The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-06-22
Astoria High School Fourteenth
Annual Commencement.
METhODISTC CHURCH CROWDED
orations Of Graduates Are Well Deiiv.
ered-Musieal Program Very Sue
cessful--Dr. Clarence True Will
son Delivers Address

Inc fourteenth annual commencement
exercises Of the Astoria high school took
place last evening IN the First Metho.
dist church. The attendance was very
large and the capacity Of the auditorium
wa. taxed 10 the utmost.
The opening number Of the program
was q march selection BY violin orches.
trh Of nine pieces, after which Rev. &. G.
Iarick gave the invocation
The Ladies' llce Club under the direc.
ton Of Mr. Claire Montieth. rendered
two selections, "The Sweetest Flower
That Blooms" and "The Wind and the
sunbeam Both numbers elected warm
cncorcs
Miss Wilkelmina Bergman delivered
the salntatory, after which the audience
listened to her oration entitled, "A
Plea For Higher Citizenship" Miss Berg
man stated that the standard Of no pop.
ulnr government cnn rise higher than the
standard OF her citizens. High ideals
make for high living, and accomplish
ment In the advancement Of the nation.
The future Of nation depends on the
character Of the citizenry Of today.
"The Great Awakening" by Otto
Emile Utzingcr was the next oration.
Greed for gain, and the consequent de-
terioration In the morals OF the race, was
given aS the root of all the evils That
had in former times, and even today,
worked for harm. OF late desire for
Justice 10 nil classes. had sprung alive,
and the grafters we're being brought to
time. "The Great Awakening" was de.
fined as the universal clamor Of the peo.
pie all over the world for their rights,
and the demand that the balance OF pow
cr in wealth and politics should be
wrested from the few and given into the
hand Of the majority. The theme
throughout was essentially socialistic.
Mis- Laurie McCann sang in her
customary charming manner. "A Sum
mer Night" responding TO the encore
with "Annie laurie"
The title of Miss Blodwen Davies ora.
ton was "Two Rulers" These were
designated by Miss Davies as Catherine
the Great OF Russia, and Queen Eliza.
beth of England. The two different
types of women were compared and the
methods of ruling their respective coun.
tries. Catherine was shown to have
worked for Russia's greatness, only that
her name might become famous, and not
for the love of country and people
Elizabeth was woman who ever held
uppelmost in her mind the welfare Of
England and ruled that her people
might love her. AT GATHERINGS death
the country was unbalanced and the
people poverty stricken and oppressed;
when Elizabeth died England was enjoy
ing prosperity and her people morned
her loss.
Miss Maia Frederiekson pleased the
audience with an exceedingly well exc
cuted violin solo entitled "Air Varie,"
by Vieuxtemps, She responded to the
encore.
Franklin Thomas Parker, valedictorian
of the class delivered an grafton on the
subject of "The Growth of Republican.
ism" closing with the valedictory. The
gradual growth of the idea that mankind
as a whole had any rights, was briefly
outlined, The absolute monarchy of an.
cient times was touched upon; how man,
except the favored few, was taught to
believe that he had no right save that
dictated by his superior This growth of
"equal rights for alp was originally as
serted to have started in the Hebraic
race. The idea grew and spread to
Greece, thence to Rome; England saw it's
dawn in the Magma Charta, and the
House of Commons, Today the doctrine
Of equality has spread; Russia, where
absolutism has long been strongest. is
now undergoing the inevitable change,
and republicanism is fast becoming a
reality.
After the LADIES' Glee Club had rem
dered the song, "The Owl and the Pussy
Cat" DR.. Clarence True Wilson. of Port
land, delivered an address on "The Force
That Moves the World" DIR. John H.
Coleman of Salem, had been originally
scheduled for the address, but because
of sickness, could not be present,
Dr. Wilson first defined the different
forces in the natural physical and poll
teal world, The power Of these forces
was ably portrayed, and then the doctor
stated that the mind of man, was super
ior to ALL The force that moves the
world, he said, was represented in the
youn0 neonle Youth was tar,ned tho