Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-27

as great inventions.
\ MESSAGE FROM THE POETS,
By Miss Grace Dodge was well given.
Forms of Poetry said the speaker,
are as wide as the universe. Each
age has its own poets Tcnnyson and
Browning stand ont as the poets of
the nineteenth century. Tennyson's
I'm Memorlam and Rizpah,' bring out
tho idea of love and duty. Browning
represents the dramatic element in
poetry, but follows the same general
trend Of thought ns Tennyson."
ARTHUR E. CAsS
Spoke OH "The Coming. International
Crisis" "All the powers Of Europe
are in n state of unrest today. They
are all watching each other, eager to
take advantage of any doubtful step.
Without doubt England is the greatest
power in Europe, because II has had
the best chance for supremacy. Rus
sia has n strong navy and threatens
England in India, hence they are any
thing but friendly. England stands
practically alone. willie all of
the other powers are whet-
ting their swords for her dis
mcmberment She has been checked
in the Transvaal, but the wounded
lion may yet prove a dangerous OPP
poncnt. With an international con
hict between England, Russia, Ger
many and France, how would il effect
American Our commerce would be
bankrupt. 1t remains for the men of
the new century to avert this terrible
war;
Al this juncturc n quartcttc compos-
ed OF Mrs. Henry Perkins. Mrs. s. s.
Haynes, Mr. W. G. l'indley and Prof.
n. l., Glover sang.
THE VOLUNTEER ARMY or
AMERICA
Was discussed by Harry ]. Wade.
He said. "In comparison with Euro.
pcan countries the United States has
n small army. With our volunteer
system, in all our different wars the
honor of the nation has never been
lowered. May America always he
proud to boast that she can trust her
rights to the patriotism Of her sons"
MISS L. GERTRUDE STONE.
had selected "Three Great Tcutons'
for her subject. She confined herself
to Lincoln, Gladstone and Bismarck
and in nm entertaining manner outlined
, the chief characteristics OF such states.
man. She concluded by saying when
the roll of the great men Of the nine
tccnth century IL chilled these mon will
stand high upon the list"
MISS ORA S. MANLEY
led the audience "In the Path of the
Discoverers," much to the delight of
her hearers. She told of the cxplora-
tons of Henry NJ. Stanley into the
heart of Africa for the benefit of civil
llzatlon; of George Kenuan's wonder.
ful adventures in frozen Siberia aud
OF the men who started for the Klop-
| dyke, actuatcd by greed for wealth.
| The speaker concluded that the sea
rowing spirit of the Norscmcn still
lives.
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE.
was the title Of nm Grafton 10y Miss Il,
Naudc Stewart. "Mcn have always
had n progressive spirit" said the
speaker. we can trace n spirit Of ad-
vnnccmen down through the ccntur-
les. At some stages In life, man seems
to be going backward, hut if we look
closer. We find II is only n dormant per-
iod. Each century marks an epoch In
II nations advancement,
DANIEL SIEGFRIED
spoke on Naval Warfare" He said
"A nation which depends on its COM
mcrcc must maintain large navy. If
II country has colonial possessions, that
country must havea navy. Greece was
tho first country to see the Importance
Of naval equipment and England holds
her position because she Is mistress of,
the seas, The methods of naval war
fare have grcntly changed since tho
time Of the Greeks with oars and javc-
Inns, with out long coast line our new
dependencies and growing commerce
W" should see that our navy he made
strong"
MISS NJ. AMY MOTIF
delivered an interesting oration on
"Ilis,orical Novels of America" She
gave reviews of The Seats of the Nigh
ty, Richard Carvel and Red Rock.
After n vocal solo nv Prof " l.