The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-02

her defense Of the home was force
fully
| THE American Home Is the center
and source Of life,v said Miss shu-
maker. .All civilization and all re-
form arise from &C. IL Is the founda-
tion OF all government. The home
Is not truly home without mother.
1t Is her influence which is felt most
and she is at the base of the forma-
tion of the character which Is found.
ed In the home,
Following up this theme Miss Shu-
maker showed in closing that life
would be idle indeed without home
friends and that our whole social life
would soon decay were II not for the
blessings afforded by the home.
Mans Humanity to Man." was
the theme of nicely prepared oration
by Miss Ada Havill. She said that
there was very much evidence today
OF mans humanity TO his fellows
Altruisn, she declared was the key
note of the century and this is fully
demonstrated especially In the num-
Der or colleges anu seminaries which
haze been founded by endowment
In reality practically all schools
are so established and maintained
In the work Of the womens clubs
may be found much of humanity to
those who are unfortunate. Miss
Havill glowingly referred to tha
readiness with which nations arise
to misfortune encountered by other
nations. What has happenedg ask
ed Miss Havill, "when a whole ma 7
ton arises at once to go to the need
OF those in distress? History records
wars and conquests of empires but
present day history will tell of ma
tions lending the helping hand TO
their unfortunate sisters"
That failures are always attributed
to fate but success never so attribute
ed, was the thought of Mr.. Cecil
Alexander In an orttion Fate and
Failure" Having failed, IL is pleas
ant to blame II to fate. and those
who fail enjoy being known as the
victims of the sport OF fate. This
is all wrong. Continuing. Mr.. Alex
ander declared that he who would
succeed In life should boldly out
line his future. for he can, who thinks
he can. Fate has no existence. We
shouli make each failure and each
success a stepping stone to another
success and cast all laurels into the
waste basket where they belong.
Miss Lulu May Paschail was the
next orator OF the evening and she
took as her theme "The Awakening,
She spoke OF the morning OF life.
when one is disposed to think that
every thing is against him and when
life In the future seems so great as
not to be discernable. In later life
all these things disappear and life
seems more real. We should struggle
on to greater things with courage.
Miss .Paschall's oration was given in
forceful and rapid manner and she
was loudly applauded
What We. Are, was the subject
selected by Miss Margaret Diclserson.
She spoke OF the many different ma
tions represented in America. The
Italians who are here are the flower
OF Italian peasantry and they should
not be misjudged. They are. consid.
cred as the raw material is consider.
ed by finished product. The Italians
have given us art. the English are
giving us a desire for fair play:
France gave It's the names of places.
romance and 'ove of libeIty: the
Danes gave us the love of peace:
the Irish have given us more fine
qualities than We imagine.
I'VE are all more Irish than we
said Miss Dickerson. with
the fine qualities of all the nations
spread abroad in our population, we
should accomplish great things for
there are many most admirable
qualities among the peoples from
which the Americans have sprung.
Harman Crock gave forceful ora
tion Discoveries OF Herschel." 10
William Hershel the world owes II
first idea OF the greatness of the
universe In which we are living |
Herschel was ever interested In his |
work and his faithful lieutenant, his !
sister Carolina, had much to do with
the transmission OF his work to the
present day. His researches carried
him away from this world into infin-
ite space and to him the earth was
nothing but spot in the universe
and the solar system but a small part |