The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
ONE GETS A DIPLOMA.
Earl Kaliher of the Princeton High
School Graduates and Gets
His Sheepskin.
Prof. z. Watson Cooper Delivers an
Interesting Lecture on the
ssIntellectual Life.'

The graduation exercises of the
Princeton high school at the opera
house last Thursday evening were wit.
messed by a crowded house, and the
fact that there was but one member 81
the senior class to graduate, did not
lesson the interest on the part of the
of Princeton in the educational event.
The program was very entertain
ing one. Of course the interesting fea:
ture- was the very scholarly and mas
terly address on 'The Intellectual
Life" by Prof. r. Watson Cooper OF
the chair of literature of Hamline uni
yersity Nothing could have been bet
ter Or more appropriate than was this
literary treat by Prof Cooper.
The stage was decorated with ever
greens, potted plants and handsome
boquet of flowers oranmented the table
in the center of the stage. 1t was
nearly $50 clock when the members
of the school board, Rev. H. Knauff.
pastor of the German NJ. E. church,
Prof. Cooper, Earl Kaliher, the grad
uate, Prof. Selleck, and Miss Harold,
Miss Chase and Miss Moody, high
scOhOl instructors, took their places
on the stage. Rev. Knauff delivered
the invocation, and his prayer was
one of earnest supplication and thank
fulness for the blessings of the home,
and for the advantages of a free coun-
try, with it's many opportunities. The
invocation served to bring the audi
ence to true realization of the mean
ing and purpose of the occasion, and
when Rev. Knauff closed. there could
not have been person in the audience
whose heart and soul was not stirred
with deep interest.
The prayer was followed by the
school chorus of about fifty male and
female voices led by Prof. Selleck,
who had the chorus seated on raised
benches to the left of the entrance to
the opera house. The chorus sang
"Blow on, We Merry Breeze" and the
voices showed the results Of Prof. Sell
leck's training, the children singing
with considerable spirit and melody.
Earl Kaliher, the only representa-
tive of the senior class, delivered an
Grafton On us the Jury System a
Failure?" His Grafton showed much
thought in it's preparation and his de-
livery was made with spirit and earn
estness. Mr.. Kaliher thought that
the people Of the twentieth century lit
tie realized the purchase price of
their liberty and how great was the
suffering and the struggles of their
ancestors for this inestimable legacy.
He said:
''There have been in all times brave
hearts who have stood for human
rights and have dared all dangers to
raise the torch of liberty to the world.
Auong these brave people none have
been more conspicuous than our
Anglo Saxon and Celtic ancestors.
Long before the English speaking
people existed, before the Saxons left
their native home on the continent,
these leaders of our race held and
enjoyed pure democratic govern
ment, where not only were laws enact
ed by public consent but where dis
putes between members of society were
settled in open court Of their fellows.
The same primitive rights were exer-
cised by our Celtic ancestors before
their clash with the Saxons.
':Here is the origin Of the jury sys-
tenn, in principle at least, if not in
exact form. For this reason we can
readily see why the Irish and English
have SO highly priced human rights
and why they so readily offer their
lives in their defense. While the ex.
ercise of popular rights was nearly
wiped out in the clash of races. and
while in the feudal period public law
was replaced by the law of the feuda]
lord, this germ of liberty lived and sur
vived this reign of injustice and again
sprouted into mighty tree of democ.
racy that shelters and gives comfort
to Millions.
Mr.. Kaliher gave the origin of the
jury system which originated in its
present form during the reign of John
of England IN 1915 when the church
abolished throughout Christendom the
trial by ordeal and chose petit jury
acquainted with the facts and who con
firmed or denied the decision of the
grand jury. When the jury could not
agree on verdict it became the Gus
tom to summon witnesses who gave the
testimony for the purpose of gaining
the unanimous verdict of the jury.
While Henry II may be considered the
true founder of the jury system, it was
in 1850, during the reign of Edward