Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1897-07-01

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she spoke her essay on mind Garden
ing in a way that gave evidence of
her oratorical powers.
"A fruitful life depends upon the soil
OF the mind and the skill of the gardener
a cultivated mind mea ms toiling mind
a toiling mind an achieving mind,
and an achieving mind means greatness.
Mind gardening differs somewhat from
vegetable gardening in that we till our
own soil. 1t is the well trained
faculties properly applied that make
success. Everyone is born with some
peculiar trait of character which gives
to him personality of his own. He is
also born with some particular endow-
ment, gift from God; something
which will distinguish his mind and
soul from any other. Then it behooves
US to make careful study of ourselves J"
She contrasted the agricultural gar
dener with the mind gardener and show
ed how like an unkept garden an idle
mind grows up to weeds and becomes
an offence to nature. A child has but
one opportunity for mind gardening
and that is in youth"
She spoke of Napoleon, Cesar and
Lincoln as examples, and closed, 1--WE
live In deeds not years, In thoughts not
breaths, in feelings not in figures on
dial. We should count time by heart
throbs. He best lives who thinks most,
feels the noblest, acts the best.
ALBERT sLAYToN
Recited ''The Traveller and the Temple
u Knowledge. He had IL we'll com
mitted TO memory and gave it in very
clear and distinct tones. 1t was the
story of traveller looking for the
temple of knowledge on high noun
tain which he gained after travelling
many years, only to be met at the door
by white haired old man who told
him to go back to the plains and tell
the people that the temple Of true know
ledge was in their midst and that any
may enter who choose, philosopher and
stone breaker alike.
JENNIE ISABELLE HUTCHINSON
Was the class historian and right
good one she was. She rendered her
lines distinctly and her graceful and
easy bearing on the rostrum was ad
mired by all. Her manner of delivery
was a surprise to her many friends.
After a brief opening OF the subject
she gave a short history of each men,
ber of the class, ten in number.
ALBERT Slayton, she said, was one
of the brightest members OF the class.
Lee McElroy was the electrician, Carl
Granger the doctor, Edward G. Driese
the president, Jesse Worden the scien-
tst, Wilbur Wilson who had striven to
rise above them being the tallest,
Earl Wilson the mathematician Rose
Mclaughlin who had taught the young
idea, how to shoot, and Leila Eddy the
linguist. .
With each history she wove in bit
of pleasantly that was laughable. Five
nations were represented, America,
England, Ireland, Germany and Scot
land. Weight 1896 lbs; length of nose
one foot eight inches; heighth 81 feet;
size of shoe number 80 She closed
with beautiful poem.
LEE BRONSON McELRoY.
In giving the class prophecy Mr.
Elroy dropped into poetry and repeat
ed every word he had written which
was lengthy article, necessarily so in
giving the prophecy of so large class.
He is a good rhymster and his pro-
phetic vision gave his classmates a
good future.
JESSE ID. WORDEN
Delivered the Valedictory Grafton and
it was "A creditable effort. MIR. Worden
is certainly bright scholar and had
evidently given his subject, Let your
yea be yea, much careful thought and
consideration. at is n well known
fact, he said, 'that those who have
J decided or determined purposes are
the characters that do the most good
for the welfare Of the people
He then gave instances of the posi-
tive and great characters of the world
whose indomitable courage and in
ilexable will in doing right made the
men of yea and nay stamp. Men like
Luther, Andrew Jackson, Grant and
Lincoln. IL is one Of the faults of youth
not to have decided opinions and to
have vacillating nature. Some peo-
pie profess to be one thing but their
actions show them to be another
He closed by saying few fitting
words To his classmates, teachers and
! the school board