Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-06-09
CLOSE OF HIGH
SCHOOL YEAR.

VOuOVI HLhlts IS.
- IS 1,
AN ANNUAL GLASS DAY. PRos :
GRAM WEDNESDAY EV- :
ENlNe. :
A Glass Of Twenty-Five. 7
Commencement Exercises Thursday :,
Evening.
Before an audience numbering near
ly thousand of Manchester people
and the friends of the graduating
class of 1909, the annual class day
program was given at Central Opera
house on Wednesday evening, June
The High school orchestra, directed
| by Mr.. w. ". Williams, played an OPP
ening overture, after which prayer
was offered by the Rev. John Frank
Moore, pastor of the First Congrega-
i tional church. A High school Girls
chorus then rendered /" A Lullaby by
Mozart, and Ashford,s Swallows to
1.-THE soGthMard, %hissh preceded an an
GRAFTON delivered bys Miss Edna
/ Cowles, who had chosen for her
Isubject. THE True Elements of Cit
izenship. Ba- stel
Miss Cowles reviewed the conditions
of citizenship as 1t existed in Rome
!. during the reign of the early EN-.
Iperors, when the people of that age
loyalty supported the nation until
the time of Nero, when citizenship
= deteriorated as a result Of the EN-
5 Iperors tyrrany and oppression. Pass
ing through the world events, Miss
, Cowles spoke of the. coming Of
the Pilgrims to New England
their cause being in order to
1have certain rights of citizenship, and
j, 1.-the principles then organized have
!. become the code of the present age.
The government was founded or such
ideas, and great advancement has
been made since then. The name Of
7. George Washington as one of the
II early promoters of good citizenship,
MI and that of Andrew Carnegie, who
m has given to his country timmeasur-
able opportunities and privileges
through the advantages realized from
rn public libraries, and the great diplo
lie mat and pacificator, Ambassador
Witte of Russia, who has installed
IN into the heart of his government ths
same principles of good citizenship
were included as fitting examples o
Sc those men who have and are nov
ed promoting the ideas Of right mind
"a. edness, both in American and in for
No eign COMMITTEES The United State
may well be proud of her great arm!
:" of good citizens, and the honorabl,
&C. places they hold in the business, SO
nd cial and educational circles today
he Honest dealings between men is
= true test of good citizenship, whicl
should be taught and practiced from
tic schools, ci.urcnss ana all com
Id mcr, al industries. The watchwor,
&. of he age should be- Glove ON
Is. ismithsr, which will strengthen mn,
mould the character and shape tn
= Hives of men and women who ar
ng lnow becoming part of that grea
nd body known as good citizens, Is
edli A reading from a scene in Jan,
lis Field" was rendered BY. Miss Adj
Cramer, which was graciously re
- ceived and appreciated.
w. The primary grade little folk wer
is enthusiastically welcomed when the
ng iappeared in pantomine, entitle
e. Miss NIuffett." The little girl
were costumed in shades of gree
and pink, wearing long robes an
eu crowmed with wee bonnets. The
as drills were well done, and the heart
res applause at the CONCLUSIONS of the
90 number evidenced the fact that the
lhad made decided hit.
1.-THE Mystery of Personality" we
the wording of an Grafton given b
,er miss Grace Keisera Throughout he
a.. reading, Miss, Keiser interested he
audience and the thoughts presenta
by her were an echo of the frequer
ne ponderings of men and women as t
cal what man really is. Life is a grea
hit mystery This fact is conceded, nj
ant only by SCIENTISTS, physicists. phflo
ophers, but by the great living bod
of mankind. OF what does perso
consist? No agreement can eve
full be reached on our impressions of on
is another. The study Of a face inte
,o+ ests. With strangers the study /.
comes more difficult; we ACCEPT
'as mans worth for what he does, IA
me- what het knows. The bond of affet
sct ton is another clue to a person
I'M real self, and yet we feel we knol
:, the people whose names we know
and yet can we? Thousands of yo
ne umes have been written about grea
ectl characters who have helped in ath
ma. work of the ages, but there still r,
ng mains the mysterious question, pr
&c & pounded by the sophists and teacl
Iers since the beginning of the RAGS
'ut lseWho Knows Himself?" The col
he Fiction of opinion still remains, fo
out of mystery We came. in myster
we live, and in mystery we have gu
its end
hel A scene from "The Lion. and tn
ng Mouse was then presented by Mis-
,se Viola Stimson, Andrew j. Rectol
Miss Blanch A. Bishop and Mar
Moore. The sketch was one of tn