The Yale expositor., 1897-07-02


quotation will equally we'll apply to
Blaine. He was one of the greatest
politicians and leaders the Republican
party ever produced. Notwithstand-
ing that Blaine was often dissappoint-
ed in his political aspirations, he has
done noble service for his country, and
the man from Maine must always be
considered one of the greatest charact-
ers in modern times. Always intensely
American, ever Jealous for the well
fare and glory of the Republic, q
consummate politician keenly alive to
party strife, majestic leader, who,
like Clay and Webster, failed in reach
ing the presidential chair, but, like
them, he has been power IN shaping
national affairs, and our political his
tory without these three great charact-
ers, would have been different story"
Allan w. Smith considered the grand
subject "There shall be no Alps" and
started out with the incident when Ma
poleon desired to cross the Alps, of the
difficulties and obstacles which beset
him on every hand but with the words
"there shall be no Alps" his army was
fired with his own spirit and cross the
Alps they did to the wonder and
amazement of the civilized world, and
then he spoke of vast and mighty bar
rers in the history of this country.
"But our Government is founded up
on intelligence, virtue and religion"
The late war is geographically portray
ed in glowing terms. 1--WE are APP
preaching the sunrise of the Goth
century. AS we peer into its earlier
cleaning, there arise vast mountains
of perplexing problems the Alps of
modern political and social revolu-
ton" Then follows short list of
perpleXities and the writer says, 81
need not call the entire roll, but there
are types of the real problems that
stand as mighty Alps in the way of
national prosperity. Because of their
immensity and compleXlty many have
become hopeless and predict the down
fall of our Government. They have
turned from the radIent unborn day to
the darkness of an eternal night. But.
there is Il cheerful omen that all is not
lost, Side by side with all these an
tagOnisms there Is rising colossal, the
fine, sweet spirit of American nation
ality--a pillar of righteousness upon
which we have founded our faith. g f.
81 s. The odd Flag is being uufurled
over free schools and colleges that are
thickly dotting our land, thus giving
the crowning grace and glory to mod
ern CIVILIZATION
The valedictOrian of this class was l..
Edison Palmer. 4" = Our school
days here may have been completed,
our first great lesson ended, and this
commencement the launching of our
lives into new conditions. Parents,
friends and teachers are wishing us
success. Shall we disappoint them or
shall we make our lives SO great and
good that the memory Of our existence
shall be an inheritance TO the genera
tons that are To come after us? 81 e "
This class of '07 is one of the largest
that has ever graduated from these
schools. we are seven. Although
we are now n unit as a graduating class
we soon become individual members
of society where each must take
part in the great arena of the worlds
history. Hereafter we will not have
the guiding hand of our teachers to
direct us, but must rely on ourselves
alone. Let us have a strong determi-
nation to succeed, and firm faith
that we will succeed, and no difficult
ties, no matter of what magnitude, can
eyer discourage us. = X y Class
mates: We are about to separate when
each must take his or her place in the
great thoroughfare of the world, and
those memorable words of Europe's
greatest soldier, there shall be no
Alps might we'll be taken as our
watch-word, as an incentive to a
stronger determination in overcoming
the difficulties that will surely beset
us in this journey of life. Parents
and friends: We thank you heartily
for your interest in our welfare and
also in the work of education. We are
grateful for the opportunities that
have been ours; opportunities provided
by you; your sacrifices have been our
gain, and we can always look back up-
on this period of our lives as the hap
piest that we have ever known. Teach
ers 1t is to you that we owe the
greatest thanks, for your instruction,
your painstaking and your care. You
have guided and directed our minds
from the lowest to the highest depart
ment of these schools. Classmates, let
us manifest our gratitude to them all,
by striving to become of some use in
this world. And in after years when
the generations now Lying have pass
ed away we can look back upon our
lives and have the satisfaction of
good work we'll done. We will find
that seeming trials of our school life
were nothing in comparison to those
of after life, and this was indeed, only
the ending of our first great lesson Of
life.
After'a pleasing violin solo by Lulu
High, Pres. j. l.. Snyder of Mich.
Agr'l College gave a short address
which was both interesting and in
structive. The diplomas were then
presented by Harvey Tappan with
neat little speech. Mabelle Moore
then favored the audience with
piano solo, and the benediction by Rev.
j. n. Rowe closed the evenings ex-
ercises, which were enjoyed by all.
Cancers and TumorS Removed
Without the Knife.
Persons afflicted with those dreadful