The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14

Poet and Peasant March," was bril- II
liantly played by Misses Ina Kline II
felter and Eloise Edwards, both OF
the class OF 1910. 1t was enthusias-
tically received. II
Miss Leola Mcclure presented the
force called "Inhuence' in
convincing manner From time inn
memorial" she said, great men have
ruled not by force Of arms or words, II
but by that Intangible part of their
being which radiated to color the mem I
tai attitude of the people of their (
times and times to come. No one
is exempt from the radiant power ex-
erted without our intention and /
bringing results apart from our will
Our influence must be either good or
evil. There Is no sequestered spot
where we may withdraw and isolate
this power fop even our withdrawal |
will have its influence. We are form |
ing not only our own characters but
the characters of those about us. To-
day more than ever are we weaving |
ourselves into the warp and woof of
our times. The facilities for travel
and transmission of thought have
made us next door neighbors to every
u.
monopoly on influence The greatest
good may come from the most COM
monplace source. The big fact Is to
use our immediate opportunity 10 eX-
ert power for good rather than to
sigh for unknown empires not meant
for us to conquer"
Miss Flo Brown eulogized Michael
Angelo with these thoughts. mich
ael Angelo was superior in character
to any man of his age. He was con-
centrated art, great sculptor, a
great painter and a great architect
As an artist who could Write a story
| in stone or tell the tragedy of a life
| in face of marble he has never been
surpassed His masterpieces do not
always attract, I'm many cases they
| repel. but they grip the mind and
heart and hold them even against
our will. There Is nothing demor-
| alizing and pagan in his work He is
| an instructor with n tendency toward
the exalted and he sweeps with him
on his wave of inspiration the soul OF
the beholder.'
| Popularity" was defined i'm Miss
| Ina Klinefelter's excellent address.
| According to the speaker "All nations
are competing in commercial and po-
| litical fields for the coveted place at
| the top. SO tense has become this
| striving for place that strong men
| have become mere tools, government
| leaders have been forced to get the
esteem of the people by means not
always strictly honorable. For popu-
larity Is the indispensable attribute
of public office Many of these men
who have been called to the service
of their country really represent the
| wishes of the people, but many of
them have reached the coveted goal
by devious paths. There is the same
effort to gain popular favor in bus-
ness. Grocers find out the wishes of
= their customers and cater to them.
They use bargain sale methods and
: advertising schemes to further their
trade. Why are the names
of Caruso and Edison and
Roosevelt iterated and reiterated,
Because they have met the needs Of
4 the great heart of the public ut tn,
psychological moment. The lack o
. popularity and success is sometimes
due to irrevocable circumstances. bu
} oftenest it is due to lack of character
e in the success scheme and popularity
IL righteously sought and wooed Il
a commendable acquisition.
E "Mirabeau," the flagrant figure II
] the French revolution, was eulogiZet
by Miss Edith Chase. Miss Chase
a said of him: "Mirabeau was the liv
r ing exponent of the spirit of. tho
q French revolution. The child of al
\ aristocratic father and a mother from
the common people, he fought the
embitterment of deformed ant
twisted foot, a tied tongue and a face
Q horribly Scared by disease. SO ugly
r was his body that he was called the
5 nephew of SATAN Disowned by his
3 father when a youth. he entered mil.
J itary life where, by brilliant ser.
vice and bravery, he shot up like O
] meteor. The indominatible force OF
s the man could not be smothered by
bodily ills or parental coldness. just
when he was beginning TO loom large
. as the voice of the oppressed against
the privileged classes he met the wo-
: man who transfused into his nature
I of fire the alleviating influence OF
. love. She brought out all that was
good In the flame, and subdued and
refined the undesirable. Under her
magic touch he became the impas-
! stoned orator under the lash of whose
: tongue the parasitical aristocracy
? cringed and whined. This man OF
t cruel shape overthrew monarchy
: and established an era of consttu-
, tional liberty. Then, his mission end
ed, he stumbled down, undismayed, II
= death"
The closing number was a lively
: song of patriotic text by the High
: School chorus. The halls rang with
, the tribute to "Old Glory flung out
D by happy student voices and friends
!. and schoolmates of the graduates left
: with the impression that the class
, of 1910 is an epoch-maker for the