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An Eventful Week for the Grad
uates and Students of the
Southern Minnesota Normal
College—Full Programs.
This is Commencement wee^ at tt
S. M. .Normal College. The outline of
program is as follows:
SuDday evening, May 26, baccalureate
sermon at the Presbyterian cburch by
liev Hobt. Brown
Monday evening, May 27, Graduating
recital by Grace Murphy, assisted by ,as follows:
Serine N. Sorflaten, reader, at college
college chapel.
Wednesday evening, May 29,
Friday, May 31, all day, class reunion
and picnic &t Lafayette park.
The program for the recital Monday
evening was as follows:
Piano Solo, Polonaise Chopin
Reading, The Musician
Piano Solo, Elegie inC Minor.. .Norris
Menuetto in Minor Shubert
Descriptive Analysis of Kamenoi
Ostrow.
Piauo Solo, Kamenoi Ostrow
County.
S. M. N. COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT
Kubenstein
Musical Reading, The Solo of the Vio
lin, M. Merrill—Music by A. J.
Goodrich.
Piano Solo, Grand Polka de Concert.
Bartlett
The program for'the graduating ex
ercises tomorrow evening is as follows:
March Orchestra
Invocation Rev. F. E. Knopf
Salutatory Robert M. Stangler
Selection Orchestra
Annual Address. Att'y J. IS. Nicholsen
Selection Orchestra
Valedictory Margaret S. Ebert
Presentation of Diplomas
Pres. O. C. Heilman
Benediction Rev. F. E. Knopf
Last evening the Star Literary Soci
ety gave the following class day pro
gram:
Invocation Prof O. C. Heilman
MuBic,
Selected College Orchestra
Class Poem Everett Church
Music Violin Quartette
Reading Alta B, Heller
Vocal Solo Elizabeth Smith
Music Chas. Reed
Class History Robert Lhotka
Reading Hjalmar Ekberg
Vocal Solo Prof. M. J. Sorflaten
Class Prophecy Ludvig Hilmo
Play Wanted, a Correspondent
CHARACTERS.
Queergrain, Mathias Dirkes Mrs.
Queergrain, Tillie Boecb Puss Pearly,
Corma Kendall Jack Spigot, Everett
Church Addie Wild, Sophia Rezab
Geo. Wild, Robert Stangler Box, John
Hembd Dinah, Marie Bisbee.
Music College Orchestra
The Presbyterian church was well
filled Sunday evening to listen to the
baccalaureate sermon by Rev. Robt.
Brown. Subject: "The Seeing Eye."
Text numbers 24:3 and 15. Balak,
King of Moab, panic stricken in the
presence of Israel, turns to Balaam,
the seer who with vision sharpened
of God prophesied Balak's overthrow.
The subtile quality of seeing is the
mark of all real leaders. It condi
tions success and measures it.
I. Life is a matter of seeing., (a)
Regarding What is to be done, (b)
our own resources, (c) our opportun
ities. (d) new ways of doing things,
(e) the bright side of thing. (f)
the lofty and noble, (g) the dang
ers along the way, sinking below our
best, rusting in easy achievement, in
dolence, vanity and selfishness and
the host of evil things that impede
the human soul.
II. "WILL" is the chief executive
of life. No mastery without resolu
tion.
III. Time is not only money but
knowledge, achievement, life itself.
"Plan life large, plan it true, plan it
with Life's Master as Guide.
There are in the present graduat
ing class 67 from the departments
other than the engineering course
and 60 licensed in this course. The
class motto is: "Success our Goal
Duty our Guide." Class colors Blue
W^om^ot
chapel. Lhotka.
Tuesday evening, May 28, Class Day Advanced Commercial—E a
program by Star Literary Society at
pres. John Hembd vice pres. Robert
R. Lhotka sec. Marie N. Bisbee
cor. sec. Mathias Dirkes treas. Ed
ward F. Edel class historian, Robert
Lhotka class prophet, Ludvig Hil
mo class poet, Everett Church.
