New Ulm review., 1912-08-28

with God and man, busily. diligently,
industriously, yet peacefully at work
harvesting their grain, tilling the
soil or plying their respective trades;
our parents in the very prime of
life, full Of hope and good cheer,
building their primitive homes on the
virgin soil of a wilderness with
brawny hands and sinewy arms and
erecting beautiful air castles in
Gods blue sky with their imaginative
minds; making dutiful preparation
and provision that you and I, their
children already borne and those yet
to be, might come into our share of
human happiness.
A full half century has now passed
by and you and are here today as
living monuments to bear witness
and testimony to their successful
shielding and protection Of you and
me against destruction such as befell
hundreds of others, such destruction
as In many intances beggars descrip-
ton. l wonder II we fully appreciate
and realize the moral obligation that
rests upon Us? .' !. .r ga
Do you know-this 10 especially di.
rected to the Junior Pioneers-do
you realize that We Of this commun-
ity occupy . distinguished position? :?
Do you appreciate that We are en-.
joying . most .singular-rare and un.
common distinction? We are the
first direct and immediate descend
ants Of pioneers and pathhnders such
as can ind no parallel through the
length and breadth Of the Land. There
10 no community within the confines
of this entire continent that - %
strfkingly typical and distinctive in
nature and character % 10 this com.
munity of which you and ! are part
and parcel
The history Of the pioneer life Of
our fathers and our mothers a. lived
out here in these parts is 90 fraught
with thrilling incidents, 10 20 replete
with startling fact and episodes;
their existence here in the wilder
ness was accentuated by 70 much Of
the pathetic. Of the romantic, Of the
heroic and picturesque, to say moth
ing of the vicissitudes, calamities and
that fell to their lot.
that it IL really q wonder that it has
not proved the foundation Of the
most engaging. fascinating historic
literature. oh. for that mighty pen
with the requisite power that shall
yet inscribe upon the indelible
pages Of history the deeds OF hero
ism, Of valor that were here enacted
and displayed by our very own par
ents. .s a
No uniformed, armor.clad soldiers
upon the famous battle-helds of the
great wars was ever called upon to
exemplify greater daring, was ever
put to a severer test Of his man
hood than were those stalwart men
and women who gave to US Junior
Pioneers our birth, our life, our ex.
istence.
It is eminently proper and fitting
therefore that upon this occasion we
stop to consider with pensive and
mind and heart that with
the rare distinction that attaches to
US as Junior Pioneers, as direct de-
scendants of those heroic defenders
Of our beloved home city there goes
q corresponding responsibility which
We cannot evade or shake OF. And.
the best and only way >or us to dis
charge this moral obligation; the
best and only way for 10 to perpetu-
ate and keep sacred the memory of
our. immediate ancestry and their
heroic existence 10 to % arrange
md live our own lives that they
shall always redect indisputable
credit and honor .upon those who
gave u being. Thus and then shall
the good name, Of our parents and
their heroic life continue charm
Of absorbing interest to our children
and our children's children; thus and
then will their names continue to
shine with increasing brilliancy, like
!: gold emblazoned on the
armament of future years.
At six o'clock q grand banquet was
served in the gymnasium to which
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