The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-06-27
COMMENCBMBNT.
Graduating Exercises OF the
Glass OF 1908 or LAnse
High School.


career. The exercises were
very successful and were much
enjoyed by large number of the
people Of the village.
The crowd began to assemble
early and by 8 O'Clock nearly every
available seat was occupied.
| The hall had just been cleaned and
the walls whitewashed, and it looked
spotless. The decorations. which
we're in pink and white, we're tasty
and reflected much credit upon
those who had the work in hand.
The stage was handsomely banked
with flowers.
Shortly after 8 o'clock Mrs. J. B.
Smith at the piano struck up q
march and the members of the High
School proceeded up the center aisle
to their seats Immediately in front
of the stage. They were followed
in procession by Rev. B. F. Lewis, the
members of the graduating class,
Prof. D. B. Waldo, and Supt. G.. A.
Davis, who took seats upon the
platform.
After q chorus by the High School
the invocation was delivered by
Rev. Lewis. The first literary
number on the program was pre-
sented by Miss Excl E LeDuc, who
took for her subject. knowledge is
Power" In clear, concise man
ner and in voice which was heard
throughout the hall, Miss LeDuc
proceeded to show that knowledge
itself is not the aim OF education,
but that the aim is, make man
sknowingly participate in the life
of his race, to arouse and stimulate
him to higher and better things" "
She went on to show that knowledge
is power in threefold manner-in
intellectual life, in religious life, and
in civil life. The scope OF this
Grafton is best shown by the closing
sentences: ''He is most powerful
who has most means Of bringing
out his aims" ''The important
work of the world can be done only
by those who have acquired power
or influence, to gain which one must
have knowledge"
Miss LeDuc's delivery was very
good and her enunciation dis
tinct.
Following this oration the
audience was entertained by A. B.
Gomez, who pleasingly rendered the
vocal solo, strangers Yet"
| The second oration by Miss Pearl
Edna Jackson on Education in
America" was delivered in o clear,
forcible manner. Although Miss
Jackson was suffering from a severe
cold her enunciation was so clear
that the audience had no trouble in
hearing all she said.
In her part Miss Jackson gave a
brief history OF the origin OF the
idea of American education, going
back to the time of the prosecutions
during the reign Of Charles I. She
traced the Pilgrims to America and
showed how knowledge OF feading
aud writing was necessary ihOrder
to understand the laws of the colony.
Taking Massachusetts as type, the
speaker then gave brief outline ol
her two foremost educators, Horace
Mann and Mary Lyons, telling ol
II their struggles, first for their own
education, then for the founding ol
schools that others might enjoy the
same privileges. Miss Jackson ther
gave brief outline OF the systems
in France-the home Of the Uni
versity--in Germany and in Eng
land. These she briefly compared
with our own system. "The great
advancement in manufacturing
commerce AMI in other industries
is largely due to the advancement
in education"
. Miss Marie Pambrun then de
lighted the audience by the rendi-
tion Of Saint Saens' beautiful coro
: nation march.
Miss Helen @. Edgerton's oratior
entitled Purpose" had to b.
omitted from the program on &C
count OF the illness OF the speaker
Miss Edgerton was present but wa