The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-10

Every available seat was occupied
at the final exercises of the 39th
commencement of Marion High school
which was held Friday evening at
the Epworth Methodist church. The
graduating class were seated I'm the
choir loft facing the audience, while
the galleries, auditorium and sun
day school room were packed to the
doors, and many who came late found
standing room only. The estimated
number OF people present was about
seventeen hundred.
Seated on the platform, which was
beautifully decorated with palms.
ferns and Towering hyderangeas, were
superintendent of schools, Or. H. A.
Hartman Rev G.. M. Rourl<e, Prof
.. l.. Martzon, speaker of the even
ing, Rev. ]. p. Currin. Mr. j. W.
Jacoby, president of the board Of
education and Prof II. X. Marshall,
principal of the High school.
After the Invocation had been pro-
nounced by Rev. Curren and an ex-
,ellent musical selection rendered by
the philharmonic orchestra, Mr.. ia
,oby introduced the speaker of the
evening Mr. Jacoby began by say
ing: "This splendid audience shows
itself tribute TO our common school
system" After a few words of praise
for the common school teacher who
he designated by the terms honest,
self-sacrlhced and Woodworking. MIR.
Mr.. Jacoby spoke Of the tendency
which many Of our teachers have of
ising the profession of teaching only
rs IA stepping stone to something bet
ter. Teaching" The declared is
not considered as profession. And
why is this? It is because It is one of
the least remuneratlve positions of
today. Therefore. 1t Is our duty to
make the profession a more paying
)ne. IL Is not question of intel
'ect. but of dollars and cents" In
losing, he introduced Prof. Martzolff
rs a man who has been n common
ichool teacher, superintendent of
schools and now a teacher of teach
ers.
In beginning his address, Prof Mar
tzolff said that he did not intend to
begin by congratulating every one,
Including the class, the teachers, par
ents, board OF education, etc. or by
telling the class that they were the
best looking and smartest class he
had ever seen. Instead of that" he
said, 81 can say that I'm going to
say 10 this class tonight in very few
words" lie then repeated the incident
If a small drummer boy, who. wnen
ordered by his new general to beat
tba esal that hn only
how TO beat the charge, and was
ignorant of the method of beating
| the retreat. '"rhis is all 1 have to
say to you boys and girls tonight.
Place I'm Your vocabulary no such
word as retreat, only charge. | want
to speak to the boys and girls who
| lre sitting out there before me, who
| should be graduating here tonight
I want 10 speak to the parents who
| should have kept them In school until
/ they graduated. We believe educa-
ton is handy thing to have
/ around the house. once in awile. but
we don't know wat kind of an edu-
| cation we need. We believe In the
public schools so thoroughly that we
have made the truism that the pub
lie schools are the bulwark OF the ma
ton" Here, the speaker gave the IL
lustration of the old German schoo
master who daily took his boys tc
the monuments from which thu
bronze lions which once adorned
them by the French soldiers. He SAID
"You must bring them back some
day The story grew, until 1t wal
told all over the nation for 26O years
and then came the France-Prussiar
war in which the lions were restored
to their former places. Then II wal