The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-06-20

The beautiful commencement exer-
cises of Humboldt high school, held
last evening in Clinton Avenue NJ. E.
church. were well attended. the edi-
flee being crowded to the doors.
Thirty-nine graduates occpied the
platform, which was decorated with
the class colors. banners, ferns and
palms; and the salutatory was deliv-
cred by Miss Martha Antoinette ia
cobson, in which she dealt with the
subject. why We Study Greek and
Latin" in a very able manner. Miss
jacobson told how the beauties of a
literary gem are never contained in a
translation into foreign tongue; that
the 1diomatic fnesse and niceties of
expression and form are lost from
classic lore by translation-no matter
how clever the translator. She told
how the greatest thinkers and the best
scholars of all times have lauded the
worth of the dead languages. Then
she dwelt upon the fact that the very
quality for which they are most de-
rided by the ignorant is their greatest
beauty and characteristic-the fact
that they are dead, and therefore IN
changeable
The essay of Miss Alma Julia Trie-
loft, entitled 1.-THE National Importance
of Our American Forests was an
able and praiseworthy example of lit
erary construction. Her arguments
were sound, and that she was fully in
accord with the tenor of her produc-
ton was evident from her intense fer
vor in delivery. Miss Trieloff said in
part:
I'VE did not hesitate to spill the best
blood of our land upon revolutionary
fields; we gave the best we had at
Gettysburg in defense of our country's
God and good: but we thoughtlessly
devastate the forests Of incalculabIe
wealth that, but a few years ago, were
the pride of the world, and we are told
by reliable authorities that 1T will be
but sixty or seventy years till they
are completely exhausted"
Miss Selma Henrietta Garrels told of
the Love of Nature Among the Amer
lean Authors" Irving's purity of die
ton she attributed in a great measure
TO the fact that much of his time was
spent in so-called idling among the
forest trees and along the murmuring
brooks; Bryant, she believed, had gath
cred firm the mighty forces of nature
the wonderful strength Of expression
with which he aWes US; Emerson, it is
we'll known, she said. had been reared
in the very heart of Mother Nature,
and she thought that much of his
clarity of expression and profundity
of thought had been gained by close
intercourse and communion with the
workings of that mighty foster mother.
The simplicity of Whittier's style, the
strange, rhythmic quality of Longfel-
low and the many beauties of Lowell
she attributed to the same never fail
ing souce, stamping them true poets
and Interpreters of nature.
Following these came orations by
Miss Ethel Vene Allen, "a National
Danger" Ira Dodge Pierson, IAN In
dustrial Fraternity" Claude David
Randall, webster, a Patriot" essays
by Ruby Ottawa Arneson. "The Democ-
racy of Art" Ethel Moves McCauley,
The Drama as an Educator" and
Alice Belle Ramsey. THE Power of
Music"
The valedictory was delivered by
Dorothy Bluebeu Hubbard, in a man.
ner that showed careful grounding in
the principles of elocution.
The principal of the school, H S.
Baker, presented the class to Super
intendent of Schools A ]. Smith, who
awarded the diplomas, after a graceful
little speech.
1t was considered by Mr.. Baker a
singular fact that, out of a class of
fifteen who took the classical course,
six took UP both Greek and Latin, re-
curing three years for the former and
four for the latter. Only six young
men were among the graduates, and
this fact was commented upon by
many present who had been present at
other commandments throughout the
city this year where the same condi-
ton prevailed.