Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-01
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL
YEAR ENDED
WARREN HIGH SCHOOL GRADU-
ATEs THE LARGEST CLASS IN
ITS HISTORY

day evening this week The occasion
was an inspiring one, the first of the
kind to be held in the beautiful new
opera house, which was filled by an
enthusiastic audience. Seated on the
stage were the graduates, the faculty
and the members of the Board of Edu-
cation. Supt. E. M. Mitchell announc-
ed the program which began with an
earnest invocation by Rev. A. A. My
ers. A song was rendered by the High
School Boys Glee Club, after which
Emma Pihlstrom stepped forward and
In a pleasing manner delivered the
salutatorian address. She gave an
interesting account of the class and
its Individual members, Incorporating
dents that had happened during their
school career
DR.. s. Arthur Cook, of Red Wing,
Mimi, had been secured to deliver the
commencement address and no mis-
take was made when he was chosen
for this task. as he delivered very
able, forcefu1. stirring and uplifting ad-
dress, one of the best ever heard in
the city, on the subject, "The Educa-
tiona1 Ideal.''
The speaker reviewed the growth
and progress of educational ideals
from the earliest times. The educa-
tional ideal of the Jew was the train
ing of the religious nature in man, of
the Greek, mental and esthetic cul-
ture, of the Roman, the perpetuation
OF the state and the crysEalization of
laws for human government. In lat
er times have come the Christian ideal
of education, which aims to develop
the whole man, physically, mentally,
morally and religiously Thus SYM
metrical, well-rounded characters will
be developed He was glad to see
agriculture, domestic science and man
ual training introduced in schools
nowadays, and was of the opinion
that these practical studies had a
great value also as means OF culture
and mental development. He advised
the young people not to be in too great
hurry to leave school, but tarry lit
tie longer in the halls oflearning Life
nowadays, demands more thorough
preparation than ever before in order
to be successful A we'll trained mind,
hand and heart gives power to over
come obstacles and fight hte battles of
life. DR.. Cooks address was full of
good things and could not fail to be
an inspiration and help to all who
heard him, and especially to the
young.
After song by the High School
Girls Glee club, Mildred Johnson gave
the 'Class Prophesy.'' a lengthy pro-
duction which she had committed to
memory and rendered without flaw.
In a dream she had revealed to her the
future of each classmate At Nome,
Alaska, she found Emily Vavrina
teaching an Eskimo school. In Tex
as she found Mildred Malberg at the
head of cattle ranch Laura Powell
had won fame as a singer and pianist
at the courts in Europe Edith Head
was seen in Norway looking intently
at the midnight sun and eating lut-
fish and potatoes Florence Lewis
had married Japanese nobleman and
was living in Yokohoma Nellie Seign
was a great actress, and Werner Mel
son a famed poet. Stephen Bren was
prosperous Marshall county farmer
and Robert Bren had become governor
of Minnesota. Howard Magladry
had become a famous astronomer. Carl
Holm was the proprietor of an aero
plane factory. In one of his flights
he had almost reached Mars, when
something went wrong with the ma
chine and he fell to earth, lighting un-
injured on hay stack in the Red Kiv-
er Valley.
Laura Powell was the valedictorian
of the class, and in graceful manner
and With We'll chosen words she per-
formed this task. The class, she said,
had now come to the parting Of the
ways, and commencement was but one
milestone in the journey through life,
a stepping stone to larger and broad
er life. Each member of the class
will in the future have to rely more
upon his or her own resources. The
gentle guidance of parents and teach
ers vii lbe greatly missed. We must
now learn from experience. We should
always be eager for more knowledge
and experience and greater opportuni-
ties. We should be diligent and al
ways keep on climbing, overcoming
the obstacles In our way with courage
and fortitude AZ We proceed We will