1908-06-26; Clare Sentinel

              IstotolisliQd 1878.
GLARE,   MICHIGAN,, FRIDAY MOKNaftt*, JUNjB ,26, 1908.
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lass of '08 Glare Hi§h School Ma&es Good Showing at
Class Day Exerqises. - *., -l
NHL 0.4. GEARHEART.
Brightest Outlook
Yet for the Future of
Teacher Added,
City Schools-One More
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The closing exerciser of the city
schools at the opera house Thursday
and Friday evening mark the closing
dif Clare's most successful year and
the events themselves were in keeping with the high standard set on
previous similar occasions. Everything was most creditable and reflected great credit to Supt. Roode
and his oo-workers Tinder whose direction the arrangements were completed,
The house was crowded atthe class
day exercises Thursday evening and
everything was pleasing throughout.
The decorations were the creation
of'Artist MeLeod of JDavy & Oo. and
is artistic effect surpassed any previous occasion. The background of
the stage revealed a base of solid
brick work-above which were alternate panels in class colors, gold and
White. At the center of each panel a
book was represented and on the
various books "0. H. S.» and '"OS"
in gold alternated. Above the stage
draping of colors with dome like effect in unison with similar draping in
the dome above the auditorium and
fes\ooning around the semi-circle
over the stage combined with
softening eleciric light effects
of alternating white and gold
and roses of like color tastily arranged in the foreground produced a
fitting scene from out of the midst of
which the class of '08 graced the_oc-
casion.
The salutatory was given by Belle
Alger in good voice, much to her
credit and to the pleasure of her
friends,- She said that now at the
threshold of real life they, the class,
have good opportunity to peer into
the future. This was one of the
strong numbers in merit and delivery.
"The Hour of Opportunity" was a
thoughtfully prepared subject presented by Wm. Henderson in which
he emphasized th^ necessity of accepting life's opportunities. Enthusiasm easy tofind.jugt beneath the-
surface is one of the best aids to easy
acceptance of opportunity.'
■"The class history was skillfully
sketched by Margaret La Pierre.
Only two of the class, the historian
and Ava Clark, remain of -.the original class that started in the first
grade. In their* junior year there
were!13 but two of their number that
year deserted and went to housekeeping onjiheir own account. Additions to their numbers had come
gradually and though collected from
so many sources they had worked
harmoniously through their high
school course
The class prophecy by Ava Olark
Was distinctly original and each
member of the ""big^nine"* was disposed of to the satisfaction or amusement of. his friends.
Fred Stone's address '.'Science in
Agriculture" was eminently practical
and showed careful research. He
showed bow widening knowledge of
these latter days is > being utilized in
agriculture. There was a distinct
message in this theme.
Ruth's. Seeley's subject, "Perseverance,1' was" ably developed and
splendidly presented. Every day
events are the* stepping stones to
virtue and good sense. Diligence
gathers out of the odds and ends ot
• time that energetic individualism
that makes real men and woman.
This was on© of the strongest numbers usually given by high school
graduates.
Ella B. Gulliver graphically deleni-
atid the life of. Helleri Keller, holding her up as one of the most interesting characters Of American history
by reason Of her marvellous achievements though deprived of ^ight and
hearing,
"Influenceof Literature'' was Mas
Pelton's theme and, it showed that
the creative power of literature had
in reality touched him. Ho said that
man is not onjiy known by the books
__ he reads but is inpart made by thorn.
We read not only «to' increase knowledge but to grow.
Edna Langitt/s valedictory was a
fitting climax of meritorious efforts.
She said that with the dawn of real
life they leave school life. Ambition
urges forward but there are steep
path's. and only persistent purpose
will achieve   jtffaat   teachers   and
friends, have a right to expect of
them. She closed with words of appreciation to teachers and cordial
welcome to 'OS's successors, the class
of '09. ' .        . v .., ■
Kirkbride's orchestra..was in "splendid form and in both thja and the following evening added much to the
pleasure of the occasion, the. rendition eliciting warm words of praise.
