Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1874-07-17
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Ed SENTINEL; The community around this
| pleasant village turned out en- masse abou, sun
set last evening TO attend the commencement
exercises of the Public School, under the lu-
telagc Of Rev. C. w Crawford. Seldom hns
it been the good fortune of your correspond
| ent to meet more intelligent and aprrecia-
tive audience, and everybody for miles around
seemed to be there, from hoary-headed age,
tottering upon its staff to the little baby in its
miniature carriage. A more coy spot could
not have been selected than the beautiful grove
surrounding the school house. and the leafy
canopy and the twinklng stars overhead, car
red us back TO primeval days when the groves
were Gods first affairs, aud the Druids sought
the mystic shades of the mistletoed oak as a fit
shrine for their matn and vesper prisons.
The Salutatory, delivered BY Charlie Grimes
| in n mastery manner, opened the exercises Of
the evening; followed BY the rendition of the
Chambers Wife," by Jennie Groomes, with
such thrilling effect as to bring forth the muir
INJURED encomiums of the large assembage.-
''The Surprise Party" by Bette Kinsey, Lol-
| lie Price, Mamie Brown, Lizzie Grimes and
Florence Townsend "The Beautiful" by
Mary Brown. "Flower Garden Fairies, +" by
Lizzie Grimes, Agnes Townsend, Lolle Price,
| Mamie Brown and Annie Brown. "Who on
Airth is He?" by Willie Dwyer, Mary Brown
and Jennie Groomes; "The Only True Life"
by Salie Dill and Bette Kinsey; "a Prae,i-
cal Life Lesson" by Maggie Brown, Maggie
Townsend, and Jennie Groomes; ''Press On,
By Agnes Townsend, were all so perfectly
rendered, that to attempt any comparison or
discrimination would be entirely invidious.-
Perfection marked the role of each scholar,
clearly evincing the fact, that the mind of
master tutor had guided their youthful aspira-
tions and lifted up their unfolding intelects,
which seemed only to require just such fos-
tering care to glitter as brilliantly as they did
| upon this OCCASION predict for them all
useful and happy career, when these school
days shall have ended and they take stand
amid the solemn realities of life. May they
realize its verifcation Parts in several
pieces were performed by two young gentle
men from your district, the Messrs. Seiby;
while The new provisions of the Civil Rights
bill were graphically unfolded by two Bills,
neither counterfeit nor spurious, one from the
bnnk of the Hill, and the other from the bank
of Gould's branch. In short, every one pres
ent, united in declaring the series of speeches
and dialogues very suitable to the occasion;
nothing being presented too unsavory for the
most fastidions palate.
| The exercises were concluded By the distri-
button of medals and most excellent speech
| by Prof Matthews, of Glenwood Institute,
Howard county. Here let me pause to add
my humble tribute 10 the mastery effort of
scholar gentleman aud orator. His bearing
as he approached the rostum gave evidence of
what might be expected and he valiant!y trod
the ground of oraiory, showing plainly that af
| ter having been courtier of Demosthenes, and
having supped ut the tab lie Of Cicero, and i'm
bibed the learned philosophy of the Greeks
and Romans, and at the same time to have
preserved the magical symmetry Of language
| Hayne. Loosed from the trammes of u teach
er his genius would certainly nestle amid the
| ''FIrst Of our Republic"
| The Rockville Brass Band was in attendance,
and interspersed the occasion with soul stir
ring music. All passed of most tremendously,
creating the universal desire of many happy
returns of similar anniversary
D. w. S.