Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-06-19
GRADUATES

Beatrice Zimmerman. Nadge Haskln.
Gertrude Armstrong. Libby holon.
Gertrude HslnemAn. Herbert IOrney.
Martha r. Rhodes Herman A. Becker.
Ida &. Williams james Silverthorn.
Ada NJ MILLER walter Fliefh.
Margaret VI Kriskey. Alexander Gsbhardt.
Marion h RYAN fred A Schmidt.
Florence a. Hsrn"y. Robert hHskln.
Ethel NJ Samps Il. halph McCrossen.
The exercises on Wednesday evening
did not begin on schedule time, as the
large body of ushers was kept very
busy, and considerable noise was neces-
sarily made in seating the large audi
ence; but the orchestra at last struck
up on The Golden Dame" by Jacobs,
which was very prettily rendered, after
which a strong prayer was offered by
the Rev. +. A. Pease.
The first subject of the evening was
Literature and Life-Social Life,
which was discussed by Florence A.
Harney, salutatorian of the Glass of
1900 She traced the development of
English literature in poetry and prose
from the time of Chaueer, as shown in
his Canterbury Tales, down to George
Eliot, who gives such delightful prose
pictures of English rural life. She gave
interesting peeps into the writings of
Addison, Pope, Scott, Burns and Dick
ems, showing that the social life of their
times was embodied in their writings,
and noting the changes in the thought
of the people as she progressed from
Chaueer to Eliot. Miss Harvey showed
a deep insight in her subject, and her
method of handling it pleased and prof
tied sill.
Alexander Gebhart spoke upon the
Development of French Despotism," !"
beginning with the early settlement of
the two strong races, the Celts and
Goths, in the country which is the
France of today He traced their ten
dency toward rule of deSpotism, when
the country was successfully ruled by
the Romans, by Charlemagne, then by
kings and lords, when the feudal Sys-
tenn held the common people in vice
from which it seemed they could not
escape, up to the time when the House
of the Bourbons reached its pinnacle of
power under Louis XIV, who could
truly say, am the state" bnt he
clouds which had gathered upon the
horizon suddenly broke, revolution
swept old things away, blood flowed
like water, Louis XVI and Marie An
toinette were beheaded and protect,
crate was established, which again be.
came an empire under the First Napo-
leon. Another republic arose, follow
ing Louis Philippe, then came the
Second Empire under Louis Napoleon,
and then the third republic, the present
government France, however, has
not acquired personal liberty like the
United States, and the speaker pointed
out the fact that that could only be
gained through proper education OF
the people. MIR Gebhart's essay was a
very strong one.
The next subject was The Evolution
of the Wheel BY Herbert Torney, who
began with tie earliest history of thai
machine and raced its development aE
to the latest ehainless, and then int1
Ihe automobile, which is the offspring
of the bicycle, Many oietures, showing
the gradual development of the wheel
were thrown from the lantern onto III,
whit9wall back of the stage, and the
mechanism of each machine was eS
). pIained. Mr.. Torney was thoroughly
-cqEAinted with his subject, and though
AZ is common one. he made it very in
teresting and in some places laughable
The treatment of Girls Athletics il
the Schools, by Gertrude Armstrong
bsought out the necessity of bodily ak
ercise fer woman, who at last has beer
freed intellectually and remains TO b,
freed bodily Woman in early centur