The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-16
CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
EiXty-irst Semi-annUal Com
mencement at the Academy
of Music,
The Graduates and their Addresses
--The Marks of Merit and
the Incidentals.

and brill ont audience were in attendance, ana
the assemblage in Itself was sufficient demon
s,ration oi the interest felt by the public in the
Oeutral High School. At 10 o'clock the
graduates, headed by Mr.. Daniel Steinmetz,
Presi0ent OF the Board OF School Coutrol,
came upon the stage. The faculty OF the High
Soneol and the Board OF School Control fol-
lowed the graduates, aud all were greeted upon
their entrance with u grand flourish of music,
together with the usual demonstration of an
audience anticipating pleasing entertainment.
The orchestra opened the exercises byan over
,uae, after which the annexed Order of Exercises
was carried out:-
Gruks aus der Fsrne- q. Michseis.
PRAYER. Rev Herman j Duhring
(Of the Glass of February, 1882
NFrnenlingser wachen-E. Bacn.
Maste, 's Add ress.......J, hn Ii. Campbell. A. NJ.
lOf the GLASS OF February. s8i0
Overture. ZaueJLa-Anber.
Progress of Printing tFhlrd aonorl II ,,oo.o
On"iie'n"en' V''' Richard g. L,ppIncott
Friedensfeier Polka-G. Michaells.
Imagination Conducive to Science,
Public Opinion. Walter NJ. Anderson
TeIzetto and Finale, Lucrezia Borgla-Doni-
Art Among the Ancienls... D. H. Koehersperger
Gslop. sirenen-O Walker
Who are the Conauerors2 .... Wilfred Paterson
BaIchrole, SiciIian Vespers-Verdl
Honorary Address Correlation of Forces),
Operatjc Selections, Grand Due hess q ffen bach
Awarding Testimonials. Comforting Degrees.
Redowa, Sleigh BeilsIBaca; Bach, u ,o,o.
Ssiop I'Adieu-Wm. q. Dietrlch.
fervept prayer was offered by Rev. Herman
j. Duhring, after which followed
1he Masters Address, by John III. Camp
bell, Esq.
Ladies and Gentlemen On last Thursday,
five years sgo. the class OF which am a men,
her held It's commencement exercises In this
same noble building There were then assem-.
bed within these walls the represen JaCives OF
the beauty. the fashion. and the in telligence OF
Philadelphia and am glad 10 lind. on looking
around me to- day, that q Elmiar ssembaSe
bears witness TO the fact that the High School
attn holds prominent place In the affections
Io rec ling the varied emotions of that
eventful day-the mingled feelings OF Joy and
sorrow which we ent tertaned: the bright hopes
that then crowded upon us, making us already,
An our antIcipatOns, successful men; in think
1ng Of the school-Doy's pride with which we
received our lOng-loukediur diplomas, ana of
the kind congratulations Of our relatives and
friendb-it makes us almost wish that this were
again our graduating day, that the things
winch seem ss OF yesterday, though happening
80 long sgo might again Do actually taxing
But such thing cannot be. The stern resli-
ties Of active lie leave us but little time To
dwell upon such pleasant themes. The most
that " e can hope for Is that we may be ooca-
sonaliy reminded of our happy school days by
such OCCASIONS these, and thaJ being so res
minded we may be enabled to Keep alive the
Interest that we, IS graduates, should take in
tue welfare of our mater nal institution. T0at
inteTe ST our class has ever considered pleasure
to cherish IL was but the other night wnep
in puI suance Of our annual custom we again
assembied TO talk of old times, and once more
renew The friendship that began In school, and
Whch, we hope, may ever continue.
/ SET ms but esafday that We graduated,
aud yet how lonsl What an eventiul period
changes have taken pace In the history OF the
worcl A catalogue OF all the wonderful things
that have happened during that period would
appt ar 80 vast to be almost iucomprehen- =
sible Let us take rapid survey OF the most
In no place nave the wonderful changes OF
= the period been shown more tnan tn our own
country. Five years ago we were plum Red in
Ali the horrors OF civil war; brother was arrayed
against brother, friend against friend, and no
Que could tell when IL would stop. The almost
insutmouniable dangers that beset The nation
and seemed u Oout TO tear iLasunder made men
grow fearful OF The result aud even led many
TO doubt the stability of republican form Of
government. by good fortune the country
emerged successfully from that life-struggle,
our soldiers reconvertad into clLizens, aud
sucn disputes as still existed we're happily
transfer ed from the arbitration of the battle.
neld TO that OF he IOstrum and the press.
ln the srts'of war the nation, 10 It's terrible
cost. has made rapid strides Fortunately. the
aris of peace have advanced in like proportion.
A few instances viii suffice
IL Is but "a short time since when people were
ston ished at a novel scheme tnat IL was pro .
posed to put In execution away out IN Cnicago.
IL was thought feasible to construct tunnel
under Lake Michigan, aud by tnat means
suppiy The city with water from some dist nee
An ihe lake. The undertaking Was not ouly
commenced, but was prosecuted with sue 4
untirirg energy aud wonderful skill tnat our
uArtod mas already witnessed It's sue 5ass Gul
eOmplel lon Toe snort space of time in WhiOn
the tunnel was constructed, the marvellous
accuracy with which precise point in The
lake was reached. anu the Sale accomplish
ment of the difficult task of letting in the
water, mark the work as one % the greatest
ACHE -ments of mo1ern science
A few years ago some enterprlsing tndt-
viOuals entertained the idea that IL was prac.
ticable TO build a continuous track of railroad
from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific. The gigantic
uOot rtaking is now In fun progI ess, our period
having Whine. seu It's greatest la Oors. ana sucn
Is The magical TapidtLy ot lis construction, nat
before auol her ear passes we may nope 10 see
IL In full operation. When q traveller can
start from Philadelphia and travel all the way
by rail 10 San Francisco he will certainly
admit the Pacific Railroad TO be one of the
wonders Of the world.
The laying of the Atlantic cable is another of
the sItat acnlevemcnts OF our period. Toe his
tory OF The cable, the many attempts 10 Law lt.
and The repeated failures, the starting of the
lstt exDedlt on, the suspense which was felt
when tne Great E 81 erA was lost signt Of and
the JOY with Wblcn her return was hailed the
bIeas Ing OF the otbe at "A most critical time
aud the subsequent grappling for IL in tne
dept hs of the ocean It's hGal IecDvery and the
safe ending OF the work, are Things long to be
Twenty@even years ago the advent of n
young hut popular English novelist 10 our
ahores created q furore That made IA rilieulons
In the eyes OF older nations; ont suoh Is the
aveptfLl history or our period, that a second
S1istt from the same author last year created No
nttantIon beyond the ordinary desire 10 a. {
and hear a celebrate ed character. The same
osonle that extended To him their hospitality
naananimous enough to pass over his faulu
2nT forget the man In their proper approcia
Ilep oj bis Literary EsninA.