The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-06-13

servatories, and give to philanthropic
societies, they would not be regarded
as the parasites but as the benefac-
tors of their nation. 49, ...n}s2a 1.
It is useless to attempt, to suppress
the cravings of man for wealth; more
over great fortunes are needed to pro-
vide the higher educational adyant-
ages our people demand and to ex-
plore the new realms of science con-
stantly opening before us. Our
attention must be turned to arousing
public sentiment that will force the
accumulated wealth Of our land in a
way to be expended profitable to all.
Let the poor be made to feel that the
rich realizes the opportunities their
money has given them. Then, just
as the sixteenth century was marked
by reformation in the attitude of
man to God, so the twentieth century
will be made worthy of place in
history by a change in the relations
between man and man.
CHARLES HERBERT AGER
delivered an Grafton on, "The Price
of Liberty" Mr.. Ager has a fine
voice and delivered his speech in a
manner which did justice to himself
and class of '95. He spoke of the
struggle Of the different nations OF
the earth, from ancient Greece up to
the present day, for that which is
more precious than life, liberty.
Greece and Rome secured indepen-
dence after prolonged struggles and
in turn became ruler of the earth.
Switzerland gained her liberty only
after one Of the fiercest wars that a
nation ever went through. The Am
erican colonies threw off the yoke of
oppression only after countless lives
were lost and much suffering endur-
ed. And lastly slavery was abolished
almost to the destruction of the ma
ton. The question arises, us liberty
worth the price it costs'" docs
liberty atone for the lives lost, for the
blighted hopes, for the shattered for
tunes, for the irreparable loss and the
unreasonable grief caused in secur-
ing it," Yes, a thousand times, yes.
Liberty is above everything.
Mr.. Ager held the audience in clos
est attention from beginning to end,
and was highly appreciated.
MARY SUSAN DOBNER
delivered the valedictorian address.
Her subject was, "A Silent Power"
and she delivered it in manner that
held the audience spell bound from
beginning to end. Below we give
the address in full:
The most mysterious of all the.
laws and forces of nature seems to be-
that of conservation of energy. Light
may be changed to heat, heat to mo-
ton. but it can never be destroyed or
lost. A tree, as it grows, constantly
stores up energy; and in precisely
the same amount; this is given back
to the world when the tree is. burned.
Analogous to these laws and forces
of the physical world are those of the
spiritual, the strongest of which is
that of influence. This, too, is indie:
structable and acts 'magnetically,
wonderfully. AS quietly as Nature
exhibits the effects of her. different
powers our true characters constantly
publish themselves to the world by
our thoughts, words apd deeds.
These latter, their influences, this
continual movement throughout the
wonderful creation, is life.
We may think that our actions can
effect none but ourselves, but in this
we are wrong. No one can think, act,
speak or live without influencing 9TH
ers. They, sometimes consciously,
but most often unconsciously, follow
our examples. The young especially
are very apt to copy them and their
early impressions are the ones that
do most in deciding their characters:
This power of influence is invisible
and acts mysteriously; but the most
powerful forces of Nature are those
which act silently and imperceptibly.
The sun by it's heat warns and
cheers the millions of creatures that
live in its light, but we never hear or
see this force: This power of infu-
ence is invisible and inaudible, yet it
is constantly exerted and all acknow-
ledge it's might. Strange as it may
seem that thought can effect any