The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-06-04

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1t that shall last forever-for only that.
which is true, true in art and thought
can endure throughout the ages" "
The class prophecy was given by
Miss Avis Eaton in the shape of a let
ter written April 80, 1921 from the
beautiful Isles of Somewhere to an
old friend and schoolmate of the Prince
ton high school who graduated two
years after the class of 1903. Miss
Eaton's prophecy showed some very
radical changes in the governments
OF the United States and Germany as
we'll as in the lives of her two class
mates and her paper showed much
originality. Seven years after the
class graduated through the efforts of
a German baron and his wife Germany
and America were united and the
beautiful Isles of Somewhere" we're
purchased by the two countries to be
the seat of the new government. The
German baron, VonPustan, was one of
the twelve representative from each
country and he was pictured as very
brilliant gentleman, and there was no
more accomplished lady than his wife
Minnie Sellhorn, the valedictorian of
the class of 1908, who had met the
baron in Princeton where he came to
meet the governor of Minnesota. The
letter says: ''You remember that Min
ME like Cecil Rhodes thought in con-
tinents instead of townships When
Carl Won Pustan made her acquaint-
ance it was not long before he dis
covered that the dream of her girlhood
had been to see the Fatherland of his
father and his adopted land politically
united. What a thought for girl of
her age! Looking back to the remem-
brance of that dream it seems pro-
phetlc for am [ not to-day writing from
the capitol of the realization of that
girlish fancy?'
The letter tells of the explorations of
the salutatorian of the class in Pales-
tine and OF the remarkable manner in
which she discovered the pillar of salt,
once Mrs. Lot. Miss Byers also made
wonderful discovery while exploring
in Greenland and while skating north
ward came upon a stick which was
found to be labeled "North Pole" The
stick was brought back and the writer
OF the prophecy says that it was placed
IN the museum of the central govern
ment. The letter closed by saying that
Grace was at that time hunting for q
bolt out of the famous -Hoss-Shay.
Miss Minnie Sellhorn, valedictorian
of the class, chose as her Grafton
american IDEAL" She told of the
different characteristics of the nations
OF the earth which distinguish them
from one another. The American hopes
to accomplish everything with the aid
of the almighty dollar. With all his
greed for wealth the other nations of
the world must confess that the Ameri-
can is generous and is always the first
to aid the needy and suffering of for
eign countries. The opinion which a
mans neighbors have of him is quite
often based on appearances only. and
so it is with the worlds opinion of US
as people. ''The keynote of American
industry is energy. We are young
nation, and for him who will strive
there are many opportunities; there
are honors to be gained, there are
places waiting for the competent, and
there are also fortunes to be won. But
these only come to him who will 90 and
take them. The ideal American must
keep up with the times. America has
been the leader in the worlds progress;
whether or not it will continue to be in
the future must be decided by the next
generation. With this idea we chose
our class motto, 'Oriamur,' may we
rise, not so much to worldly Importance,
but that we may ever rise in know
ledge and usefulness. Honesty was one
OF the requisites of creditable citizen
and if the golden rule should be applied
in politics it would not be the maze of
trickery that it often is. Education
was one of the most important requis-
ties OF useful citizenship as it teaches
man how to exercise the right of fran
chise, the greatest privilege and duty
OF the American citizen.
| 'President Roosevelt comes very
| near being an ideal American citizen
for he is not afraid of work in any form,
has energy, determination and in
tegrity. A man who is loyal to his
country and has it's best interests at
heart will not strive to gain an office
for the money there is in it, or for the
honor it may bring him, but because
he is convinced that he has the ability
to perform the duties of that office and
because his fellow citizens wish him to
hold that place. To fight for our coun-