Wilmington daily commercial., 1876-06-29
FIRST EDITION.
The Girls, High school.

ers kept Dack Gne mulOiIuuo loAn ono SNAN
mencement Of the Girls High School, last
evening. The Opera House. where the
exercises were held, was packed in the
chairs and circle until every seat was occu
pied and many persons stood in the alsles.
In the balcony the seats were also almost all
taken. Upon the stage, with very pretty
summer garden scene set, were several
members of the Board Of Education, those
who we're to take part in the exercises,
| alpe class from the school, and after the
| curtain rose the graduates in pure white
| filed ont from behind the scenery and oc- |
| cupied positions on the left OF Ghe stage. |
Numerous flags were hung upon the bal
cow and stage 'front.' A couple of stands
| Of Aowers comprised the only decorations |
| of this character.
The exercises were opened with prayer
by Rev w. 2. Davis, after which Misses
Eva Crouch and Salie Bye rendered duett
of Fantastic Waltzes upon the piano, sum-
ner Shields, of the COMMERCIAL typograph-
ic corps, playing an accompaniment on the
flute. An anthem was Gheh sung unue5
the direction of @. b. Rhoads, who had
charge of the musical exercises, and Miss
Eva Crouch presiding at the piano, posi-
ton which she held throughout the even
ing.
Miss Marion Carswell read the first essay,
"Out of the Depths, with pronunclation
mo It clear and distinct. Dickens Poor
Joe" she thought was not mere fiction,
: az there are a Thousand like him in Lon
/, don with no father, no mother, no house,
no friends outcaets from society, who had
inyoluntarily been driven to the Bridge OF
Sighs bent on self lf-destructlon. London,
however is not the only place where such
a characters abound, for wa have them in
! our own country, notwithstanding our
4 churches, where money is subscribed to
d haathep wanderers under their own sun, and
y the general character of the public re-
y gard for such. In this field she thought
= the duties of the humanitarian did not ex-
y ceed his opportunities.
10 "Under the Trees" was the subject of
10 Miss Maggie McCloskeys essay, aud such a
spot she thought must have been the poets
IL solitude Trees she considered as commem-
u oratiye of the deeds of men both IN Gomez
u dy and tragedy, and referring to the old
> tree at Kensingtor, SAID It's VOWS ana prom,
10 lses had been kept for ninety years, and
" ventured the remark that had all treaties
~ with the Indians been kept with the same
10 fidelity this class would now have been CIV
40 ilized instead of exterminated
IL Miss Eva Wollaston's essay was entitled
"Conficts'' She spoke of the imposslblll-
tv of the visitor to the battle field to realize
the nature of the conflicts which had rem
dered them famous, and of the efforts t(
commemorate in marble the deeds enacted
eG upon them, but for our dead of Gettysburg
lct Antietan and other fields of our late CIV
NJ war they need no monument, as their ueeu
are enshrined in the human heart. he
ec- nicture of a battle scene was most graphic
Fi- Historv however, she said, records othe
ed conflicts than war, which involve hardship
equally great, as was instanced in the lif
@O of Blutua and also of King Lear.
An "Character'' and its formationwas the sub
Id. iect of all say by Miss Hannah Harrlgan
Ice - ,,aY,oad oba9ianoa dOCilitV. q toaClaDl
ng snirit and a love for the good as lndispent
)p- able in the structure which each one ls VI
nat rearing. In moulding character she deeme
BAD IL we'll to take as model the lives of gref
vas and good men, to the imitation OF which
nd the best energies should be bent.
It'll Miss Maggie Miller chose as her subjet
The Fairy Land of Literature" and n
in viewing the literary productions denomln'
led fed fairy, spoke of their beauties regrett1
OF that in earlier times it exerted such pc
vas nicious influence. Shakespeare, she though
gives us the best ideas of fairy land.
son &" A Retrospect" formed the basis of Mi
93. Maggie McDonnell's essay, which was
nds backward glance at the lives of some OF Il
'on- noble women of the past-Mniam Esthe
/ OF cleopatra, Cornelia, Joansd' Arc, Madame
urn Staei Rosa Bouheur Florence Nightmga
he and others, all whose virtues and achleV y
ooN ments are possible OF reproducEon WIFI U
proper effort.
tope In her 6 Day Dreams" Miss Addie Pier
only gave a very faithful picture IF the nev
pre- Graduated collegiau, full Of his vanit
dla, and conceits, and yet an'9st us weak Al
child to breast the waves of life, but who
arty the end, usually finds his dreams only
lhg' carries,
Miss Jennie Black first reading an es'
thur entitled "Bubbles," in which she refer
to Americans as particularly given up
ange blowing bubbles of speculation, stocks, q
Wleh which frequently do not have millions
them, read well written valediotofy
thanks for the past care and kindness
the part of teachers and the School Boa
oned and fittingly referred to tine painful Z
,,niol aration of the class, now about to or
upon the realities of life.
ana Rev. Lafayette Marks presented to N
rsons Annie E. Michener the Adams prize. G
ional medal, for the highest proficiency In -
lish Grammar, and in his remarks said
on OF public schools are doing no better "
daily chan that OF teaching their pupils ho'
story use their native tongue with force and |
ce Of prietv. Miss Kitchener, he said, was
ening successful one among forty-three comp
> first tors, and the possession of the prize
II the for this reason not an empty honor.
week r. o. Fraim, Esq very fttingly presel
2 the to Misses Ella HYDE, Mary Valentine
{. .526 Emma Marshall copies of Tennyso
f the Longfelow's and Whlttlers poems,
nitted spectively, as rewards OF merits Tor pt
re fig- ti1ality. They were not absent or late
g tide Which they have been thus punctual
nnial. alone were entitled to the prizes out
" and class of 137
taken Rev. j. Howard Nixon, D. D., paste
RS for Central Church, delivered losC @ aole .
ret,1rn appropriate address to the graduating c
10 his remarks being full of counsel and
lission couragement. He reminded them
free while they had not done ALL they had
/ that much, and admonished them of then res
res of sibility because OF the possipllll or ol
being womanhood, Tor mcreaseu oppoiUul
build bring Increased respo nslpiiltIes. Z
about The diplomas we're awarded by rr.
keen Shortlidge, President of the Board OF
order, cation (who also presided at the
'enoes. mencement.) In presenting Miss Ma
eet ex. Mcdonnell her diploma he took oecasi'
Jisitors say that she had not been absent
ite an school one day in ten years.
nee of Vocal music by the class was intersnt
ID for through the programme, the pupils rel
ssions ing the great penenS "lil9n , Cllo1i - :