A chorus of the teachers of the
school sang-"The Dawn of Day" and
the class yell given by a big class of
juniors added to the spirit of the occasion.
COMMENCEMENT.
For commencement the settings
Were the same as for the previous
evening. A male quartette, Messrs.
Oudney, Elden, Andrus and Feigh-
nea, rendered a~* very pleasing number, "The Flag of Our Country."
The diplomas, were presented by
president, O. W. Perry, of the board
of education in a few well chosen
words. The feature of the evening
was the address "The Coming Man"
by Hon. G. A. Gearhart of Buffalo^,
and was one of the very best commencement addresses ever given in
Clare. A bit long perhaps for some,
it was on a high plane of thought and
oratory, saying more, easier and with
less effort than any other speaker
heard in Glare for many a day.
He said in part:
Michigan's noblest prosperity does
not consist in its splendid public
buildings nor in its thriving towns
and cities, nor credible business
houses, nor in its fine farming lands:
but rather in the, numbers of its enterprising citizens; its men and women of education, enlightenment and
character.
Whatever other objects and purposes may' enter into educational effort among us one of its constant and
prominent aims should be the culti^
vation, and maintenance of a high
standard of American citizenship.
The life and growth and permanency of American institutions rests
largely upon an educated and enlightened citizenship.
Education is the leveler, leveling
up, not down.
It does not lower the great, but
lifts up the small.
Today the educated man or w*oman
possess great advantage over the uneducated in all honorable pursuits in
life.
It is true that there are many mentally well equipped men and women
who have never pursued a course of
higher instruction.
Itois true that not every graduate
from the college or university is successfully educated? but we will keep
within the limits of the general'rule
when we allow college men and women to represent the educated classes in society.   •
Get a "liberal education. Get it in
the high school and college if you
mnsp, thus make the breadth of your
life equal to its length.
But, graduates, however strong you
may be physically or however sharp
intellectually to recognize a fact or
discern a difference, your "noblest
success in life depends upon the serious color given the third formative
force in human charafoter, your moral
nature.
A college training will greatly improve one's chances of succesedn life,
but college training will not .save
that man or woman from wreck or
ruin who lacks principle, pluck.and
purpose.
It is a channel*in which a'life flows
that determines its success oi failure,
. Tbe life of a scholar, a millionaire,
a president, may be a humiliating
failure; while the life of the man at
the bench or the plow may be a sublime success. _,
History declares with heart as hard
as the Ipgic of facts and pen as relentless as the stylus of fate that the
sum of the characters of the .men of
a -country is the character and
strength of that country.
Country boys have stamped their
influence upon their own and future
geiieratidns.
They may not arrive at maturity as
early as the city boy, but aire often
Vastly greater when they reach it. o
Comparatively few great men have
sprung from the exhausted soil of the
metropolis. *        .
Not-front among fortune's favoHtes
revelling in luxury, put from among ii | ' nn Ano I r An TO
the-sons of toil cradled in poverty, ALL ifuMud LtAU I U
have come the world's benefactors. ' «j »*»»   ,.-* «* n
The noblest men God everlmaae   *" uLAHt JUL I  £•
are those whose hands are brown
with toil.
"• But if some pf you chance to have
been born in the city you will not
yield to the fate you will remember
Longfellow" who succeeded without
the early struggle or the plow. He
was a city bpy, as was Neal Dow,
Schuyler Colfax, President Elliot,
Peter Cooper and Charles Francis
Adams, .',.*'
Moses was not wholly spoiled by-
being trailed in the wicked cities of
Egypt:. ....,*'
You will be told that health is essential to i-tucceW hut you may point
to President Ghadburn who put pluck
in the place eg&\ lost lung and worked
on 85 ye'ars after his f uneral had been
arranged. -    °
You will be told that" the parent determines the future of the child.
Well self-reliance will overcome
the obstacles of a weak or unworthy
parentage.