The complete list of graduates is
F-
Alumni
banquet at the Lutheran church served
by the Lutheran Ladies Aid.
Thursday evening, May 30, Graduat
ing exercises by the class of 1912, at the
college chapel.
Charles Wesley Emerson
H*rjpma?L-
Commercial Scientific—R be
Edel, Ludvig Hilmo.
High School—Glen Halver, Edwin
H. Nash, Margaret S. Ebert.
Music—Grace R. Murphy.
Teachers—Margaret C. Dumphy,
Laura Holt, Eva Buckler, Carrie A.
Tiegen, Ole K. Benson, John A.
Hembd.
Commercial—Josephine Jordahl,
Harry C. Hart, Albert W. Deters,
Lura Deal, Carl H. Norman, Lee T.
Nutty, Peter L. Schwartz, Peter
Forthum, Esther C. Alex, Marie Bis
bee, Oscar Larson, Herman, Hatle
stad, Paul Judson Gillam, Paul R.
Hanson, Charles T. Hinckley, Wal
fred Swanson, Peter Kovarik, Estel
la Murphy, George C. Gullickson,
John Weiland, Herbert E. Deters,
Everett B. Church, O. A. Akerlund,
Nellie Nelson, Martin O. Myhre, M.
F. Barrett. Gilbert H. Holter, Robt.
M. Stangler, Earl W. Cashman, Har
ry Kubesh, Ben Feda, Yearle Mc
Kean, Mathias Dirkes, Will H. Hoeft,
Violet Zeitler.
Stenographers.—Josephine Jor-
Hill, Peter Forthum, Clarence Gron
na. Lura Deal, Oscar J. Larson, Vio-
Chief's License—Ulrich Mackey.
First Class License—Harry T.
Maxson, S. Bendickson, John For
seth, E. W. Peterson, Arndt Rosvold.
Second Class License.—Spencer R.
Witham, George Albright, Harry T.
Maxson, J. N. Schlagel, Oscar Glosi
modt, Carl Oleson, John Forseth, T.
W. Kahlman, Carl Helgeson, J. J.
Malloy, Thomas V. Gainey, Arvin
Westlund, Selmer Bendickson, G. H.
Holter, Arden Hughes, H. M. Sharp,
A. M. Payne, Jackson Frame, Ralph
E. Gordon.
dahl, Everett Church, Nettiebelle Evening—
Robinson, Herman Hatlestad, Estel- Concert by the Artists Companv
la Murphy, Marie Bisbee, Arthur
Special License.—Oscar Glosimodt,
John Collins, Thos. M. Nelson, Fred
H. Rolandt, Ralph E. Gordon, Hen
ry Abraham, Andrew Hovde, J. T.
Reinhold, H. A. Hughes, Sever Al
seike, Earl Rolfson, Ralph Torney,
E. H. Marpe, Roy Bewick, C. A.
Sauck, H. J. LeVesconte, F. .C. Marpe,
Enes Sahl, A. W. Marpe, W. H. Kuhl
man, Lawrence, Dugal, Sidney Wit
ter, C. H. Murphy, J. R. Selleck, A.
E. Christgau, Albert Rafn, H. W.
Proeschal, J. H. Boen, Archie Morrill,
W. G. Hanson, Jackson Frame, Lloyd
Stimson, Tim Harrington, C. A. Ram
say, John T. Tonn.
UNIVERSITY WEEK IS PLANNED.
Grand Meadow and Vicinity Backs
Interesting Program of Events.
The date for University Week in
Grand Meadow Village is fixed for
the week, June 10 to 15, and an ex
cellent program has been prepared.
The program is to be opened by the
University Glee Club Monday even
ing Tuesday evening there will be
a lecture on the Gyroscope and Liquid
Air Wednesday evening illustrated
liecture by Prof. Rankin on "How
Minnesota educates her people
Thursday evening a notable lecture
by Dr. Vincent, President of the Uni
versity Friday evening a lecture on
"Art in Common Things and Sat
urday evening the University Dra
matic Club will give "The Merchant
of Venice."
