Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-06-01
High School Class OF Ninety-Nine.

and will be long remembered as one of the
many pleasing and entertaining events that
annually occurs. At eight o'clock every seat
was filled with parents and friends of the
graduating class eager and anxious for the sue
cess of all; and each face was filled with an
expression of radiant hope. The hour having
arrived the curtain rose and the sweet strains
of melodious music from the orchestra filled
the house and the large assemblage of people
were filled with delight as they beheld the cir
cular row of graduates on the stage. At the
end of the side was seated Prof. F. P. Hooker,
superintendent of the schools and by him was
Miss Ellie Hoffman Rogers, principal; while at
the other end sat Miss Harriet Bilharz, assist
ant principal. and w. H. O'Connell, President
of the Board of Education. The scene spoke
louder for the success of the school than words,
as on each young face could be seen deep and
lasting traces of intelligence indelibly stamped.
The ease, comfort. grace and refinement of the
happy graduates as evidenced, characterized
their school work as being the highest, noblest
and purest that could possibly be given. Above
| and over the stage the class motto
From School Life to Life's School," This
suggests and means that they are all soon to
leave the hallowed precincts of childhood S
dreams, the infinite realm of their boyhood and
girlhood days. parting with the gallo days of
their life, soon to leave home where their pres
ent pleasure lies and where all their dreams be-
| gin and end. Little do they know, as the tide
of years drift by floating them insensibly out
from the harbor and haven of their home out
upon the great sea of life, to fight the beating
butfeting battles of life,-what joys, what
| opportunities. what affections are slipping
| from them into the inexorable past except in
the dreams of life's realities. That they are
well fitted for the higher duties of daily toll no
one can doubt and their orations gave much
evidence of mature minds and plainly show that
the efforts of their teachers and the kind indul-
gence of their parents has not been in vain.
DAISY ANDERSON
spoke upon the subject Woman Then and
Now giving true picture of the progress and
advancement of woman from the earliest histo-
rlc times down through the various ages to the
present. She cleverly portrayed woman's capa.
] biity of intellect and how she had advanced
from time to time, securing new footholds and
mounting to prominence and gaining distinc-
ton in the various overtures of lifes activities
She held up the beauty, grandeur and sublim-
lty of woman's highest and noblest privileges
and duties and opportunities and showed how
she is and ever will be capable of filling all DO.
sitons-equal with man, and that woman al
ways has and ever will be not only an assistant
but an equal factor in the promotion and adj
vancement of all that is far the betterment of
mankind. The simplicity, sincerity and earn
estness of her convictions of womans duties
and opportunities in life are worthy of emula.
ton and that she is fitted to fill her part in
the worlds busy activities, gives pleasure to
those who will watch and wait hoping to see
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attributes to womankind.
CHARLES BURNSIDE
handled his subject the Naturalization of
Electricity in broad and liberal manner that
gave evidence of thought, study and research
furnishing ideas that is in advance of what is
today being executed. He showed deep
knowledge and clear comprehension of the
power of electricity. Owing to the power and
strength and magnitude of this great force
which has done SO much and is today used Sc
extensively in the onward march of invention
and civilization he advocates national control
He clearly showed that electrical forces are
being developed and used to an extent by and
what most people comprehend, and the
question to be settled is who shall be held re-
sponslble for force so potent. In his GRAFTON
he condused many ideas which when expanded
vestigated. He delivered his Grafton with an
ease and freedom that showed he was master
of himself and gave evidences of capability tc
become one of the factors in the daily affairs
of his fellow men. May his efforts ever be for
the growth and advancement of mankind and
may his efforts achieve for his associates tina,
which will be beneficial
HUGH DELAHOYDE
proved himself to be master of thought and
gave expressions of the same that were clea,
causes and forciful, portraying knowledge
OF his subject, Abraham Lincoln that was
peculiarly striking and interesting. He gave
evidences of historical knowledge of the
CONTEMPORARIES of his subject-Abraham Lin
coin and his predecessors, that was profitable
and interesting to every student of biograph,
and history. His eulogy of the subject of his
Grafton was true to history and beautiful,
and earnestly portrayed in words that plainl,
showed the effect of systematic training by his
instructors and exhibited the patience and in.
dustry and toll that he had devoted to his
studies during his school days. Unaided and
unasslsted he has made his way through
school and that he will succeed is best eyi
denced in his daily walks of life. Few are
privileged to gain for themselves business in.
struction and practice in connection with theil
school work but such is true in this case. The
years of his boyhood have rolled on in which
his dreams have grown wider and grander anG
now he will join the men of affairs and identify
himself with business activities of his assoc
ates.
FRANK l.. DRAKE,
with a subject, which without much thourht
showed little of interest. developed much in
terest and showed that statistics as an Edu
Gator, possessed relative value to the bust
ness interest and the worlds advancement
which is indispensable. By statistics, so tina,
comparisons of interest may be made, we gain
that information which leads from that con
dition of progress of to-day to the fultillmen,
of our hopes of tomorrow In all the martes
and trades and the worlds activities it is b,
means of comparison and association of ac
cummulated data on all that is being done BY
the men of affairs that we are able to surpass
the conditions of the past. Statistics are
always used by the leaders in the various
avenues of life and it is by a knowledge OF
them that we are enabled to give to the world
the relative value of nations and their various
enterprises After hearing his oratorcal re
marks no one could help but feel the import
ance of such documents. His free, frank anC