Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-06-17
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The tenth an4ttii commencement exercises Of
the Elk Point i}iph Scho1l were held lit tile OPP
era House on thursday evening last. The citi-
zens of Elk pojut hav" always felt a pride in our
schools and the rr1wded i,olls" testified that
their interest in tl" class of 81 was great AS
il las been In the classes Of preceding years.
The seating room OF the opera house was taxed
to its fullest capacity, Manager Murphy
estimates tia! uo fewer than eight hundred
persons were present.
For so larg" an audience The order was eN-
ceptionaiIy coed; not a particle Of noise dis
turhcd the speakers. who could he heard dis
tinc,ly in ill parts ~ the building The stage
was beautifully decorated with palms, ported
plants and cut flowers, and the class m0tto.
Palma Non Sine i'uiyere,' @listened in White
letters above.
Promptly 1T o'cock the graduates. rine In
number accompanied hy Prof, French and
Miss French. took their places on the stage.
They We're preceded hy the flower girls. little
Grace Gilmore and ilel,n Miller, who We're
dressed III cream silk ami looHed like fairies
among tne beautiful flowers "nl cleaning
lamps on the stage,
The appearance of the graduating class was
all that could be desired. The young ladies All
| wore dainty grlish gowns OF white Swiss or
organdie with pink roses At the close OF eacii
Grafton each member Of the class received many
baskets and bouquets OF choice flowers, books
| and other gifts, accompanied by the best wishes
| of a host of admiring friends.
| The exercises began with piano duet, Les
| Nespres Sicillienes,'' by Table !leniin and
Hazel Keller, two young musicians of decided
| talent. of whom Elk Point is justly proud.
Rev. r. NJ. Coiley then offered the invocation,
after which a quartet composed of Misses
Jennie and Saddle Boyce and Msssrs. Henkin
| and Taggart rendered It beautiful song Of
welcome
| Luverne r. Wood was the first speaker of the
! class and in her Grafton, "put Of the Marsh the
| Lily Grows" impressed upon the minds OF her
| hearers the facts that ont Of degradation have
| bnssOmed some Of the rarcst flowers of civiza-
ton: that out of the marsh Of idolatry and
| harharsm arose the pure lily Of Christianity.
! She closed with "A most beautiful and touching
! tribute to our immortal Lincoln, the lily Of
peace.
Arthur r. Rowe followed with an Grafton en-
titled, "Our Nations Progress He contrasted
our nation OF today with that OF a hundred
years ago, her improvements Ill locon'otlon,
art. science. inventions. in al trades. one fact
was particularly noticeable and that WAS
Arthur's knowledge of L. :. History.
Anna l.. Fennel delighted the audience with,
"No Morning Lasts II Whole bay" Her Grafton
was one which each person can well heed anu
especially was it directed to the young. She
urged all to use each opportunity given them;
that delay in any work is extremely dangerous;
| that procrastinaton is the worst fault that
person can possess and is the root Of nearly all
| evils.
! A cornet solo bye. ID. Lufkin with Miss May
! Miller us accompanist came next on the pro
| gram Mr. Lufkin never fails to elicit the
hearty applause of an audience and we venture
to say that as cornetist he has no equal in the
northwest.
Walter ID, Cariiart. whose Grafton was, 'Dal
Uttercth Speech Unto Day, certainly convinced
tile audience that he had made character ant
life quite important studies. He demonstrated
that each day OF existence, whether Of th'
individual, community or nation, is but the ech,
of Yesterday: that every deed and every wore
serves to u,aift or degenerate some one; that al
progress In the world is the faint whsperngs o
someone's thoughts. days, years or centurie
ago
1.-THE Men Who Have Changed the Worl'
With the World Have Disagreed, was the sub
iect upon which NJ. Alice Hoffman spoke. He
conviction is that all great reforms, whether re
Iisious, political, or scientific are met wit
violent opposition, but after the toll. persecution
and perhaps the death OF the advocates Of thes
} movements. the world catches the enobln
spirit and IS transformed into better universe
She proved her statements by several strikin
Illustrations.
Thomas l.. Gill truly showed himself loyal t
his country when he chose the subject Patriots.
lie paid high tributes to Arnold Winkleried an
: Hofer but he won the admiration of his audanc
when he spoke In glowing words OF our ow
Washington and our hero Grant; he urged tina
new fire of love for the stars aud stripes u
lighted in each American heart.
Miss Miller then delighted the audience wit
] one of her own compositions, vocal solo Gale
!, "Swee.heart OF Mine" The violin ohligato WA
! PLAYED by Mr.. Joseph Eenkin while Mis-
Josephine Smythe played the piano accom-
panment Miss Miller is entitled to gres
!, praise for the mastery way in which she ST
her words to the exquisite air.
If anyone o! tine class displayed naturaines
, and individuality more than the others it WI
;, Gertrude II. Wood wien she told her Elk Poil
: friends of her equipments for life my Voyage
! her while attending school these she had ne;i
! IL packed and cranmed into trunks and ban'
: boxes all ready to sail:away on the ship of lif
q The wit and humor Of this speech elected mu'
applause
Oliver I. Munson chose well his subIe
n "publjc Sentiment and he handled it in a We
9 practical way. He stowed!how public sentime
Il makes our laws, controls our eleetions.k keeps
y our cities, opens or closes our saloons IN fa'
II public sentiment controls the country.
y The last speaker Of the evening was Ida
" Woods, who earnestly presented to the attic
ton Of the listeners the truths that mo sn
!, word rs fall should be in the vocabulary Gilman
: that there Is no royal road to learning kno,
!, edge being gained BY labor alone; that It
= only by the hardest work that the greatest dee
are accomplished; and that one Of the gran.le