Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-01
ADDRESSES MADE AT
VILLA GRADUATION

Miss Kathleen FreehiII Of Strawn.
III who gave the salutat0ry address
at the graduating exercises at the villa
de Chautal- yesterday. said in part as
follows
Our program. friends. as you per
ceive, is musical one. for as convent
girls. we claim the arts as our preroE-|
at1ve. Through convent aud mCEas-
terry the church has ever kept alive.
in man soul. the 5dea and love OF the
beautiful, the sublime and the heav~
euly; she has gathered the distracted
elements Of ancient art and repro
duced results IN more than pristine
splendor. And if painting has repre-
scented on canvas the glOries Of Chris
tiauity and her sorrows music has
noted down her hymns, sung her no
sannas and lmbued the hearts Of her
Tudest children with g love of the
beautiful Music seems TO have been
planted in mans nature by God Him
self. It's influence that begins at the
cradle. ends rot at the grave. for it
is a part even Of heaven s joys. mani
mate nature is yigrant with the sweet
est harmony The measured flow o9
the waters. the regular rushing Of the
tide, the wintry gust, moaning through
the forest trees, the summer breeze,
rustliug through the leaves. the echoes
from rock and glen. transport the lis
tener to an unseen world and the art
Of music is only copy Of nature 5
harmony
Miss Grace Fusche who gave the.
vaIedtCtory, said among other things
"One Of the best means Of beauu-
fyIng and refining a home is to place
in il the works Of the great masters /
They have expressed the best that was
IN them. through their art and surely.
the portrayal Of one mans ideals of
beauty and truth and goodness can
not fail TO have an effect on one who
lives constantly i'm intercourse Of these. /
the immortal spirits Of the past. Here.
too, should be found that other price /
less treasure of all the ages. Htera-
ture If the products of the master
minds of the world have been pre-
served to us for centuries &c Is only
because they have made men think and
feel and act They ever have been
and still are moving forces in the bis
tory Of nations and of men
1T is the novelist, the drama.ist. +
and the poet who found the hidden .
harmony and beauty in life and show
them TO the wandering multitude, For
the novelist and dramatist give as
study iB- human nature always re-
freshiug and elevatiug, and the poet
voices the thoughts aud sentiments j
that every heart feels even though i
lack the power Of graceful utterance- +
But more potent than these mani /
mate influences is friendship. A T
friend Is so us always the exponent OF 4
our better self and thus is q mighty
power in character-forminE What is
so inspiring as the conversation, the
ompanionship, the faith and love of g /
good friend! Some one has said that
the example &c a friend is like 3 beau I
riful picture on the walls Of memory &
but q friend is more than this. he Is
an ever present living inspiration TO
US to follow the dictates Of our better
nature
But nearer and dearer Than mortal
friends we have every one Of Us. 3
Divine Friend, whose influence IS man
fest TO each soul IN that sJronE vet
sweet attraction Of which He Himself
spoke And ! IF 7 be lifted up. shall
draw all things 10 Myself "