The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-06-05


and OF danger. They needed men
and they came by the thousands and
the millions. The man whom the ma
tion most needed came forward, Alb
raham Lincoln. The life and great
ness OF this man can scarcely be
understood. 1t is stranger than a
fairy tale. This man, who alone by
his own efforts. climbed to the high
est pinnacle of the nation. History
repeats itself. Today we have the
same conditions. There are prob
lens today which must be solved,
many and great. In these times OF
intemperance when the legislative
halls clink with gold, we need men.
We need men who can stand before
the world and say. no. although all
the whole world says yes. Mr.
F'oye, in concluding h lsoration, re-
cited the poem of John @. Holland
with much power. The young ora
tor was given prolonged applause.
THE Awakening OF China" was the
theme of an loration by Miss Reba
Anderson, in which she sought to
show that China Is today progressing
with the steps of civilization, and Is
becoming one Of the nations OF the
world. Like volcano, extinct for
ages, she is awakening and showing
the world that she will overcome the
traditions Of the ages and become
foremost among the nations OF the
world. The Sabbath Is observed
throughout the empire at the present
thine. The Bible Is taught without
difficulty and the various reforms are
making good headway in all parts OF
the ancient iingdom.
Mr.. Lawrence Ames gave the final
'oration of the program. He select
ed as his theme, "The Great and the
Near Great. " "Hum1n expectations
are not always realized" Mr.. Ames
began. THE man who is successful
in overcoming the obstacles In life
is he who is successful in conquerIng
himself. Man must be active II he
would attain to greatness. One OF
the great laws OF the universe is that
no part shall remain stationary.
Creation is moving on" said the
speaker, success comes to the man
who does not expect It and who
makes himself worthy OF It In
concluding his Grafton, Mr.. Ames
referred to Edmund Burke, who was
strong enough 10 withstand all OBJ
stacles and stand alone for the peo-
pie. He was scorned and was held
In contempt. Yet he stood for what
he thought was right and won his
point In Mfe."
AT this point In the program, the
graduates seated on the stage retired
while the stage was given I'D to
Miss Gladys Copellnd and Mr.. Rod
ney Hume. who were assigned for
the class prophesy. The young people
were represented. gaining from
the Items concerning the
Of their class and In all the
feature was decidedly unique. Each
member OF the class had something
said of him and every remark met
applause and laughter. The faculty
contrary to custom escaped chiding
Following this interesting feature,
Mr.. Luray Mouser as president OF
the class gave the farewell address.
He spoke of the happy days OF the
school life and said that Il was an
epoch In their lives which they
would ever cherish. He emphasized
the happy relationship which has ex-
isted between the class members and
the faculty Of the school. In con-
Mr.. Mouscr advised the
lower classes to live ever In a happy
relationship for by this means alone
can the best OF school life be gained
With the singing OF the class song
by the class the program closed.
The final program will be held at
the Grand Opera House this even
Ing, when Professor r. d. Fess will
be present and give the class ad-
dress. The program this evening
Will be opened at S:15 o'clock. Rev.
c. w. Hensel will offer invooltion
and the diplomas will be presented
by President r. r.. CUTLERY OF the
Board of Education