The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-06-03
DENlsoN, iowa. TUESDAY, JUNE. ], 1909.

1 their breasts, he pays q kindly tribu,
to the teachers who have led thei
I through devious paths and assiste
Z them over various difficulties
= Farewell, We scenes Of childhood mirth,
Farewell, We fairest realms OF earth
4 Classroom and play ground books and bel
j Teachers and comrades, all. farewell.''
THE Florence Nightingale OF Amer
f|ica" was the title applied by Mildre
Bowen TO Helen Miller Gould. Thi
4 young woman, Graded in a millionaire
home and crowned with beauty, pos
sessed all the requirements necessar,
to become aqueen in American societ,
or 9 bell in foreign courts. But 10 her
the cottage appealed more strongl,
than the court; the hospital had NOR,
attraction than the ballroom; th,
orphanage called more loudly than th,
banquet hall. Her first great interes
was manifested in the Give Poin
\ Missions, 2 home for the poores
waite. She established on the Hudson
similar charity for crippled children
During the war with Spain her oper
purse relieved our suffering soldiers ii
Cuba. She has founded sailors home
near BROOKLYN. She has given, not hel
thousands alone, but her time, hel
thought, and herself. No home is tot
humble for her to enter, no heart toe
hard for her to soften. Her sympathies
have spread like the ripples, on still
clear lake, until "Our Helen" has be
come idolized by the nation, ideali2ed
by the sailor, and immortalized by the
nation.
Traffer Walker presented strong
Grafton on the iInAuence OF Patriot.
ism. In the beginning he traced the
causes and principles which underlie
the building and destroying OF goven-
ments. Man is by nature q social
creature. Civil governments were in.
stituted for the preservation of man
kind. Itisthe duty Of every citizen
to preserve the principles on which
his institutions depend. Rome at.
tained her glory by so doing, bnt by
the loss Of this principle she fell into
infancy and degradation. The love for
country is not the love for certain
area Of land, but for principle. and
patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
= mans greatest sacrifice to his country
il not pouring out his blood that the
|naticn may live: but.f teaching yenera:
|tion for it BY The fireside. aud in pro.
tecting its every interest in daily life.
The foremost treasures Of the age are
mans loyalty to man, and his devotion
to country, These are nowhere more
worthily exemplified than in America,
land where every man may wear q
crown and be accorded a place among
natures noblemen.
+ Thelightsinthe auditorium werethen
extinguished. The curtain fell. to rise
in q few moments disclosing the class
prophet, Garnett Romans, seated upon
q throne with various accomplishments
of her art about her. She is compar-
ing the present educational advantages
with those Of former day. In her soli-
loQuy she says It used to be that chill
dren were educated according to their
station IN life, but now poor and rich
have the same opportunity. 1t istheir
duty to grow in knowledge with their
years, to look forward and prepare for
the future. To succeed they must have
power. and knowledge is Power .
The oracle then summons before her
in turn the members of the class Of 1902.
She foretells for them illustrious ca
reers. Among their numbers are the
poet. the scholar, and the philan-
thropist; the COMPOSER, the politician,
and the painter; the surgeon, the Red
Cross nurse. and great reformer. The
oracles closes with these words: q Nav
the class Of 1902 ever strive for the
highest. and learn that success only
succeeds success
Mr., N. 4. Hunt, president of the
school board. presented the diplomas
IN we'll chosen words he gave the class
his parting advice assuring them that
success would mean strenuous effort
Then another song, shower OF con.
eratulations and for them the race Of
life was begun.
Before the last number Supt. Savage
addressed the audience, thanking the
patrons for their hearty cooperation,
and setting forth the relation existing
between pupil and teacher, that Of
mutual helpfulness. The interest Of
the teacher does not close with the
presentation ofthe diploma. Its more
farreaching. 1t follows the pupil
wherever he may go.
This closes one OF the most succ cessfnl
years in the history Of the high school.
Our two courses consisting Of Latin
and 9 Science course are now we'll es-
tablished. Our students are alive to
the interest OF their school. Teachers
have labored earnestly for the better.