Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1877-12-21
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


lions.
As is customary, the Public Schools
were closed to-day with appropriate
ceremonies.
At the High School the Crescent Lit
erary Society gave an unusually inter-
esting exhibition, opened by q song
See Our Oars With Feathered Spray"
by the society. Miss Anna Hollings-
worth read an essay, The Trials OF a
Scholar" the merits of which are sufli-
cient evidence ofits authors proficiency
in the field of letters. She has q happy
way of saying what she has to say in
few words, and an audience is
sure to find sufficient pith in her.
productions to keep them interested.
no matter how long she keeps the floor
Harry Lyle acclaimed the Slaves of
Martinique" in excellent style. He has
the elements OF a speaker in him, and
is improving rapidly, a fact that was
plainly evident to those who had
heard him on former occasions. He
lacks only maturity to make him pol
ished declaimer. Miss Minnie Hale
read an essay, entitled 20 fortunate
quorum jam moenia surgunt." She had
a big subject. but none too big for her
to master. Her style is good and her
delivery above the average of students
of her grade. Harry Sparks delivered
an eloquent Grafton on Theirs, Louis
Adolphe, the great statesman. He
told OF his giant intellect, his powers of
government, and his love for
the principles OF republicanism.
SO dear to the American heart.
With SO good a subject he could hardly
fail to interest an audience. Without
music any exhibition Is incomplete.
especially an exhibition by the Cres-
cent Society, which numbers among
Its members some of the best young
amateurs in the city. The piano duet
by Misses Cora Hadley and Lizzie
Spencer, was well rendered and ap-
plauded by the audience. Miss Flora
Hadley had but little trouble to convince
her audience that mind Is the glory of
man" She uses good plain Anglo
that ave the Anglo Saxon ring. Tob
few persons nowadays draw largely
from this noble old root OF tbs Ian
,,uage, and it Is to their discredit that
they do not. Miss Joie Grave had
caught the spirit of @Sheridans Ride"
and as she spoke, her hearers
saw that famous black horse
and it's noble rider laundering down
toward Winchester, where the battle
was raging. Miss Grave speaks well.
furnished q budget OF fun in their
character sketch, Saturday After
noon" Miss Lizzie Spencer read a
characteristic essay on Dreams. She
dealt in fact and fancy. and with so
broad q field could hardly have failed
to please. Ed r. Smith acclaimed
"Pyramus and Thisbe" with a
well modulatsd voice and appropriate
gestures. A vocal duet by Misses
AIDA Russell and May Motto followed,
Der the and Ger the Dale. very
pretty AMI Ssexecuted. Miss Adah
, Hadl sSs rs: RAonT h mfs wa. theme he,n
ing hasty ,nezll- balanced In her essay,
and all showed systematic habit of
thinking. Miss Sue Vanuxem read a
jolly good Autobiography" full OF wit
and refined humor but lacking in that
element SO generally conspicuous in
egotism. James
Mooney, one Of the youngest members
had one of the best productions. It
was an Grafton on Turkey"
Misses Matte Harvey and AIDA Rus
sci favored the society with a fine in
plauded by the audience. Linley
Brown had a very good essay on water,
a subject that allowed him to dip into
science now and then with good
effect. The amusing feature was
the paper edited by Miss Mamie
Brownell. The members, the school
and all that appertained thereto, were
with a fun-mad pencil that
always amused but meyer made q xul-
gar Th ssr1se -1s.s yns
made q Few r1,i-4c I~au 'unaIlW eeting
adjourned to meet early in the new
year.
THE ALPHA SOCIETY.
The Alpha Society of Miss Fran
cisco's room in the Fifth
street building assisted by
the pupils of Miss Doris room,
held their exhibition this afternoon In
room No. 3. The folio wing was the pro-
gramme:
Song by the School.
Recitation--One Pair Of Stockinps.-
Emma Ratliff.
Compassionate Washington.
Arthur Williams.
DecIamation--By the Sea-" Louie
Tough.
Composition--Kn Open-
ing" Ella Dunn.
Recitation = Nowadays, Mary
Howes.
Composition--C Calling Matte Gar
wood.
misunderstanding Standish," Co.
ra Henley.
Violin Solo-John Dudley.
Recitat4on--An Old Legend, Jessie
lnooT.