The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-02-24

Ri washington S birthday was very ap-
Ipropriately observed at the A. C..
Thursday morning. Al great number
Iof students were present and an excel
Elent programme rendered. Before the
opening OF the programme proper, DR..
Bait spoke of the movement now on
Hoot, for the procuring of a monument,
ia reproduction of one which had it's
fplace in the Louis and Clarke expo
Isition' in Portland last summer in
honor OF Sacaiawea. the Indisn woman
who led the expedition through the
western mountains for more than -
600 miles. This monument is to be
placed before the capitol at Bismarck
I7and every student iii. the state is asked
| to contribute TO this fund
i Professor ,Minard then read several
tselections from Washington's letters,
| will and farewell address, after which
Us. W.. Richardson, assistant states at
torney, gave the address OF the day.
His subject was Washington and
Good Citizenship" and he handled it in
an able and enthusiastic manner. l. 4
Il After the speech, President Worst
Iarose and after, thanking the. speaker,
Reinforced the remarks sof DIR. Bait
The programme ended by very pleas
ling rendition OF Oh, dry those tears
by Miss Kathryne Crest. = "
In chapel M Monday= morning, because
| of the failure of other expected speak
l2ers, President Worst verv kindly de-
livered a very fine and; inspiring adj
dress on Education. |" "sH He spoke in
his usual stirring manner and touched
many listeners very deeply, He said
that while a common school education
prepared one il, a measure for life,
one must always study as did Glad.
stone even after. his wears numbered
three score and ten. This does not
! necessarily mean an education from
books but an education witch will fit
one for doing his duty toward the re-
public. @ + ~ Il. @.E*
| The Golden Rule" would guide one
| rightly in all affairs of life but all do
| mot observe this either in business or
society. 1t costs this enlightened ma
ltion more to restrain criminals than to
! Educate the 100000 children within
4 AID fDUl UluCASs-yt 1MC JuuACS, sIuEOTSv law
yers, senators and clerks all must be
paid for. Congress uses about $soo,-
100000 yearly for. the passage and en-
forcenleiit Of laws, 5&5 ~ -.
There as but one factor which will
lcounteract these evfls and this burden
! OF expense, and that is education. We
should sacrifice ourselves for some
noble sentiment Our names need not
go into the paper it is, sufficient that
in our hearts we know we have done
our best. Hundreds have died in the
prime of life to preserve our nation
and other nations. Let us too, then,
contribute the best we can to do good
and not infringe on n the rights Of
others. ~.$sss s.:.5 s.S sSE. E: !. #,.ss.s
| The girls bible class is in a very
hourishing condition, at present, under
1.-THE leadership OF Professor Minard. A
special bible class committee has been
appointed consisting of Misses Holkes-
Ivig. May and Morrison. Much good
is expected as a result of this class.
II "A college song, Our Alma Mater"
has lately been composed by Professor
Minard and set to music by DIR. Put
nam. The student body spent some
Fifteen minutes practicing it last Mon
day morning and all pronounce it
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