During the day peripds of all the
week, experts from the University
will have charge of a. series of in
structive, interesting and valuable
programs. A feature of the week
will be the Boys' Camp which will ac
comodate a large number of boys
from all over Mower County. .These
boys will be under rigid supervision
but will, have, the free privilege of the
days instruction and also special
work along agricultural lines.
Austin, /Vlower County, Minnesota, Wednesday, May 29 1912.
CHAUTAUQUA
Complete Program for the Big
Musical and Literary
Event
he Finest Program Ever Offered to
Our People-«A Big Event for Each.
Day--WiTI Open July 5 and Close
July 12
Below Will be found the com-i
plete programme for our Chau
tauqua wQidch will be held in our
beautiful Lafayette park, opening
July 6 iand closing July 12. We
think that everyone who has at
tended the Chautauqua of the past
will say that this is the strongest
and best programme ever given
here
J. R. Ellison, Superintendent.
Edmund J. Yert, Morning Hour
lecturer.
PROGRAMS BEGIN PROMPTLY
Childrens' Play Hour, 9,*00 a, m.
Afternoon Music,
2:30
Evening Music,
7:30.
Morning Lecture, 10:00.
Afternoon Lecture, 3:00.
Evening Lecture, 8 15.
SATURDAY
Afternoon
Opening Exercises and Import
ant Announcements.
Music by Mauser Sisters Orches-
Popular Lecture "Prom Trapeze
to Pulpit," Chas. H. Fitjs William.
Evening-
Concert by Maurer Sisters Or
chestra.
Feats of Juggling and Manipu
lations, Rosani.
SUNDAY
Afternoon
Music by Music Makers Quar
tet.
Address "American Ideals," Mrs.
A. C. Zehner.
Vesper Services 4 30 p.m.
Evening— .•
Concert by Music Makers Quar
tet.
Address "The Bishop of D—
Senator Wim. S. Kenyon
MONDAY
"Play Hour for the Children,"
Morning Lecture—"Woman and
the Ballot."
Afternoon-
Music by the Artists Company.
Heroic Travelogue "Conquest of
the Artie," Dr. Lincoln L.Wirt.
Lecture "A Chapter in the His
Dr. Frank W.
toiT
let S. Zeitler, Ludvig Hilmo, Arthur Gunsaulus.
C. Thompson, Carl Dugstad, Herbert!
Deters, Nellie Nelson, Esther Alex.'
ENGINEER'S COURSE.
License Issued.
Liberty,"
of
TTTP^AV
"Play Hour" for the Children.
Morning Lecture—"Capital ahd
Labor,"
Afternoon-
Music by Balalaika Orchestra.
Popular Lecture "Footprints of
the Centuries," Col. George A.
Gearhart.
Evening-
Concert by Balalaika Orchestra.
Address "Problems of American
Citizenship," Senator Jos. L. Bris
tow.
WEDNESDAY
"Play Hour" for the Children.
Morning Lecture—"When the
Sword is Sheathed."
Afternoon—
Thaviu's International Band, in
Grand Musical Festival.
Evening—
Thaviu's International Band
Part I.—Popular Band Concert,^
Part Il.-rSketches from Granq
Opera, "D Trovatore," bj?
Grand Opera Sextette ac,
companied by entire banf
THURSDAY
"Play Hour" for the Children,
Morning Lecture— "Unfinished
Men."
Afternoon—
Music by Boston Lyrics.
Address "The Fountain of Perj
petual Youth," Bishop Wm. F. An*
derson.
Evening1—
Concert by .Boston Lyrics.
Splendid Entertainment: Picf
tures, Stories, by Cartoonist, Al'
ton Packard.
FRIDAY
"Play Hour" for the Children.
Morning Lecfture—"Finger Prin1j5
of the Ages."
Afternoon-
Music by College Girls.
Address "Community of Inte
est," Hon. ,Nelson S. Darling.
