The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-03-01

! morning, in the high school auditor
irm, beginning at eight thirty o'clock.
! The program was an excellent one
and all the orations were very well
delivered
An opening chorus sung by the
Boys glee club was enthusiastically
received by the audience OF pupils
teachers and visitors, and was given
a hearty encore. The glee club is
rtade up of the best male voices Of
! the school. and shows the careful
training. which their director, Earl
Z. Starbuck. has given it.
The first number on the program
I following the musicaT selection. was
an grafton by Carl Leffler, who dis
cussed 'Immigration problems" Mr..
Loffler said that the census report OF
the past few years shows decided In
crease of immigrants To our country.
, During the years of 1900 to 1910, In
elusive, nine millions of immigrants
came to our country. But, at the end
OF those ten years, 1t was
found that out of the nine million, but
five million remained, the others be-
I ing dead or had returned to their own
countries. Immigration depends MAIN
! ~ on economic conditions, both in tho
country from which the immigrants
Ccme and those of our country. IL al
so depends upon religious conditions
and industrial occupations. The ar
rival of immigrants i'm our country
has greatly decreased wages, for for
olgners are able 10 live great deal
more cheaply than American citizens,
and hence. demand less pay. Mr.. Left
| Ter delivered his Grafton in a very
! convincing manner and greatly in
tcrcsted his audience. Miss Rella
Shurz was the next speaker who dis
cusscd German Women" Miss Shurz
Fgave the characterizations of the Ger
man women, saying that they are
modest. pure minded homekeepers.
| They posses n charm peculiarly their
own. Their place is in the home,
where they shine pre-eminently. They
are devoted 10 their families and their
whole life is unremittingly centered
in the home. They live only for the
happiness of their loved ones.
THE WORLDS UNREST.
"The worlds unrest" was the next
topic which was discussed by Burton
| Cline. The speaker mentioned num-
Der OF recent wars which have been
| fought, and stll are the cause OF a
great deal of dissension among the
nations of the world. Ihe Grafton was
very well prepared and interesting.
Miss Edna Court spoke on the inter-
os ting subject Women and Wealth"
She began her oration by saying that
the general belief was that women
of wealth spend their money for dress
es and jewels.
This is true" said Miss Court, but
there there are also great many
women who accomplish Il great deal
OF good with their wealth. one wo-
man who has been interested In the
establishment OF backgrounds for
! children, has given great deal OF
money to this cause. Some form as
! sociatiOns for the classes Of working
| girls in order to benent them, and
| they also give aid TO those of this
| class who are especially talented.
| Some women Of wealth build hospitals
and institutions, while others give
I public parks to the large cities.
hlHH IsliNdhtll iplilAon plhAcu
Rheinhold's "Impromptu" with splen-
did Interpretation and fine technique
She was compelled To respond to en-
core.
william Lloyd Garrison" was the
the theme Of Miss Margaret Branson's
Grafton in which she described the
life of the great friend of the slaves
He rose from the ranks of the poor
and stood alone among the multitude
Hc was reared in poverty, had no edu.
cational advantages, but was carot
for by mother who taught him t.
hate oppression and to ever stand FOL
the right Miss Branson mentioned
the neyer-llagglng interest which Gar
rison gave TO the aid Of the negroes
10 whom he was 80 great benefactor
MILLIONS FOR CITY PLAY
!, GROUNDS.
Millions FOR city Fairgrounds" wa
the subject which Miss Rose Piersol
discussed with much Interest Th
foundation of life Is the health an,
happiness Of the child There are S,
many little children who are deprive,
Of the right 10 the Joys Of childhood
who are raised up In the smoke OF ci
ties and are dwarfed in mind an,
body America Is become awakene,
10 this fact, and is establishing pla,
siounds for the children Of the citie.
Hoover Brown was the next speake
who took for his subject 1.-THE Yello,
journal" Mr. Brown discussed tn
giowng desire for sensational read
Ing which is found among reader
OF the newspapers today. The yello,
Journal meets this desire and foster
li..
/ "Ihe Gypsy Trail" was next sun
by Miss Mildred Lippincott, who wa
ipslstently encored.
III 'Rudyard kipling's poems" wa
taken by Miss Corrlnne Myers as IN
subject OF her grafton, in which sh
gave a synopsis of the work of IN
/ poet q sketch Of his life ana the clr
eunstanees undfr which he colnpos
j ed The verses whicl are 80 popular.