Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-10
DAYS
OF SCHOOL
Interesting Exercises Held In the Cen.
trail School Auditorium by Jun.
Tor and Senior Glasses.
FIELD DAY EXERCISES THURSDAY
Some Good Records Made by the
Boys at Their Athletic Meet
Large Graduating Glass.
FIELD DAY EXERCISES THURSDAY

An interesting program was rend-
cred Wednesday evening at the cen
trial school auditorium by the mem
bers Of the junior class Of the Fergus
county free county high school. The
auditorium was prcttily decorated
for the occasion, and printed in ar
tistically arranged gilt letters or the
background to the rostrum were the
words, "On the Threshold, % while
the members Of the class are juniors
this year, they will also be juniors
next year owing tn the extension of
the high school course 10 four years.
The auditorium was well filled with
the friends Of the graduates, and the
excellent arrangement Of the seats of
tn" building and its tirst-class accous-
tic properties made 1t possible for all
to see and hear everything that was
going on or being said up in front.
Owing to the absence of Mobiles or
chestru Madge Eldridgs opened the
program with n piano solo, which was
well played. showing clever musical
talents and good training for m oi
her age.
"Sun spots" was the subject of the
essay by Victoria Content, who war
the first among the members Of the
class tn step forward. As the glori.
GUS orb of day. which IL Ia III n solid
mass of radiant heat, is found to pos.
sess spots which neither glow will
warmth nor give forth rays of light, 81
are the characters Of great men which
shine as lights throughout the wSrld
of politics. war, science or statesman,
ship. when put under the microscope
OF the closest scrutiny found to be
marked with the spots of imperfcc'
ton. Caesar was ambitious. Washing
ton was a slave holder and Lincoln
sometimes INDUCED In coarse profan
ity. In this manne the reader ca.
ried out the analogy In a pleasing, 'og
iSal manner.
Lottie Vanest briefly but succinctly
outlined the three great ages In The
worlds history-the three ages wher
those things which make for the cdl
tural advancement of the human race
were predominant-the age OF Per
iclcs, OF Augustus and OF Elizabeth
In the first Greece reached her great
est supremacy. Literature fourished
and achievements before per
formed. nor since surpassed, in the
arts of painting and sculpture made
the age Of Pericles At to be noted al
one of the three really great periods
of the worlds history. The AugustaJ
age gave to the world Livy. Ovid an;
many others who shone as the great
est poets. philosophers and historians
OF any time. Shakespeare. Bacon
Jonson and Raleigh were the bright
est stars in the brilliant galaxy II
Eliminating the reign Of Elizabeth
This paper showed a close study u
historical subjects and a nice discrim
nation in emphasizing those incidents
which are the mile posts in thu
worlds development.
THE Factors OF Civilization wa
the subject Of a good Grafton delivered
by Tony Weingart. Stress was lai,
upon the beneficient influences o
Christianity. Feudalism and the Cru
sades. Caesar, Pericles, Washington
and Lincoln were named as some o
the men whose lives have been pos
tive factors in the civilizing of thu
world.
Ethel Gordon handled in excellen
style her subject, THE Common
Things in Life"-common thing
which must enter into the lives OF al
men. The commonest things are TIL
most necessary in the opinion of tn
speaker and she proved the assertion
by an abundance of illustrations.
The subject of Gladys Kings essa.
was ''Woe Lustre Brings" and thu
young lady presented a well writer
opposition to the idea of giving up
when misfortune or sorrow assault
one. Out of the most unpromisinl
surroundings have come some of tn
worlds greatest forces. Pilgrim
Progress" vas written in jail an,
when Paradise Lost was composer
its author was totally blind. Lincoll
arose against obstacles innumerabl
to the highest position in the nation
and what has been done a be don,
again with the proper spirit and az
plication.
Lincoln was again cited as an eS
ample of Victory Over Circumstar
ccs" by John Phillips. The much use
aDhorism, where there is a will ther,
is a way" was represented by tn
speaker as being a demonstrate,
truth. and that with the o~pportunitie
open to the average person today l
is folly to allow untoward circumstan
ces TO prevent success in the battl
of lifa
Fractions" was the subject chos
en- by Mamie Cook as the subject o
her essay. Few things are complete
within themselves. each nation beinI