, 1879-06-28
VALEDICTORY.
The Last Of the School Cor1-
mencements.
Exercises at the Central and D1-
vision lligh-scliools.
Programmes at the Normal and Lake
View A;gh.schoola.
Election OF Teachers by tho Board Of
Educat'on---Foster MedAlss
CENTRAL, HIGH SCHOOL.

EducatIon---Foster Medals.
CENTRAL, HIGH SCHOOL,
The graduating exercises OF the Central EfGh
scbool yesterday wcre worry tame lnsteao "
The platform uf Farucll Hail, the pupls oceu,
ptcl seass In one OF tho 1ooms OIL u's asnpo'
building There Was not white muslin ofesa
nor flower, md three apprec3ativo reporters
made up the audience ..--......-,
Nr. Rowland raye tho graduates aouhe good
ndy1cc, and then presented to hfni. Cafln,
commander OF the battalion. tho sword lie haa
waved aioft when Ewing or1ers.
President Wells followed with few remarks
on character, mud, in allu1ins to the Ht0h
epnool. satd IL hntl been ono contloucd success
from 1856 to 1870, anil Its influence was felt In
cycrr part Ut tile city. As 10 whole, ChicaEo'e
school. .system was ranked abroad as ule equal
OF That Of Boston, Philadelphia, and Older
Prjzcs we're then distributed ns follows: High
cst scholarship, Joseph ". Errant. Taine.s In.
gllsh Literature, b! Nj. HowlntA, IN auuilao'1s auuilatn1
to thS diploma o. ts n1asa seeona a.t ~ n Se's1 fnr
of En9llsb Poetry, By Mr.. Rowland; not being
tardy or absent in Twelve yeaFsy !thcn ny; MhoIe
THOMPSON. Encyclopedia Of English Pootrs' oy
VI il,o rs'I CAS- sang "Days Agene," "Marchtng
o%e" si INC sa scb tSa p
the programme.
The graduates are as follows: -...
william Alton, IT, Charle9 Babc1sk; Georee re-
1 Beach Anqa T. bslk9sp: Lnnra i nlnt1s n1nstogt
Louise Carter, William cIaaln, Helen Critten-
den, Mabel DAVIDSON. Anna L; Dobson, Thomas
F. Dowlng stel'a Dnic!a' @ Frank ,n:,G', w. EldFGg
T-rsnt T3ert n Far Henry Il, Fisk,
Esther Friend, Mar, Gardner. cnarlse !: i. 1.
Gray, MarE E. GreTg Ma,v r haEsrt}y a}. Etsa ~ y.
:. gan, .Eicanorc ". Howe. Virginia nuannln,
! William Ilulin, Hattie r. Kimba. Cor!nnc
Knight Mary l. Lord s ElotoneG & ~. Maxi1c!a' sisn'
Etta Mayea F9ra M'es Il nqry y{1v g. Ha'
E. Myers, Horace 8. Oakley. Ida Flattt bla'lch
ssov'le John p stblcy Ida G. sontnnr' yahn Ssf SsI
DO, Mamie A. Ward, Paul Weed. Frederick I.
Wells, Mary s. WIKgtHs Jennie A. Wilcox,
Cbsrics D. Willard, lsaac o. Williams, Edwin
J. Willis, Isabella Wright, Emilio N. Young.
NORTH DIVISION nIGH SCHOOL.
Beginning at 1lalf-past 3 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon, the closing exercises Of tbn North D.
vision High School were held In the lecture
room Of Unity Church. on Dearborn avenue. 1t
wps 6 o'clock when the bcncdction was pro-
uoupced by tho Rev. Robert Gol1gcr, md the
ntsses and masters who had passed the ordeal
Of examination passed out With their dlpiomas
The programme was as follows: .
Eesay, ".Cnl.ure." !" carrie L. 0ett1eson: eseay;
Sessos, HSas: e s.'s r. 3assss esse sss nf
Ss: fss: Sss;; #s
tss Il Apsss; S sss
mann; solo, Miss E. .Ktttlc Wallace.
