The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1899-1900, 1899-06-28

first Of the essentials. Let the sun
shine in. Let IS get as much OF heay-
en- into our lives as possible.
Miss Cora Babcoek.
Taking as her beginning the legend
of the "Gates of Janus" Miss Babcock
worked around to her tho Ight in a con-
elusive way. War is given to savages
as a means Of settling disputes. Civil
ization has promised to abolish war.
Duelling is now becoming thing of
the past The Samoan troubles would
in ancient times have precipitated us
into war, but through arbitration this
is now averted. War means moral
degradation. Napoleon said: "War
is the trade OF barbarism." Sherman
said: "You say war is glorious; but 1
say war is hell" What magnificent
past has America had. Let US make
the next century more glorious by per-
fecting a complete system Of arbitra-
tion.
Frank G. VanCleef.
In very striking manner did Mr..
VanCleef consider his well-chosen sub
ject, Leadership The great men of
to-day are men OF heart and brain.
Heart and brain count for more now
than formerly, when Drawn and mus
Gle were considered the predominant
requirements. What are the elements
of leadership % Unselfish ambition
helps one greatly. (2) Fearlessness.
We have only to look at the life of
Wendell Phillips to see this quality ex-
emplified. He gave up the comforts of
home and the prospects of brilliant
future at the bar to face the Misses and
violence of mobs to vindicate human
justice. He was fearless of his life.
(3) Magnetic personality. such as was
possessed by Clay and Blaine. They
were much beloved. Their defeats
made men weep. There must be a
latent force in every leader upon which
he can call in an emergency. This was
pre-eminent characteristic of Web.
ster. Abraham Lincoln despite his
rustic simplicity, had much of this
force The war developed his religious
nature. OF all American heroes, Lin
coin is the greatest and truest leader,
because he possessed the elements of
leadership.
| Miss Grace MunhOllOn.
Miss Munhollon in dream at mid
night thinks herself in the school-room
on the walls of which are the busts of
Lincoln, Shakespeare and Socrates.
Still in the dream, she hears Socrates
speaking to her. He has been there
many years. The place that Cicero for
merly occupied is vacant, he being
driven to suicide by the awful torture
to which he has been put by the
wretched translations OF his orations
and the miseonstruing Of ais meaning
Socrates continuing prays that the
study OF Greek may never be under
taken in the high school lest he toe
should be compelled to commit suicide
rather than have his native tongue
mispronounced beyond recognition and
his philosophy misunderstood. He
would again drink the cup of poison
hemlock. When Miss Munhollor
awoke from her dream it was 2;30 p
M, and the first thing she heard was
Cicero class, please" The dream
was very realistic.
This was the end Of the first part oi
the program and the orchestra played
a selection before the beginning of the
second part, which was opened by
Miss Myrtle Firestone.
Her subject was, "a Royal High
way" 1t is the boast of self-madt
men that there is no royal pathway tt
success. All must be earned. The old
Roman roads are the finest examples
in thoroughness Of that line of con
structiOn we have. They stand as un
dying monuments to Roman system
They were the only way on which t.
move an army in that time. There il
likewise highway to success, private
not public. 1t is for use by the build
er. Should he yield to discouragemen
it means failure. 1t may require year
to build this pathway, but "There il
no excellence without great labor.
Our lives may be made the way to sue
cess or failure, luxury or poverty. HI
who reaches the summit-success-ha
indeed builded well his royal pathway
Miss Grace G. Smith.
Since the new woman is in the field
it was very appropriate that one Of he
I sex should consider the question "Wil
She Gain or Loser" And this Mis-
q Smith did we'll indeed. In times past
q as in the days Of our forefathers
n woman sewed, spun, sighed and smile,
and thus passed away her life in tn
humdram of the household routine
q but did not enter the business world
o The last thirty years have witnesses
wonderful changes along this line. Not
withstanding her supposed incapacit
I to cope with the problems in the com
o mercial world, she has proven hersel
equal if not superior to man in what
!. ever she has undertaken. But now tn
question comes whether she will gai
4 or lose. She has been given right