The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-06-22

| It's gOlden era had now come with such
men as Burke and Sheridan, of the latte
of whom Byron said Nature made but one
then broke the die. Charles j. Fox was
another whose influence had been exerted Il
relieve Ireland, America, India and the
African slave. Daniel O'Connell, the peo
ple's champion.
III. Halstead Seeley finished this sympo
sium with consideration of Amer ican ora
tory. He described two swords one bright
glistening with jewels but with unlried
blade; the other of plain but tried and tenn
pered steel. Are these to be judged by the
brilliant and pleasing qualities, or what they
will do? Two adversares are at hand.
One sees the glittering blade end eagerly
seizes it. The other takes the plain but
tried steel. In the conflict the fancy blade
is quickly broken, the other is true to the
end and gives victory to the holder. 81
with oratory. The ancient OratOry may
have been beautifully adorned with rhetoric
but if it be judged by wnat it has accom-
plished American oratory is the greatest the
world has ever produced for what results
have been wrought by it. In the colonial
days there were OTIS Adams. Quincy and
Patrick Henry. Later there were Randolph
and Calhoun in their fierce attacks upon the
constitution.
This part OF the progr am being finished,
Supt Simmons presented diplomas to these
four young men saying the world needed
men who could take a part in the great
affairs of life. The schools had done much
for them; they were to do as much for the
schools.
The girls chorus, composed of about
thirty-fve of the school girls, sang ''The
Bells of Lynn" in very pretty way which
showed great amount of careful training.
A contralto solo by Miss Finch with q
double male quartet accompaniment and
violin Obligat0 was feature of the evening
and was thoroughly enjoyed. The singing
of Miss Finch was superb.
Milton, the great English poet, was the
theme of H.Ava FarnsN orth who gave a his
tory of the. earnest preparation given by Mil
ton for his life's work. He had not hesi-
tated either to devote valuable years to his
country's service, years which might have
still more immortalized his name had they
been devoted to his life work-poetry.
Paradise Lost was taken from his concep-
tion OF Bible characters and were to him
real characters, not as they are looked upon
today, mere myths.
| Millions Satan was described by f. Ger
trude Smith. Satan with ether angels
rebelled, and being driven to one part of
heaven by the Messiah, the crystal floor
gives way beneath them and they fall
through chaos for nine days when they are
in hell. Satan here ruled supreme, in his
pride preferring to rule in hell than serve in
heaven. From hell, in revenge he goes to
earth and appears to Eve in the guise of q
serpent, returning to hell alone glorying in
his re venge and loudly applauded by his
comrades there on his return. Once one of
the greatest in heaven he becomes the chief
adversary of God, yet always knows himself
to be inferior to God.
Diplomas were presented, the girls cho-
rus sang ''Daybreak" very prettily and the
benediction was pronounced by Rev. Roose-
welt. Then the class surprised the audience
by singing the class song and commence
ment was over.
The next general subject spoken of was
| Evolution" both in matter and in mind
Evolution in matter was spoken OF by II,
Mae Lawrence. Two years ago it was
thought Beila's comet was about to Collide
with the earth. Grave doubts as to its re-
suits were held by some. Some thought a
small change by any of the heavenly bodies
would affect all in marked manner making
a terrible commotiOn. The comet passed.
Nothing happened. Biologists and scien-
lists had learned to study the universe not
by centuries but by tens OF thousands Of
centuries. This evolution was constantly
going on in nature though slow as ever.
The faces of the continent slowly but sure
ly were being brought to a level; the water
would finally disappear, the earth would
become as the moon is now. 1t fact the
solar system in its different planets contain
a picture of the different stages each must
pass through.
Cora l.. Merell spoke of the evolution Of
the intellect. Here the evolution showed
great strides in science. Each age was
marked by new and startling developments,
until soon the seas would be crossed by
aluminium boats driven by storage batteries.
Men were finding more time for study, new
flowers were being cultivated. New designs
were being demanded of the artists. Fine
arts, poetry and music were on the increase
and the next age would be one of intellectu-
ality. Selfshness would wane and happi-
ness increase. This would cease to be a
vale of tears. Man who was created little
lower than the angels would rise again and
leave sordid interests behind.
Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth
| speaketh was announced by Supt Simmons
| to be the reason for the discussion of the
future food question by T. Edward Carmody
and Frank K. Davidson. The first part was
discussed by Mr.. Carmody who spoke of
the different kinds of food and its use.
| Agriculture was the most ancient of all oc-
cupations and in ancient times was consider
ed the most arist0cratic of all. In the Unit
ed States the food supply he thought was
not increasing as fact as the population but
saw no reason why the land could not be
made as productive as 1t is kept in India,
China and Japan.
| Mr.. Davidson saw no reason for alarm as
with improved farming machinery and bet
ter transportation there was no reason why
food production should not advance as rap
| idly as the population. Most of the land
was growing only half the crops they
could. AS the density of the population be-
comes greater the intensity of farming must
also increase. 1t was not owing to lack Of
intelligence that the output per acre was
less than In Europe and It could be easily
increased when IL became necessary.
In presenting diplomas to these four Mr..
Simmons SAID that one of the greatest evo-
lutions was the one by which woman had
been advanced while the bread question was
one which each one must answer tor him
self.
"Across the Lagoon" was finely rendered
nv the Misses Smith, Merrill and Sherwood,