Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-05-31
GRADUATE.
Class of 'o8, of the High
School, Receive Their
Diplomas.

Promptly at 8 O'Clock Friday even
ing the commencement exercises o'
the Little Falls high school were
opened with prayer by Rev. F, A.
Sumner, Of the Congregational
church, and long before that hour
every seat was filled and every Inch
OF standing room in tho house was
occupied. The stage was beautiful
ly decorated with everxreens. and
bunting Of the class coiors. Roy II
purple and corn. The class motto
Quality, not Quantity" in large
evergreen letters was placed across
the front Of the stage. On the right
tho United States flag hung and
the class banner on the left.
Upon the stage were the Nix men,
bers Of the gradual ting class, Supt.
Rowe, the board of education and
the members OF the chorus. The
front seats of the auditorium were
reserved for the parents of the grad
yates. the wives OF the members of
the board Of education, all the
school teachers and the classes OF 80,
1900 and 1901.
Following prayer the chorus under
direction Of John Cans, sang a
selection from the Bohemian Girl.
entitled "Faithiul and True" It
was beautifully rendered. and was
generously applauded.
Supt. Rowe then introduced Miss
Grace Mahan, who was the first OF
the graduates to deliver her Oration.
The subject of Miss Mahan's Grafton
was the monk OF St. Mark" Miss
Mahan euloglzed the great reiormer,
gave graphic description OF tho city
OF Florence, the field OF his labors for
the people, and concluded with the
account OF his sad and tragic death.
Miss Mahan spoke very distinctly,
and held the attention Of the audi
ence until the end. and was greeted
with great applause as she finished.
''Bulwarks" was the subject OF an
oration by Ernest NJ. Merrick, who
followed Miss Mahan. 1.-THE nations
bulw arks were Its statesmen, soldiers
and citizens; the bulwarks Of the in,
dividual Was moral character and
religion; no matter what his talents
were, how great had been his
achievements, without moral charac-
ter the individual is sure to fall. He
concluded by paying tribute to the
old soldiers, who had been the na-
tons bulwarks in hours Of trial
from 81 to Us. The entire audience
attested it's approval oi bis remarks
in hearty applause.
Marie l.. Richard followed Mr..
Merrick with an ora ton on MARY,
Queen OF Scots" Briefly Miss Rich
ard gave the Queens history, and an
account oi the conditions that finally
caused her death. Miss Richard de-
livered her grafton In an excellent
manner and the audience generously
applauded her efforts at the con.
conclusion,
The chorus rendered another
selection at the conclusion Of Miss
Richards Grafton entitled Waves OF
the Danube"
"Government Ownership Of Rail-
roads," was the subject Of All ex-
cellent Grafton by Henry Guerjn. The
audience was apparently more inter-
ested in this than the other plumbers,
and judging from the applause he
received, bis effort met with general
approval. He gave statistics to
sustain his position that the govern
ment should own the railroads,
and showed surprising oratorical
powers fOr'One 50 young and mex
perienced.
Miss Nettie Carley. who was the
fifth on the program, delivered an
exceedingly interesting GRAFTON, the
subject being "Power of Music"
Miss Carley deserved the hearty ap
plause khe received.
Leigh v. Tanner, was the last OF the
graduates to deliver his oration.
His subject was the "Battlo OF
Gettysburgh," that decisive event in
the war OF the Rebellion. Beginning
with a description Of the battlefield
he described the great battle from be-
ginning to end, and paid a deserved
tribute to the First MINI esota regi-
ment, which took such a prominent
part In the great fight. Mr.. Tanner
also delivered the parting address,
thanking the people of the city for
providing such excellent educational
facilities, the superintendent and
teachers for the great interest taken
in the class, Fathers Twohy and
LamOthe for the excellent bac-
calaureat te sermon and services, the