Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-08-24

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an essay oniited The Students pisrab, portray
inF the glorious prospect, with nnOtuatinp liph
ana shade which spreads out before tho prophcii,
eye Of The student as did the land Of Canaan before
could not 70 In 20 etj ~, the Promised Land ioi
which they bad toilod for forty years. It was q
good essay. well written and delivered.
Miss Nellie A. Gordon, Of Sparta, Ill., next
read an easay entitled "Our Daily Paths" Beauty
dWells in all hearts, and 10 every object hioh
appear in ou' daily paths, We may see something
which will give us instruction.
"Beauty aud Common Life" BY Miss Frances
M. Hazen, Of Glendale, was worthy the att ntion
Of All, notwithstanding the of told tale Of the
beautiful which appears all around US and which
has mission for every one Beauty and utility
are blended In all natures works and we rarely
hnd one without the other Aud what harm II
in returning from oounting-room or Workshop we
cast an eye up 70 the glorious heavens or the
brilliant forests Of autumn Love the beautiful as
a shield against losing manhood in sordid cares,
and as all our ideas Of Heaven are connected with
beauty, so II we would love the Heavenly, we
must love the beautiful. Her idea was good one
Miss Alicia w. Higgins, Of East Cleveland, fol-
lowed with a tribute to Silent Influence" which
unobtrusivo comes home to the heart aud does
its work more efectually for good, than that which
Is seen and heard By the multitude. The power
Of silent example can never bo fully estimated.
| The essay was good, but the readers voice was
hardly loud enough.
Miss frankie E. Hoes, Of Mt. Vernon, Iowa,
rohearsed in poetic measure The history Of Joseph,
the rythm being after the manner Of SCOTS Lady
/ Of the Lake. The sentiments Of the piece were
very happy and the vcrsi6eauon showed the pon
| Of q ready writer.
! After music, Miss Helen NJ. Hotchkss. ofwbite.
| ford, Mich, read an essay entitled "The Author
greater than his Work. saying truly that Ian
guage is an imperfect exponent Of thought, and
that however conCisely or powerfully q sentiment
is expressed, we can but think that the words
poorly represent the internal truth. We claim for
all, soul equally precious and while the outward
life may be vastly different, who shall condemn
any brother mortal because the purpose of his
heart be not Faithfully and efIectuAlly exomphfed
to the world.
"The Key Note" was the subject Of an essay bv
Miss Emma II. Morse, Of Troy, Mich in which
she held aud illustrated the faot that every soul
in the universe has a responsive key note and
dsoords show but the unskillfuluess the PLAYER.
By appealing always to the divine aud never 70
the base in other hearts we shall always keen our
own hearts in perfect tune and wake responsive
echoe in those around We could not but conclude |
that the fair reader might withfall success, strike
boldly upon the chords Of those with whom she |
comes in contact
Miss Jane J. Munger, ofPenn Yam, n Y in an |
essay upon "The True Christian, singular" rave |
few simple hints for discovering among ali tbe |
dwelers on the earth the true Christian whose |
heart is full OF thaukfuness aud love to God and |
their fellow man, and she looked forward hopehi- /
ly to the time when the true christian ehould he |
no more singular. Such sentiments so happily |
expressed could come from no one who knew not /
herself the innate christian life.
Miss Mary s. Rice, OF Columbus read a serio- |
humorous essay upon Lights" in which she de-
scribed the different people who composed the |
lights about us. There are those who shine clear |
aud full like the sun, or like the moon with bor-
rowed light Those who like the stars do not |
show as much light as the sun, Tut what they do |
have is genuine. There are those too, who, like |
the farmers cheerful kitchen wood Ere, keep their /
lights for home alone but there dispense it liberal
W. and there are those who, like the coal fire are
more fashionable, but not half as comfortable;
those who, like the candle in an old fashioned Lam
tern. gHmmers through the holes until the door ia
opened when a blaze Of light shines forth; and
again those who, like the igRus fatlS lead us only
10 destruction She closed with the earnest bone
that each one present would let their light "shine
more and more unto the perfect dav,n The hearty
applause which followed the essay was well meri.
ted.
