The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-20
meets the soul of man with the surface Of

meets the soul Of man with the surface OF
the earth, because 1t touches the body on
one side and, on the other, touches the
house, which, in turn, touches Mother
Earth" After sketching the history of
modern furniture, Miss Peters dwelt upon
the necessity of not forgetting that fur
niture is primarily to be used. Shams
in furniture were direct encouragement to
shams in daily life. The essayist recon-
mended for an ideal home, furniture solid
in construction, good in form; with dra-
peries good in color, graceful in ar
rangement; with pictures that have mean
ing; with everything suitable to the in
come, suitable for the use"
1.-The Profession of HoIne-Making' was
to have been the theme of Miss Jennie
Pierce Of Rushford. But Miss Pierce
could not be present with her classmates,
having recently had the good fortune to
be appointed an instructor in the Indian
school at Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Strenuosity on the Farm.
In his speech upon Farm Labor" John
G. Grant Of Window explained the in
clinatiOn Of young men to leave the 1arm
and live in cities. The farm lacked some
of the business opportunities, the social
attractions afforded by the city. Working
hours upon the farm were excessively
long; farm labor was made disagreeable
through the farmers mismanagement;
farm labOrerS were inadequately paid;
they were treated too much as interiors;
they were often. deprived Of the innocent
privilege of taking part in neighborhood
dances and other social diversions
Farm labor might be made more con-
genial If farmers, by rotation of crops and
other enlightened expedients, would ac-
complish the maximum of work with the
minimum of labor and would thus Gre
ate a constant demand for good men. Good
men should then be paid good wages, and
~1111 1n f1-o- tod f1n
courtesy due to any honest worker. Should
every farmer strive in this direction, the
current would eventually turn and young
men would gladly leave the city for the
farm.
The VaIedctory.
The valedictorian, Melburn l.. Dean Of
st. Paul, declared that among "The Du-
ties of Citizenship the duty of voting
was one Of the citizens greatest rights.
Hence he should make certain that his
support was always given to men of in
telligence and integrity. Another impor-
tant duty was that Of cultivating content.
| The best citizen was not he that talked
It would be only when each American citi-
| zen realized and cheerfully performed
| his duty that this nation would reach the
| high standard set for it.
| The diplomas were conferred by Presi-
| dent Cyrus Northrup Of the state uni
| pSISlly, dllcr lie IldO COHSIdluldISu LIE
graduates. A benediction was repeated by
Rev. r. H. Aldrich. ..> - -,
| The class of 1903 is: a.,,-.. -z
i Stanley Martin Aldrich, Minneapolis; Fannie
Percival Alexander, Rrownton; Chace Anderson
Raymond Blackburn, Royal Neb.; Inger Jensint
Brekke, Kenyon; Jesse William Campion Angus
9y sS1s hs MHst9 ea;nsd Ws n4n
aIelvina DaiSotten; Sapgen; ida pslbotten', M Nan
Paul Fay Dinsmoori Austin; Gym Eckiss Ptxen
Walter Loyley Dunavan, Cross Lake; Mary Hell
ena Eggena Maple Lake; Frank Harold Ellison
Henry Ferch, Odessa; Jeanette Ora Foster, Min
Leon Frost
Windom John Gregor, Hutchinson; Ida Gurin
Grovs city, aurora Gementin
Delhi. Ruth Evaline Ingalls,. Blooming Prairie
Bert johnson. osseo; Christine Margaret John
Efnest JohnstoH
Aaron Kidder, Marshall; Charlotte Barbara Kine
Iowa; Carl Johan Lingen, Starbuck; Roy Elme
St Smith
Ersdesiek E;s Meii,ske Dandur9; ASA; Can;; Ca
York Mills; Ella Nathaiia olsen. BeivieW; osea sea
Milton Olson Monteyideo; William Agralus Peel
thur. Willard Peterson: Litchaeld; Eric Ludwi
Peterson, Dawson;, Minnie cordelia Peterson
phus Peterson. Minneapolis; Jennie Pierce. Rusf
ford; Earl Wells Pratt, Alexandria; Karl RAJ
dali, Minneapolis; Charles Reinert, Odin; Olive
Augustus Reitz. Chaska; Samuel Zimmerma
Roach Paynesvlle; Ethel Olive Russ Robbins
dale; Carl Oscar Ruud Dawson: Prosper Loren
Sehmitz; Stewart; George William schrepe1,. 1
Wheaton Smith, St. Paul; Phoebe Carringto
Smith, st. Paul; Nellie Sophia Spencer, st. Pau
Lanesboro; Alfred Strand Kensington: .ltsa Abe,
,, Henry Sullivan. Adrian: Gilbert Swenson, Lam
berton: Hall Brewer White, zWinnebago City
June Dexter Whitney. Minneapolis; Annie Lore
ia Wilkins. Minneapolis; Anton Marcus Wolla1
Starbuck; Casper Alfred Wood, Waseca; Emm
= 9guSta Wolf, Wheaton. '+ ~.