The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-07-05
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
FIRST W ARD.

FIRST WARD.
Only four scholars out of an original
class of fourteen graduated from the
FIRST Ward High Schooi last Friday. hav-
ing as their motto the phrase The Sur
vlyal of The FIttest."
The exercises were held in the Turner
Hall, which was splendldly decorated for
the occasion. and was filled with a large
and appreciative audience. The pro-
gramme of the evening was introduced
with a march by an orchestra of thirteen
musicians.
Ella j. PITT after a brief salutatory
considered the Position of Women.
showing that it is most elevated IN this
country; that women here have the great
est freedom of choice in marriage: the
have been elected to Offices, admitted to
the bar, practiced as physician, dealt
with questions of poverty, won positions
ID the foremost ranks Of art critics, writ
tiers, sculptors and painters. Ia England
the women do all they can for the comfort
of their husbands, sacrificing their own
pleasure to his enjoyment, their own
hopes to his ambition; here the situation
is exactly reversed. And II only one re-
spect may English women be considered
| as taking a more active part IN the world
work-they NEEDLE in politics more than
do their American cousins.
Next Miss Clara Bressler rendered a
beautiful vocal solo-"Night Shades are
Failing" after which John C. Schmidt
| man explained The Demands of Labor;
! taking the standpoint that most of the
differences between employers and en-
| plOyed are the result of the unwise inter
| ference of labor organizations. He de-
| nounced strikes as illegal, criminal, and
| vicious and generally in frantic dsre-
| gard of economic laws" He regarded the
| proposed equalization of wealth ana set
Element of labor troubles by means OF
naturalization and communism, as i'm.
practical and impossible. Our only
safeguard said he, lis perfect freedom oil
| competition. land with d proper educa
ton of the laborer we would never again
| witness strikers marching under the rec
flag of anarchy, faction arrayed against
| faction and citizen against citizen. But
not alone the laborer is to blame, for HI:
demands are only the outgrowth of pa
ternalistlc legislation and the teaching:
of socialism and anarchy. While thi.
Grafton was somewhat radical in its views
it showed deep thought and remarkable
mastery of the sui jecj, and was clothed
in excellent English we'll SUSTAINED
| throughout.
The next essay was by Rose NJ. Schuett,
on The Gothenburg Plan" She showed
that poverty and misery are often the re
suit of intemperative drinking; deploreC
the power Of the saloon element in poll
tics; and pointed out the defects of higl
license, local option an prohibition. Thel
she explained the features and superio
advantage of the GOthenburg system .
regulating the liquor traffic.
Then the audience was favored with
either and piano duet by the M1sse
Serena Greve and Emma Fechter.
The last Grafton was by Henry Z. T
Detien on The Income Tax" He con
sidered the advantage claimed for it b.
its friends, ami exposed It's defects. II
opposed it, giving as his main reason it
sectlonallsm, It's inquisatory nature, AM
the fact that it taxes men neither accord
lug to their respective abilities nor to tn
comparative protection that they receiv
from the state. His style and deliver,
were not quite up to the very highes
standard, but they showed remarkabl
improvement over what they were whel
he began attendance at the FIRST War,
School some years ago.
The va!edictory by John ochmidtmal
contained a touching tribute to the prin
clpal of the school.
The exercises closed with a splendiC
address to the class and to parents b,
the Hon. Emil Baenscb, and after an over
ture by the orchestra the audience dis
persed.
Of the graduates one intends to com
mence teaching next fall, having recent
ly passed his examination. Two other
intend going to school again; one of thes
and the other one will probably wait We
another year.