Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-06-21

"Hurrah" to the strangely sweet
smile and exquisite singing of Mar
garet Habhegger.
In the manual training department
they find John Martin in charge of the
prize exhibit from Watertown. They
hear that wireless telegraph message
announces that Wellman and Hearsy
are about to land right at the fair on
their return from successful eXpedi
tion to the North Pole. AS they
descend from the balloon they recog-
nlze and shake hands with Roger
Eberle. He brings word that in
travelling over Southern Europe he
witnessed battle between the Russ
ians and Turks. seeing Anna Bertram
and Eloise Kastler wearing the sign
of the Red Cross. With them was
Lucy Bruegger. attending to the
spiritual welfare of the men.
Fred Hayes is pictured as a clair
voyant, who fortells the future of the
Watertwon's class of 1907. Simon
Casey is revealed presiding at pipe
organ while wedding party moves
up the aisle-Walter Schlueter, and
at his side brown haired maiden.
In the minister they recognize the
familiar voice of Rev. Feldschneider,
who too, had just taken unto himself
a bride, formerly Maud Spear. The
scene changes and they behold Leona
Lewandowski and Hlda Steinmann,
matrons of a boarding school at
Ebenezer. Lo and behold, Elsa
Sproesser is at the head of the do
nestle economy department, while
the great Latin teacher is Lillian
Jaedecke, soon to give up her large
class to instruct only one pupil for
life. Charlotte Hayes is seen at the
head of the great library at chicago.
Again the scene shifts and Max
Baumann appears as a great orator,
scheduled to make his maiden speech
at Watertown on the next Fourth of
July. In Hartford, Conn.,, they see
J Helen Reilly who had listened to the
pleadings of AL old friend, "Come let
us live together IN a cozy little cot,
J hid in nest OF roses,' etc. Last
but not least, is seen Leonard Staple.
ton, who has reached the goal of his
, boyhood's dreams-a surveyor on the
Pacific coast.
: The valedictory by Leona Lewan.
, dowski and Presentation by Carl A.
! Hub were very good indeed anc
worthy of more than passing notice,
! but time will not premit this morning
of giving them the mention deserved
D The next number on the program
was vocal solo by Miss Anna Smith
j entitled "Tallah Talllh," by Van Del
Stucken. The number struck re-
0 sponsIve chord with the audience ant
in repsonse to hearty encore Mis-
8 Smith sang "My Dear Jerushy.''
The feature of the evening was thu
address to the class by Dean Edward
e A. Birge of the state university
s on "Edu cation and the Problem O
e Leisure. The Leader was not mis-
4 taken in the least in its prediction
n that Dean Birge would have some
! thing to offer that would ont only
8 be acceptable to the graduates, bu
? worthy of the ears of older heads. Tn,
! remarks were of nature that opel
new problem and one that must bt
! met by the American people sooner
! or later. The address was one thai
, The Leader regrets that every either
t in the country could not hear. The
r remarks were of nature that should
e awaken all to the realization that 6
t new problem now contronts the Amer.
: lean people. The address was prefaceo
, by political and social problems thai
: have confronted foreign nations
= making comparison of century agt
with the present day. Mr.. Birgt
r illustrated how a century ago there
e was satisfaction with conditions al
$ they existed. The trend of his argu
e ment was to show how the end O.
e the masses was for leisure. He spoke
e of the past when employees were con-
s tent to labor for fourteen hours il
n necessary-how through organized
\ labor, hours had been reduced to
: twelve, ten and the present effor
j for eight. Dean Birge dwelt upol
y the Improvement in machinery AM
economic independence that threatene'
the nation. The reference to leisur,
, was compared to foreign nations wher,
Y shorter hours were only productive O.
f debauchery The speaker then came
back to our own country, citing ;
: century agu when fourteen hour
r were considered a days work. HI
s pointed out the evolution to the pre-
sent day, when demands We're mad'
e for eight hours, arguing that there
n WAS possibility that six hours nigh
t be asked for-and then. There thu
/. speaker stopped, as far as that par
e ticular score was concerned. In hi
n comparison of leisure he referred to
t Rome and Spain. He dwelt puon thu
: pioneer life, comparing ic with the
present. Mr.. Birge then spoke O.
a the increased tendency toward educa
tion, making comparison of q
i century ago, with the increase ant