The Baraboo news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1884-1911, 1908-06-10
NUMBERS TWENTY-FIVE MEN,
BERS WHO GIVE EXERCISES,
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
THE IMPERIAL QUARTET SINGS
Graduates Talk on Various Subjects
of Popular Interest and Signifi-
canoe

Under the favorable auspices of The
motto, "Patientia scientiam vincit"
patience conquerS knowledge Thurs
daz evening the rs members of The
class of 1908 of the Baraboo highIschoo
receive their diplomas together with
many congratulations and good
wishes.
The stage, over which appeared the
figures 1908, was decorated tastefully
with plants and flowers.
The Imperial male quartet of Chica-
go responded again and again to the
Unsuitable demands of the large audi
ence which filled the assembly room of
the high school, where the exercises
were held. Quartet music is a scarcity
in Baraboo, ana the repertoire of the
Chicago singers certainly had exceed
ingly great demands madeIaOf it. If
there is limit to encores, the rules and
regulations thereof were not needed by
a large number of enthusiastic listen
eTs.
After the invocation by Rev. Carl
ton l.. Koons of the presbyterian
church, the class speakers gave their
speeches, interspersed with numbers
by the quartet.
The salutatorian was KMiss Ethel
Grace Hoag. Her subject was The
Value of Decorative Art in Schools.
She told of the artistic tendencies
prevalent in the minds of the wander
ing saVages, shown in the.drawings on
stone and bow. She heldlthat art was
important in shaping mems charac-
ters. 1t is said that the sordid love of
gain exists because art has 6been neg
lected. Since art is a cultural force
she declared there was no better place
for its habitation than the public
schools, where child spends the most
of his time. She said that the subjects
should be adapted for the different
grades.
Louis E. Schrieber spoke on the
Modern Idea of Popular Government.
He told briefly the early history of
this country as it related to the forma-
tion Of the constitution and the parts
played by Hamilton and Jefferson,
men so different, yet necessary in their
extremes for the making of a we'll
balanced constitution.
Since then he said that the country
had developed with regard to the in
fiuence of the federal government, the
state and the force of the corporations
He alluded to the praise given general
ly to President Roosevelt for his stand
in regard to the corporations. He de-
clared that regardless of politics the
president should represent the people.
He thought that conditions would be
helped by an increase of federal author
ity, according to the ideas of Hamil-
ton, and also by an increase of demo
cracy, according to the ideas of JEFF
ferson:the two extremes at work in the
early history of the country.
Miss Stella May Potter told of the
Deep Sea Fishermen. She recounted
in detail the private life OF the fisher
men and their families during the
fishing season and through the winter
She explained the work Of the mission
treats their bodily ailments, but min
listers also to their spiritual and mental
necessities, thus enabling them tC
help themselves. Untiring energy
and cheerfulneSs were essentials in
work of this kind, she said.
Walter G.. Braun's subject was the
Panic of 19O7-190S. He recounteC
early history of the panic in detail
telling how the different banks figured
and the part played by the great
financiers. He said that that panic
was now classed with those of '37 anC
'57 and others of the past. He explain
ed the legislation proposed for the de
tect of inelasticity of the currency anC
the prevention of such blunders o
high finance. The explanation wa
not complimentary to the financiers.
The valedictorian was Arthu
Charles Pope, and he gave forcibl
demonstration of the needs of strons
navy to promote peace. He said tina
although civilization had gradually
evolved from aboriginal conditions
the highest type of man is still
fighter like his savage ancestry. Con
sequently more wars are likely to oc