The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-12-25
EDUCATIONAL.
Closing Exercises az the High school.


The closing exercises Of the Higl
School took place Wednesday afternoon
and were attended by large number o
our citizens. About two o'clock Prof
Alyortl called the school to order, and tho
exercises were opened by a song, enti-
tied 1--WE Come With Joy TO Meet You,"
| by the whole school. Miss Jessie Philli.
| presiding at the piano. George Clark
then took the stage and delivered an
| original address. which " " .,,acn very
well and would have dp.c credit to an
older head. Thi. was followed by dec
amaion by Egbcrt Smith, entitled
american Literature" that was de-
! livcred very credtably. The next was a
select German reading, by Miss Eta
Foss, called "a Thunder Storm" which
was praised very highly by those who
understand the German language.
The geographical exercises were con-
Quoted by Miss Cora Siratton, and were
highly praised BY all present. Miss Jessie
Philis aud Miss Ida McDaniels then per-
formed vocal duet, which was very
pretty. Miss Eda Martin favored the
audience with a recitation. which was
very well done. The next IN order was
an essay on "Woman's Rights" by Miss
Eta FOss, who handled her subject as If
She understood what She was talking
about. and left the stage amid the loud
applause of the listeners. Miss Mollic
Lavender. who does not agree with Miss
Foss on the woman's rights subject,
read an essay on Boys Rights" which
was very pithy and received applause
from all sides. Miss Ella Frazier was
on the programme for an essay on Girls
Rights, but for some reason that young
lady did not put IN an appearance. Miss
Rose Winston then took the stage, and
concluded the debate on rights by read
ing an essay on Right, in General, which
was well composed and very nicely de-
liycred. 4 duet by Misses Pace and
Phillis was next IN order, and was per-
formed very skilhlly. Miss Daisy
Halliday then read a poem. enii-
Tied. Little Jim" which. for one so
young, was read remarkably well. Mi,
Jessie Phillis aud John Wood read
the high school monthly. which con-
tanned some very We'll written articles.
ana were rendered by the readers in a
very pleasing manner. Miss Mary IIar-
man rcad poem entitled. "Thc
Inquiry that was very crcditably read
Notwithstanding that young lady was
very much troubled with bad cold. A
debate then followed between George
Clark, Rose Winston aud Emma James.
and Egbert Smith, Eta Farr
and Laura Hendricks. negative.
subjcct-''Who was the greatest
man. Napoleon Bonabartc or
George Washington" which was very
good, though rather lengthy, and was de-
iided in favor ofthe negative. The next |
was poem by Mis- Kate Alyord. entitled |
Poetry in Our Days" which she read in |
4 clear, distinct voice, and was highly |
;onplimenied. The. exercises closed
with a song by the school
The teachers of the High School de-
serve great reditlor their untiring energy.
Nis.Alvord in particular should he highly
praised, and We feel that though we can
but do 30 in a feeble manner. it would be
ioing the lady injustice not to give her
he credit which she 50 richly deserves
.or the interest she has shown in her en-
ieayor' to bring her pupils 10 point of
Excellence and skill ia their various
studies, which a teacher seldom succeed,
n accomplishing.