Miss Agnis F. Smith of Andover, Mass, lit
tie golden haired girl, read a laughahle account of
washing Day in the Ark" which throughout
showed great ingenuity and keen sense Of the
ridiculous aud kept the audience in a continual
laugh. Her picture Of the confusion and dstur-
bance upon the first Monday morning in the ark
when Ham drew the water (and blunderingly
tipped the tub ovCr too,) and the other boys,
Shem and Japhet rugged clothesliue upuu the top
OF the big boat while poor old Noah was con-
demned TO the pounding barrel" and to a "pioked
up dinner" afterwards, was comical enough
Miss Hattie G. SpoOner, of Tfin City, read a
lively and entertaining essay entitled "Only -Four
Minutes" in which she stated that after having
been in this Institution o all others the most rad
icaD for four years, during which time the sun had
risen and set with accustomed regularity, they
were compelled to stand up before the vast au |
dience aud express their opinion on matters and
things in general aud science in particular in past
present, aud future time, and for this exposition
of their ideas and philosophical conclusions they
were allowed only four minutes time Miss
SpOoners four minutes were well and satisfaotO-
rly filed certainly, and she was heartily applaud
ed when she closed.
Miss jamie NJ. Spooner, of Tinln City, followed
with an essay on " Natural Development" In
which she inveighed justly against tae system
which prevails in some Institutions which seems
70 be founded upou the belief that all the natural
Instincts Of child must be rooted out, and an un-
healthy desire for books alone substituted, and she
loped for the time when the tendency Of such edu =
'atonal establishments should develop, not eradi.
at those natural impulses which induce the child
# younger or older age, to laugh heartily and
oud, and TO exercise freely in Gods pure atmos-
here. We presume Oberin received bit in this
ssay but at any rate the people were with her IL
he applause which followed, be any evidence.
" The Teachers Sohloquy," by Miss Ursula
Wales, Of Franklin, Wis, gave some usefu aud
ractcal hints TO teachers, as to the way 20 win
be hearts of scholars and make school attractive
instead of the place where IL is wicked to smile or
o move a muscle ,
Miss l.. Aureia Waters, read an essay In blank
erse entitled 4" One hour without prayer, y depic.
ing in imag nation an hour in which no one, ia all
he world, should lift supphcaton TO the Father
all.
The last essay was read by Miss Calista Warren,
Oberlin, and was entitled " Aud every one had
IuF faces" She said that every one has his own !
atural face and one more beside for various oc-
aslOns. The young madcap at school has one
ICE for the teacher and another for the sci olars-
ur grand-mOthers will tell us that girls of the
ineeenth century are not reliable" because they
III utter the most eXtravagant prOteslations OF
lection when their hearts utter anything but a
ue echo to their assertion
But The men are not exempt from this two faced
oicy. The lawyer aud the politician are as two -
ICED as any woman. The more men minge In the
old the more faces will they present. until they
ave az many aspects as they have acquaintance.
This essay was an admirable one, and IFS effect 4,
'as greatly heightened by the peculiarly attractive ~
rm, feature aud tone OF the fair reader
A splendid piece Of music followed the essays,
tier which, diplomas were presented to tue gradua
ng class. \
Prof Morgan, in delivering the diplomas, re.
larked that he trusted the time the graduates had
pent Ia the College had been so spent that il -
Duld be In after lime called up both by themselves
nd those connected with the school, with gratitude
I'D satisfaction lie hoped that they would 20
nth TO act the part OF Christian women in meek
ess and in m0desty, so as 10 show that they cared
ore for God than for the praises OF human beings
he College would ever desire 10 bear that they
ere doing honor, rot merely 10 the Institution,
ut TO themselves aud their God A
With few kind and touching words he bid
fH.IN Al 10 =