The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-06-09

failed to pass law against pool sell
ing. In New York Tammany is
President Cleveland's most dangerous
enemy. 1t is 1O4 years old and holds
control of the municipal and state
governments with remarkable corrup-
ton. The greatest debauchery occurs
! where the contest is hottest,as in New
York, Ohio and Indiana. The desire
for office has degraded our American
citizenship, though the influence it
has upon the votaries of politics. The
fight against corruption depends upon
the young men. No man not above
corruption should be nominated to
any office. They can free the country
from the most subtle and dangerous
army that ever existed. The army of
honest men is yet to come, and before
that jury we summon you.
Owing to the lateness of the hour
Miss Myra Mobiles did not give her
grafton but gave the yaledictory. She
thanked the Board of Education for
what they had done for the class, and
also the citizens for their interest. To
the younger students the class left
the duty to hold aloft the HighSchool
banner. She addressed a few words
to her class and then bid farewell to
all
The class then arose and formed
semi-circle across the stage, and Supt.
KenaStOn addressed it. School days
had left and only their lessons and
duties remained. Ponder the lessons
of the past and the advice of your
teachers. Your lives will be broader,
richer and better for the studies
which you have completed. This
should be commencement of new
hopes, plans and interest in what is
going on about you. Drifting is doub-
lY dangerous for the next few years
after school life. The pursuit OF Inc
good, the true and the useful in earn
est labor is the only thing to do. You
are fortunate in having SO good a
start at your age. Many in this room
regret it that they did not have an
equal chance. You are in splendid
period. The next seven years will re-
veal more THAN seven centuries Of the
past. Blessings will come upon you
as you 90 your part in noble, earnest
manner. You are going into world
Of deceit, temptation and struggle.
Your life must be what you make it..
You must put into your life whatever
Of strength and power you expect to
take out of it. You start out at life's
morning with rich promise, may you
come back at its sunset loaded with
it's sheayes. The greatest bravery is
to bear the sacred burden of this life
greater than the bravery Of the bat
tleield. He wished them well, and
then said it was pleasure on behalf
of the Board of Education to present
the well earned diplomas and hoped
that they would but stir them on to
greater achievements
Each received his or her diploma
and the class was seated.
The chorus then sang" Wiegenlied"
and the audience was dismissed.
The subject which Miss Myra No
bles was to have spoken upon was
1--WE Build the Tombs of the Proph-
cts; Our Fathers Killed Them" Had
she given this GRAFTON. which time
did not permit, she would have re-
ferred to the prophets of old,who were
Inspired by a single purpose, whose
mission was to reveal to the world
new truths. They labOred for this
amid the Jeers and malice of cold
and unsympathetic humanity:for this
they endured poverty, oppression and
even death. The world is too skeptl-
cal to receive new truth in the same
age in which it is revealed. We now
honor and revere these men. The
young lady would have referred to
Millions life, his studies IN youth, MS
busy life, his dark end. He has an
honorable place today. tits not given
to the prophets to enjoy the full fruits
of their labors. Shakespeare's ambi-
tion was to gain the rank and title OF
gentleman, but this was denied him
because he was writer of plays. Gal
ileo was Kissed on the platform by I'm,
believing multitudes. Sir Isaac New
ton was misunderstood in his day
Bacon was ignored by his contempor'
aries and his lectures were interdicted
and he remained fourteen years in
prison. Robert Fulton had his fail
ures and struggles. Columbus was
ignored and was denied faith.
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