Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-06-06
So 0. H. s. STUDENTS
RECEIVE D|PL OMAS
DR.. CHARLES w. GlLkEY OELiV-
Frs BRILLIANT ADDRESS AT
Asst ANNUAL COMM ENCEMENT

itorium of the school SNlyune stu
dents, forty girls and tWeufynine
boys, We're presented with their Iii
plomas, showing that they had sue
cessfully completed the four years
/ course Of study prescribed by the
school board The class made Il very
! picturesque group. goHned in their
gray caps and gowns and seated on
/ an elevated platform. which MAS car
peted and rallied in green Banks of
ferns and large bouquets of his. a'
the foot of the platform made a very
effective stage decoration.
The evenings program opened when
the class. accompanied by the high
school orchestra. sang "kellers Amer
lean Hymn" At the close Of the
hymn, Rev. G. W Che,smn. pastor
Of the First Baptist church, offered
an Invocation, praying for the welfare
and betterment Of the members Of
the class. The orchestra played The
Last Spring" by Grejg. "CaressiUg
Butterfly by Barteeuy and The
Norwegian Slumber Song by Glider
The group Of songs was enthusiastic.
ally applauded, Misses Vera Belle
Ham and Emily Palmer two members
of The faculty Of the high school
sang SChubert's "Sereuade' and
When Twilight Weage~." by Be-
thoyen These two talented young
women always win the hearts Of
their audience wherever they are
heard, and last evenings duet, proved
no exception to the rule Their
voices blend wonderfully together and
each possesses a voice of great color
and OF a wide range
Miss Marie Ludwig Of Chicago. who
made her first appearance in Ottawa
at the time OF the annual orchestra
concert this spring, and was declared
by many to have been the finest harp
ist ever % appear before the Ottawa
people, played two groups Of songs
Her first group was Hasselmans "Ro-
nance, and Bellota's "Capriccio.'
The second group was the Harp
Eolienne," by Godefroid. and The
Mazurka - by Schneider. These mum.
beers showed to great advantage Miss
Ludwig's intrinsic musical ability and
her wonderful power Of feeling, as
we'll as her marvellous technique. She
was greeted with a great amount OF
applause upon her first appearance
on the platform. and at the end of
each group she was forced to respond
to curtain calls and even then the
audience refused 10 be quieted until
she responded to an encore.
The speaker Of the evening, DR.
Charles W Gilkey pastor OF the Hyde
Park Baptist Church and a trustee Of
the University Of Chicago, was intro
dJced TO the audience by Principal
c. II Kingman. DR. Gilkey was a
speaker of great magnetism. and de
liypred a brilliant address in very
eloquent manner.
He complimented the members of
the class, upon being such an unus
ually good looking group Of young
people. and the people who took part
on the musical program, for their
excellent music He related a story
told him several months ago, by a
French officer who told of leading
his men from a rest camp toward the
front line trenches when they spied
a messenger on a bicycle, coming al
full speed down the road. From the
speed OF the approaching soldier, the
men decided he was carrying an i'm.
pOrtant message back from the
trenches to headquarters. As the
soldiers, and the messen- |
ger were only about $50 apart, Hun
plane dropped a high explosive shell, /
on the road between them. The com |
pany was thrown out Of formation, |
but when they found they were not |
injured they rushed to the spot where !
they had seen the messenger last /
In a ditch al one side of the road |
the yfound him covered with blood /
and badly wounded. On the other I
side Of the road they found his BIZ
cycle. One OF his eyes vas gone /
and his head was wounded. He in /,
sisted on going on and when he was /
informed that his eye was destroyed |
ne declared his other eye was all |
right and wrenching himself from the .
men who were holding him, grabbed .
his bicycle and rode on 20 headquag.
.ers.
After relating his story, DR.. Gilkey F.
explained that the one eye of the !
American people was gone, and it was
up to the present generation and the .
coming generation to save their 9th
sr eye.
He gave four eye tests" which
would save the American nation from
osing their other eye. The first was
Training opens the way for final
success" He told of the manner Ger
many had fought. terrorizing the
world for four years, and how at last
She was conquered by troops who
lad been sent to school and trained
better han the Hun troops.
The second was, Education should
lin at more than efficiency" He de-
Jared that this was the line the Ger