Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1909-06-09
COMMENCEMENT DAY
EXERCISES, GLASS 'O9
Class of Eighteen Was Gradu-
ated Last Friday.
Event Was Witnessed by Large Audi
ence Composed of Patrons of
The School.

Friday forenoon, June 4, when class
of nineteen was graduated eleven
girls and seven boys. The hall was
very tastefully decorated in the class
colors, pink and green. the work of
the Junior class, while the stage was
banked with ferns and potted plants,
the colors also being pink and white.
Across the upper front of the stage
suspended upon invisible wires, were
the words composing the class motto:
FINISHED Labors are Pleasant. = The
graduates were: Modern Classical
Myrtle Judd, Fern Petty. Edwin
KnobIe, Clarence Markert, Elva Dyer,
Elva Doll, Frank Stone and Lowry
Morse.
German Scientifc-Edmund Tot
man, Olive Quick, Gussie Livingston,
Leila Bidwell, Hazel Bryhan, Iva
Galloway, Julia Wise, Elsie Taylor
and Selma Tanner.
English-L. P. Basford.
The exercises opened with music
by the Lancaster orchestra, excellent
" rendered, after which an in
vocation was offered by Rev. G. W.
Harter, the local Baptist pastor, fol-
lowed with very pretty chorus en-
titled Love is Life" by the Girls
Glee Club.
There being IS graduates it was
impracticable to have all of the ora
t1ons publicly delivered, and all but
six of the graduates were excused
from speaking. The delivered ora
tions were as follows:
The Curse of Riches" Edmund o. Totman
The Value of Character ..E1va Clare Doll
Wordsworth as Poet of Contentment''
----.-..------ .--.--- ----.-E Elsie May Taylor
Patriotism of Women" Olive Leah Quick
Corruption of American Citizens"
.......----....--- Selma Helen Tanner
.sThe Author-Hero of the Revolution.
.------............--.---CI Clarence 6. Markert
Following the delivery OF the ora
tions an address was delivered by
Prof. J. F. A. Pyre. after which
Prin. c. E. Slothower presented the
members of the class with their
diplomas and the benediction was
promo unced by Rev. Myron @. Argus,
Of Emmanuel church.
The Herald is unable to publish
the orations or Prof. Pyre's address
in full, bat presents herewith synopses
of all that were delivered and
majority of those that were not, few
Of the latter not having been furnished
to as for publication. They follow
herewith, in their order:
Thh Curse of Riches---By Edmund Tot
One of the evils which has corrupt
ed and demoralized mankind for
centuries. said the speaker, is the ac
emulation of riches. Net the &C.
emulation OF wealth-for the word
wealth should convey to the mind
the idea of a generous supply of the
milk OF human kindness "a pure
and bounteous love of God and our
fellow men, and firmness in the right
as God gives us the right By the
accumulation of riches was meant the
grasping for, the siezing and boarding
of worldly wealth-of money and its
equivalent.
All through the history of the
world this has been the cause of
discord among mankind. 1t has been
more ID has been the cause of ruin
of thousands upon thousands of worthy
men, who made the mistake of think
ing that in accommodating riches they
were approaching the highway that
leads to success in life.
In reality they were building an
impossible barrier between themselves
and those cherished blessings-they
were soaring their hearts and their
consciences so that true happiness
could not enter therein-they were
putting greater distance between
themselves and the elysian bowers
they were cooperating with Satan.
Dissipation is more an associate of
riches than poverty. Vanity is a
close companion. The money of such
a man satiates him repeatedly-6rst
of one false pleasure after another
until at last he becomes a miserable
individual, continually looking for
pIeausres that he has not yet ex-
perienced and which he cannot find.
The novelty OF all he has experienced
has passed away and he seeks new
ones. The number of what can be
denominated as false pleasures is
limited and after he has dissipated in
all OF them he cannot enjoy real
pleasures and true happiness. His