Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-06-28


sious-rhs Prise Essay or Miss
Fanny West - Poem ~ wells
Drury.
There was time yesterday but for .
brief mention Of the exercises Of the
Senior Class Of the High School at the
Central School.houss. The event was
worthy OF q fuller notice. The exercises
moved from beginning to end without
confusion or interruption. n scholar
following another with the regularity OF
clock work and with no call from either
Professor Young or his assistant, Miss
Saikeld. This demonstrated the i'm
portant fact that order has been fully
maintained In this department. The
conduct Of tho scholars Of this and other
grades present was exemplary, and told
we'll for the government Of all the do
partments represented ON the occasion.
PRIZES yoa TIE SCHOLARS.
Before the commencement OF the OK.
e~rcises Professor Young stated that John
| McMahon had offered . prize for the
best original literary production OF the
class, and that Joseph Franksl had pre-
sented q like AMOUNT for thu scholar
| giving the best recitation or defamation.
Miss Everitt. Mr.. Franksl and the News
| representative were appointed q COM
mittes to award the arst prize, and Miss
Mcdonnell. Miss Ida Lynch and Mr..
| Amss q committee to award the second
one. The former was given to Miss
| Fannie West for her salutatory, "In
| Rome do % Romans do" This pro.
| duction will be found below. The COM
mittes had q difficult task to perform. a.
there were several other very fine essays
and addresses read. The second prize
was awarded to Master P. G. McGrifin
for his fine defamation Of "How be
saved st. Michasls." The awards gave
very general satisfaction I; still the com.
mittees regretted that they could not
offer some token OF appreciation to
others who did dsservinsly well their
several parts.
OTHER FEATURES.
There were many features Of the en-
tertaiument which were worthy Of
especial mention. Yet, where all did
10 well, 1t Is almost invidious to particu-
iarize.
The singing Of the school was excel.
lent. Miss Abbis n. TAFT sang her
solo-"Birdie's Prayer"-very finely.
This young lady has a fine voice for one
30 young. It Is Of extended compass,
even register and musical. The same Is
true Of Miss Maggie Gillespie's voice,
aud the duet Of the two-"when Night
Comes DER the Plain was q treat.
They want to give q little more atten.
| ton to their cadences, however, but that
will come with years, practice and judg-
ment. Miss Clara E. Pohl attempted
too difficult q song. Like many older
persons, she has yet to learn that q
simple ballad, we'll sung. will captivate
an audience after art has exhausted
itself in vain.
THE BOYS.
The Grafton. "By this Conquer" de-
livered by Willie H. Nelson. was a we'll.
composed production, showing much re-
search. but its effect vas lost by q too
feeble delivery. It should have been
committed and not read. James Nc
Martin recited the poem "Pull Down
Your Vest" in an able manner, but It
seemed hard for him to get enough Of
tho .hoodlum element into himself to
slang out the expression as II should
have been done. John Mcdonald took
| second honors, and his middle Grafton
| on ''CapitL and Labor" was o fine pro-
| duction, filed with wholesome senti.
msnt and thoughts almost beyond school.
boy days.
The following poem. written by Wells
Drury, was eIcsllsntly read by Miss
Annie N. Mudd:
TIE SCHOOL TEACHER.
| The proudsst man In this broad land OF ours.
Prom Mains's bleak shores TO where Mount
| should be the one Who .wsys benignant rule
In Freedoms nursery. the Public School.
| The privilege his these young hearts to direct.
| The fight sIsmplify. the wrong detect;
| These youthful minds to guide with master
And mod Alright the future OF our land.
| His the hlsh mission to instruct the youth
| In " Jrds OF Wisdom and In deeds OF Truth.
And teach By precept, or perchance the rod,
| The love Of Country aud the fear OF God.
THE tIprra.
The essay by Miss Nellie Greenwalt
ON Tho Palace Beautiful" was .
ansly.writtsn production ; q little too
visionary aud far-tff for every day life.
perhaps, but pure in sentiment and
poetical In thought. She read 1t finely.
The valsdictory honors were awarded
to Miss Maggie G. Gillespie. She chose
for her subject, "Ths Mils-posts are
| hung with Garlands. There was much
feeling woven into the sentiments sx-
pressed, and their delivery caused eyes
to dim throughout the entire audience.
Az q specimen OF word. painting the pro-
| duction was excellent. The train OF
thought, too, was wholesome. and the
pictures wrought by the imagination Of
the youthful writer were worthy Of mo-
turer years.
n PRIZE ESSAY.
Following IL the prize essay OF Miss
Fannie West on. ''In Rome do as the
Romans do"
One OF the most peculiar character
istics Of the human race appears to DO
It's fondness OF imitation. Were We
to take AZ an example the little child
who has just begun to prattls. entering
upon the task Of mastering his mother
tongue "a work with which he might
well feel discouraged II he but knew Its
difficulty and m~agnitude), and he at
oncs relies on the assistance which he
will require through his whole life a.
we'll a. at the commencement-his ability
OF initiating those with whom be comes