The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1886-06-03
Oommencom emit,

The closing exercises of our high
school on Friday evening attracted
to the rink not only the largest but
enc of the finest audiences which
ever assembled in this village. The
audience room had been provided
with over six hundred sittings, and
yet they were all taken long before
the hour arrived for the exercises to
commence, and every available inch
of standing room was occupied.
Fully one thousand persons as
sembled. This was well-deserved
compliment to the school, and par
ticularly so to the graduating class,
attesting the high esteem in which
the individual mem Ders are held
The large stage had been taste
fully decorated for the occasion, and
was provided with seats for the
graduates. Evergreen wreathes
and a profusion of flowers were
tastefully disposed, while back of
the stage the class motto, Far
Me1atis Lnoendium Glorie, came out
prominently, with the names of the
graduates in gilt on purple ban
ner streaming below. On the front
OF the stage WAS neat little contri-
button by the sub-Senicrs, a medal
lion framed in evergreene, with the
pleasant legend, "'S7 Congratulates
49,"
The program opened with an over
ture by Harrison's Orchestra,
which was exceedingly we'll render
ed, as were all its numbers, showing
conscientious preparation for the oc-
casion, all the music being new.
The invocation by Rev. j. B.
Drew, followed, and was succeeded
by a quintette Of male voices, "The
Image of the Rese," by Messrs. Hen
shaw, Rich, wilkins, Boobar and
Hosmer. While all did well. the prin-
cipal part fell upon Mr.. Henshaw,
who won the warmest encomiums for
mis- admirable singing.
! Miss Alice NJ. .Hesmer had the
honor Of delivering the salutatory
address. with a committed essay
The Lights of Other Ages. She ex-
tended to all, in behalf Of the class,
a most cordial welcome, in well-se-
aected terms. She mentioned the
fact that this was the fifth class to
complete the high school curricu-
lum, and OF. the thirteen which had
entered, only Eve had rem aimed to
tho end, while four Of the class had
been added to it's Numbers during
the three years course. The work
of the school would be judged by its
results as shown in it's graduates.
and while beseeching leniency or
the part of the audience in its esti.
mate of the individuals, yet with
justiaable pride she felt safe in say.
ing the class was second to none
/ which had preceded it.
She then passed from the greeting
oher essay, tracing the history Of
liS,-e s<s.n the time the sun, the
great source of it, held full m monopoly
step by step through successive ex.
psriaent and experience in supple
msnting the light of day ustil the
realization almost of perfection by
the agency of electricity. A brief
history ofprogress in all branches
OF manufacture was incidentally
sketched. affording abundant food
for reflection and retrospection.
The progress of education, the in.
g else Of schools and libraries, thu
rise of literature and the application
Of science were all within the scope
of the essay. Miss Hosmer won
cordial applause. and her effort was
we'll received.
The next speaker was John H
johnson, his subject being''Leaders.'
He laid down the proposition thai
progress is inherent in the human
race. Nations advance, and pro
gress has been and ever will be the
history of humanity. The necessity
for leaders in the successive steps Of
Improvement is evident. The sue
cess Of an attempted advance in
any department of life depend,
largely upon the leaders under whom
the attempt is made. Superior in
tellect. courage and morality ar,
among the elements which STAMP
: Leadership. The leader must be pc.
-caliarly fitted for the position to
which he has been elevated either By