The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-04

The Caldwell Tribune, Caldwell,
Ida, Dear Editor: l have been ap-
pointed by the faculty of the Mental
Science Educational association to
send a report of the graduation exer-
cises of the class of '09 to your paper.
The graduation exercises were d.
vided into three parts. The first part
being held on the evening of August
20, 1909 The first part speaker was
Miss S. Brooke of Spokane, Wash,
whose subject was "Joy Life" Some
of the many interesting ideas devel-
oped were:
Joy may be called a sense of good.
There never existed an individual so
depraved but wished to enjoy limit
less life. There is not an act COM
mitted which we call crime but can
be traced to sickness and poverty.
Crime which is ignorance will be set
aside through the light of truth"
The next speaker on the program
was D. " DeSaffery who said in part,
"The scientist will tell you that every
thing is mind expression.
The mathematics are within the
child and not within the teacher.
Human existence is supposed to have
existed 100000 years ago." remarks
credited to Prof. Ward.
The next speaker was Lillian Kinsey
of Ogden, Utah, whose subject was
Locality Miss Kinsey gave a very
fine description of Salt Lake. The
Lucine cutoff, the Salt Air Pavilion
and the Salt Palace.
The summary of her article being
that she has located herself.
The fourth speaker of the evening
was G. R. Orion of Victoria, B. G.
whose subject was Health. Judge not
by external appearances but by the |
am within, which is harmony and
health"
The fifth speaker Of the evening was
c. V. Doering of Buyn Mawr, Wash,
whose subject was Lunatics.
This was a very interesting &C
count of an insane wife of an ex-
senator from Nevada, whom she had
taken care of for 10 days.
The husband was in a conjugal
fight with himself and his wife, At
times the wife had fits owing to hav-
ing seen her only child run over and
killed by an ore wagon. She develop
ed the point that lunacy is darkness
and said come into the life, why stay
in the darkness. Jesus and the pro-
phets taught life but did not practice
it."
The sixth speaker of the evening
was ]. A. Miller of Buyn Mawr, on
Aspiration.
This was given in the shape of an
original poem and was simply great.
1 became so interested in the poem
that failed to put much on paper. He
said, What men call God is good"
The seventh speaker was Mrs. Effie
Schumacher of Bryn Mawr, Wash, on
Individuality, who said: There is
not one in this room but could be-
come great in some line, If they would
only come into consciousness"
By thinking for yourself you can
become greater than Edison, Shakes
peare and other great men.
When the faculty of amativeness Is
wasted, then the body becomes paral-
lied.
The last thing to overcome is the
crucifiction of the body.
"I will never sacrifice my individ-
uality," were her closing remarks.
The eighth speaker was Conrad
Meyer of Langley, Wash, whose sub
ject was Youth.
Youth, I call It Peace" l am the
master which means harmony. To
grow Is youth. | am not Interested In
how old | or someone else is, but how
young can | grow? | have learned
that the child Is the only teacher.
Every child that exists Is worth Its
weight in gold.
Man is law unto himself and when
he understands this law he Will pro-
coed to grow. The natural child Is