The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-06-17
Exercises Of the Graduating Class.

in the village hall and every seat and all
the available standing room was occu-
pied, the crowd indicating plainly The !
general interest in the schools. 1t is this |
interest that gives the schools q generous
support and keeps them up to the present |
high standard of efficiency. The stage |
was ilnely decora ed with palms, ever
greens and bridal wreath. Across the |
top OF ire SET niece at the back of the
stage was the class motto, eve build for
eternity on background of evergreen.
Ipe letters were nile green in color and
trimmed with Ii dozen of white car
nations, the class flowers. A little before
O'Clock the class marched on to the
stage to the music of the Dartmouth col
lege orchestra. The orchestra then open
ed the program with selection, "Bridal
Rose" finely rendered. The five Dart
mouth students composing this orches-
ira are good musicians, gave perfect sat
isfaction and received many compliments
from the audience. They rendered six
selections during the exercises. The es-
says by the graduates were well deliv-
cred. They were written in a concise
and interesting way, each subject be-
ing treated in clear manner and the
main points to be learned from them
brought out with illustrations that held
the closest attention of the audience
| Below is a brief mention of each essay;
| The 'Salutatory, with discussion; Are
the Classics Practical ?" was by Myra
Mabelle Fulton. The salutatory was in
Latin. In the discussion Miss Fulton
made it quite evident that the classics
are practical and that nothing could take
| their place, Some people say study use
full things and leave Greek and Latin
alone, But the student of classics mas
terS both and thereby so much the more
develops the mind. We rest and sooth
our minds by reading many things that
please our imagination, Imagination is
necessary to every art and trade and
mythology cultivates it. Milton could
never have written Paradise Lost unless
he had been familiar with the classics,
the study Of which developfour minds as
exercises with dumb bells, Indian clubs,
etc, develop our muscles,
In "fhe Value of Cultured Enthusi-
asm' Harry Bliss Harris showed that
without this great victories are not won.
, We must ever be on tie alert if we would
, be successful. The value of cultured en-
thuSiasm is shown in every walk of life.
7 III business it enables man to prosper
moce chan his neighborS In politics we
, have an example in Henry Clay, who was
I SO wttt t up In his subject when speaking
3r oor&hg that he did not know what
z was coin gon about him. We have ex.
+ ampl s.1 it in the lives of Edison anc
I NJ stCs'ffie 4 IS neecs5al5 IN art, EteFts
! ture and religion. Moody's enthusiasm
y, has Dee1 Ie1U dlI ONGI JllG NOIlt IL Vli
q ables men to overcome difficulties one
by one and to reach the desired mark.
I "Heard Melodies are Sweet, but Those
= Unheard are Sweeter," by Nellie Kath
crime Norcross. The good deeds silently
done, the best side of people not made
visible to u.s. the influence for good quiet
. ly brought to bear upon us by our associ
= ates these represent the unheard melo
! dies We hear the sweet notes of cele
/ brated musician but the artists best side
e known only to a few, is what makes hln
best loved and enables him to touch us 81
It deeply with his melodies. The teache
. does great work for the scholar but. tn
- scholar is hardly aware of 1t. But OF al
% the unheard melodies the mothers lntlu
!. ence is the greatest, ever growing bright
+ er. All cannot become great but all ar
" capable of kindness and encouraging
n words.
n The essay on "Eliot's Silas Marine
T. and Dickens Sidney Carton by Susl
l, Abbie johnson showed how men last o
a the road to destruction are led to pure
d lives by the right influence. Mariner be
r. came a niiSer, his character Wlthered ant
If he lived life of the most extreme selfish
d ness. He lost his gold and in its plac
70 found child. The child appealed to hi
d better nature, he forgot himself and hi
less, fond of drink, with no purpose i
life and on steady road down hill. ii
Z possessed good abilities and a generou
d heart. He fell deeply in love with
q beautiful young lady and, though he coul
, not hope to marry her, great change to
- the better came over him. He died o
the scaffold, sacrificing himself to say
l. the husband of the one he so dearly loveC
Y 4 child changed Mariner; in Carton
4. was brought about by the influence OF
e beautiful, sympathetic young woman an
l. a great constant effort and hard Stru!
+ giles on his part. We must influence otl
I ers for good and then "We build for etc
- nifty"
II In Books in the Running Brooks" Az
II die Pearl Kelly took the audience for
IS stroll among the fields into the sights an
|. sounds of nature. In the music OF til
IS woods there is rest and peace. Shake
"a peare preferred solitude, for he learne
% that there were sermons in stones an
-. books in the running brooks. The lie
u every American would be happier If W
- studied natl re more. From the birds "
20 can learn beautiful lessons and the mus
d of the bumblebees tells us to work and I
e gay. In no way can we become so we
RS acquainted with God as by the study
as nature and He gave us the world IN whlc
- to prepsre ourselves for the home beyon'
O. THE Man and His Opportunity, VIII
Address to Undergraduates, by Walt
Frank Harris. Americas great strengt
lg lies in the vast number of opportunltlt
~ IL has III store lOI Jllc diliDlAiouo
ar Many men fail because they are not WI
at ing to begin at the bottom and wor
:; gradually up, but all young men in star
~ ing out must learn that opportunities Q
cC not fit themselves to men but men to o
TO portunities. John Rockefeller startt
d, out with 50 but lie grasped his opportuI
of ties and is now the richest man IN u
world. The Spaniard is lazy and cas-
while the American is alert and att
= every opportunity and the result Is SEE
in the great superiority of the latter oV'
the former. These opportunities a
yours, undergraduates, and may yt
- strive for noble purposes. Classmale
= let us keep our minds on high Plan
ever mindful of this institution ana TN
in the knowledge received here may oe
an great influence for good if properly use
The class history was told in an emu emu
tanning way by Harriette Estelle CTal
l. A crusade of some Importance took pld,
= in Medieval times but a crusade OF ~ ~
"a er importance commenced IN br5uloi
" in 1888, which has contlnueus =
to the present time. The object OF u
crusade has been accomplished, put II II II
- been necessary to overcome nullleIo
"a difficulties in which some of the crusa
- ers were wounded and barely escaped
Ia. ing left on the field. By constant enc