Little Falls herald., 1899-06-09
OoMMBNoKndBNTDAY.
The Claae Of Thirteen Receive Di:
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exercises efsa the Little Falls high
school and the graduation OF the
clsss Of, ?g9. The class OF 90 had
decorated5the. side walls and stage,
the national colors and the motto OF
the class Of 80 being conspicuous.
Besides the class, the board of edu-
cation and the chorus wereseated on
the stage: Supt. Rowe had charge
OF the exercises, which opened
with ::'The Volunteers" by the Choir
us, after which Rev. W. 81. Easton
offered prayer. l.,
The first oration was on "The
Renaissance" by Miss Leila Miriam
Stewart. She described the condi-
tions and causes which broueh
about the re-birth. the revival of
learning, which took place in Italy
in the fourteenth, and fifteenth ceR
tures, and whose influence spread
from the Italic peninsula northward.
Miss Stewart spoke OF the great
scholars who illumined the age, how
the spirit of the time was one of d.
yelopment, how all the arts -four
ished, and how the return to class ic
ideals modified by medieval thought
profoundly influenced the after his
tory of the world. Miss Stewards
oration showed close study OF a diff
t1cult period.
Miss Olive Patterson gave an en-
tanning GRAFTON on "Anglo-Saxon
Friendship" pointing out the in
crease OF friendly feeling between
Great Britain and the United States
in recent years. The ties OF friend
ship, broken in the battles OF the
Revolution and the War of 1912,
Fwere being united. The speaker said
that the interests Of the two nations
were identical, that together they
could control the destinies of the
world: Neither country wishes the
other to fight for her, but each
should feel that it has friend to re-
~ on in the hour of need. Miss Pat
terson treated the subject in pleas
ing manner, and concluded her ora
tion With extracts from a poem by
Alfred Austin, poet-laureate of Eng
land.
Robert Carley's oration was on
1''The Southern Cause,'' in which he
sketched the difference in manners
and customs between the North and
South, told how slavery became an
institution in the South, how the
North only opposed slavery when it
became Improbable toNorthern trad
ers. From the character of those who
founded the different colonies, it was
inevitable that their theories of
governments should differ. The ques-
tion Of slavery had been settled by
the war. New generations have
come on the scene. and the Southern
cause will soon only live in history.
The GRAFTON was a skilful and elo.
quent presentation Of the subject,
viewed from a Southern standpoint.
Miss Anna Mcdaniel had for the
subject OF her grafton Rudyard
Kipling, the celebrated author, and
she showed a close study and thor.
ough appreciation of one of the
most remarkable writer's of the age
She sketched his early life in India
where his first literary work was
done for newspapers, and his subse'
quent career until he had achieved
greatness. His characters, and
especially the soldiers three-Mul
vaney, O:theris and Learoyd-form
a gallery OF vigorous, active person
alities.. Kipling was not only great
as novelist and short story writer
but eminent as poet. Kipling &C
complished h,s object-to 'Give good
work" The oration was interesting
and we'll conceived.
"Uncle Sam and His Servants
was the subject OF the Grafton BY
Edward F. Warren, and was treated
in an original and semi.hunerout
manner. Uncle Sans benevolenct
and paternalcare were described and
how he showered blessings on ,his
sometimes unruly children. His in
fuence was far extending. He had
rescued Cuba, and his house was
fever open to the oppressed and fol
his kindness and generosity. he il
honoredz and loved by @all.'' Mr.,
Warren's3 address was we'll received
I: Miss Linnie Beatty gave a pleas.