The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-23
EssAY-"soCIAL PROGRESS. "

The essay, Social Progress" was
we'll written, and was excellently
delivered by Elva Alberta Cunliffe.
She said: Religion for a time ne
elected by scientists, is again re-
placed as a condition of social pro-
gress. An educator like President
Eliot makes this statement: mo edu-
eational system can be successfully
carried on without education in
morals, and no education in morals
Is possible without a religious life"
About the same time General Brinker-
hoff, after having given lifetime to
the work of prison reform, said in
his address before the National Prison
Congress: If we are to make any
large progress in the reformation of
prisoners, or in the prevention of
crime, or in the betterment of man
kind, we must realize more fully than
We have heretofore the religious ele
ment which is inherent in the uni
versal heart of man. Without the aid
Of religion there is little hope for So
cial progress.
With religious culture must go in
tellectual enlightenment as condi
ton of social progress. 1t is for edu-
Nditobt ny lhO odOPtiOh vi
scientific methods, to fit the individual
for that kind of society in which he
is to live. Education must be i'm
proved and it must be extended over
longer period of life, in order to
prepare men and women to take their
part not only in maintaining but in
advancing civilization. AS our faith
ers undertook to provide education
for everyone, it remains for us to car
ry forward their work.
Finally, as q condition of social
progress" Miss Cunlff said, lit is ne
cessary that we should develop our la
Dor legislation in order to protect the
interests of our wage-earning popula-
ton. All means of reform will be in
effectual until the people, by sending
labor representatives to make the
laws, control the members of law
making bodies with the right to re-
call, and the initiative and referen-
dunn vote. This method will leave the
power to decide laws to the people.
There must be recognition of the
actual conditions existing between
wage ca rners and their employers,
and abuse of power on the part of the
employer must be prevented
THE PROPHECY.
1t was the lot of Paul Elmer Muir
ray to prophesy of the class of 1910.
This part proved to be extremely in
teresting to all. Mr.. Murray said
that with new double fixed high
grade, bi-concave tense glasses which
he obtained from DR.. A B. Borden, he
was enabled to see into the future
and read there the fate of the mem
bers of the class of 1910. He predict
ed that o. P. Badger would be the
leading lawyer of Scion and after
few years practice he could take Opie
Dildock's place in the Boston Sun
day Post for telling stories. He said
Miss Keene was the nearest thing to
perpetual motion that the Lord ever
created. She will go to U. of M. and
will finally teach domestic science to
the natives in the Klondike. MISS
Nutting will soon marry an old gen.
tleman and after the death of her hus-
band she will establish home for
stray cats Miss Smith, after her
graduation from Simmons College,
will begin work for woman's suf-
frage. She will be the first woman
representative W SOi6 Voo uhN INV
will be elected speaker of the house.
Miss Weston's future as an author
ess will be brilliant. The most IA
nous book she will write will be en-
titled Along the Kennebec with
Thomas
Mr.. Mitchells future is very promising.
After his graduation from Colby ne
will take a position in r. l.. Mitchelis
wood working shop. He will get a
patent on the glue pot to keep it from
tipping over. Miss Packard will be-
come one of the most noted cartoon
lists in the country She will gain
great fame. Most of us expect this or.
her because of her keen sense of hui
NOR and desire for fun. Miss Mitchell
and Miss Nichols will go to the dark
est parts of Africa as missionaries.
The future of Miss Goodrich, one of
the beauties of the class, is such as
one would expect. She will eventual
" go on the stage. Her specially will
be dancing and showing to the public
the latest styles in hats and hair
dressing. Mr. Fowler, that happy-go-
lucky fellow, Mr.. Weston and Mr..
Bragg will go to Tufts Dental school
and after graduation they will return
to practice in town. Mr.. Fowler will
do business enough to keep himself in
pipes, tobacco and milkshakes. Mr..
Weston will be as restless as he was
In school and d1ring business hours
hard to find. Mr.. Bragg will retain
his Willy-boy way through life. He
will obtain a considerable income
from his profession and from his first
and only song entitled, Sweet Alice
Where Art Thou? Miss French will
take an extended course in music and
will teach the Navajo Indians in Neva-
da.
Miss Withee, unlike the rest of the
members of the class, will keep the
same occupation she had while going
to school and that was looking for a
soft snap The Ellis girls will be the
only ones to remember their Shakes
peare after leaving school. Mr.. La
casce, after graduation from Bowdoin,
will become one of the greatest in
ventors of air-ships in the country.
Gertrude, his wife, will be his demon
strator. Miss Cunliffe will become a
member of that religious sect called
the Shakers. Miss Annie Pfister Will
become proprietress of five and ten
cent store.
Mr.. Murray in closing said: Fol
the fun of a passing moment | have
pretended, classmates, to read,through
the gift of prophecy, that dim and
mysterious something that men please
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