The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-03

4 lSuVSith lu1uK. Ills masterpiece, tn
Sketch Book = is more widely rea,
than any other work OF an America
! author The .si,onquest of Granda'
and the ':AlhambraH are other vel
known works Of his. Irving was al
loptimist. To him every cloud had !,
silver lining. he cared not for politi
|cal distinction. but had boundles.
capacity for good fellowship. Tat
heart Of Irving has been to all Amer
lea fountain OF gladness'' making
everything In its vicinity freshened in
to smiles.
A " Historical Parallel of Pericles
and Lincoln was given by Foster
Pierce. In paralleling the lives oi
Pericles and Lincoln we must remem
ber that their times are separated by
twenty three centuries One lived dur.
ing q pagan civilization, while the
jother lived in the Christian era. They
were both Of lowly birth. Both es.
poused the cause OF the common peo.
pie One had an elaborate education,
the other limited one. Pericles rose
rapidly, Lincoln gradually. Pcricles
diverted funds from their intended use
for the glory ofhimself. while Lincoln q
real glory was in honest works and true
character. The one has left q monu.
ment of costly architecture and statu.
ary: the other has enshrined himself
In the hearts OF his countrymen, leav-
ing more enduring mark than costly
marble or carved statuary.
Ia the oration entitled Industrial
America" Alma Olson briefly sketched
the growth Of our country from "Thir-
teen Colonies" to the foremost nation
in power and strength, made such
through constantly improving her in.
dustries. In Revolutionary days the
farmhouse was the factory. Mining
was crude indeed; but as this art
advanced. manufacturing naturally
sprang up. Industries began early to
gain supremacy, and inventions were
steadily worked out. We have the
best mode OF farming and the most
wonderful machines known to any
country. Commerce has expanded un-
tilour ships sail every sea and enter
almost every port in the world, In no
other country are there such educa-
tiona advantages. Our laborers are
not like the Euro ropesns. ,enorantp pf the
Affairs of the world: or blind to the "a
vance Of government. The oration
closed with e fitting apostrophe to
America. vi
THE Werld Beautiful was the title
|of Carrie Kicks production. AS we
listened, we felt that the words OF the
speaker came from heart attuned to
the voice OF nature. Wonderful are
the arts and sciences of man! Far
more wonderful is nature, devised and
fashioned by one higher than man!
The ever changing seasons bring with
them pictures Of delight Bryant says
that nature speaks in various languages
according to the mood OF the listener.
The forests and woodlands represent
the age OF centuries Each tree is an
emblem OF strength and virtue, and
with its boughs bent in noble worship.
signifies life redeemed by the seed Of
faith. The song OF the skylark, the
ripple Of the brook, and the majesty Of
the snow-capped mountain teach us
love, sympathy and steadfastness. O..
Nature Beautiful! thou art the wisest
instructor, the tenderest mother, and
the ever protecting angel Of man.
Under the subject "The Colored
Liberator," Minnie Craft very ably
sketched the life OF Booker T. Wash
ineton, viyidly portraying his struggle
to obtain an education, and then his
unselfshness, and his untiring efforts
to teach his countrymen dignity and
beauty OF labor, and to make each one
love labor instead Of trying to escape
II. His greatest work has been ac-
Ecompltshed through the Tuskegee IN
stitnte, From thirty students the num-
ber has increased to eleven hundred;
eighty six officers and teachers are en-
ployed, but more important still, three
thousand students have gone out to
show the masses throughout the South,
by example or by direct effort, how to
improve their material, educational
and moral life. The future welfare.
:of our country demands that the bur-
den of ignorance be lifted from the
South. Our nation will never cease to
be grateful to the "Colored Liberator,'
for bis inestimable service In this
great cause.
Arthur OrrSin the class poem en-
titled I'm Liminie" first invokes the
gentle zephyrs to sweep o'er the harp,
and to breathe upon the instrument
the muses. fire. In we'll chosen words
and in happy meter, he represents the
class as standing upon the threshold
of new life, ger to employ their