Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-05-31
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
c. L. sHAEFFER, Local Editor

Evolution brings before us an ever
present., constantly acting God and
leaves no place for chance, every
thing con troIled by and a manifesta-
ton Of the mind of God. Gravity,
heat, light, electricity, not indepen-
dent forces, but Gods agents execut-
ing His will. Evolutionists regard
all things at present Incomplete, as
1 making not made. Hence when the
evolutionist looks over the world and
sees nations degraded, superstitious,
men cruel, bestial, he does lose heart.
While deploring all that is so terrible
and evil ne believes that out of even
such as this God is able to lead man
to higher and better things. But
evolution does not teach that prog
ress, development from lower to
higher is inevitable. necessary, but
only that it is possible. If men as
they learn what is good and evil
choose evil, only destruction can
come to them. Man can progress if
he will, but only by struggle. Good
ness can be attained only by struggle
with and defeat of evil. Man and
nations must strive after that which
is good or they can never attain it.
On the whole evolution involves prog
ress, but that plant or animal that
cannot conform to it's environment,
must perish. In the spiritual realm
in which man must live, the same law
holds. No nation can at present be re-
garded as fully developed. Man,
tribes, nations are making, not made.
Through ignorance and savagery,
through false and dreadful beliefs,
through pain and struggle, God leads
men and nations to higher and bet
ter life. if they will allow him to
lead. The universal law is law of
progress and the evolutionist who is
also a Christian may realize that man,
the final product of evolution, the
crown of creation, may go on and on
to noble life, even from glory unto
glory, for eye hath not seen,
nor ear heard, neither hath it
entered into the heart of man what
he may become" Though the wealth
er was exceedingly warm, large
audience was present. At the close
of the address Prof. Perkins gave
very practical and helpful admoni-
lions to the graduating class.
Sir Walter Scott's Romance, "Ivan-
hoe, " was presented by the members
of the High school in the opera hall
last evening to a very good audience.
The dramatization was by the mem
bers of the sophomore class. The
costumes were fine, the stage fittings
excellent, and the detailed work
showed a thorough Interpretation of
plished by the class under the direc-
ton of Miss Perry The characters
were all we'll sustained and many of
them we'll Interpreted. The farewell
scene between Rebecca and Rowena
was especially we'll rendered. The
audience was an appreciative one and
the class can congratulate themselves
on the success of the play.
Glass Day exercises will take place
tomorrow afternoon in the opera hall
at $50. The following is the pro
gram: Song, school chorus; well
come, Pearl Airline Dwyer; class his.
tory, Preston Chesney Skinner; class
prophecy, Bessie Lillian Monteith
class will, Leon Dudley Turnbull
song, Farewell, High School. Fare
WE'LL" class. In the evening at s
O'Clock the Juniors will tender a re-
ceptlon to the members of the gradu-
ating class.
The following is the program OF the
Grammar school graduating exercises
on Friday afternoon at o'clock in
the opera hall: Music. orchestra
prayer; salutatory, Gladys Winget
essay, 1.-The Sampler" Neva Mer-
rill; recitation. 1.-THE Bell Of Atri, -
Hazel Wells; essay. cold Ironsides'
Edwin Dudley; class prophecy, Elsie
skinner; essay, "Tennyson ano
I.ongfellow,'' Nellie Gedroe; essay,
"a Modern Knight" Robert Wells
music, orchestra; essay, "Starvation
in America, Alvin Billiard; recita.
ion, IAN Incident in French Camp, y
Carroll Jenne; class essay, "Oul
"SeIf-reliance as Teacher,' Lillian
ley essay, "New Railway Prof
ects," Dean Matthews; valedictory
Dale Whipple; presentation of di
plomas, benediction.
Members of the class are Howard
Carlyle Bartlett, Alvin Herbert Bull
lard, Edwin Eugene Dudley, Lilliar
Mae Emerson. Nellie Alice Gedroe
Carol Sargent Jenne, Neva Chase
Merrill, Orvis Dean Mathews, Esther
Doris Perley, elsie Emily Skinner
Robert Henry Wells, Hazel Pear
Wells. Dale Marie Whipple, Gladly.
Mildred Winget.
] The high school exercises will take
place Friday evening at o'clock.
The program and class roll follow.
Motto, Il Cam" orchestra, prayer
salutatory with essay, ''The Fortifi
cation of Panama Canal,". Fred Au
gustus Bennett; essay. 1.-THE God O.
the Open Air." Winifred Susal
Wilkie; orchestra; essay with vale
: dictory, 1.-THE Message of Litera
ture," Clarence Elmer Cole; presen
tation of diplomas; address, Prof