The record-union., 1896-07-25

From the immature steamboat that
Fulton flOated on the bosom of the Hud-
son, there have been evolved the mag
nificent ocean liners that place the
shores of Europe and America within
almost a stones throw. From the clum-
sy locomotive of Stephenson, there have
been developed the great railway sys-
TENS that have triumphed over natural
conditions seemingly insurmountable-
they have made sport OF frowning
mountains and maddened rivers, and
have brought the farthermost cities of
the country into close relation. The
electric spark that Franklin drew down
from the clouds with his kite and key
has developed into the mighty poten-
tial that is driving the wheels of indus
try and manufactures, and is illuminat-
ing our cities. 1t is the messenger that,
with wings of lightning, enables us to
communicate over land and under the
sea with the people in the uttermost
ends of the world. There has been cor
responding advancement in printing,
photography the sciences of medicine
and of law, and in all of the greater and
lesser mediums that contribute to hui
man enlightenment and comfort.
What will be the record of the twen-
tieth century when it will have elapsed?
Will there not be a realiza ton of the
widest exaggerations of Jules Verne
and the transformation of the mythical
Utopia of Sir Thomas More into real
ity? Man is permitted to know only the
past and the present; the future is wise
ly yelled by the Great Ruler But We
do know that beyond the curtain there
are many wonderful things that will be
revealed at the beck of the masterful
minds that our age Is producing.
II am of those who implicitly believe
that the finger of the generous Divinity
points out the path our nation will for
ever follow. The American Government
has successfully withstood the terrible
shock of four wars; it has righted itself
when seemingly it would be torn into
fragments by internal social dissen-
sions; it has been gloomed through the
assassination of two Of its most revered
chief magistrates, but with all the en-
barra ssments at home and the hostility
of the monarchfcal Powers abroad, it
has forged steadily onward, and will
enter into the twentieth century pre-
pared for achievements, the magnitude
and Importance of which cannot in this
day be even slightly conceived.
with the birth of the new century
| the boys and girls I now address will
| just about have taken on the response
| bilities of life; they will have received
| all in the way of educational advan-
tages possible to be bestowed upon them
| by the liberal people of a progressive
| city I trust that when you receive your
| high school diplomas from the hands of
| the future President Of the Board of
| Education you will have prepared your
| selves to assume with earnestness the
responsible duties of citizenship and of
| life with the determination that on en-
| tering the new centennial of the world
you will fully perform your parts, and
that when the history will be written of
| the great events of the twentieth CEN
/ tury the names of some of you viii be
recorded as among the able minds that
will have brought about benefcent re-
| suits to the country you must ever re-
we're and to your brother men through
| out the universe"
| FOUNDLINGS' HOME SCHOOL.
| Following are the promotions in the
Foundlings Home School:
| Fifth Grade-Robert Strader. Third
Grad>Agnes Mcdonald, Bell Clements,
Lille Owens, Beth Calkins, Carrie Dos
cher, Edna Travers. Second Grade
Albert Strader. First Grade-Willie
Ruhl, Willie Dorscher, Halle Calkins,
Virna Calkins, Pete Mcdonald, Ethel
| Cole, Archie Strader Walter Travers.