The Prescott daily news., 1918-02-09

boy or girl has ever yet left school thoroughly educated. There we only lay the foundation upon which to build an education of practical utility. 'Tis true we leave as graduates, but we must remember that to graduate means simply to complete the grade, but that. to be educated, in the true sense of the word, means to be ripe in experience and thorough by prac- tice. In whatever sphere of life you may decide to labor labor therein with earnestness and f'9lity. If you girls should decide to join the Red Cross (and you could do nothing more noble) or you boys should respond to your country's call for volunteers to assist in crushing Prussian Autocracy and restoring peace and tranquility on earth, go forth to the discharge of l your separate duties as becomes free men of the only absolutely free gov ernment on Gods green earth today; acquit yourselves as becomes true sons and true daughters of that gov ernment. Boys; girls; that glory is ours, earth cannot wrest it from us. Upon that issue not even heaven itself hath power. Twas conceived at Char lotte, born at Lexington and christen- ed at Yorktown. Twas bought with the best blood of American patriotism and bequeathed to US by our Revolut- ionary ancestors. It stands for the last bulwark against tyrany.. All other forms of government have been tried and found wanting. 'Tis today throughout the world, the hope of the oppressed and the terror of despots. It lights the chain of Siberia's exile, and frightens with fear the Pillowed head of Prussia's Autocrat. Let it not perish or be abandoned. Cease not to advocate it's blessings until old Glory is firmly planted on the very pinnacle of the Citadel of Berlin there to wave triumphantly over the cruel est and most inhuman foe that ever cursed this earth. GA foe that has deliberately insulted every civilized nation; wantonly violated every clause of international law and with devilish impunity committed every heinous crime that brutal passion could con- ceive or humanity abhor.) Then, dip ping the golden pen of constitutional Democracy in the pure red blood of American Patriotism, write where all may read: "This shall be the fate of all tryants."
 Speak to our American Eagle, (proud emblem of lofty ideals and ex- alted aspirations) and bid him to stretch forth his spotless pinions and toproclaim in thunder tones, to op- pressed humanity everywhere, that tyrany to man shall cease; that that hydraheaded monster and foe to dec ency, German Imperialism, is crushed and that never more shall it raise its unholy head or bare its fangs; that the last proud potentate of earth shall pass to oblivion, and that thenceforth all of the blessings of Constitutional self government that we have enjoyed for the past one hundred and thirty five years shall be theirs forever.
 This principle of self government cannot, it must not fail. It must, it shall triumph, if it takes the last dol lar that we possess, and the last drop of patriotic blood within our borders to achieve that end.
 Suffer it to perish in this its last and mightiest struggle against imper- ial oppression, and we rapidly degen- crate into nothing more than political parishers. Fraud, rapine and treach- cry, now but thinly yelled, would stalk forth in the blaze of day. With capi- tai crying for protection and policy crying at the footstool of imperial patronage, all censure of oppressors would be silenced; the history of our ! American Revolution would become ~ soo1ol Iool, o-I .loo.kx.