Little Falls transcript., 1893-06-16
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GRADUATION EXERCISES.
A Large And Representative Audience
Gathers in a Beautiful Audi
torium.
Able Orations Eloquently Delivered BY
A Class Of Four With Artistic
Music.
Little Falls First Graduation An
Honor to Instructors And the
City.
GRADUATION EXERCISES.

Little Falls First Graduation An
Honor to Instructors And the
City.
Little Falls graduated last night
it's first High School class, and an
audience worthy Of the event greeted
it's members and listened with much
interest to their efforts which were
OF a high order and certainly merited
the attention which they received.
The spacious auditorium Of the new
Congregational church was crowded
by representive citizens and upon
the platform were the Mayor, City
Council, Board of Education. Presi-
dent Carhart, of the st. Cloud Nor
NAL School. Supt. Seal, the Clergy
and other dignitaries of the city.
The church was used for the first
time and presented a beautiful ap-
pearance. The national and class
colors, pink and green, We're bril-
Iiantly displayed. And potted plants
and flowers rendered the room red
olent with the aroma pervading at
he shrine OF the floral goddess.
Mendelssolm orchestra opened the
exercises after which Prof. Kleppe1
said it was fitting that the man
whose energy had made the beauti-
ful editice possible should be the first
to De heaHl in it. Rev. William
Moore then invoked the divine bless
ing. The music was as advertised
and was of a high order.
The first of the class exercises was
the Grafton OF
I HENRY r. RICHARDS,
subject, Caesars Column" Ins stead
however, OF a cOmmendation of
that great literary work of Mr..
Donnelly, it was a criticism in which
it was characterized as almost a
! literary monstrOsity. Instead OF
such a pessimitic view of our country
and it's future a more optimistic view
was taken. Caesars Column was
outlined and the reason for the
book being called by that name
given. The condition of thelaboring
man and his wages today were con-
trasted with those in the times OF
| Buchanan's administration and
brief reference made to our Industrial
progress. The greater diversity OF
| industry the greater prosperity and
| the more manufacturers the more
employment. The NatiOnalism OF
Caesars Column such as the own.
ing and operating of railroads
telegraphs and such great enter.
prises was opposed as contrary to
progress. NatiOnalism is paternalsm
and is opposed to the promotion
of individuality. All lgreat discoveries
in science, art and progress Of al
ki! d, have been the result o
Individual genius and effort rather
than by nations or aggregations OF
individuals. The placing OF every.
thing in the hands of the govern,
ment and compelling individuals to
work under the direction of govern.
ment would stiffle Individual effort
and retard progress rather than
accelerate it. In a word nationalisnl
is tyranny. The present condition
of the country and the future outlook
did not justify any such prediction
of a conflict between capital and
labor as was set forth in :'Cesar's
Column He turned from the re-
voting picture of the booming o
cannon and the explosion Of dynamite
destroying the grand army o
plutocracy to brighter side.
The bulwarks OF our stability were
the government, the general diffusion
Of education by the school, and the
| printing press. They guard zeal
ously not only all the .conquests
thus far achieved but lead the way
to future triumphs in the interests o
a higher civilization.
The ':Columbian Exposition was
| the subject of the essay OF
GRACE w. HILL.
! She referred briefly to some of thl
other great fairs of the world, th'
one at Crystal Palace, London, thos'
at Paris and the Centennial at Phil
adelphia. The present at jackson
Park, Chicago, covers GAG acres Q
land, the main buildings alone cover
ing 160 acres. The Manufacturers
building is the largest known to civ
ilization being larger thanSt. Peter''
church at Rome or the old Roman
coliseum. Reference was made tt
the remarks of foreigners when tn,
great fair was located at Chicago
They affected to believe that thu
hoOfs Of the buffalo or the war
whoop Of the Indian could almos
| NC lIOlIJ dChSOll L
could not go where they werein dan
ger of being scalped or where thei
valuable works. of art would b,
destroyed.
The Columbian fair besides com
memorating the discovery of America
will therefore show to those Europ,
nations the energy and the mag
nitude of this wonderful country
Chicago itself is an excellent illustra
ton. It is territorially the larges1
city in the world and the magni
ficence and rapidity Of it's growth
has been without a parallel.
| The several congresses were spoker
OF and especially the proposed relig
ions congress at which it is proposed
to have as many representatives o
existing religions as possible. Th,
idea is to promote the spirit of tolel
alton among them and respect fo1
all religious opinions, sincerely held
The aim OF the Woman's congress il
to promote the elevation of woman
and emancinafe he,. from soma nf h.