The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-05-19

| Before a large audience OF parents
teachers, classmates and friends tn
third program Of the seniors of tn
class of 1911 was given Thursday af
ternoon in the high school buildinf
The auditorium had been decorate,
for the occasion with potted plant
and pennants and the orations an
musical numbers We're not only high
" entertaining but educative and in
structive. The rendition of each mum
Der reelected credit upon. the student
and the teachers
i Tho exercises were opened with
piano duet by Frcda Rhoads and
Louise Burgess, which was well re
ceived by the audience.
The first speaker on the program
Miss Mary Lee Concklin, took up q
defense of the feathered tribe i'm hei
Grafton The Lesser Children" Sh,
denounced the so-called collectors
men who plunder nests and muir
der their owners in the name of sci
ence as If science had not long ago
finished with these birds. Following
this was an admonition directed to-
wards the parents. who are accustom-
ed to permit their children to become
collectors. She said: "This pastime IS
becoming so prevalent that some pro-
test must be made against il and the
entirely mistaken view which dgni-
lies It by the name of love for nat.
ural history, must be pointed out
Mr. Norman Spaulding spoke on
the subject "The United States as
World Power" comparing this coun-
try with the nations Of the past and
the nations of the present which are
considered world powers, and deter
mining his subject by a Weighing of
the influence. as much as possible.
which the nation has on the world
at the time of its height of power and
after it's decline. For his reasons in
believing that the United states is
world power he sahl. THE influence
of the United states upon the stand
ard of living, under its present COM
mercial policy. will be helpful because
its international interests are SO high
ly commercial, it's influence every
where must be for peace, for COM
merce Is a lover of peace. The main
tcnance of high wages in this coun-
try has so stimulated invention as to
lead Americans, not only to use ma
chinery more than any other country
but to seek economy in the operation
Of the machinery itself. AS a result
the United States, i'm many instances
produces the cheapest goods, although
paying the highest wages and works
ing the shortest hours of any people
in the world"
In an interesting oration entitled
"The Influence Of Associates" Miss
Ruth Smith pointed out the two great
forces which are constantly battling
for the supremacy in the lives of peo-
pie when young and these two forces
she declared, We're good and bad COM
panions. In part she said: IF ]
could carry my hearers forward about
fifty years and could then look back
with them on their past lives II would
be easy, if memory did not obstruct
so many important events, TO show
them how they had strayed from the
straight line. But every deviation
from the ordinary line, every indenta-
tion to the right or To the left almost
without exception could be accounted
for by The influence of one or more
of those all powerful magnets, good
or a bad companion"
Following this oration, Miss Beulah
Spencer delivered clear and com
prehensive discussion on the subject
Education i'm Germany" She out
line in brief way the course Of study
the German student pursues during
his academic career, laying special
emphasis on the differences existing
between the methods employed in this
country and I'm Germany. She said,
THE hurrying of the children through
the schools, that they might enter the
factories, is unknown in Germany
progress Of Locomouon" was the
subject of the next number on the
program by Roy Waddell. He paid
high tribute to the early inventors
whose weary labors with the primeval
means of locomotion, the people are
enjoying at the present time. He
described the evolution of the rail-
way locomotive and the steam ship
and depicted in glowing terms the
achievements of the modern inventors
who have perfected modern machln'
cry.
The next number, delivered by Miss
Janet Longbon, on the subject 'Fhe
Craze for Fame" was careful de-
llneation Of an mate propensity, ex-
listing in every person, who would be
successful. Ambition and its good
and bad influence was brought out
during her discourse MANY are en-
gagged In the mad scramble for power.
riches and position, but few reach the
goal OF their ambition" she said.
ambition is laudable or commenda-
bic according TO the motive. II acr
eumulated wealth is used for the en-
slavement Of the poor. If the power
thus obtained be used to crush the
weak, then such ambition is curse
But il the motive Is TO uplift human
ity, to unlock the chains Of slavery
or 10 roll back the curtain Of ignor-
lnce and superstition, then, indeed,
do we observe the true fruitlon of this
iod given power"
AT this juncture OF the program the
audience was entertained with a violin
solo by Prof. E, c. starbuck accom-
oanied on the piano by Miss Ina
| llllnefelter.
Mr.. Leslie King had chosen as hlf
subject "The Frontiersman." and he
delivered an oration, based ON the
! important place in American history