The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-07-06
commencement Grafton.

Commencement Grafton.
Below we give in full "ready'
made" grafton from the Minneapolis
Messenger, and would suggest its use
by some "sweet girl graduate" as it
would seem quite novelty, and some
thing new to the audience in not hav-
ing to listen to "Beyond the Alps lies
Italy" "Rome was not built in day."
etc.:
Friends and patrons, what say to
night may surprise some Of you, and
yet it ought not to'do anything of the
sort, for after all l am human, remark
able as that may seem. l have been
going to school off and on for u years
and I am rejoiced that we have such
splendid educational advantages. l
did the best could and have fought
the fight, run the race and kept the
faith. I am permitted tc graduate,
thanks to my own efforts and Of
those you have hired to assist me.
To tell the truth, l don't really care
whether ''Dead fish float with the
tide" or whether we should Row and
not drift" Indeed, I can not take a
very lively interest in the Future of
tenement houses as viewed by school
GIRL" because in Kansas we haven't
any such houses, and / never expect
to live in one anyway. I shall not
settle the question of imperialism"
nor shall l discuss the feasibility Of
the Nicaragua canal as beverage"
l shan't roast Roberts for having
collection of wives, because we have
congressman to d. that very thing.
1 never expect to marry man with
more wives than myself, and If he does
he'll imagine ne is attending an ice
cream social in hades.
/ don't know whether the "United
States has reached the zenith of its
power" or not; neither pronounced
neether) do l care if the old Star Of
Empire does amble toward the west.
In very few years I will, forget
that San Gaul is divided into three
parts" and that Cicero wanted to
know how long Catiline was going to
abuse his patience. The square Of
the hypothenuse of right angled tri-
angle is equal to the sum Of the square
of the other sides is true and am
glad that old Pythagoras discovered it
and saved me the trouble. 1 don't
care if the anclents did kill ten th0us-
and oxen in honor Of Pythag. l amt
a bit jealous. What want to say
more than anything else, is that l
live in the best town, the best county,
in the best state, in the best country
on earth, and don't care rap who
knows it. My country has the whitest
mountains, the broadcast plains, the
bluest sky. the fairest women and the
bravest men on earth.
These flowers will fade, there she
grabs bunch of flowers and holds
them high up) the technical knowl-
edge l have cleaned from the passing
years will be to me no more. But 1
have learned how to live and be USE
full as well as ornamental.
When some young man seeks wife
he will not search the records and
compare our commencement orations.
But if he is any good at all, he will
keep weather eye out and discover
which one Of us can flap the festive
pan cake with the greatest skill,
which one arrays herself the most
tastefully, not the most extravagantly,
which one can mix batch of biscuits
that won't do to store away with
family heirlooms because of their in
digestible properties. would rather
so conduct myself as to he a live help
mate to my future husband than to
pose before the world as a gazetteer
and wear high water dresses whenev-
er it looks as though it might rain in
two or three days.
Now l have nothing more to say.
1 can be found at home at any time
, you may desire to see me on any SUBJ
jet whatever. If you don't like my
style you can take your old diplomas
Land mn N Tavao