The essays of the young ladies were very good,
and that Of the.yaledlctorian, especially prcpar-
ell with much cnre anll aboundinE with practical
aenee rarely set forth Ii Efforts Of this k!ud.
After tic rendering Of tile last musical selcc-
tion, tic Principal Of the school introduced NJ.
P!ckartt fo.Msr sapesinsendsns Of Public
Schools ot Chicago. and now Pccs'slont q tho
spoke to tie students Tor some minutes. se!at-
1lg experiences ard feelings of pupils in High
School at examination time. He impressed 1t
u.on tho m!nds Q! hts Listeners hut nothin.:
nil would take to heart tho notto," Who works,
wius.n
The Rev. Robert Collyes then spoko. Ha had
been highly pleased WITH TIC exercises. Every
thing had been strangely good and complete,
1le said he believed In Rood. hard solid work,
but physical doyelopnent should 20 with The
= mental. Youth should put sll the energy It Ina
: into tho work Of eilucut!of,, or whatever 1t las
Q d. but It should not DO 1t Ut the expense ol
osy checks, rich feeding blood, and tile otl,cs
ondisions which suake good healthy men mud
women. speaXing to the graduates particu
larly, he said this vns 70 doubt great event e
them, hut there should 30 With It q touch ol
humility. This WIS QUO Of tle beat things {
graduate could nouriBh In her heart. He e'ptec
by urging all to strive hard for high Eoal. n1,c
nsvcr Eivc up, no matter how many fal'ute'
might come.
+; The next speaker was Mr. George .. Arm
Atrong, member OF tho Board ot Education
who, aa'e Tie graduates s0mo very erecllen
sir. Wells. President Of The Boara Of Educa
tion, followed, wlen tho Diplomas wcrc awarded
, to tile graduates as follows:
waltr, 2; Alleott Mary 4: Abbott, Emma An N
Ehopa4 il: Cannon. Minnie \. ,clancy. Kittis j
eon, Jessie Il DAWSON. Agnes E. Dew, There's
, z. Donoghue. Julia A. pun1op, Louise Fosncw
s Geste isse, as ss aeaa.mi ii s Leass C. AeS Go!.
sen ns.y 1 ileaaIssa. Sinn: iieaesn.na: % u ta Ansi
Leuiss il. jaeger. ida t.. Lanai. i,cile T.. JOY
Mi!ltar. Il; Ly,na1, slaF! a: a; Lynn, Patrick 4
.. 'osEst .Liliie i: i.arantas, Il:xis D. ratten
Mary \. Fryer. aellls i. ssanlnn, Tillisa, I I
%sa g. sssas Mss,s a:Rs9 sassY s ;. sxsi cst
Sssssa S'!aSI 's!Is. E T. %aior ''''1, v. 1lbaa %oos
SOUTH DIVISION IIIGu-SCIIOOI..
Commcacoulant-e1crcscB OF tic South DiVt
Ion Hlgh.sehool were held yesterday Rftcrnoo
tn thr S,osc!y Building, Michigan avenue VI,
Twenty-fourth strcet. Tile attandanee WI
lu.ge, and the exercises were enligened vii
= music by the hiisacs Nelio ullman and Cert
Walker. 10 dlspluy abll!ty In composition
four essays were rcaA, ono upoN "Churlt
uickens," by Miss Matte shoroy; auutber, Ct
titled "Ls.le Things" by Miss Florcnco la,
son; Mlss Lulu Munroo furntal,ed ono upe
"a Trip to Neptuacn; autl Mlss Carr
Bragg was tho author Of tbs four1
essay npon "Ths Lady Of tl.e Lake
The graduates were cellu Adlur, Sam q. Iallc
-" Oligs Barton. Carrie Bragg, Cora BurlIek, Siat
Benuett. Alualn Benner. Susie Cuwur, dra
Gross, euaie CroAs, Anate Cook, Dora Clurs
Sarah Gonpar, Loulso Chapman, Hattie f. FL
Clark F0rkykh, Uelln u. Fuchs, Bella FQ1,taYn