The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1905-06-14
"THEY ARE OFF,"
B. ri. S. Graduates Enter The
Race of Life.
From Thursday'S Daily.)

, The usual crowd of parents an6
interested friends assembled last
evening, at the First M. E. church
to listen to the graduating exercises
of the B. H. S. The decorations
: used were all green and white, and
the class made splendid showing
as it sat on the rostrum, grouped
behind the green foliage, the girls
in their dainty white gowns with
sprinkling of the sombre male
attire in their midst. There were
but eleven boys in the class.
The opening number on the
program was a piano selection oy
Miss Lila North, one of the gradu
ates, and whose already well
established reputation as pianist
was strengthened by the accom-
plished execution of her graduating
number.
| Rev. F. E. Ross offered the invo-
cation and the Salutatory was given
by Miss Maude Miller. On behalf
of the class she gave a cordial
welcome to the audience and out
lined to some extent what effort
had been put forth by the indivi-
dual members in order to have
progressed thus far in their educa-
tion. She said that future success
is the result of the past and the
present, and urged all to strive,
with high motives, to attain this
success.
Miss Tena Doodle, of the class
1906, sang My Heart at thy Sweet
Voice, sweetly and effectively.
The grafton by Franklin Jenswold
with ''The President VS.. The Senate
on the Arbitration Treaty" for his
subject was we'll worked out. He
censured the Senate most severely
for restricting the arbitration pow
er of the President and doing so
contrary to the principles Of the
Constitution. He said the Senate
has become our obstructive body
and in fact is the graveyard Of all
treaties.
Miss Grace Collins of Lodi, then
sang and responded to an encore
with a second number.
Miss Anna Tyler spoke on 'The
Crescent and the Cross" She said
that every religion must be meas
ured by the civilization it has pro-
duced and while there are many
vital points of likeness between
Christianity and Mohammedanism,
yet the latter, judged byits results,
is lacking in some equally vital
points.
Herbert White then favored the
audience with one of his popular
violin selections.
The class president, Guy M. Pei
ton, gave an address on GA Mani
festation of Twentieth Century
American Patriotism. He spoke
of the Maryland corruption, of
what Gov. Folk and others have
done to retrieve the political honor
of the state of Missouri, of the
Kansas Standard Oil troubles and
of other political corruptions
which have been brought to light
recently; and he said the battle
against such corruption is now on
in earnest and the struggle for the
glo-Saxon principle still goes on.
Miss Thayer Thompson, class
valedictorian.' said that power to
act is the value of a higher educa-
ton and that reading, reflection
and experience are all good teach
ers. She spoke Of the rapid in
crease in population in the U. S.
by immigration and said that in
fifty years, or in the lifetime of
most of the graduates, it might
easily be reckoned at $50, 100000
people. She considered the Rhodes
scholarship a great bond of union
between this and the mother coun-
try and that it would help to raise
the standard of education.
ave Marie" was sung by Mrs.
John NJ. Kelley in a rich full voice
with violin and piano accompani-
ments by DIR. and Mrs, Turner.
Supt. G. W. Gehrand, in a few
rall- chosen remarks. presented the