The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-06-06
EAST SIDE NEWS
THREE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GIVEN
DIPLOMAS ON WEDNESDAY EVENING

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"a few noble names rise like morn
ing stars in the darkness of the night.
Great nations rise and fall, kings and
emperors play their little parts upon
the stage of life, and through it all
the woman with her lamp lighting
the way.
I'm later years no ruler has been
so powerful in directing the progress
of universal peace as Queen Victoria.
She came to the throne after the ma
ton had endured struggles for years.
Over her great kingdom the spirit of
peace prevails.
In recent years the American wom-
an has broke the bond of social con-
vention that held her in position
of dependence, and has stepped into
the arena of public affairs. Today We
find woman advancing in every voca-
ton of life. Step by step she has won
the homage due her intellect which
before was only given to her charm
of person and character Has she
lost any womanliness by such adj
vancement? No! Rather has she
gained power to direct her womanly
grace and sympathy into channels Of
greater good. No tribute great enough
can be paid those brave women who,
leaving their dear ones, crossed the
sea to help found nation, where be-
fore had been wilderness and forest.
Their courage and fortitude have left
their impression upon the lives OF the
heroes of our generation. We hear
much of the Pilgrim Fathers vet what
do we hear of the Pilgrim Mothers?
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royal families, yet every woman is in
the training and rearing of her sons
she rules nation.
"A lady with lamp shall stand
In the great history of the land.
A noble type of good,
Heroic womanhood."
Miss Brown followed with a violin
solo. The audience was delighted with
her playing. Almer Lukkason came
next with the valedictory address on
Gospel of Labor" He handled this
great theme we'll, always with de-
termination to convince the audience
of its truth. He said in part:
Work is the basic law OF nations
and individuals, their failure if traced
to its source will be found to be
violation OF this basic law. The change
from the active life Of the producer
to that OF the inactive parasite, who
becomes dependent upon the active
producer, is one of the initial steps
in the undoing of a republic. 1t is
not regarded fatal until sufficient
number have passed from the active
to the inactive, from the producing
to the consuming class. from the class
commonly known as poor to that
known as rich-then the reaction.
The amassing of great fortunes is
a detriment to the society of nation.
This crime is self evident everywhere.
The sympathy between the rich and
the poor become minimized as the
difference in their situations becomes
greater. 1t is self evident in Ameri-
ca. We are as yet a nation in the
day OF youth In time We shall tone
down and live simple lives and create
different standards. Wealth will be
dethroned as higher tastes prevail, and
ITS pursuit becomes less esteemed,
and above all the mere man of wealth
himself will come to realize that in
the estimation of those of wisest judg-
ment he has no place with the edu-
Gated professional men. If the pres
ent conditions are not checked or al
tered. what will be the condition half
a century hence, when the fortune has
passed from the hands of the maker
to those of the inheritor? Two great
classes would result, the wretchedly
poor and the immeasurably wealthy.
We are living in an age of in
telligence and realize that the man
OF mere wealth occupies a distinctly
lower plane Intellectually than the
trained professional man; that wealth
does not mean health Or happiness;
that work is the one great law of the
world, which leads organized matter
slowly but steadily to its goal; that
labor is the only legal tender in the
world in which to pay the price of
success; that the best way to live we'll
is to work. The world does not owe
anybody living, but we owe the
world the work Of true, honest, in
dustrious life. We must make some
returns for the space we occupy on
this planet