The daily gazette., 1878-06-21

birth of Christ; and of the Ignorance and
superstition that prevailed for fifteen
centuries, until it was dispelled by the
dawn of the reformation.
Miss Mary A. Taylor, of Wilmington
read an essay on "Threads, Showing how
the threads of life are woven by the grea,
weaver above land though they may often
lead into dark and obscure paths, vet
they will eventually open into thebri ight-
ness of the everlasting lIfe above.
Your Obedient Servant" by MissEva
Iaylor, of Wilmington, showed no w the
1orceS of nature were made to become
the servant of man; and as the lower
orders OF creation were made to serve
and not to be served, so was man made
to serve God, his creator.
Scene and air, "Judith," by Miss Flor.
ence 5. Hoffecker, of Wilmington, was
one of the most spirited vocal produc
uons OF the evening, and was vociferous
ly applauded.
Essay, cat Evening time it shall be
Llght," by Miss Harriet Dyson, of Nor.
ristown, Pa, showed by many human ex
periences how the darkness that besets
the days OF human life, is oftimes follow
ed by brightness and peace in the closing
hours, just as the brightness of evening
precedes the close Of day.
Miss Alice T. Stotsenburg, of New AL
bany, Indiana, read an essay entitled
1--WE see dimly in the Present what Is
Great and what is Small" in which she
took the ground that men of genius are
rarely appreciated during their lives
Nor do the newspapers aid us in ap.
preciating the men of our time. They
are bhndly partZan and filled with con
Trajectory assertions. Were we to ac.
cept the opinions expressed in them we
would have to believe our own fathers
and brothers were the clowns of the vii.
iiage. The essayist pictured the school
boy OF the future poring over the life OF
Gen. Grant as the greatest hero of the
nineteenth century.
Essay, "St. Helena's Dead" by Miss
NJ. Elizabeth Maris, portrayed some OF
the many sad and romantic associations
clustering around this historic island.
Miss Clara l.. Yoder next gave n bril-
" hich was followed by an exquisite se-
lection from 40, Charming Countess, .
by Misses Rowland, Maris and Hof-
fecker.
President Wilson then presented the
diplomas and announced that the gradu-
ates were divided into two classes-first
those who graduated in the classical
course, with the degree of b. A, and
second, those who graduated in an Eng
lish course, with the degree of Masters of
English Literature. They were as fol-
lows:
First class-Misses Hoffecker, LYMAN.
Maris, Hammersley, Bennett, Stokes,
Mary and Eva Taylor, Dyson, Stotsen-
burg and Riley.
Second class-Misses Duncan, Cole,
Harrigan, Hopkins, Yoder, McCarter,
and Shelp. Miss Shelp was announced
as having commenced the classical course
but was prevented by sickness from COM
pleting it.
After presenting each graduate with
her diploma, President Wilson said.
BY direction of the Board of Trustees
present you with these diplomas, and 1
do it as the last act of our official rela-
tions as pupils and teacher. You have
been with us for years, and we cannot
part from You without some emotions
and strong feeling. | feel strong desire
that you will so act your parts as to re-
fleet credit upon our institution, and do
justice to yourselves, so we can feel that
our labors have not been in vain. The
associations of years are now dissolved
forever, and as you will go out into the
larger and more serious school of
the world, with its far more ex-
acting teachers, hope you have been
so instructed that you will be able
to sustain yourselves as well, if not bet
ter than you have with US. You have
here acquired merely the rudiments of
study, therefore let not your minds be
idle, but go still further, so that in after
life you can show that you have received
a foundation such as will enable you to
build an enduring fabric of life.
hope you will, in after years be ena-
bled TO derive much pleasure in reflect
ing upon your school life. That you will
follow in the footsteps of those who have
for nearly forty years gone out from this
institution. That you will reflect credit
upon your Alma Mater, and ever remsm-
Der that if you "act well your part" here
you will pass away to an inheritance I'M
corruptible and undefiled. May you all
so live that you will possess character
that will stand you through all the vicis-
STUDIES of life, aud render you sure of an
life in Heaven.
After referring to his career for twen-
" years as President of the College, and
TO his pleasure at reflecting upon the
many noble women who had been under
his care. Mr.. Wilson said This is the
asst class l shall send out and hope it
may be the best, the forerunner of many
similar ones. May the spirit of all
hought and goodness guide you and me,
md may we come together at last in
hat General Assembly of the church in
Heaven. l now bid you an etfectionate
iarewell.
The Presidents remarks were followed
~ a cavitina from "Robert le Dlable, ,w
w Miss Josephine NJ. Rowland, and a
ong, "The Cuckoo's Call" by Misses
McCarter. Stokes and chorus. Both
we're well rendered.
An Essay, "Truth our Mecca" an able
md well written production, was then
cad by Miss M. Ella Riley, of Whining
on, who also delivered the valedictory,
n which she affectionately bade farewell
o the President, Trustees, the teachers
md her classmates.
The exercises then closed with the
Parting Hymn" by the glee class.
Although it was IL o'clock before the
programme was ended the audience re-
NAMED until the end, paying the closest
ttention throughout
During the evening the graduates and
thers received many presents of beauti-
ul flowers, books, SC, from their friends
u the audience.