Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-06-10
LAST DAYS
OF SCHOOL
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colors of the class, green and laven
der, predominated. The background
was of evergreens and in transparent
letters brilliantly lighted was the
class motto, Excelsior"
The program was opened with a Sc
lection from Mobiles orchestra. after
which Miss Alice Stephens rendered
Bachmann's Swallows" in her usual
artistic tanner.
The salutatory was delivered by ].
Isabel McLachlan, whose subject was
Satisfaction in Achievement" Be
ginning with an account of the strug
giles for athletic supremacy in ancient
Greece and the honors which we're be
slowed upon the winner, she showed
how, since the earliest record of hui
man effort in any manner, one of the
prime incentives to any achievement
has been the satisfaction which
should result from that achievement
IL was that satisfaction which Undue,
ed Samuel F. Morse to struggle for
years with his electrical experiments
which makes authors continue 10
write after one book has forever made
them famous and financiers continue
to plan and project great commercial
enterprises after their fortune is Sc
cure.
THE Achievements of the Anglo
Saxons" furnished William A. Young
a theme for an eloquent effort. Their
early struggles against a superior
force, their defeat by William, the
Conqueror, at Hastings, and their
amalgamation with the Normans max
ing the most powerful people physi.
cally, mentally and morally in the
history of the world, their wonderful
success in every great enterprise
which they have undertaken, their su.
premacy in invention, literature and
art, were effectively told by the speak
er.
Americas growth, the most won
Is due to the unsurpassed opportuni'
ties which she has ever offered to her
children" said Fred ID. Silloway In his
Grafton, America, the Land of Op'
portunity." George Bruce Cortelyou,
who in a few brief years rose from
an insignificant position to that nf
a powerful cabinet officer was given
as an example of this opportunity
which is open to every ambitious
American boy.
The Influence of the Ideal" was the
subject of a well written essay by
Ruby Z. King. The story of the great
stone face set up in the mountain
side with its influence upon the boy,
who for year after year, gazed upon
it's beneficient features, we're recited
in an interesting manner. Ideals
lead towards attainment" expressed
the general tenor of the essay.
George w. Fowler showed a most
thorough knowledge of the fundamen
tai principles of our government and
the historical events most frought
with importance to our development
in his GRAFTON, The American Repu5
lie" He gave a clear, succinct out
line of the different governmental de
partments and the unanimity of action
among them for the u%pbuilding of ouI
country.
That De Soto. struggling through
strange w~ildernesses, battling witt
strange savages, and after years oil
hardship finding a final resting place
beneath the waves of a strange river
had no harder time than the men who
promulgate new truths and preach
them to a doubling world, was the
opinion of Oscar l. Anderson as ex
pressed In his Grafton on the Pioneers
of Truth" Calico. Columbus, New
ton and Fulton were some Of these
pioneers of truth mentioned by the
speaker as having preached their be
liefs to an unappreciative world. The
glory of this later age, when the very
air is vibrant with the intensity OIL
thought and action, when new worlds
in the realms of science, art and lit
erature are being opened up almost
daily, when national disputes are set
tied by tribunals of arbitration, when
the tocsin of liberty is sounding the
world around, knocking the letters
from the hands of millions of slaves
and when freedom to think and to dc
as you please, so long as that freedom
does not interfere with the enjoyment
of someone else, is enjoyed in the
orient as in the occident. was all de
lightfully expressed in the essay, A
New Age Hath Arisen" read by Nam
lie A. Anderson.
In "The Worth of a Leader" Glars
r. Acly spoke OF the value of a Moses
to the Hebrews. a Pericles to the
Greeks. of an Elizabeth to the Eng
lish and of a Washington to the Amer
leans. Going further he emphasized
the necessity of having such a man
as Lincoln at the head of affairs in
a crisis like the great rebellion.
One of the most instructive and sol
i'd orations of the evening was that
of Arthur B. Lehman IN American
Commercial Supremacy" American
men he gave as the u OF this su
premacy, their genius, energy and un
firing persistency. j. p. Morgan, the
most powerful private citizen in the
world, was mentioned as an example
of the kind of business men now al
the head OF the great commercial en-
terprises of our country.
Only with sore and sharp endeay'
or" have been accomplished the great
things of this world. Demosthenes
whose name is the synonym for elo
quence. attained his perfection only
after years of practice to overcome
natural defects. Lincoln battled
against the most adverse circumstan'
ces, but by sore and sharp endeavor
reached the pinnacle of honor In the
worlds greatest nation. By such en-
deavor alone can one hope to emu
late the success OF these men, was
the theory of Elizabeth Crowley ex
pressed in an admirably written es
say.
The Phoenix Of mythology, 1t Is
said, came forth from Arabia each 500
years to Heliopolis and burned Itself
on an altar, rising young and fresh
from its own ashes. The fable rep
resents the sublime economy OF tbs
Creator, the conservation OF energy
by which not a single atom Of matter
is ever lost. In her beautiful essay
The Modern Phoenix" Ethel G.. War
rem told of the great Chicago fro