The Republican journal., 1900-06-21

of the Junior year we elected Harold Railev
as class president and Fred Poor as secre-
the Senior year. We had four class meet
ings, and as many quarrels, while engaged in
the difficult task of choosing our class pins
Finally, we agreed upon one triangular in
shape and garnet and gold in color.
we entered upon our Senior year with
twenty members, but soon became reduced
to seventeen, our number tonight. We are
called the farmer class We prefer to think
that the only reason for this appellate is
the long distance which many of us are oh
l!ged to travel; twelve out of the seventeen
live from two to six miles away. That we
have been not only willing, but glad, to
travel these distances for four years in all
seasons and weather is indicative of how
much we value our High school course
another change of teachers took place
when Mr. Howard succeeded Mr.. Mcclellan,
and he has seen us through. We have spent
two occasions we have been slightly disturb
ed. but not for long During the last week
OF our final term we aWoke to the fact that
we ought to have class motto and accord
lngly we chose "Ne cede malis,'' s'Submit
not to defeat" and we hope to live up to it
IN the coming years, if we have not in the
past four.
Miss Knowlton gave an interesting des-
cription of the "Catacombs of Rome,' with
some comments on the various theories as
to their original use and the leading points
in their history, and made reference to the
relics. inscriptions and epitaphs in and upon
the tombs
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liability of Mars" He argued that although
the conditions upon the other planets are
such that it does not seem possible they can
be inhabited by race like ours, this may
be the case with Mars, whose climate,
though colder, is not unlike that of the
earth
Miss Hills said that of all the peoples
inhabiting the American continent at the
time of the discovery, the Incas had reached
the highest development. She mentioned
their cities, military roads, etc., as illus
trating their advancement in engineering
and architecture, described their worship
and form of government and compared their
religion and political organization with those
of the leading nations of the old world.
Civilization was highly developed among
them. but they were at great disadvantage
in literature, having no written language
Miss Hassell's essay on ''Modern Iceland"
opened with description of the scenery,
climate, etc. of that island, of its people,
their occupations, traits of character, reli-
gion and educational advantages. All chill
dren of 10 years can read, although few are
able to attend school, being taught by their
parents at home.
Miss Holmes opened her essay on s'Roman
Traits" with the statement that the one ma
ton that rises above all others in ancient
history is Rome Love of country was the
ruling trait of the Roman character. The
cruelties of the ancient wars were compar-
ed with wars of the nineteenth century
Rome produced more great men than all
other nations, and she may justly be said
TO have laid the foundation of civilization
IIussey, in his essay on ''The Causes of
the war in South Africa referred to
the war between England and France in
1903, as the beginning of the trouble, follow
ed by the liberation of the slaves of the
Beers, which induced them to emigrate to
and settle in the Orange Free State But
the discovery of gold in the Transvaal drew
the attention of Adventures that way, and
the objection of the Beers to what they con-
sidered too free naturalization laws precipi-
tated the struggle. He believes that British
rule in South Africa will be for the best in
terests of all concerned.
"Madame De Stael' was the subject of
the essay by Miss Seekins, who told of the
early life, marriage, social, political and
literary career of that noted woman. The
effect of her social surroundings and of her
ten years of exile upon her literary work
were shown. Madame De Stael holds pc
cular position in French literature; she
reigned queen in society; she was a strong
minded woman, with d profound insight
into religion, philosophy and politics-she
was a great and good woman.
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Miss Whitcomb gave comparison between
the educational advantages of the present
day and those enjoyed by our ancestors.
She described the school buildings, books,
methods, etc., and told of the difficulties
which the scholars of that time were obliged
to overcome Girls were taught knitting in
school, in addition to the education from the
books, the pens and ink were homemade,
and many scholars were obliged to go to
school long distances through the forest
with spotted trees as their guides
Miss Monroe gave biography of Freder-
ick Froebel, ''the founder of the Kindergar-
ten,' his boyhood, education, and subse-
quent career. Recognizing the necessity for
play in the nature of the child Froebel form
ulated the plan OF combining play with edu-
cation and thus became the originator of the
kindergarten system. Miss Monroe traced
the growth of the system from its beginning
to the present day and showed how that
method of instruction is appreciated by edu-
Gators throughout the world.
The class phophesies by Wood and Ladd
We're, as usual, chiefly devoted to amusing