Braham High School - Echo Yearbook (Braham, MN)

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ii-ifvzaiui 1'A1avi.siIwilininiuihiuiwililoiiai-ec-snihiui 1 at 0111 uiuiu :uint if 1 3 -2-1 :ca-'11'11-iwi-vi--:wilvi.-31-101w1u1--3-ucusw1-.1- :ui-ni ni I1 civil strife, and had a great deal to do with making that country from what it was then to what it is now. In foreign countries the writings of Lincoln are greatly in demand. ln popularly governed countries, the great statesman is almost of necessity as an oratcr. There have been famous orators whose speeches we have read for the beauty of their language or wealth of ideas they contain, with comparatively little regard to the circumstance of time and place that led to their being delivered. Lincoln is not of these. His speeches need to be studied in close relation to the occasions which called them forth. They are not noted for their philosophic value or brilliant displays of rhetoric. They are a part of his life. Few great characters stand out so clearly revealed by their words, whether spoken or written, as he does. There is no superfluous ornament in his orations, but each is very plain and striking. For the most part, he addresses the reason of his liearers, and credits them with desiring to have none but solid arguments laid before them. When he does appeal to emotion, he does it quietly. perhaps even solemnly. The impressiveness of the appeal comes not from fervid vehemence of language, but from the sincerity of his own convic- tions. Lincoln speaks his own belief upon the subject, and his speeches are always given with the steady heat of an intense and strenuous soul. The impression which most of his speeches leaves on the reader is that their matter has been carefully thought over when the words have not been memorized. The famous Gettysburg speech is the best example one could desire of the characteristic quality of Lincoln's eloquence. It is short and is wonderfully terse in expression. It is quiet, so quiet that at the moment it did not make an impression upon the audience, an audience wrought rp by a long and highly decorated speech from one of the prominent orators of the day. The career of Lincoln is often held up to ambitious young Americans as an example to show what a man may achieve by his native strength, with no advantage of birth or environment or education. He triumphed over the adverse cfnditions of his early years because nature had be- stowed upon him high and rare powers. What is a great man? Common speech, which, after all, must be our guide to the sense of the terms which the world uses. has given this name to many sorts of men. How far greatness lies in the power and range of the intellect, how far in the strength of the will, how far in elevation of view, aim and purpose, -this is a question too large to be debated here. But of Abraham Lincoln it may be truly said that in his greatness all three elements were present. He had not the brilliance, either in thought or word or act, that dazzles, nor the restless activity that occasionally pushes to the front even persons with gifts not of the first order. He was a patient, thoughtful, melancholy man, whose intelli- gence, Working sometimes slowly but always steadily and surely was capacious enough to embrace, and vigorous enough to master, the incomparably difficult facts and problems he was called upon to deal with. His executive talent showed itself in the calm serenity with which

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isiniloioioiniui iuiuiui loin? ini Quark 1 iris-11:1 ici 1:1 one pays much attention to them.. In spite of this fact that greenness is continued until toward the end of the season when it decreases until finally the Freshmen are no more. - The Sophomores would correspond to the roots. Although they do not make up the whole plant, they are by far the most essential part. They are the real workers. They start their work as soon -as possible each season and continue until the season is over. They are the ones upon which the success of the plant depends to a very large extent. They do their work even under very- poor conditions, but when -the teachers for some reason do not do their part, the Sophomores cannot do theirs, and as a result, the bush makes very little progress. They' receive a shamefully small amount of attention. The teachers seem to think that it is only a matter of course that they should work as they do. The Juniors correspond to the stem and branches. Much of what is true of the Sophomores is also true of the Juniors. They are also very important. They have risen to a higher level than the Sophomores and are given more attention. A The Seniors correspond to the fiowers. In the beginning of the season they are scarcely noticed but still they hold their heads up in a very proud manner. As they develop they assume a still prouder aspect and they are changed to a very marked degree. They are -merely orna- mental as they have nothing to do with the welfare of the plant. Seniors receive far more attention than they deserve. They leave the school when the season is over. ' ' The teachers correspond to the leaves. As the leaves control the temperature of the plant, the teachers control the work of the students. As the chlorophyl in the leaf changes the elements of the air and soil into compounds which can be used by the root and shoot, the teachers brain simplifies the knowledge in the text books sothat the students can under- stand it. ' . T -Clarence Mickelson. ' ABRAHAM LINCOLN , No man since Washington has become to Americans so familiar or so beloved a figure as Abraham Lincoln. He is to them the representa- tive and typical American, the man who best embodies the political ideals of the nation. He is typical in the fact that he sprang from the masses of the people, that he remained through his Whole career a man of the people, that his chief desire was to be in accord with the belief and wishes of the people, and that he never failed to trust in them and to rely on their support. - ' U He belongs, however, not only 'to the United States, but to the 'whole of civilized mankind. He is now grown to be a conspicious figure, not only in the United States, but in the whole civilized world. He guided the nation which is now the world's foremost power, through a period of

