The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-30

rule, Lincoln from slavery and now
who will rescue the children. F"
An oration on "Immigration" "
by Thomas Turison was not given,
the orator having been excused by
the board of education.
Clever in e;ery detail and enter
tanning to the highest degree was
the class history which was written
and declaimed by Miss Ruth Fish
en-. She said that the class dis
tinguished itself from the first,
early becoming famous for its love
of augmentation which it forever
afterwards retained. She spoke Of
the Freshman's year as being
marked by Mr.. Marshall's mar
riage. Then came the sophomore
debate which the '07 won. In the
inter-class basket ball meet, the
'07's won. in the oratorical contest
of this year the class won two
seconds and first honors.
The historian referred to many
numerous incidents which were fa-
nous with the class. She reviewed
in o clever way the things leading
up to the Junior-Senior banquet,
when the subject for debate was
"To dance, or not to dance-t that
is the question:" or "Shall we
Play Tiddlc-winks?" In concluding
Miss Fisher declared that the
class possesses the sole distinction
Of graduating with daughter.
An oIation whic,s was replete
with noble thoughts and thrilling
with inspiring principals was one
"Recent American Humor," given
by Mr.. Darrol Cheney. Mr.. Chen
ey stated that humor is characters
tic Of the bright and active nature
of the American and that it serves
a higher purpose than merely TO
please as when used as q weapon
against vice, it is very formidable.
In illustrating he smoke Of the
works of Bill Nye and Mark Twain
Illustrating with clever story,
Mr.. Cheney concluded by stating
that the principal element in our
mmor is the daring absurdty of
its eXaggeration.
The Girls chorus of thirty-five
voices, under the direction of Miss
Wizard rendered "'The Spinning
Chorus" from Wagner, it proving
one of the most pleasing musical
selections of the program.
The class poem. written and de-
liyered by Miss Leona Draper was
very clever. In her opening verses
she expressed sorrow at parting
and spoke of the hope that the
members Of the class might live ac-
cording to the motto and that they
might be patient, kind and true.
Two verses of the poem were in
tribute to the class flower the
yellow rose. They follow:
Modest, sweet breathcd yellow
rose,
Whose gold a promise brcathes
or youth and woodland wreaths.
or all the wealth of June's clad
days
OF groves and woodland wreaths.
You are our emblem praised
and loved,
BY all who see You bloom;
We hope we arc a promise sweet.
AS you are-rOse of June.
The concluding oration Of the
program was given by Miss Mary
PlNey, her subject Hannibal. -
She spoke Of Hannibal as re-
markable leader of men. She iusti
fled his cruelty as due to his tine
and spoke kindness of his domestic
life. In closing she said "Had
Carthage been worthy of her noble
son, she would have been queen OF
the west. "
The class prophecy by Miss Mil
dred Dombaugh concluded the pro-
gram. She pictured in Numerous
style many brilliant futures for the
respective members of the class,
The number proving very entertain
ing.
The class song. written by Miss
Ruth Fisher, was rendered as the
final number of the program.
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