The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-09

MiAilH WtAH Aintit 6ANNA't WI 't'F -
began his oration with the illustra-
ton Of young who was pursued BY
wolves in the Maine woods. He
thought the danger was slight, but
the wild animals gained on him, and
he barely escaped with HIS life.
"This" said the speaker, "is an IL
lustration of the young man who
sows wild oats He never knows
how strcng the danger is. A man be-
gins a career of vice and thinks he
mounts a well-trained horse, but
when he sees the chasm before him,
and would pull up, he finds that he
rides an untamed, vicious beast,
Many young men make the mistake
of thinking they must have an acc
ouaintance with the seamy side of
life which comes through sewing wild
cats" Mr.. Taylor closed by giving
an extract from poem by Oliver
Wendell Holmes.
"The First citizen OF Chicago"
was the subject which Miss Alma
Harold discussed IN a very pleasing
manner. She began by saying: "Ev-
cry country has its list of famous
men and women. America may well
be proud of one of her famous daugh-
ters-Jane Adams. She was a slum
worker in Chicago and the Founder
of Hull House. Her object i'm life
was to provide for higher life, and
lto investigate and improve conditions
in Chicago. Nine thousand people visit
HUI house during the winter months.
As a leader of democracy, Jane
Addams is known wherever it is
loved or feared, hated or blessed,
known and studied"
Following Miss Harold, Miss Mil
| dred Mess sang a very sweet solo
accompanied on the piano by Prof.
e. T.. Iipsher.
Sowing Wild Oats.
Mr.. George Wanner came next on
| the program with a very well pre-
| pared grafton on the subject "a
| soliloquy on War" Mir. Wanner pres
| cntcd his statements with great
| clearness ana in convincing manner.
'To be or not to be. That Is the
question. And it is q question when
| ndccison and doubt seizes men.
Religion battled with the world and
was victor The earliest occurrence
| vas crude warfare. a question be-
| tween tribes in the olden times was
always settled with war. and the
stronger tribe was the victor. War
is the parent of armies. And armies
bring taxes and debt and these bring
the greatest of crimes. Peace at any
price is to be preferred. Not every
one however believes this. Every
whore war is the subject of conver-
sation. II is actually stated that the
peace conferences have been promoted
| by those who most ardently desire
war. War has grown too general.
Make IL humane and we will always
have II. Make IT horrible and 1t will
he gone forever"
"The True Ideal" was the subject
Of MIR. Elmer owens Grafton in which
he said: The whohe world is con-
stantIy seeking something. they know
not what. Men are born today and
die tomorrow. all seeking true happi-
ness. Like n sunbeam which the
slightest shadow intercepts or like the
| butterfly which is gone while we GRASP
| for IT, so is true happiness. Napoleon
sought happiness By seeking fame
but died on outcast. Abraham Lincoln
instead. sought TO help all people and
enlighton nation. He gained the
love of every one and found true
happiness"
An extremely pleasing piano solo
played by Miss Louise Burgess, oc-
cupied the five minutes intermission
which followed.
\ Change of Scene.
When the curtains We're drawn
aside. after the intermission, the
scene revealed was that Of gypsl
| camp. A background of trees and
shady groves lent an artistic back
ground for the group of young peo'
pie seated on the ground and on
stumps and logs about the stage
Tall palms and towering hyderangea'
made the scene very realistic set
ting for "A picnic. The scene was lait
three years from now, as the class
will be then. Seated on rustic
bench. Miss Helen Houghton, at th'
request of her friends, recited M
experience, presumably Of her own
Tho story was original with Miss
Houghton and was intensely interest
ing and well written.
From time to time, sne was In
terrupted with bursts of appLlus'
from both the audience and the Others
Of the picnic party who meanwhile
ate from lunch baskets before them
At the close of Miss Houghton'i
story. Miss Katherine Reinicke helt
the audience spell-bound with hel
description of how a brave girl SCI
her wits To battle burglar who nae
entered her home. As the clima'
grew nearer, the silence was pro
found, and as Miss Relnicke brought
her story to a sudden close by dis
closing the fact that her heroine wa'
only dreaming, a stir over the whole
room showed that the audience ha'
been breathlessly listening to th'
story.
Miss Freda Rhodes was then urget
to recite an original poem and com
/ piled with the request Of her yount
companions by reciting the class poem
The verses were excellently writer