New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-02-26
Big CELEBRATION
TO HONOR HEROES
SCHOOLS GIVE FINE PROGRAM
ON WASHINGTON DAY
g. AT AT2MORY

AT ARMORY
GREAT QUALITIES OF NA.fION,s
LEADERS LAUDED BY
Mr.. ERICKSON
The school children Of New Tim held
9 successful memorial celebration in
honor OF Washingto and LINCOLN Satur-
day afternoon ia the auditorium az the
New Ulrn Armory. "A very iinterestinoII
and Well-halanced program had beenl
carefully prepared by the different
schools ..1 including several exercises and
drlns, songs and recitations. The
diHerent groups of the children in their
exercises and drills formed some beau
tlful and striking pictures for the many
spectators who had gathered in the
balcony.
The Main Feature.
The main feature on the program
was the speech by Attorney George D..
Erickson who said that the assembly
had met to pay homage to two of Ameri-
ca great men: George Washington and
Abraham Linc6ln. He referred to the
TACT that these two are the only men
whom the Nation has honored by setting
apart their respective birthdays as
legal holidays. .''They are our supreme
herpes; they are our lodestars in our
POLITICAL ornament; a part of our coun-
TWAS much as the Niagara Falls or the
ROCKY Mountains, he said. Among
the great men developed and brought
into prominence by the conflict with
Great Britain, the highest place, by the
common consent of grateful country
has been assigned to George Washington.
The Supreme Test
MI. Erickson spoke briefly on the life
of the two heroes and then continued:
he real inspiration that comes from
the lives Of these two great men is not
SO much in what they did and accom-
pllshed, but rather what they were.
The real test Of any man is not SO much
what he accomplishes as to what he is.
And nothing discloses real character
IKE the use OF power. Most of us can
bear hardships and adversely. But If
you wish to know what man really
IS give HIM power. This IS the supreme
test. It's the glory Of Lincoln that
having almost absolute power during
the civil war he never once abused It
ssssfsist on. the SID. ct cs,napassion and
mercy IS - 80. 7ess Z. 8. 81
Fine Qualities. SIS
There was nothing dazzling about
either OF these two men; they were not
meteors; their greatest characteristic
was their common sense or it might be
called their uncommon sense; their
we'll balanced minds; their cool I'M
imprisoned judgment and when these
qualities are combined with purity of
soul, kindness of heart, generosity of
disposition, elevation of purpose and
devotion to duty you have the highest
type OF ruler and of such these two mel,
were. :"
Unrest In Country.
]; Referring to the new conditions in
several European countries brought
about by the conclusion OF the war and
to the unrest growing in our own .coun-
try, the speaker said: Millions 81
men are free for: the first time in their
lives. The people have come to rule.
The new world in which we are now
living is IN plastic state, like the CLAW
in the hands Of the potter. It is being
nodded in new form. The whole
world was never before in such critical
condition. Today it may be directed
into wrong channels. Some powerful
character at Versailles may prove the
worlds undoing or he may lead to 5ur1-
measurable profit Of all mankind S..
And yet in spite Of all the unsettled
conditions Of foreign affairs T.Sbelieye
that the real danger to the perpetuity
of.ou institutions is not from without
but from within. There IS now some
thing Of: an i'll omen among us. d mean,
the increased disregard for law which
pervades the country. This DISPOSE
ton is fearful in any community and
now that it exists in ours though grating
to our feelings to admit, it would be q
violation of truth and an insult to our
intelligence to deny. =
Not All Laws Are Good.
Mr.. Erickson urged the observance
OF the Tvs Of the country by all lovers
of freedom although not all laws NAV
be good or sufficient provisions made
Tor the redress of all grievances. while
I urge strict observance Of all the laws
let me not be misundersto as saving
that there are no bad laws, or that
grievances may not arise for the redress
OF which no legal provisions have been
made" 3
SUBSTITUTES 70 EUROPE.
The food administration is winding up
its affairs in the State Of Minnesota.
j. "a. Wye, executive SECRETARY s0f the
Federal Food "a n1inistr tidn III the
state, Who recently paid a short visit:
TO New Uln1 and other places ia This
territory, announces that all there Is
left to be accom- lished7is the taking over.
Of the substitutes and delivering these
food products to Chicago in carload
lots. It is rebolted there and shipped
to Che Atlantic seaboard, from where