The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-06-02
THE CLASS OF 1899
Ushers Forth From the School Room
Into Promising Future. Amid
AuSpiciOus surroundings.
PRESIDENT AURLIN, OF BAKER UNIVERSITY,
Delivered Most Excellent Address to
The Glass, and Won the High Adj
miratiOn of lola People.-.Ihe
Class 0ratiOms In Full.

their relatives and friends the eleven
young people who comprise the
graduating class of '00 graduated from
the lola High School last Thursday.
The hall had been beautifully deco
rated by the Juniors, as has been the
pleasing custom for years, and the
stage was bank Of flowers and forest
leaves, At the left of the platform on
tier of seats which extended high
up the wall were massed the high
school chorus. \ hundred girls dress
ed IN snowy white with a score of
boys at one side, made picture that
could not be surpassed And when
under the direction OF Miss Clifford
Mitchell, who has organized and
trained the chorus, they burst forth ia
the beautiful gypsy chorus from the
opera bohemian Grip the audience
applauded warmly. Rev. Leonard
pronounced the invocation and Misses
Grace Davis and Alta Fry played
clever piano duet as soon as the class
had entered and taken their seats.
Miss Theo Robinson, as salutatorian,
spoke in excellent voice aud charm.
ing manner on the subject: eve are
what we are by reason of those who
proceeded u.s.
Richard Hankins as class historian
did what was seldom done. He gave
history of the class. told the things
about them which are a matter of
history in their lives, where they
were born and what they really in
intended to do in the immediate
future, completely neglecting to OBJ
scure his story with lot of jokes
whose applica5leness could not be
seen by the audience. AS vsledictor-
ian the earnest manner, deliberate
and clear euuncislion OF Clark Jacoby
impressed his hearers as we'll as the
thought contained in his Grafton. His
delivery was excellent and bis stage
presence such as to make his friends
believe that he had been wise in
choosing the law a. his profession.
The address by Rev. l.. H. Murlin,
ID. d., President Of Baker University,
which followed the orstions of the
class, was a model in manner, word
ing and manner, for an address on
such an occasion. BY way of intro
duction he spoke ia pleasant compli-
ment of lola and the schools and the
class, and then proceeding to his real
subject, success in Life", he spoke
for three-quarters of an hour in a
most delightful strain, mingling
sound sense with pleasant humor, en-
enlargement with warning. His fun
damental propositions were that sue
cess in life depended upon the proper
care and cultivation of the physical,
the mental and the moral elements OF
our nature. Next to the sin against
the Holy Ghost, which IL the unpar-
donable sin, | would put the sin
against the body, which Is the temple
of the Holy Ghost" He urged the
undergraduates to stay through the
High School and the graduates to go
and with great force against the ten
dency to specialize too early in life.
Construct first broad foundation of
generous culture and noble manhood
and upon that build up whatever
special superstructure may be desired.
The man with college education has
seven hundred chances to succeed in
life where the man of no education
has one. The broad education was
the most practical. of all educations
And it was all to be crowned by cul-
tivation of moral nature which should
insure the devotion of strength and
talents to the best uses. without
God, go not over the threshold; with
God, go over the sea.n The old Ger.
man proverb summed it all up. Such
in briefest and most unsatisfactory
summary. was the address which
held and delighted and instructed moi
the school alone but the entire audi.
ence. DR.. Murlin will always be 8
very welcome visitor in lola.
AT the close of DIR. Murlin's address:
and after chorus by the High Schoo
the diplomas were presented to the
: graduates by DR.. Fulton, President o
the Board of Education, and the audi
ence was then dismissed with tn,
benediction by Rev. Bruner.
The REGISTER is glad to be able t.
present in full the addresses of tn,
members of the graduating class re
ferred to aud they will be found be
low.