She did not wish tC
bring distress TO her people, but 70
bring them happiness. All Prus.
sia loved her because Of her good
ness and only a few thought that
she was wrong in the part thai
she took. She was faithful TO hei
husband as we'll as 10 her country
until her death she would accom-.
pany him to places 70 which he
was obliged TO retire. She was
constantly doing that which she
thought would lessen his trouble.
Each battle that was fought and
lost caused lrrr sorrow not only foi
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