Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-06-19


read an essay on "Fl1bel and His Edu-
cational Views, in which she gave an
excellent account of the life and work Of
the great teacher, and the incidents III
his life which decided him i'll his de-
termination to devote his life TO the ed
ucation of children.
Miss Nellie Hitchings in her essay,
Elements of Culture i'll the Kinder
garten," said: Culture is making the
most Of ones SELF. The kindergarten
affords opportunity for occupation of
mind and hands In it the children
are taught, form, color, the sense of the
beautiful, and accurate observation,-it
teaches self-cOntrol and recognition of
the rights of others The child is taught
to think and adapt himself to his sur
roundings, and the whole moral nature
lifted to higher plane.
Miss Anna Kellogg sang For the
Sake of the Past Tito Mattei) very
pleaSingly, after which Miss Hattie Els
worth read an essay showing the relation
of"The kindergarten and Public School
She said: The public school should
include all that is best in culture. The
kindergarten is school for the moral
and physical Development of the child,
and the secret Of a successful life lies III
the power Of Development and expansion.
The state has no right TO establish such
a system of education as neglects the
means for this development.
Miss Sylvia Breckenridge read her es-
say, 1.-The kindergarten and Social Set
tlemcnt," clearly and distinctly, and
not one word of this most mcrltoriOus
production was lost to the large audience.
She gave IL faithful account of the work
done III the Hull House in Chicago, out
of which a social settlement has grown,
Of the Golden Gate Association, for the
prevention of crime, of the work of the
free kindergartens in the large cities,
and told of the beneficent influence of
the lives of the children of those schools
in the homes whence they came
The program closed with descriptive
Movements by the class, and which
proved to be the best Delsarte work ever
given III the college.
The graduating exercises of the Pre-
paratOry department opened with piano
duet by Misses Essie Hooper and Sadie
Messenger. Prayer was offered by Rev.
w. f. Jones, followed by a solo 10y Mr..
Van Page, The Plains of Peace, Bar
nard). Force" was the subject of the
essay by Alice j. Hutchinson, which
She described as strength power ability,
which. like "A mighty spirit throbs III
the life of men. 'Tis gift from the
Great Master, and its first and grandest
demonstration was i'll the creation. 1t
is the magnet by which is to be deter
mined the success of all avocations in
| life. With force at the helm, and work
as our motto all tasks are possible.
George A. Hill III his Grafton "The
| Freedmen spoke of all that has been
accomplished by the Negro in the past
thirty years, and said that all the Ne
gro needs is an opportunity to make fol
himself a place and has much TO do III the
unfolding and development Of the new
south. In the present generation the
Negro must take second place, but il
the next generation he will come to the
front. As government and as individ
ualS, we are responsible for the futur,
of the Negro.
The DroSs Men Toll for often Stain,
the Soul, was the subject of Miss Iren,
Pimcy's essay. Man she said, is NJ
longer the glorious creature of Ancien
Greece He has come To think powe
and fame cheap at any price Few
there are who are willing TO fill humble
positions in life if by so doing others ar
helped, but there are more who pusl
their way past all obstacles, never stop
ping until death puts an end 20 their mae
career, realizing, when too late, tha
much of life has been lost, much of low
and beauty sacrificed. Earth gets it
price for what earth gives. 'Tis heavel
alone worth striving for-'tis only Go,
may be had for the asking.
Mary Wheeler Plum, i'll her essa,
"The Night Brings Out the Stars salt
as night is necessary TO bring out tn
stars, so the dark places in life are need
ed to bring out the greatness of on
blessings" Heaviness may endure fo
i night, but JOY cometh in the morn
ing. If the dark places i'll our life ar
turned to good account, the bright place
shine with clearer light Miss Plum
gave many illustrations of men ant
women who have toiled long in dark
ness and despair but whose light ha
shone brightly through the subsequen
years.
In his Grafton THE New Woman.
, David Magaw earned his right TO b.
called the wit of the class. He handled
the foibles of the new woman with un
gloved hands, and by many happy hits
kept the audience laughing during tin
{ delivery of his oration.
, Musical Intervals" was happy Sc
lection as the subject for an essay b,
, Gertrude Whiting, musician that she Is
The history and development of musi
was ably handled 10y her.
Weston Il. Johnson handled his sub
, ject lis the Press Better Educator thar
the Pulpit" well, but the solution O
the problem is no nearer than il was bc
fore he spoke The press was denounc
eel rs the caterer toall that is low, yiciou