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ivvioioioi 111111111-11-31:11 in 1o1n1o1o11 11 11 1oio1u11v1n1o11 ia he formed his judgment and laid his plans, in the undismayed firmness with which he adhered to them in the face of popular clamor, of conflict- ing counsels from his advisors, sometimes of what others deemed all but hopeless failure. However, the mainspring of his powers, the truest evidence of his greatness, lay in the nobility of his aims, in the ferver of his conviction, in the stainless cause which guided his action and won for him the confidence of the people. Without these things his great character would never have been revealed. There is a vulgar saying that all great men are unscrupulous. Lincoln's is one of the careers that refute this imputation on human nature. -Leonard Stroud THE CLASS OF 1925 Where and Who They will be In half a Century After my discoveiy of a method by which I am able to separate the electrons of an atom and utilize the vast amount of energy thus set. f1'ee, I devised a machine with which I could tunnel my way to the center of the earth. This machine will travel about three thousand miles a second underground and uses less than 2-3 of an atom of hydrogen to travel a mile, On arriving at the earth's core, I found it to be very different from all theories that had been given by various scientists. The core of the earth is a hollow sphere about six miles in diameter and is separated from the earth by a large set of ball bearings about which, because of the laws of inertia, the earth revolves. In the center of the room, is a large permanent magnet, held in space by its own power and the source of gravity, this magnet has no effect on those objects within the sphere itself. Just below this magnet on a hugh pedestal of bronze is a peculiar looking telescope, with many adjusting screws and levers on it. On a large table standing besides this queer instrunient are the directions for its use, and for what it can be used. If the proper adjustments are made, one can see by looking through the lenses any object in the universe, that is on the face of this earth or any other earth or planet, and every- thing that takes place in the space about all heavenly bodies. After reading the directions I immediately thought of my classmates whom I had not seen since I left for Abyssinia, fa place of quiet where I could concentrate on my study of sciencei some fifty years ago. The first to come to my mind was my old pal and fellow worker, Leslie Schwarten. After the proper adjustment had been made, I looked and behold! there I saw him dressed in the garb of a laboratory worker. Lying before him were three sets of human teeth which he was carefully examining with a microscope, forceps and tongs. On further adjustment I was able to read his past and found that as yet Les had done nothing but study, hoping to become some day, the most practical, efiicient and pain- less dentist in the world. After going through all the schools of dentistry, in America, Germany and Japan, he had gone to Moscow Know the center of learning regarding the science of human teethl where he expects to finish his education by making a thorough study of the structure, development, and reconstruction of the Russian Slovak tooth, which has become as complex as the government of that country. After receiving his degree, he will go to Southern Chile to begin practise. The next man of fame to appear in the tell-tale instruments, after considerable adjusting, was my beloved brother, Herbert Skjod. He was standing before an old- time stock ticker. His hair twhat there was left of itj was white and still standing on end. His Coleridge-like face had become hardened and wrinkled and bore a look of 31:21-11111 :wining in 3011viuv1oniv:11inia11si1v1u11v1 in 1 ii iviuiu in 1112