Evening—Joy Nigttt
Diversified Popular Prograft
Closing the Chautauqua io a Btajs
of Glory. The tisxfe of yoiur life*
I PARMER BEN'S
COLUMN
-A Chicago judge on Saturday lined a
reckless automobibe driver $1,000 for
rijunin' into and injurin' a 14 year-old
gisrl. The charge against him was as
sault with a dangerous weapon. That
.pfetty near hit the spot. As the judge
said, it is as much of a crime to kill a
person with an automobile by criminal
carelessness as it is to commit murder
by shootin' or stabbin'. This is anew
charge for the prosecution of speeders
bat it appears to hold good. The laws
of every state ought to be changed so
to make reckless auto drivin' a
criminal offense. It's a .pity and shame
that the nine careful and steady auto
owners and drivers out of every ten
b&v to suffer for the crimes of the
tenth scorcher but nothing else seems
to make impression. Farmer Ben caij
get along with reasonable drivers for
h£ givs 'em half the road and they giv
tQm the ,same. It's the hogs chat he
hates and despises. There's no reason
in 'em.
•.
I see congress is considerin* a law
that all civil service appointments in
Washington shall be made for live
years insted of for life or durin' good
behavior. That suits me to a dot. This
civil service is the biggest humbug ever
invented. It's just a shift to keep a
lot of employees in their jobs no matter
what changes come in administration
and no matter how slack they get in,
their work 1 believe in the good old
fashioned doctrine of passin' tbe offises
round about once in so often. If a man
knows when he takes a government job
that it ain't for life he will figger ac
cordingly. The civil service is the
rankest kind of injustice to the heads
of departments. The heads are held
responsible but they are powerless to
fire subordidates who are unharmoni
ous and unprogressiv* There ought to
?^(j.-a general shakeup every few years
and. then we'd get ambition and en
tfcusia6m and hustle add interest in the
public service and not so much rutti
ness.
The awful damage by floods on the
Mississippi river reachin' maybe $50,
000,000 loss calls up the same old prob
of how to remedy this. I can't yet be
lieve that human skill ain't equal to
the job of fixin' things so the Father of
Waters won't get on a drunk and reel
all over the adjacent country. It's
funny that in summer they hav too
little for boatin' and in spring freshets
too much. Ain't it simple to hold ujp
the surplus when too much and let it
out to keep tbe river full when it's too
shallow. My paper says that engineers
are sure if the rivers were straightened
out in their channels the flood waters
wouldn't dam back as they do. We
spend enuf money on the rivers to hav
something to show and we would hav
if it was engineered right. It looks like
instead of puttin' up high levees to
keep the water in when it's way above
the level of the other side of the levees
it would be reasonabler to dig out the
river and let the water down to a lower
level.
1 guess that a old sinner like Farmer
Ben ain't very fit to giv advjse to the
preachers.but he can see a thing or two
and he can tell how he feels over some
things. One thing I rise to remark is
that any preacher who tires out his
audience on a public occasion by eter
nally long winded prayers ain't onto
his job in my opinion. I can't see why
a audience should be exhausted while
the preacher starts at Adam and winds
up with the heathen tellin' the Lord a
hundred and fifty things that the Lord
knows all about already and ramblin'
round to cover the earth, the sky and
the oceans, the high and the low, every
conceivable object under the sun. It
looks iike that ain't the right idee ex
actly of prayin'. If I'm in trouble and
holler for help I make it short and to the
point. I leave out all preliminaries and
sublimineries. Praym' ought to make
you feel that you are in holy presence
and with unlimited help at hand and
make you feel appreciativ and grateful
and uplifted but prayers two miles
long don't stir up such feelings in
Farmer Ben.
