Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-06-23
IN MEMORIAL HALL.

Smoking Pipe OF Peace.
Singing Ode.
Cheering Halls.
Farewell.
Promptly at 10 o'clock the senior class
filed slowly into Memorial hall to the
inspiring strains of the Salem Cadet
Band. After they had taken their seats
upon the platform, prayer was offered
by the class chaplain, John Hastings
Quint of Dover n. H. The prayer was
followed by the class day Grafton which
was written and delivered by Fred
Keith Ellsworth of Brockton, Mass.
The subject of the Grafton was Man
the Prisoner of his Age" The Grafton
was ably prepared and exceliently de-
livered by it's author. \ brief abstract
follows:
IF there is one thing upon which
thinking men of today are more nearly
agreed than upon any other it is that
every thing in nature has become what
i; is by virtue of its relations to other
things that have gone before. We have
come to regard the higher and more
intelligent views of life and social re-
lations as a result of the accumulated
experience and wisdom of united ages,
and to look upon evil as perverted
good
the periods OF history follow one
another in logical succession, each
growing naturally out of the condi-
tfons prepared for 1t by the preceding
ages. The men who have been prom
inent in the historical development Oh
the race are better understood when
viewed in the light of the times IN
which they lived. An Alexander, Il
Caesar and a Napoleon could never
have been produced by an age of peace.
The literature of a period shows the
influence of the political and social
conditions of the time.
I'm our own country the spirit Of in
aividualism has been developed to u
Greater degree than in any other ma :
ton. In the prologue OF the Declara-
ton of independence 1t is declared that
all men are created equal and are en-
bowed with inalenable rights OF me
liberty and pursuit of happiness. Inc
Declaration is direct outgroWth OF the
philosophy of Rousseau. But are all
men created equal? Is not the indi-
yiduol born into family relations! Are
MT orr earliest memories those Vi re-
ctraints9 Mems political and religious
haIiefs are influenced by the peiiel o.
their fathers.
..rbe institutions and customs that
now surround us are the safeguards Vi
.ao;atv Education is the only guaraH-
80 of liberty. We owe it to ourselves
-, 70 future generations that we have
Intelligent purpose in life and that
hat r1Gt. we ON e
;. 10 this our alma mater that we DE
Ioval to the spirit OF intelilgeh' inu
nendence that has been her siory III ~
rast that is transmitted to us as th1
choicest gift of the present, that con,
tains her brightest hope OF the luture'
The class day poem was written ns
Joseph william ,si en asM,i' "Elle Me Volt"
W., Wlch, ,,oat told the story of knight VINO
me forth to the Crusades bearing , oi,
W. shield the device. sugses. .S ny saas
ladv love. Ellie Me voi, ,;o.o 1as and
I My. The knight wins victories any ~
Me. -, Foreign chimes and returns az
glory 20 his lady to live lie OF happ.-
iens , II was a very pretty s Tho noem
,ira,tily told by the autnoi' nv
pred with the following:
,+erng on a grand crusade,
we We, 10 fought and stubborn'-risht az 'i''S'
t ths T fierce conflict, meath the rag
rant shade. 80 hor sons. A CEN
Bowdoin mas tit''"
fury long ,,,arr,ors forth the
:, T Srag injustice nj from her high seat
down oMh1' n,ace to give the eternal rignt,
he Hee si not danger nor 'A'
t frown enemies. And Bowdoin's
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