Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-06-01

Her eyes arv as blue - tho clear summer skIe..
| Hcr hsir l. = act whrrc cnsrapprsi. tho sun
ssr's the beauty .nd-6aes OF our class.
ss-.s built on Drnao-ihcnc.' plan;
for talking ot taicnts. shc has ono ot tho bsst.
Hv9osrst nc,tai adorns her brvAst;
She eau oenic. II any one eau.
No. there's only onc other. our president.
It take. pluck to graduate alone with I'VE
To stand h-rr among all our frisscs aud curls:
Lets cuiosisa that srii OF his.
And classmates. let. mako of our temples.
strucsans we'll bc proud so own;
Lets mnh: them landmarks by the pathway
And when We arr through with tho toll aud
Well hear tho glad piaudi,. .woli Jonc:'
The audience next enjoyed piano colo
by Miss Theo Barklcy.
Miss Bcrtha Dunklebcrgcr's cssny was
entitled. t
Out Of School Life Into Lifc's School.
The following extracts will indicate
the scope OF the paper:
The ship that would Withstand tho
storms and tcmpes.s Of the sen must be
built Of strong, substantial timbers. So
tho life that would laugh ut the approach,
of threatening. impending disaster, and
buffet with misfortune, must be built, nO:
Of popular reputation. but Of those elc.
meuts which mike rcal, genuine charac-
ter.
Today the clnss OF 1900 is ready TO pass
the threshold OF School life and enter
Iife's school. Many times have its mem.
bers labored over difficult lessons until
the brain was wcnried, but how much
more pleasant was the experience when
at last they were mastered. II is now ms
We have arrived at it's close, and our
thoughts lead Us back to events Of tho
past, that our school life seems most dear.
As we aticipate the work and enjoy.
ment in Lilies School we may fancy our
world is one scene Of gayety. But we
cannot comprehend what successes or
misfortunes we may meet. One might
as well attempt 70 calculate mRthematic.
ally the contingent forms, made by tho
tiukling bits Of glass in a Kaleidoscope, ms
to look into the future and foretell its
pattern.
Each stop We take is In the dark
- The future Is Ru unknown tand;
The future Is u seven sealed book.
No man can loose the sealed band.''
Miss Fannie Wallace's oration,
Liberty an Ideal,
| Was out OF the usual line OF graduating
literary effort and made n very strong
plea in the direction indicated by the
title, !: 9. that liberty was only an ideal.
The history OF the past, tho situation in
the Philippines and South Africa were
cited in proof OF the position taken. We
make the following extracts:
In the name of Liberty what rivers of
blood have been made to How. what
mountains of treasure have been annihi.
lated. Yet are we at the close OF the nine
teenth century nearer the realization of
the idea than was the Hebrew nation in
the Land of Promise; Rome under the
Empire when to be n koman was greater
than to be king, or Greece when art and
culture reigned supreme?
Ii you but lay aside national pride and
race prejudice and in the true spirit of the
cant phrase THE brotherhood of man."
look out over the world aud see us has
always been true, the weak crushed by
the strong you must answer NO" Is
Freedom, then, you. ask, but an idea un-
attained and unattainable? We answer
"Yesr'
Lincoln In one OF his sad prophetic
moods foreboded for the people, of whom
he was the most noble representative, n
slavery more calling than that to which
his proclamation had made an end.
The Class Roll.
By Miss Fannie Snowden was devoted
mainly to pleasant personal reminiscent
ces Of the class. Good advice was given
her Undergraduates in the following ex.
tract:
We do not need any sage philosopher
to tell lis OF the joys Of school days; we
have drunk the cup of happiness to the
dregs, although shall not say that 1t has
all been sweet us the nectar Of the gods