The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-06-26
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.

| The Commencement Exercises of the
High School, on Friday evening of last week,
were in every respect a brilliant success.
The spacious High School Hall was crowded
to overfowing at an early hour. The COM
modious stage was occupied by his Excellen-
cy Governor Hayes, Hon. Homer Everett,
Mayor Bell, the Clergy of theeity, members
| Of the Board of Education, representatives
of the Press and other citizens. The Hall
and stage were beautifully and tastefully
decorated with eagravings and wreaths Of
flowers and forest leaves. A large arch Of
osk leaves beautifully festooned. and minor
arches en- each side of it spanned the front
of the stage. Over these arches were in
scribed the notices ''Onward and Upward, +"
"Friendship and Progress" together with
one in Latin, "Q,d Sese adjuvent adjuuat
Deus,' (God helps those who help them
elves) The front of the stage was carpe.ed
With an ornamental border of moss strewed
with sea shells and vases Of flowers. The
decorations of the room spoke well for the
taste of those who had it in charge.
Shortly after so'clock the class, consisting
of five ladies and two gentlemen, with the
High school assistant Teacher, Miss E. L.
Otis, entered and took positions in the center
of the stage.
The following programme was then fol-
lowed:
Music.-Instrumenta Trio, Estelle 8.
Rawson and Jessie E. McOulloch assisted
by Miss Beach.
Prayer by Rev. o. q. Young.
Misunderstanding Song by the class.
Salutatory-Four Years Cruise in the
Good Ship Graduate. Jessie E. McCulloch.
Essay-The Beautiful. Elsie L. Fenni-
more.
Music-Instrumental Duet, Misses McCul-
loch and Rawson.
Esssy-Twilight Musings Libbie Van.
dercook. no
Oration-Modern Science, Geo. @. stahl
Music-Vocal Duett Two Merry Girls
Sadie s. Barber and Jessie E. McCulloch.
Essay-Washing day in the Ark, Sadie s.
Barber.
Oration-Decisive Battles, Louis J.. Dorr.
Music-Vocal Trio, Louis ]. Dorr, and
Misses Barber and McOulloch.
VsledictOry-Historic Nights, Estelle s.
Rawson.
Presentation Of Diplomas-Superintendent.
Music-Farewell Song by the class.
BenedictiOn by Rev. Long.
The music under the supervision of Miss
Beach was in every respect creditahle.i The
Vocal Duett, Two Merry Girls that would
not live single" was sweetly and beauti-
fully sung by Misses Barber aud McC Culloch.
The essays and orations were more than
ordinarily excellent and would not reflect
dishonOr upon our best institutions of learn
ing. -- 6,54e ,is
"Four Years. Cruise in the Good Ship
Graduate BY Jessie E. McOulloch, consist
ing Of an interesting resume of the High
School Course of Study, Scientific, Mathe-
matical and Classical, with voyage incidents,
and closing with Salutatory, was a very
happy introduction to the exercises of the
evening, and showed satisfactorily that the
Four Years Cruise had not been in vain.
''The Beautiful by Elsie L. Fennimore
wss very. creditable production |
Twilight Musings by Libbie Vandercook |
contained many fine thoughts beautifully
expressed aud exhibited more than ordinary |
powers of composition.
"Modern Science" by Geo. O. Stahl was
very well delivered and exhibited consider |
able thought and research. e, i
"Washing Day in the Ark by Sadie s |
Barber was unique and somewhat bumor-
Gus description of our modern Washing
Day as contrasted with the same interesting
occasion in the mansion of NOAH.
decisive Battles by Louis Dorr al |
though not well enough mem orized to enable |
the orator to do himself Justice showed him |
10 be very pleasant and clever speaker.
The post of honor, that of Valedictorian, |
assigned to Estelle s. Rawson by virtue of |
Scholarship was most ably and triumphantly |
filed to the unbounded satisfaction and |
admiration of the audience. This Essay, |
'Historic Nights" contaiued beautiful |
description of some of the nights rendered |
memorable 10 history, including the Pas
sover night, the nights signaliged by the
Capture of Babylon, the destruction Of the
hosts of Sennacherib, the birth of Christ,
the Garden of Gethsemane, the crossing of
the Deieware by Washington, the battle of
Lundy's Lane, the bonbardment Of Sumter,
and the assassination of Lincoln, and closed
with reference to the occasion and a well,
written and read Valedictory to teachers
classmates and school. This essayist pos
sesses talents as a writer deserving of
cultivation. Il t
A shower Of boquets from the audience
greeted each graduate.
The Diplomas. beautifully executed on
parchment by Prof Warren of Oberlin, were
then presented to the class by the Superin-
dent, with brief remarks.
This part of the programme being closed
Mr.. Everett after complimenting the exer-
!, ses and the schools introduced Governor
Hayes. -..-aa
The Governor made some very happy
references TO the exercises of the evening
and closed amid the cheers Of this audience
BY expressing the wish that s'The Good
Ship Graduate might make many additional
Cruises and ever he as well manned and as
woman-n ned"
Aftera Farewell Song by the class the
audience was dismissed with Benediction
~ the Rev. Lang all present feeling that the
occasion had been one of brilliant triumph
or our schools.
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