Roosevelt took 34 of the 42 district
delegates in Ohio primary last week by
a plurality of around 25,000 over Taft
which shows pretty well which way the
popular mind runs. Tafc said before
the primary that the vote in Ohio will
be the decisive one and will settle the
question of the nomination. We are
willin'
to
take him at his word. In
every state
practically where a primary
pnsfereace vote has ben taken Taft bas
S3. V/ILLIATTS,
Complete Blaogas
Apparatus
ben left way in the re?r. There is no
dodgin' the fact that he is unpopular
with the people on account of the bad
advisers he has around him to whom
he listens insted of usin' his iadepen
dent judgment in the interests of the
common people. Nobody claims or
ever said that he was a bad bum. No
body thinks it. The trouble has ben
that he stood for the iniquitous robbery
of the trusts and corporations with too
leetle idee of the consumer's pocket
book. Now he gets down and out to
make way for a progressiv who stands
for the people's rights.
This same thought was applied to
victory over personal enemies by
fighting against all unrighteousness.
The veterans of the civil war were a
part under God in saving this nation
from disunion and anarchy. What
they desire most today is apprecia
tion of their services which will as
sure them that the fight for liberty
and justico to all and for the things
that make for stability and perman
ence. which they started fifty years
ago shall be continued by the next
generation with uninterrupted force
A spirit of reverence for the Old Flag,
for the Lord's Day, for the Lord's
House and for the Lord's Book will
be the most effective means of up
lifting and establishing our best in
terests.
Terms—$1.50 Per Annum, in Advance
NATURE'S ESSENCE.--Extracted Prom Forest Plants.
Nature's laws are perfect, but disease follows if these laws are not obeyed.
Go straight to nature for the cure, to the forest there are mysteries here that we
can fathom for you. Take the bark of the wild-cherry tree, the root of mandrake,
stonef Oregon grape root, queen's root, bloodroot and golden seal, jmake a scien
tific, non-alcoholic extract of them with just the right proportions and you have
Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
It took Dr. Pierce, with the assistance of two learned chemists, eight years o£
hard work experimenting to make this pure glyceric extract and alterative of the
greatest efficiency and without the use of a particle of alcohol.
FARMER BEN.
MEMORIAL SUNDAY SERVICES.
Mclntyre Post G. A. R. turned out
in good force Sunday afternoon to I
attend the special service held un
der their auspices at three o'clock at I
the Baptist church. They were at-1
tended by the Spanish-American war!
veterans, the Sons of Veterans and
Co. G., M. N. G., Capt. C. F. Cook in
command. Mclntyre W. R. Corps 1
and the Ladies of the G. A. R. at-1
tended as bodies. The church was|
beautifully and. elaborately decorated
in cut flowers, foliage plants and
flags and bunting by a committee of
the Relief Corps. The music was!
fine. The sermon was by Rev. C. D.!
Belden, from Exodus 17:15. Sub-'
ject: "Jehovah's Aid in Defeating
Amalek." The children of Israel had|
just started out in their wilderness
journey when they were attacked by
the Amalekites, a warlike, fierce
tribe. Joshua, the military comman
der, was bidden to choose out men
and fight them. On the mount, Mos
es interceded and Jehovah efficient
ly aided and Amalek was defeated
after a long day's alternating strug
gle. ilere we have the use of hu
man means, success in life's battle
depending on our being capable,
brave and enduring. But also we
have the Divine co-operation and as
sistance. On Memorial Sunday we
dwell appropriately more on the di
vine, leaving to Memorial Day great
er consideration of. the human agents
in achieving victory. Israel was a
new nation as yet only partially or
ganized and with its entire future to
be shaped, its land of promise yet to
be conquered, and its destiny to de
pend on human effort under God's
guidance. In the history of our own
nation, we may see the hand of God
efficiently aiding at every important
point. In reserving this western
continent until after the dark ages,
in settling from Europe rather than
from Asia, in the marvelous success
of the Revolutionary war against
very unfavorable conditions, in the
prolonging of the Civil War of '61
'65 until there was a united senti
ment in favor of the abolition of
slavery instead of further compro
mise with it, in raising up for us
leaders like Washington and Lincoln
an* Grant at the crises of our history
as well as in other ways, we discover
God's efficient aid in defeating the
enemies of our republic. Blessed in
deed is that nation whose God is the
Lord's.
