Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1910-08-25

best orchestra in the United
States, the New York Sym
phony under the direction of
Walter Damrosch, has secured
him as its baritone for the en-.
suing year, and we predict the
same success for our townsman
in the far East that he has al
ready attained in the middle
and far West.
A firm conviction as to their
own extraordinary ability and
superiority as a class was al
ways a characteristic of this
class; from the reports received
Saturday the members them
selves justified in their early
"conceit" and pride in the
ability of one another.
Eight of the seventeen are
graduates from higher institu.
tions of learning, five of the
six boys and three of the
eleven girls. A musician, two
engineers, a chemist and a law.
yer all highly successful in
their chosen professions make
no the five. The sixth boy
VIM. j. Harmon studied under
Americas foremost artist
Borglum, of New York, and
has also attained some distinc.
tion as a poet. His birthday
gift to the class was the follow
ing poem:
For birthday present give unto yot
The diamonds that lie in the spark.
ling dew;
The whisperings of grass and the Tilt
The secrets tween panses and honey
sweet bees;
The seas soothing song of it's mighty
deep
And chirpings of birds to wake yo,
from sleep;
A faint, fragrant wind to clasp you,
fair hand
An d lead you through roses to dea
happy land.
streams
Where Truth and her playmates ar
want to live
The warmth of the sun and the moon
placid rays.
Which nestle in leaves at the edge o
days;
But greater than these do l give unit
Love in your heart and an idol t
Eight of the girls declar,
themselves happy and conten
in "the best vocation" of all
that of the successful wife ant
mother; two are in the schoo
room, one in the home town
the other in a western state
To the eleventh girl belong
perhaps the highest praise o
all, earned by her swee
womanly devotion to the home
in which with the help of
younger brother, she care'
faithfully for an invalid father
For three Of its four years il
high school, the class of '99 wa
under the guidance of tn,
strong. upright person
atty of the superintendent o
schools. Mr.. A. b. Warner
now Professor of Education O
the State Normal School o
Missouri. A. b. Warner stand
out as a shining example of al
a strong school man may repre-
sent to the young people undo
his influence; to him and tn
other high school teacher
many Missouri Valley youn,
people owe more than they re;
god at the time. inspiration TO
further education and cultur
IS we'll as right ideals of liv
ing in home ard community.
Over the little group in tn
park there came a hush whel
The concluding lines of hi
greeting to the class were rea
a hush, in itself the expires
sion of deepest gratitude fror
all the seven:
cit is a famous class! Bus
ness and art and SCHOLARSHIP
and many homes have been en-
riched by its brilliant members
and there have been no TRACE
dies. ! rejoice with you teda
because of what you are, be
cause of what you have al
ready accomplished. and NOR
in the prospect of the hurryin
years. Why you are still $
Young that after another eleve
wears you will still be lookin
forward to life's high noon!
Benedictions on the publ
high school!
What other institution coul
have brought to a group 0
Missouri Valley young peopl
SO much of equipment, so niue
Of vision, such life ideals, an
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