The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1907-06-22

the situation 10 practical sense, We
point with pride to the splendid
school buildings found today Ia the
larger towns aud cities, equipped
with all the modern conveniences.
In the olden days we were content
II we acquired a knowledge OF the
three RS, reading, 'riting and
'rithmetic. Today our young men
and women can select course in q
high school, which practically
amounts TO an academic education.
We therefore, rejoice that the
public schools have advanced step
by step with the progress OF civil
zation. When we reflect on the
trained minds going out year after
year to attack the problems OF the
age. the great questions of life and
government, we ought not to dspair
for the future OF the republic.
On occasions Of this kind, grad
yates are often told that they will
have q great deal to learn about the
practical problems Of life when they
go out into the world to follow their
respective vocations. While this
is undoubtedly true we must also
rapnar, hac tbat mo 60 ~, Had ,,,aot;
Cal people. can also learn a great
deal from from the graduates. Tney
come into the sphere Of practi-
cal realities bound by no traditions.
They are not cramped by the fixed
ideas Their minds are receptive to
the larger spirit Of the age. Their
blazing eyes look steadfastly to the
future. They see, perhaps, more
truly the ideals that will mark the
twentieth century than those whose
experience is in the past. They GO
out into the world resolved that
they will nuke no surrender to the
sordid and cynical maxins of an age
addicted to the worship Of wealth.
While the public may smile bland
lv at the enthusiasm evidenced by
the graduates on commencement.
night, yet, there is no one who de.
MES that it is a glorious thing tn
possess, il only for shor time, the
high ideals OF this occasion.
1t is quite natural for young PEG.
pie who have studied history, to re.
greet that they could not have lived
in nobler age. You have read o.
the stirring days OF the American
Revolution You have read O
the great French Revolution. Yo,
have doubtless followed Napoleon
from victory to victory. You may
have traced the history of the Civi
War. and thought what great privi
leGe it was to fight to save the nation
from disunion, and to abolish slavery
from continent; and then you were
discouraged because in this unroman.
tic and prosaic age, there were nc
opportunities to do great deeds OF
valor for the right. Yet, il we
could but realize it, every aye is an
age of revolution. Every period in
the worlds history. has called loud
ly for heroes to work unselfishly for
the cause. of the down trodden and
oppresse
During the nipetee nth century,
the civilized nations of the world,
for the most part. have acquired
political liberty aud constitutional
government. Following 10 the foot
steps OF the United States, nation
after nation has granted to its citl.
zens. or its subjects, the right oil
OF universal suffrage.
With the problems OF individual
and political liberty have been solved
the great question of the more
equitable distribution OF the joint
product OF the collective industry oil
the nation still remains. In plain
language, the labor problem presses
itself upon our country for adjust
ment. It was hoped by the founoer
Of this Republic that political equal
ity and individual liberty operating
10 land OF untold resource, would
result ina certain equality 10 the
social life OF the people. 1t was
never believed that class lines would
appear in this great republic. This
hope, however. has been disappoint
ed. Our people today are divided
on horizontal lines. Roughly speak
ing. there Is today a certair
class Of our population know
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