Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-06-24
GRADUATION DAY At
ST.JOSEPH'S SCHOOL

The closing exercises of ST. Joseph 9
school took place Tuesday evening.
The happy children were greeted with
a full house of interesting, kindly
faces
The opening chorus "Once Again We
Greet You All, ;" spoke a warm well
come to relatives and friends. The in
strumental selections by Genevieve
Winchester, Loretta Foley, Marcia
Kieffer, May Mcmahon and Aubrey
Murphy showed careful training and
pointed out rich harvest for the little
fingers in future years.
One Of the best numbers on the pro-
gram, Happy Children" was given by
the little tots. They seemed so de-
lightfully happy that all present shar-
ed their innocent JOY.
1.-The Elk Child was given by the
girls of the third and fourth grades
They spoke distinctly and gave some
good advice to all present. "Our Flag
by third and fourth grades was full Of
patriotism and joyous waving of cold
Glory"
1.-The Indian Dance" by the boys of
the fifth and sixth grades was we'll IN
keeping with their merry mood. The
graceful dancing of the girls of the
same grades lent an additional charm
to the program.
The entertainment closed with
drama, That Ball Came, in which
Mr.. Hamilton, an aristocratic English
man brides himself on the annual fam
lily dinner to which he invites his many
friends. He can hardly understand the
love of the American people for this
fine sport until he finds several making
traffic effort to go to the game and
thus failing to appear at his family din
ner. His sweet little daughter, Nell,
is much depressed because he will not
herself and her mother attend the
game. Cousin now appears on the
scene and by depreciating the old gen
tleman's son, Jack, who is the pitcher,
so incenses the fond parent that ne
goes to the game to cheer for Jack and
forgets the family dinner. The chorus
of ball players and school girls made
the hall ring with their gay FRANKS
Now all join in singing the Magnolia
of Old Tennessee. - The sweet blending
of the happy young voices have hardly
died away when they rise again in the
final chorus, "Hurrah For Holiday. "
This was given with spirit that spoke
of sunny, summer hours and the merry,
well earned vacation now beginning.
Father O'Reilly, after presenting
the diplomas and saying few words
to the graduating class, spoke at length
on "The characteristics of christian
manhood
He said that the paramount need Of
the times is not beautiful churches,
magnificent and colossal state houses.
The great need of the times is sturdy
christian men endowed with the cour-
age Of their convictions, men who are
guided by conscience rather than by
expediency; men who are influenced by
a senee'of duty and not by selfinterest;
men and women of strong christian
character.
The man--whose character is beyond
reproach will win the battle of life. His
name.may not be emblazoned on the
fading7pages of the world history, but
what is infinitely better, it will be in
scribed on the imperishable records of
the book of Life.
Fidelity to principle demands no small
amount of heroic virtue. Many sold
Ter that fearlessly rushed before the
lannon's mouth has quailed before the
shafts of ridicule and the shouts of pop
ular prejudice. The man who faith
fully fulfils duty in the face of public
clamorland ridicule displays higher cour-
age than the general who captures
cities.
| Human respect is opposed to Chris
tian manhood and is a base condescen-
sion by which man, either from the
fear of offending others or from the
hope of conciiating their friendship
and good will, speaks or acts contrary
to his own intimate convictions.
In politics the slave of human re-
| spect is ALWAYS on the fence ready to
jump on the winning side. In religion,
he displays the most criminal form Of
moral cowardIce. No man should be
ashamed to profess his faith in that
grand old church with its glorious rec
ord of over nineteen hundred years,
| that church that has christianized the
Christian world, that has seen the rise
and fall of empires and kingdoms and
! still fourishes bright, beautiful and
immortal