New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-18
THE CENTRAL HIGB sCaOOL.
Comnencement Exercfses.

men who had completed their scholasti,
course and knew all that the public school.
had to communicate. These occasions art
always interesting. Teachars from the
other schools, parents, relatives and friends
Of the pupils and the alumni of the institu
ton, who year after year crowd the corri
dors of this hall, were present in such mum.
bers that everybody of the steiner sex was
obliged to give VIZ and make room for tie
| ladies.
As the public vel know, the school IS
under charge of dr. PercivaI. He has de-
voted ali his energies fer years mainly to
| inculcate the English language-not bad
idea when il is considered how many other
accomplishments are taught il our acade-
mics besdesdhat of speaking AID writing
the Kings English fnently and veil.
The exercises commenced at twelve
o'clock, and were conducted after the fol
lowing programmes:
Salutatory-F. V. PaIhaIn.
Is Hone sly the East roGcy-H. 8. Wright,
T. c. Caulfeld, c. A. FRANKIE. I. w. Judge.
Imitation. original declamatiOn-J. a. An
dersUn.
The Peagl, English composition-T. P.
Currey.
Enlightened Government, original decla
mation-B. w. Hirsh.
Money, original poem-J. A. Mclean.
LAmour de la Patri". original declama-
tion-W. }. Daunoy.
Choice OF Profession. first English ora
tion toriginal)-R G. Haddcn.
Signs Of the Times, second English ora
ton toriginal Max Stern.
COnceit English cOmnnsit;On-H CO,zap
Farewell Address to the Seniors, original
declanation-W. A. BTes, Jr
Addresses OF officers and distribution Of
diplomas.
Yaledietory-A. J. Edmands.
The salutatory was clearly delivered, and
was at least original, but conveyed only the
same kind Of sentiments which have been
going the rounds for SO long that we would
miss them did they not halt and pander to
the usual schoolboy declarations.
The debate was conducted with earnest
cultivation, and rehearsal must make all of
these exercises classic. Cne of the mega
tives took the question that honesty was
not the best policy. simply because those
who practiced it, and were yet unfound bv
Diogones, invariably met with hard fare
and worse luck, and were always Oh the
down-hill side Of good thing.
singular" remarked politician, vino
found himself near. 'but that young man
and myself agree. Inever did think hon.
esty the best policy. though I've heard of
that before
The speaker did net mean TO say that
honesty was not the best course to pursue.
neither did he say that it was not to be
followed; he meant 10 say it is not the best
policy, and here in the use of tho words the |
whole business lay.
"O,' replied the politician. that's quite
another thing"
1t was something new, certainly, for a
to arise in the open school and
light out bravely against the maxim which
5 dinged into the ears of nursIings, from
he time they are ready to leave the shadow
IF mammals skirts until their education is
complete. and every one glories in some
hing new out Of the beaten track, beyond |
he forms, the rectilnear forms into which
'"ch boy must be broken. even though it
,e like breaking him on the wheel.
And we verify believe that general en-
md nrovprhs on the ono Sdo "a I1rn;tl
N the other will result in tho ,r,oy;,a -
ng routed from their fastnesses where
hey have been placed by ancestors and
lynasties OF pedagogues, bat not made i'm
,regnable.
The music was excellent, Icing executed
" the pupils OF the down town Girls High
n rpsnects has +ra1sfaIrod Lnr "nD ia
o the class Toward The anJ of +f,o WIS "Sl'
ramme the extract frnm tbn nan',P 49, - ot
he Reoimpnt' was noted ao ba;''['ot Ioot y.
ornathincr Now, f,n1,, tho ,sII - 'o " e''o'
icaI EXERCISES 0'10 "a 'l'
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,ct f imitation sbnTad an ",n sD,
nir+ an;Inntn to on+ira ii:3
isn1a vino soTf of ar;tbIno+iII "Tot''e
rran6in6 facts into enrios nf .II; "
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eetl5ino nav as val GaI.o ne
rnittaJ and fnr al H. 81 i.'IelS
.rred an tbo rord;tio,3 ~ Pi IPndS.T II con
UeiI iaTo ,,t+ara5 ~ .'i0 may
,15od 0' AIS S1ee''' Win arms I
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arG Pon Ihs ear was
!sIy wn~n9 Wss+nr "''l r ~ ts '}r,9s noaho!.
L1iI -u,'sCoI L. '"I.'E fead IL d
orn l his ns %1 written A. an" as II the ideas
TLo nus da"Ia,,,,t;,,, oI, ,, ,
1ynrnment', Iras co,,,rab ~" nlelet
,ought ont in irs scone +h4 onyerr,"''t t,,,' ~
le ancients to that of our own dav "A
ise administrator is to the 0overnmant o
hat the sculptor is to the marble, was an "
ca which deserved. though II did MOI ro
i've development under the hands of the "
.claimer Such alIusions as "tbe hand of a
,potism,' ''banner of !ibprtv." o.wbere il
>tice is our shield" showed the decIa1na-
III TO be the work of a Scb0nI how vrl;Io