, 1874-06-27
List Of Scholars Admitted to the
High School.
Minor Exhibitions in the Va
rious Grammar Schools.--
The Foster Medals.
Graduating Services at the Cook
County Normal School.
The Wnukegan High Dohoo1.


THE CITY.
HIGH AND NORMAL SCHOOL COM
MENCEMENT.
Tho young indies and geutlomeu who particl-
patod IN tho Eighteenth Anniversary Exercises
Of the Chicago High and Normal Schools. At
NlcVickor's Theatre yesterday afternoon. had
the honor Of drawing the largest 'house" of
the soason. At half-past o'clock thirty min
utes before the appointed time, there was
neither sitting nor standing room left IN tho
Thenpian structure from parqnotte to dome.
Fans of all sizes aud of all colors Rwayed by
glove, created gentle brccze which prevented
that Benna Of BuffocatIon which ia = ooncomitant
Of nil large gatherings.
TIE MORE BEAUTIFUL PORTION
Of the human family was in the majority, bT
four to one, and the variety of summon costume,
Of colffuEe, Of beauty, and Of figure was sut1i-
cicnt to crafty tile taste Of the moat faBtidiouB
tcapot of tho Orient. There was hatr, such az
tint which Moore describes floating around tic
shoulders Of his Persian poriB. Thoro wore feet
which seemed to cali for music that might dis
play their 'spoetry OF motion," and marvels Of
email proportion; there Nero hands that might
have lttod Mary Queen Of Scots or tho beautiful
royal martyr OF tho Tronch Revolution; there
wore eyca TINT burned like summer-night stars
In tho tropics, TINT 1anguished like tho azure in
"tle blue concava" Of Italy, or that Beomed
ready to brfm over NTH emotional tears In tho
chan5csul ,> a|slas Of Teeland'a toa-oncirolod
shore; there we're compilations like tho snows
among the Cauoaslan Mountains, mingled with
tue rosy hues OF the Grecian isles or tho trans
parent oliyo Of ardent Spain. III abort
THE AFTERNOON p1srLAy
Of young, fresh, sparkling, gushing, charming,
romantic, entranoing, braiu-turuns, heart
smashing, appetito-destroyiug. industry-domol-
ishiug, poetic, ethereal, substantial, proBY, au-
golic, and average womankind ut McVicker's
yesterday afternoon WAS enough to take away
tho breath OF any unfortunate bachelor
or any appreciativo Benedict in the world.
Close columns Of ladies present a
most imposing aspect. Viewed from the stage
they looked like great amphisheatrlcal bou-
quot. sparkling with jewels and radiant with
gold.
Owing to tho fierce temperature tho gas waa
not lit and the great mRss remained III the shade,
but the gloom could not concsat tlo lustre Of
that splondd gathering, for an army Of beauty
can always conquer shadow. Through tho win.
dows occasionally the aupbean,s shot in aslant,
revealing whole aecsions OF lovely faces In bold
relief, lighting up golden locks with ruddy
glow. aud mailing oGony ringletB look more in.
tensely black from their coutrass With broad day.
light.
| THE PICTURE
thus presenting ltsolt, was q magnificent speci
men OF those majestic lights aud mysterious
shades which distinguish many Of the gronT
pictures OF tho Is old masters" A. mind exciteG
by religious enthusiasm might couture up ar
|
mass Of rcsllrreo.sd mortala, waiting in the
; Shadow OF the Valley Of Death, the advent o
tho light which would horald the coming Of ths
! Now JoruHalom.
There il even something awe-lnsplrlng ant
eloctrifyiug N tue presence OF an enormous a.
1t il
THK HIGHEST INCENTIVE
to a display OF nsastorful genius. For one
tSpsu one pTan @ns mighty
, aubdno,. or madden, d great audiene'
ia Tho highest--the most ecstatio Of eartll.
triumphs Perhapn the rapture OF "battlo'
gs11{ as s'rn may bas. os 'SpsGf s r
: fifo. tho loud bug!e, and the roiug drum, super
= letry" and the mighty booming Of the cannon
r exotic the mind and tlfc tho heart with fury
heroism OF Prince Rupert or Alnrat can oQua
, tho rapture Of auch orators aa Chatham or q
Ali,aboaut or OF such actors az Garrick or bal
vim, Htor1ninX the LeartB Of glorious auditor,
!. and making eyeu tho the tisunt!era of contiic
i, faint compared with tho p!audits Of Ill aanlir.n
: poopae. .....-
means confusion and defeat. 70 iu.ollcotB thn
cau comprehend how. before zach atom Ut tht
coucol,rso 10 embarrassment would ba fel
Il that atom IL but multiplied iu tle audience, an
q tho intellect, grouping the thousands into Oil
: fights tho clay that clogs itH wings, and aoa,
J. into rapttronB conquest.
IT CANNOT DE EXPECTED
that graduateH Of our public hehools-Wlo, WIN
over their natural abilities aud scholarly ncquii
~ ments, are ever crulo ahd nory0us Then 1nas
tho centre Of obseryat,on--can step at onco inl
the foremost rank, and bring from auditors, II,
IL acknowledgement of heaven- il powora. Tho cla
., exhibition IL, to tho average graduate, mola
female, period Of agony. II OCCASION. mai
soepleya nights and tho victim generally q
: nroacheB the platform whereon ths exercises q
to be given With such feelings Al thoso duomt
:. to hanging can alono give o1presniou to. III
esaays, rocitationB, slaeohos, aud asl that, q
mostly iu manuscript, and arc road with
~ j.. THAT ASTRONOMICAL Aln
70 which Is suggestive OF too much midnight o
O. and nnical taste In rhetorio. Tho arlla 81
F. hold In about The sama position. The Jon1
ii lady generally keeps them acroHs the region
II her coyHct; tue young gentleman chtotlY Woa
= them ut hiB lipB, or about hB knoes, except VIII
he HIGH tho words "higher," '' soar," or "u
~ ward" whom tLo limbs ars aonvulslyely jorh,
toward tho sky. and the sentuaco s ROUNDED
a sound CLOSELY resembling lioeoagh, Nor
ID. over, .........
d. TIE onATou1oAL Ty1o
4s1t t.fu HkRfa In