Charlevoix county herald., 1909-02-27

Miss Hazel Stevens. who is steadily
and deservedly growing in favor with
East Jordan audiences, sang "A
Gypsy Maiden, L." for which she was
roundly appauded.
W. =. Squier ia behalf Of the school
board gave detailed statement Of
the work Of construction and cost Of
the building. Tho his talk was
somewhat informal, Mr.. Squier seem
ed TO be in very happy frame OF
mind and succeeded in putting his
hearers in excellent humor also. He
referred JC some criticisms but never
in retaliatUry spirit, and said he
was glad the people were interested
in the work The school board were
willing to bear any blame that might
be due them, but were very happy In
the final outcome Of their labOrs.
They felt especially gratitied that
practically all the labor had been
wrought by citizens of East Jordan
and all materials used were home pro-
ducts: and yet the building stands
monument of beauty, utility and
economy.
Mr. Squier's report is published in
full at close OF this article.
Another song by the high school,
"The Soldiers Chorus" was render
ed and Commissioner J. II. Milford
was called upon. Mr.. Milford's ad-
dress was very brief. owing AS he said
TO hi inability to boil down to a few
moments the many things he would
ike TO say on such an occasion. But
he said that East Jordan was now
second to none in the county in
equipment of school buildings, and
second 10 none in teachers and in
pupils II second TO any in product
IL would be our our own fault; but he
did think we would be.
Miss Susan Walsh's solo, "My Own
United States was so heartily ap-
plauded that she responded with
The Birds Have Been Singing
About You" in which as il inspired
by triumph she seemed to excel her.
self in voice and expression.
The Overture to Zampa," piano
duet 0y the Misses Madge and Fay
Nicholas, was also highly applauded,
Judge Mayne OF Charlevoix was
then introduced as The principal
speaker of the evening. But die said
his speech was like the dictionary in
that il could be begun anywhere and
Owing TO the latcness of the hour lie
insisted on brevity and said he should
leave out the major portion and be-
gin near the end. He said he was
glad TO appear before an East Jordan
audience, for the first time he ran for
a political Office it was under very try
! ing circumstances and when election
returns came in il was found that
South Arm township had saved The
day for him. He was glad TO ack now
ledge his gratitude to the citizens of
East Jordan. Passing by the many
pleasing things he would like TO say
about the new building, he spoke
briefly from the standpoint of law
yer aud judge concerning the work
OF our common schools. And he felt
he had all the more right TO speak be-
cause OF his earlier experience as
teacher in Char evoix county.
He spoke of the growing desire and
tendency OF the people to take into
their own hands the making Of the
laws that govern them, as instanced
in the referendum. If this is to con.
tinue we shall more and more need
an educated people that the masses
may be qualified to govern.
And we not only want Il better edu-
Gated people but we want better
people. We must inculcate morals.
Our schools are not so much to help
our children to make money as to help
them To protect themselves from the
evil that endangers them. We must
teach them respect for law. We must
teach them TO respect law because it
Is law, and to respect those in author
ity because they are in authority.
We must teach the young man that