The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-05-14
BRILLIANT
LITERARY
And Spectacular Was the
Second Program.
OF HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS
Which Were Heard Last
Night at Auditorium
Agitators Recalled and Lionized,
Dante and the Divine Flame of
His Passion ExtolIed, Alaska's
Treasures Illustrated, Triumphant
Democracy Depicted the Phil
osophy of Optimism IIIumed, etc.

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The second senior program of the
class of 1910 of Marion High school
was presented to a large and enthu-
siastic audience in the school audi
torium last evening. The rostrum
presented a brilliant appearance with
great spheres of "snowballs" suspend
ed from the proscenium arch, clusters
of the fluffy white balls with graceful
winery trailing from the sides and
low hedge of these pretty spring bios
SONS yelling the footights. In the
| background class pennants in the
| bright green and white of the class
| colors We're arranged and tall grace
| full palms fanked the circle of ora
| tors.
Professor X. H. Marshall, principal
| of the high school announced the
next program for May %, and the
oratorical contest of the Northwest
.ern Division of High Schools for next
Friday evening. He then introduced
Rev. George NJ. Rourke, who gave
| the invocation.
| "The Agitator" was the man who
received the attention of Clifford
/ opinion is the real ruler" declared
Mr.. Schoenlaub. "He Is produced by
the grinding necessity of his times
and as a representative of such, voices
the needs of the great majority.
II Cicero was an agltator; Roger Will
liams cried out for freedom of con-
science; John Brown, for freedom OF
body; Wendell Phillips marshalled
the forces against slavery; Patrick
Henry made the people realize they
must act for themselves If they would
promote their own best . interests
These men were agitators to whom
n grateful world accords the name oi
statesmen and savlors."
Miss Lottie Campbell biographical
Dante and told some Of the secret:
of his poetry. Dante" she said
was born in n time when the ma
tions were concentrating on some on'
phase of art science, or commercial
ism. At the age of nine he met hi
inspiration his wonder lady. Beatrice
Not until nine years later did he NEE
her again, and then only to give {
passing greeting. But so sensi,iv
was the soul OF the poet that thl
slight conventionality served to Civ
4 him Inspiration for the divine pas
sion through all the remaining year
of his life. Beatrice was the wife o
another, and as such beyond tn
4 claim of Dante Her death but In
tensified his love and from an earth
ly impossibilty she became th
bride of his soul In exile his sublime
gift found expression In his master
! piece The Divine Comedy Human
emotion, philosophy, all of nature arr
brought to focus in this contrlbu
ton to the worlds best literature"
There was proprietary interest II
! Miss Stella Klingels "The Greatness
of Alaska" According to Miss Kiln
gel alaska Is no longer the land o
ice and snow beloved of the writers
of fiction. Rather is it a land of oc
cupation, agriculture, commerce ant
industries. Here the wealth of ma
ture Is beyond the dreams of th'
miner, the hunter and trapper, thu
woodsman, the fisherman. Here are
silver, gold. copper. coal, oil, marble
as fine as the famed whiteness o
Italy's quarryings, virgin forests II
which furry animals invite the trader
the most prolific gold deposits in tn,
world. Immensty and grandeur arr
the salient notes in the nature pic
ture which spreads on and ever on II
an art gallery OF mountain, cascade
and stream. In Alaska. men are lay
ing the foundation of the last grea
West, where governmental salvation
rests with the United States, saliva
ton for the most picturesque posses
l sion under the Stars and Stripes"
Ralph Horseman reviewed thu
Progress of Democracy" In evolv
ing this Interesting theme Mr.. Horse
man said "The declaration of inde
pendence Is one or the most wonder
full and interesting documents in thu
world today. At no time in thu
worlds history were people pre-
pared to receive and defend such prin
ciples as are found I'm this epitom
> of the spirit of liberty. The convic
1 ton is now abroad that democrac,
will ultimately he the government 70
the world. England. founded on tn
rock of centuries of royalty and 'th