One of the ablest and noblest lawyers in New York was a poor, ignorant Irish boy of woefully illiterate
parents—and, the father*of a prominent educator in Massachusetts was
week minded.
Many ot. our eagles had no better
nests. ' *
On thepther hand the grandson of
Patrick Henry was recently brought
in as a vagrant at Memphis police
headquarters.
"Honqr and shame from* no condi-
*    tion rise, „
Act well your part, there all the honor lies."
Take the Bible as your standard
classic, your last appeal in matters of
contention. Let, its light became
thine illumination and then thou
shalt become more wise than Plato,
more truly learned than the sages of
antiquity.
PEOSPECTS FOS NEXT YEAR,
Conditions for next year give promise of still larger succeps for the
school. In accord with suggestions
trbm the University a teacher has
been added to the teaching corps
giving the school 12 in all. The added teacher will specialize somewhat
in music and drawing and along all
the lines a higher grade of work is
confidentially expected. """
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Arrangements Complete for the
Big Three Day Celebration^
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Record Breaking Crowd Expected in the
-  ■ •   City Next Week.
Next week Thursday Friday and
Saturday is the big celebration and
arrangements have proceeded so
satisfactorily, to the committee in
charge that, barring bad weather,
unprecedented success is .assured.
The features'for the three days include four, bands, horse races daily)
a ball game each afternoon, pyrotechnics Friday . and Saturday evenings, street * . attractions daily
during"" which performances artists
of established reputation will
entertain the crowds^ the Fourth of
July oration a<J*eity park Saturday at
ten a. m. by Hon. Perry F. Powers
of OadiUac, street parade the second
day, an"d everything the committee
has provided from ball game tp street
attraction is free. Renting of stands
and 'securing of licenses indicate
that-there will be* a big array of
features Including two Merry-Go-
Eounds. - "
One of -those, proverbially lively
celebrations' where there is something doing every -minute is due to
commence next Thursday morning.
Come, have a good time and finally
enter *into" the spirit of an old fashioned Fourth of»July.
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His Nomination Favored in this Locality, Has Come up from the*
Ranks with Clean Record and Stands  for  Progressive *Re-
puMcanism.
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GARDEN PARTY SUCCESS.
Slaughter of is Innocents.
Next week Saturday is July Fourth.
In accord with past records on this-
national day hundreds of children
and others are" due to be killed and
maimed by careless handling of giant
crackers and other dangerous ex
plosives with which the screams of
t»he Eagle are given forth.
Too much caro connot be exercised
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by children and parental caution
should: be in-evidence. It is to be
hoped no fatalities or accidents will
mar the celebration in Glare or be
recorded in the surrounding country.
i Supervisors Proceedings.
The official record of the recent
meeting of the Clare county board of
supervisors appears in this issue. In
it is the detailed steps of the decision
to have the people vote on a S3,800
poor farm proposition at the September primary. " "
At thb request of '-a number of responsible citizens I announce my can-
Ididacyfor nomination on, the republican ticket at the September primary
for Judge>of Probate.' I am an old
resident of the county and am willing
to stand on my record as a citizen in
all the relat'ons* of life.   <^
O. M. Sarringer,.
31-2   ' Farwell R. 3.
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One of the Social Literary Events
of the Season Held on the J.
D. Allen fcawn.
The Garden party on* the J. D."
Allen lawn Tuesday' evening under
the auspices of the Congregational
Guild was one of the most pleasurable events ever given in the city.
Combining pleasing associations,
satisfying nlenu, joyous entertainment andjparkling intellectuality if
Was an occasion to be remembered.
The evening was delightful and
cool. With Japanese lanterns and
electric lights, booths here and there,
tables with plates laid -for the company, the veranda tastily decorated
with our national colors, the city
band and Kirkbride orchestra furnishing music and the 300 guests
seated on the beautiful laWn in % the
midst of the maples, the scene was
an animated one.
f The literary program with E. G.
