Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-06-14


decreased ten per cent; for the working
class. now the hours of labor are limit
ed by the state, employment of minors
is forbidden, also Imprisonment for
debt and the seizure of tools. The gem
eral tendency mas been toward rise of
wages. It may be affirmed that the
position Of the American workingman
has improved greatly since ''the good
old times.''
Miss Nellie Murphey disclosed the
students Realm" The student, she
said lives in constant communion with
nature, and to him she reveals her
treasures. The true student is always
learning, and the pleasures of such
life cannot be overestimated. Nature
is full of meaning for him. The stars
whisper their secrets to him, for him
flowers blossom. The student sees
beauty which others pass unheeded. To
him wide avenues are open, and the
students realm is the realm of highest
delights.
Miss Mamie and Hattie Hyde and
Mrs. Chandler sang next dainty trio
called april Showers.
Miss Iavilla Trowbridge, in her essay,
pleaded the cause of the much abused
fly. She claimed several things for
him. die promotes health, by cleans
ing the air for us. He is a social being
and enlivens many hours of solitude
with his unfailing attentions. He
teaches faithfulness, perseverance and
industry. He is useful in ensnaring the
unwWyttish, and furnishes model for
the artificial.fy which lures the trout.
The fly seen by the unprejudiced
microscope is beautiful. He has myriad
eyes, his rings are bits of gauze, his
foot is a fine mechanism, being a
microscopic air-pump. In him is man
ifested the same mighty power that
guides the-sun in its orbit.
Miss Clara Rhodes led us next to
beautiful Italy, land of sunny skies, the
desire of the artist and the poet s
dreaM. '':But this Italy," she said, "was
shut in by rugged alps, so the intel
lectual Italy of the student is barred by
difficulties that must be overcome Edu-
cation opens wide vista of pleasures.
AS the tourist climbs the Alps to reach
his Italy, so the student must climb the
hill of science to reach the land of his
ambition. The student encounters the
crags of long division, longitude and
time, the problem of light and the pro-
cessioa of the equinoXes. The faithful
teacher is the Alpine guide; knowl-
edge acquired, the flowers we pick by
the way. The student always remem-
bers, ia the face of difficulty, that BE
yond the Alps Lies Italy"
The essay and valedictory was read
by Miss Alice Thomas. The essayist
said that the hidden sea pearls were
typical OF the beautiful lives that have
passed in obscurity. There are men
and women who live not for fame but
for the good of their fellow men, whose
deeds the world never knows. The
noble women, who, by their untinng
devotion to the wounded and dying SOL
dlers of our war, won no great fame,
though their memories live in many
hearts to-day. The women who work
in the temperance cause give their eff
forts not for the sake of the worlds APP
pause, but for lowe of their fellow men /;
the missionaries who labor in foreign
lands, work not for their own glory
But the unapplaGded workers every
where shall reap their reward.
Then followed the valedictory, which
will be printed in the next issue of the
HERALD.
Mrs. Chandler then sang very
pleasing ballad, entitled 1.-The Devoted
Apple which was well appreciated by
the audience.
The principal then presented Il dip
Iona to each graduate, and also to Miss
Thomas, the valedictorian, a ''certifi-
cate of honor" from Adrian College,
offered for the highest standing for the
year. This certificate was in the form
OF diploma and was signed by the
president of Adrian College and by the
principal and board of education here.