The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-30
LAST PROGRAM
FOR THE YEAR
Senior Students of High
School Interest Large
Audience.
Twelve 0rations Were De-
livered by Young
Graduates.

building Friday afternoon and was
Il fitting finale To the series of enter
tainments which have been one OF the
leading features of the present school
term. The assemblage of proud par
ents and friends Of the schools who
listened with rapt attention as the
class OF young orators filled their
respective places on the program wero
certainly well repaid FOR having been
there
The first number, - song by the
II. S. Girls Glee club was heartily ap-
plauded and the singers were obliged
I" respond to an encore. This they
did and the April Fool song was a
surprise which was greeted with
much applause.
II was after this number that the
first speaker, Edward Taylor deliv-
cred his Grafton "The Lion Of the
North" He began with Il glowing
eulogy to Gustavcs Adolphus King OF
Sweden. vino ascendod the throne In
the Year Of 1911, made Sweden a coun-
try of soldiers and proved himself the
greatest general Of the age King
Adolphus' life was taken In war be-
fore he had actually been tried to
the uttermost and IL is safe prop
hesy that had he been permitted to
live. "Hc would have even triumphed
like our own iIlustrious Washington"
II was Gustavos Adolphus II who
made Sweden great and the Speakers
sketch OF his life was a creditable ono
indeed.
"Thc Mound Builders" was the sub
ject chosen by Miss Ellen Dutt who
mentioned and described several
mounds In America which remain as
mute evidence Of the work OF that
prehistoric class of people of which
we know and hear so little about
In the address "Thc American In
dian" delivered by Leona Dutton, the
religion. habits and characteristics Of
the first Americans were reviewed and
the speaker called the attention Of
her auditors to the common mistake
made by the masses who are prone
to remember the red man only as n
treacherous being and are slow 10
give him due credit for his fearless
ness and his capacity for enduring
pain and suffering from, which we the
successors To his former home and
hunting ground, would shrink in ter
ror.
In speaking on the subject OF "Thc
Ancient and Modern Spirit of Cru.
sades," the speaker Carl Beers. COM
pared The motives prompting the Cruz
sades undertaken by the Christian
powers Of the II, Il and 13 centuries
to the present day crusades in which
be ventured the prediction that the
working man viii win. while tho cruz
sadcrs failed In that early day In
achieving the success for which they
aimed they did accomplish much and
may we in this late day hope to do
as well.
The next number was the Grafton
by Paul Tschanen who reviewed the
list of territorial acquisitions which
have come under the protection of one
flag and which have helped In large
measure to make our country the
wonderful world power she is today.
1--WE wonder how we have became
such a world power in so short a
time" said the speaker. who recalled
the early attitude of the French who
declared the United States would new
or become a nation. Foremost In the
list of territorial acquisitions men
toned were the early purchase OF the
western territory made by President
jefferson in 1903, the annexation OF
the PHILIPPINES, the purchase of Alaska
and the purchase of the Canal Zone.
all which have done their part to-
ward increasing our commerce and
making our nation a wonderful world
power and the greatest nation OF the
world.
"Monzarts Sonata" n piano duet,
played by Dorothy Hume and Eliza
beth Britton, was the musical number
given as the next number on the
program The musicians responded to
al encore.
In her grafton "Iierolnes Of the
Civil War" Hazel Paessler, the next
| speaker OF the afternoon, paid a
glowing tribute to the heroine of the
early sixties who bravely said good
| bye to husband, sons and brother
as they left for the front. In every
home mothers We're active I'm the cause
and many prepared food and raiment
for the soldiers ana scanned the news
papers to see whether a husband, son
or brother had fallen In battle. 1--WE
see how self-respeoting our grand
mothers must have been and with
Abraham Lincoln we will all say
God Bless the Women Of America"
An Grafton "rho Neglect OF National
Parks" by Grant Slfritt, was n force
ful argument i'm favor of National
park improvements which the speaker
predicted would I'm large measure
keep American tourists at homo where
they would "see America First" The
speaker would have congress make
larger appropriations for park inn
provements than heretofore and clos
| ed by saying that Congress must
| wake up or we will have no National
parks for they will become the prop
erty of the state in which they are
| located"
Elizabeth Holmes IN her oration
character the Basis Of Credit" en-
| rhasl2ed the value of n good character
ana said that character building was
o slow process, for 1--WE can not
Jump into II like we would into a
II suit OF clothes" Her oration was an