The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1891-07-10
Statutory.
BY BERTHA BRADFORD.

have manifested their interest in educa
ton by their presence this evening.
We the class OF Ninety one of the
Mllbank h!gh school, greet you aud vel
come you to our COMMENCEMENT exer
cises. We trust that you VIII he highly
entertained, and, under tins deluslon, |
snail, with your permission, endeavor to
give You sonle conception OF our intel
lectual existence.
AT the best it is but an hypothesis,
but an hypothesis, if it bears DO
contradiction becomes an axiom.
and ii is rs such, dear friends, with no
spirit OF pedantry, desire to treat it.
! Behold the matter of intellect poised
IN the midst Of space enve!oped in a
dense fog OF ignorance, while IN the dis
tance are small PARTICLES Of industry
gradually drawn by the law of attrac
ton, these PARTICLES united with intellect
and formed IN due course OF time a
| sphere OF wonderful knowledge. But
you will readily see, that by having
gained knowledge SO rapidly, the sur
face would have a tendency to separate,
| ny OFT and assume the form of a sphere
although many times smaller than the
original, yet In the same way, only per
haps more slowly this smaller sphere
would go on acquiring knowledge. And
astonishing as 1t may seem, that uetach-
ed piece of wisdom arrived in the tail Of
eighteen hundred and eighty two at the
City OF Milbank, South Dakota But
allow me to take You Just one step lur-
ther. by the same law that caused the
original sphere to throw off wisdom, that
ball thrown off would OF Itself throw OFT
another ball And that bali OF knowl-
edge, dear friends, you will now be com
PEELED 10 imagine for it is this evening
before you in the shape OF the illustr-
Gus class OF 'vl.
With due respect to the Juniors is it
more than fair 10 expect in the year eigh-
teen hundred and ninety-two another
ball will be cast off: but by no means as
large nor rs brilliant as its predecessor
HEROES OF THE SEVEN HILLS.
Let ne guide you back about five
hundred years before the coming OF our
Savior The years seem many, but We
will walk down through them as through
long picture gallery in the halls Of
time. AS Ia every gallery there are
some things, which although Of great
worth in themselves, We are unable in
single visit to notice, even SO will it be in
our walk
1t would be almost impossible to pass
Brutus carelessly. Brutus the inexorable
Judge. the man who loved Rome better
than his own children, the man who was
acting consul OF Rome the day the Tar
qu.n band WAS brought to justice, and
his sons Titus anu Tiberius were led
forth from the prison. Q piteous
sight! They SO young and beautiful had
been enticed to join the plot against
their own father Cunningly did the
conspirators scheme when they led on
these youths to ruin. 'Surely. they ar
gued, Brutus will not condemn his own
sons, and in their life will grant ours.
They knew not the man. On the faces
OF the people was written mercy, on those
of the stern senators forgiveness, and on
the face OF Brutus nothing that showed
the terrible struggle going on within the
breast of that unhappy father. Three
times did BrutGs inquire what they could
say in their defense but they made no
answer. Brutus rising, looked calmly
around and pronounced the words SO
terrible to the ears of . Roman, TO you
liCtors deliver them. Execute the law
upon them
One bv one fell the conspirators. At
length Titus, the elder, at last, Tiberius,
the axe already raised, cried, "Father.
ta,her,'' and even the cruel lctors paused
as if unwilling to give the fatal stroke.
do your duty" said l:rutus, nd,Brntus
had no child to call him; father. Then
Brutls came down from his throne and
passed on to his lonely home. But he
was not long 10 bear this torture, for in
the battle which followed, he was killed
by the son OF Iarquin. Thus ended the
life Of = heroic mar and q self sacrificing
Judge
Brilliantly does the brave act Of the
Roman youth, Horalius, shine forth, who
when the powerful Clusans had but to
gain the bridge which crossed the Tiber
and Rome was lost, stepped boldly Tor
ward and exclaimed, ''Hew down the
bridge, Honored Consul" and looking
two good men and our trusty swords we
can defend the bridge until the 'Iiber
runs uncrnssed between the Cluslans and
Rome Two youths stepped forward
and gave themselves to this brave pur
pose. Nearer came the Clusians Ahead
rode Lars POrsenna like q conqueror.
"Stand out Of the way audaclous youths
cried the gigani ic vanguard, or by the
gOd6 or DAItle Will Cleafo 70 10 tnO
EARTH Then jumping from their
steeds, three great chiefs came forward,
MAN TO man. they cried, but the heroes
did not answer, and jumping forward
with one true blow, the courageous
youths laid dead the mighty chiefs,
three other Clusian warriors met the
same fate. Back. back Horatius, the
,imhers yield, the bridge, il falls came
across the waters. Quickly back they
sped, save Horatius, and the Tibar rolled
between. Where was Horaius. the
bravesl Of the brave In front OF him
the angry faces Of the enemy, behind
hun the deep wide river Turning to- |