Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-06-07
CROWNED with HoyoRS.
The High School Class Of i
.'95 Bids Farewell to
School.
Essays and Orations of
High Grade and
Ability.

AD1llCy.
The court house hall was packed
to it's utmost capacity last evening
with an immense assen,blage OF
parents, friends and citizens gath
cred to do honor to the class of '95.
The room was decora ted with plants
and flowers, and the motto of the
class, Something yet to be Cleaned"
stood out in purple and white from
the north wall. ON the platform
were. the board of education, Supt.
Thatcher and wife, Pres. Carhart, of
the st. Cloud normal school. city
the several teachers, the
efficient chorus and quartette, and
the graduates.
The exercises opened with a selec-
tion by the chorus-"Fairyiand
Waltz''-which was very well done.
Prof. Cans and the chorus deserve
high praise. The quartette from
Minneapolis consisting of Messrs. E.
p. Browning, A. G. Marshall, j. NJ.
Root and F. H. Forbes. then rem
dered q selection and the audience
fell in love. with them
and manifested it's great affection by
repeated recal lis during the evening.
The salutatory, by Miss Flora F.
Terry. was q we'll conceived and we'll
delivered efforts The speaker hap.
PLY bid welcome to those present,
and neatly and concisely sketched
the character of her classmates. She
drew a glowing picture of their fu-
ture, and of the honor which would
come to their alma mater through
them. She paid tribute to the
teachers who had helped them, and
spoke Of the value of their education
in the life just opening before them.
They would leave school rejoicing
that they had been there, and the
there would ever be
pleasant memories. The speaker
closed by bidding oil, in the name of
tho class, a hearty welcome.
In ''Thc Reward of Effort, Miss
Mildred M. Muncy showed how
honors and glory had rewarded
those who had strived. She gave.
from the lives of great men
showing how each had only reached
the summit by effort. She instanced
the martyred Lincoln as an example
of constant effort at last rewarded
by high honols. The graduates of
the school would attain the reward
of their efforts in the knowledge
gained, in the broadening and dis
cipline of their mind. Miss Muncy's
essay showed thoughtful and care
full preparation, and was excellently
given.
The quartette then gave selec-
ton. and was induced to give
another before the audience would
let them 60.
1.-THE Strength of Republicanism",
by Charles Huff, was agood grafton.
Mr.. Huff has powerful voice, and
made good impression. He drew
parallels from the history of the re-
publics OF Greece and Rome, and
showed that our republic was
founded on a different basis, and
destined to endure. It was matter
of pride for every American to see
how his country had expanded from
a few colonies along the eastern
coast into an immense nation
stretching from ocean toocean. The
United States was a haven for the
oppressed OF every cline, and it's in
huence permeated every nation on
the globe. Other nations were
taught by the example at our repub-
lie that in republicanism would be
found the solution of the problems
troubling them. Europe needed the
United States more than the republic
needed Europe. The United States
was not a republic governed by
obligarchies, like Greece and Rome,
nor py despotisms, like France, buta
founded by free people,
and based on Justice to all.
Miss Mary Richard gave we'll
written character sketch Of Wash
ingtcn Irving, one OF our county's
greatest auhors. She described the
influences surrounding his birth
place on the Hudson, and how his
sojourn in rural scenes had marked
his writings. He was among the
most lovable and genial of American
writer's. All his works show a
cheerful optimism Miss Richard,
gave extracts from some of Irving's
writings to illustrate the points
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