The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1899-06-07
SUMUS QUID NOS FhGIMUS
The Graduating Class of go Be-
GIN to Work Out their
Class Motto.
Five Young Women and TWO of our
Coming Men Bid Adleu
to School Life.

I'VE are what we make ourselves. .
The class of SO of the Redwood
Falls high school was duly launched
from its mornings last Monday
evening, under the most auspicious
| conditions. There was a host OF
admiring friends, a profusion OF
choice flowers, strains of melody
and raptures of applause to crafty
each Of the seven members of the
class, as they were formally set free
from their four years connection
with our highest local educational
institution.
The names of the graduates have
previously appeared in these col
umns. In the order designated on
the program, Myrtle Ida Cooper
was honored as the salutatorian, her
subject being ''The Magnetism OF
Mystery. The strange drawing
power of undiscovered forces in the
material word, in science, in liter
ature, commerce and invention, was
dwelt upon in manner which
showed an orderly and compre-
hensive grasp of the subject, with
illustrations drawn from many great
discoverers, from Columbus to Edi-
SON.
Nav H. Knapp's essay upon the
'sFate of Marie Antoinette' recited
dark chapter in the history of the
French Revolution. That unhappy
queen has not always Jared so we'll
| at the hands of the historian as she
did under the sympathetic treat
ment of Miss Knapp.
Otto A. Wilson drew from the
title of his Grafton, undiscovered
Gems the moral that things of
great value do not often lie upon the
surface, but have to be delved for.
He also suggested that many people
have something to find out about
the hidden merits Of apparently
common people about them.
A charming little paper on "Folk
Lore was recited by Emma NJ
Westfall. Her subject was treated
in way to suggest to the listener
that some kind fairy had endowed
Miss Westfall with voice and mind
of unusual clearness and charm.
Edmund j. Westfall set people to
thinking with his oration upon
Victims of Success. Contrast
ing the wide chasm between the
successful burglar or counterfeiter
and the martyr to principle, who
fails in his effort to attain right
eous object, the speaker brought
out the familiar fact that only strong
characters are able to stand the
strain of continued success.
1t is not often that history ap-
pears in as attractive a garb on a
commencement platform. as in the
defense of Benedict Arnold, which
was undertaken with marked sue
cess by Nellie l. DeGroat. The
essay reminded the audience that
Arnold had, through motives of
envy or greed, tarnished name
that might otherwise have come
down to us on the list of our coun-
try's heroes.
In her essay on 'Character the
Goal of Progress Mary E. Hemp
hill demonstrated her fitness for the
honor of valedictorian. She exhort-
ed her fellow students to remember
that the development OF character
was the principal aim of all their
efforts, both past and to come. Fail
ing to realize this, and lacking the
stimulus of necessity that impels
the children of the poor to make
the most of their opportunities, few
of the children of wealthy parents
ever attain to true greatness of
character. Miss Hemphill closed
with the usual farewell to teachers
and classmates, and took her seat
amid the heartiest applause
Before the distribution of the
diplomas, Edmond J. Westfall. as
spokesman for the graduates, pre-
sented the junior class with hand