Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-06-04

foated without a stain and without
rival from gulf to lakes. and from sea to
sea, and every human soul beneath it
was declared by every living man to be
absolutely free. The land of liberty
had not shrunk and slavery in the new
hemisphere was dead.
You stood ready to sanction with
death the emancipation proclamation.
You willingly fought and sacrificed that
a lowliest race might have the right to
climb, and even a black man might
know the aspirations and inspirations of
citizenship You fought that we might
be nation of free men, with free
hands to work As we willed not as
masters willed, with free lips.to voice
our thoughts and not echo masters
thoughts; that we might participate in
a government that derived its just pow
ers from the consent Of the govern
ment. You fought that all children un-
der the stars and stripes might know
the pleasures and the privileges of
childhood; that they might know play
and benefit by the education received
at Lublic school.
All these were pertinent problems in
1861. They were the radical issues adj
Fyocated by the Abolitionists in the Sos.
You put your shoulders to the musket
butts and when the enemy that would
have overthrow these rights and this
freedom, came so close that you could
see the whites of t heir eyes, you stood
your ground and fired.
It is altogether fitting that at this
time when the year is yet young, we
come to face you, solute you, honor
| YOU and decorate the graves of your
comrades who have gone before. But
may we not as fittingly honor you by
looking forward, obedient to the legend
inscribed on the great seal of this proud
state of Wisconsin?
When the call to duty came, you
Hooked back to the boys of '76 for IN
sairation and said that the liberties
which they had fought for shonld not
perish from this earth. Be not impa-
tient with us today, if we receive the
inspiration which you bequeath us ano
resolve that the liberties which you es-
tablished shall not be taken away.
FRIDAYS Program.
| Memorial programs were gwen FIJI
dav at the various schools throughout
the city as follows:
At the high school the program open
ed with piano duet by Misses Clarlssa
TYLER and Helen Hoadley, followed by
q solo by Miss Marie Schenk. Miss
M aude Frazier recited Captain, Oh,
Nv CAPTAIN and Miss Grace Hath
away read an original memorial essay
An grafton was given by Roy Atkinso or
followed by recitation by Theodore
Martin. Attorney F. r. Bentley gave
Ian interesting address on patriotism
EHe smoke of the number and character
Iof immigrants who enter our country
annually and said that besides the stars
and stripes, on Ellis Island, another
banner should be placed with the words
Ik.No Admission to Foreign Tramps.
! / Short programs were held curing
+ha dav at the first ward and third ward
schools and talks on Patriotism and
kindred subjects were gwen. Inc
sneakers were those previously announ-
rcd in these columns. Under the dlrec-
ton of their teachers, the pupils OF the
second ward presented an outdoor pro
cram on the school grounds before
number of visitors. A May pole dance
hv members of the intermediate grades
was much. applauded as'well as other
Numbers which included flag drills,
folE dances, choruses ard gy -nnastic
feats by the boys. .....s.f;=..s<.
s At ST. Joseph,s SCHOOL.
Al apprcciative audience EN- Dyed 1he
Memorial Day exert ises given oy 'ne