Welcb^presiding included a cordial
welcome by J, D. Allen, a vocal solo
by MiSs Ethel Oudney, a reading by
Mrs. J. E. McDonald, a very line
drill by 20 young ladies of the Baptist church under direction of Mrs.
0. L. Ohurdh, a quartette, Messrs.
Cudney, Neelands, Welch, Feighner,
a* vocal solo by Frank" B. Doherty
and a short drama by Miss Emma
Sexsm'ith, Dr. F. R. Gray, and Miss
Florence Wihg.
^Following tbe dinner, Mrs. AJlen
introduced A, J. Lacy as toastmaster
and "though an hour of richest in
tellectual feast he lead the way to
stimulate thought and to cause goofl
cheer to flow to the joy and blessing
of all. Toasts were responded to by
L. M. Converse, F. B^ Doherty, P. A.
Bennett, Rev. G. *■* W. Maxwell,
Re*y. G. N. Beldin of Farwell, E. G.
Welch, C.H.'Sutherland, Dr. J. A.
Reeder, C. W. Perry, Dr. O.F. Shaw,
Dr. F. R. Gray, and D. E, Alward, all
of whioh should have been heard to
be appreciated. Seldom, indeed are
so many bright, helpful things heard
on such an occasion.
The evening was a great credit to
the ladies who were in charge and
especially to Mrs. J. D. Allen, president of the Guild, who threw hex
home open for the occasion and upon whom fell the principal part of the
arrangements. The evening is an in-
de* of uplift in the city.
Since the withdrawal of our townsman, D. E. Alward, from the Congressional race the Sentinel has closely studied the trend of sentiment amongthe
individual republican voters in this part of- the cdngressional district and'
finds that in a very lar*ge majority the republicans .of Clare and north Isa*
befta counties favor the candidacy Of Francis H. Dodds of Mt. Pleasant.
This tendency is based on merit as determined by the sum, total of the facts-
in the ease. Mrs Dodds is today first choice because of what he' is and=
what he stands for.
Frank Dodds, as he is-known by his closest friends, wears well. He has
fought his way up the ranks by hard work. They who best know him most
respect bim as a man of sterling manhood, A teacher at Farwell in the
early days when the country was new, he is Btill kindly remembered for his
real worth. The neighboring township of Vernon having a case in a United'
States court brought against the township chose Mr. Dodds out of the many
attorneys available in this locality to safeguard the people's interests-
Never a chronic office holder, his name has for a number of years been be
ore the district as the logical successor of Congressman Darragh, and it Is-
the gradual recognition of his ability that now is insistent for his leadership-
of Eleventh district republicanism., Still in the prime of manhood and possessed of an analytical, logical mind he is well equipped for congressional
duties, and having touched elbows with life as it is has developed from the
pioneer conditions of earlier days, he is truly representative of the Shoestring district. , '
In governmental policies Mr. Dodds warmly endorses progressive repub-'
Iicanism such as Taft typifies,—the logical working out of what Roosevelt
has so well" "rough hewn." He is a man of the people, and general endorsement of his candidacy is prophetic of a big majority in his favor everywhere in this locality.
A Sentinel i .DM It
Take that strawberry ad. of -mine
out of the Sentinel. That twolraqr
last week sold me all out almost too
quick. Guess I'll have to put. in another now to keep tnem from pester*
inglme afterl'm all sold oat.
E/"WV Allen,
- Only ^©iir Gents a Diy, •;
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Farmers, your wheat and other
grains should be covered by a Shawnee Fire Insurance Policy,? Shlnfc of
it! ~ Four cents a day pays for a ,81000
policy six months. Grain ntay be
written at »tJi.ii VAtDB, See'Welch.
& Benpett, agents, Do it today.  S2t|-
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Wonderful Bargains in JVTillmery at
Mrs. J. E. Ladds. Everything niust
be sold by the last of July. Gall and
buy your Fourth -of July *Hat.
"Something for everybody.   .   .    .    .
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