Just the sort of remedy you need to make rich, red
blood, and cure that lassitude and feeling of nerve exhaustion.
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery bears the stamp of
PUBLIC APPROVAL and has sold more largely in the past forty
years than any other blood purifier and stomach tonic.
"Some time ago I got out of health—my stomach seemed to be tha
scat of the trouble," writes MR. EZRA WILLIAMS, of Belleville, Kanr.
"I commenced to doctor with all the doctors at home as well as v.-itli
other specialists on stomach and digestive organs. None seemed to do
any good—in fact, most of the medicines did me harm. Finally, I wrote
to Dr. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y-, who replied, stating that I had liver com
plaint with indigsstion and constipation, and advised Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets.'
"The 'Discovery' and 'Pellets,' have 'put me on my feet again'
seemed to
be just what I needed. 1 could not have recovered without them.
DP, Pierce's Plessent PelScts are for liver His.
35] is a Complete Success
The country home and the farm house can
now have city comforts. Blaugas is a great
deal better than city gas—gives a flood of glori
ous, brilliant but beautiful, soft, white light.
Positively non-poisonous. Ideal for cooking.
No trouble. No cleaning out. All the work
necessary is to replace the empty bottle with a
full one.
NORTHWESTERN BLAUGAS CO.
ST. PAUL MINN.
For Full Information and Booklets Apply to
SaOIEiT,
PENSIONS
CHANCED
information for the Old Soldiers
Future Expenditures.
The bill as it has become law provid
es for pensions according to the age of
the pensioner and his length of service
in the war as follows:
Length of
IService
Old
Rate.
New Aanual
Rate. Inc.
90 days $12.00 $13 00
6 months 12 00 13 50
1 year 12 00
1% years 12.00
2 years 12 00
2^4 years 12 00
3 years and over. 1?.00
90 days 12 00
6 mouths 12 00
1 year 12.00
1}{ years 12 00
2 years 12.00
2%
years 12.00
3 years and over. 1:!00
90 days 15.00
6 months 14.00
1 year 15.00
1% years 15.00
2 years 15.00
2%
years 15.00
3 years and over. 15 00
90 days 20.00
6 months 20.00
1 year 20 00
1 y2 years 2000
2 years 2000
2,%
years 20 00
$12
18
24
30
36
42
48
14 00
14.50
15.00
15 50
lr.oo
15.01)
15 51
16.00
1(5 50
17.00
18 00
19.00
18.00
19.00
20.00
21.50
23.00
24 00
25.00
21.00
22 50
24.00
27.00
8000
30.00
30 00
42
48
54
60
72
84
36
48
60
96
108
120
12
30
48
84
120
120
120
3 years and over. 2000
The total expenditure for pensions
last year was one hundred and fifty
seven millions. Under the Sherwood
bill the amount would have been rais
ed above two hundred millions. The
number of deaths of pensioners annual
ly is from 40,000 to 50,000, but the small
est number of new claims allowed in
any year since 1880 has been 25,000_
The number of invalid pensioners on
the rolls in 1911 was 570,050, a decline
of nearly 30,000 in the year, but the
number of widows' and orphans' pen»
sions was 332,000, an increase of 4000 in
the year. Ohio has the greatest num
ber of pensioners on the rolls, 86,000
Pennsylvania is next with 85,000. New
York has 75,000, Illinois 61,000, Indiana,
54,000, Missouri 44,000, Massachusetts
and Michigan 37.000.
Under the operation of the new pen
sion bill the pension roll is expected
next year to reach a higher figure than
has ever been touched before—the high
mark was $161,000,000 in 1909—and the
amount will increase in succeeding
years.—Syracuse Post-Standard.
Annual Cemetery Meeting.
The annual meeting of the Eose
Greek Cemetery Association will be
held at the grounds north of Enterprise
school house on Monday, June 3,1912,
at two o'clock p. m. for the election of
two trustees and the transaction of
such other business as may be legally
considered, bpecial business. A fall
attendanoe is desired. $
F. fl. PIKE, Secretary
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