The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-06-18
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pies and institutions. He was In accord
with the leading anti-slavery men. He
was thoroughly American in his writ
ings.
Janss o'Brien-
James O'Brien spoke of "Giadstone's
Political Integrity" No Rnglishman
has won SO much esteem in America as
Gladstone. He was pre-eminently hon
est. orderly and God-fearing. The life
story of Gladstone Is without parallel
In English history. For 60 years he was
prominent in English political life.
Miss winnifr~d Breshsrson.
"Shakespeare's Women was Miss
winifred Bretherton's subject. She
spoke OF Portia. Isabella. Desdemona
and others. In all the characters are
only pictured three wicked women
Ambition led Lady Macbeth wrong.
There is scarcely a play Of Shakespeare
which has not a perfect m
Miss Edith Tregiown.
"Idyls of the King was Miss Edith
Treglown's subject. The Holy Grail il
in many respects the richest and best of
all the idyls. but on account of the. sub
ject the most confusing.
Clarence Hopkins.
Clarence Hopkins spoke or The
Study of Geology as an Aid to Prac-
teal Mining" Geology is the poor mans
science and one OF the most importan.
of the sciences. The student of geology
must store his mind, not with woris.
but with facts. Observation must ac-
company book knowledge In the study
of the sciences. Geology enables n
to study mining intelligently, economi-
cally and successfully.
The Butte High School Guitar and
Mandolin club then entertained the au-
dience with very sweet music.
Ms.s Agnes HanIey.
The next essayist was Miss Agnes
Hanley. whose subject was "~Longfellow
The Poet" The poets eye sees all the
beauty of nature. Longfellow's beauti-
full life appears in all his works. His
genius was almost feminine in its SYM
pathetic qualities. What poet could
better describe a ship in a storm?
"Evangeline," 'Hiawatha' and Miles
Standish'' are the best productions of
Longfellow. He is the poet of everyday
life.
"Navies of the World" was the subject
of James Glover. England easily leads
the navies of the world, having twice
the strength of France. which is fol-
lowed by Russia. Italy, United States,
Germany. Austria and Spain. The
speaker told of the great achievements
of the American navy in every world.
He spoke of John Paul Jones. Farragut.
Lawrence and The martyred
heroes.of the Maine hall be avenged by
u naval heroes. The Spanish navy,
boat for boat. Is manifestly inferior to
ours. The progress of modern navies
has always been on the line Of Ameri-
can vessels. Our strong point has al
ways been quality. not quantity, and
Dewey showed at Manila what Ameri-
can ships and Uncle Sans sailors can
do. Ship for ship the American nav is
superior to an equal number in any
other navy.
Miss Katherine Kehoe.
"Art of the Ancients' was Miss Kath-
arine Kehoe's subject. In Egypt art
fiourished from very early ages. Etrus-
can art when In its bloom may be COM
pared to a raging torrent, but i'm Greece
the drawing may be compared to a
placid river.
The vsledictory.
The valedlctorian was Miss Lulu
Evans, whose subject was Beautiful
Passages Of the Aeneid." She said:
"Vergil, or Publius Vergilius Marc.
has always been the most popular of
an the III INpiildn potlS. MS ilptIlS
were a favorite study with his own
&C untrymen even in his day, AMI for
ger erations thereafter the young Ro-
mans studied their Aeneid at their
mothers dictation and with as much
zeal as the modern student. m regu-
larly wrote '~declamations' of some
kihd concerning Its heroes. In the Mid
die Ages monks and philosophers enliv-
ened their pages with quotations from
the ono anthor with whom no man of
letters would venture to confess him
self wholly unacquainted. And in mod
ern times his popularity has In no wise
lessened among lovers of the truly
beautiful In poetry.
"Of all Vergifs poems the Aeneid. al
though never completed. is considered
his best work. AS we turn the leaves
of the book to select its choicest treas
ures we find IL hard to know on what
passages Ii were best to dwell.
The great power OF Vergil's style
lies In the haunting music of his verse.
in the rhythm and fall of his language.
And this unfortunately can be repro
duced in no English translation. Ten
nyson. i'm his work. On the Nine
tecnth Centenary of Vergil's Death
writes thus: Il salute thee. Mantorano,
! that loved thee since my day began.
wielder of the stateliest measure ever
moulded by the lips of man.
"Vergil truly owed nature for its own
SAX and he never shows his individ-
ua. genius more strongly than IN his
treatment OF the external scenery
amidst which his action lies. Homer
tells of beauty. yet his heart Is con-
stantly with his characters. Not so
with Vergil: with him we feel the cool
waiting to us ,he perfume of
beautiful flowers. we see the glancing
shadow of the trees on the river. we
hear the flutter of the startled birds
ana the long plash of oars on the wat
err. Sometimes are startled by the
thunderbolt and terrified by the vivid
lightning. as when
".All in a moment. sun and skies.
Are blotted from the Trojan's eyes.
Black night is ~brooding DER the deep.
Sharp thunder peals, live lightnings
leap;
The stoutest warrior holds his breath
looks as on the face OF death.