The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-06-03
SALIVA NIGH SCHOOL.
Commencemeat Exercises 1t he Opera
house-Ihe School ExhihitioQ.

rItu0y 0itcIuOoH Tic COahsAsCtsOS"
ment exercises of the High School
were held in the Opera House. The
attendance Of our citizens was very
large-every seat in the large hall be-
ing occupied. Upon the stage were
seated the city clergymen, the menu
bers of the board of education, the
teachers of the different grades, and
the alumni Of the High School. The
music was furnished by the Misses
Bierce, CrisswelI, Meade and Mary
Campbell, and Messrs. VIM. Phillips
and Arthur Day, under the direction
of Miss BlOdgett, and was well rem
dered. Rev. A. J. .HartsOck made
the opening prayer.
ANNA wOLLEY
delivered the SalutatOry address in q
clear, distinct voice and in an easy,
graceful manner. The following Is
the address:
Friends who have assembled 10 witness the third
commencement exercises Of the Saliua High
School. We again greet you with smiles Of welcome
extend most cordial welcome. To you. our dear
teachers and classmates. words fail us to express
our greeting Happy years have We enjoyed in the
sch0olrosis together, and have passed many happy
hours in the pursuit of knowledge. How paticnfly
You have horne with our imperfections and have
been ever ready 10 encourage us Ger the ditheuit
tasks with inspiring wopis. We are here with rec
itafion,, essays aud glad songs, hoping that what
has been accomplished in the past year may be
worthy OF your grateful remembrance Our hearts
aud hands have been joined together in q hrm
l,rt Ia ~ RIA,
grand growth and usefulness our puble school sys-
TEN AFFORDS. A sweet sense Of unity has pery sded
through the unknown pathway. il has been illu-
naned with the light Of love aud words Of explain
alton and encouragement from teachers dear.
As ne recount in niens.ry the Disadvantages
. boy girl thirsting ior know ledge. iai-ored
der years ago how keenly appreciate the efforts
How made 10 supply the youth VI our iauj with
that which shall make them useful and happy cit
izeus. Educated labor Is always in demand and
commands the best salaries. Look TO the East, To
the West, to the North aud TO the South and You
see grand colleges and Summaries, out Of which
cultured and refined citizens, and when
we look in town and the wise provis-
sions there made by tn. school board and friends,
our hearts feel doubly grateful and we are aroused
TO renewed energy To Improve the golden oPicr-
funity. What innumerabl- dement's result FROM
the influence Of such a living power in our midst.
Fellow CLASSMATES let us continue 10 improve,
pressing onward and upward till We reach the
The highest round. We dismiss from our midst
this afternoon one who has endeared herself to
teacher. and classmates by her amiabiiity, decor
Gus de portmeui and faithfuInes. In class. Though
she be transferred to the Worlds School, where
she will End many difficulties to encounter, ve
feel that she j. brave and able to overcome. Side
by side We toiled, year after year. She preeeies
Us into the active duties of life. As We ~ipe the
tear from the eye We can only say, go then dear
one may earth's rude blasts fan gently thy check,
and thy pathway through life be with roses
sfrewn. Though thy sweet voice will not echo
through halls, nor thy sulies cheer us through
the labyrinths OF science, the remembrance Of
thy success will cheer Us on our way. We trust
that in the bright beyond. the happy summer land
you will greet the class Of 81, where ali May
joice throughout the cycles Of time. Indulge
Board of Education may you feel in witnessing
the sheAves that have been garnered that your la
bors have not been in vain. We feel that much
has been accomplished within school the past
few years. Prom one room with n small number of
scholars We have grown under yoar fostering care
pare fayorably with school buildings anywhere
large grounds which time will soon make beautiful
with lis trees and shade, graded systrin which Is
said ~ he superior to that Of any other State, and
corps of teacher, striving each year 10 reach per-
lection IN utilizing system aud time and insill into
the minds of the rising generation that which will
make them an honor Ia their friends and an honor
To their country Dear friends they need and
need your encouragement. Will not You manifest
1t 10 Us another year by your presence often in
school. Friends who have gathered here this
afternoon, thereby manifesiing your interest In
exercises again in behalf of the class Of lss0. bid
You welcome.
The address was greeted with hearty
applause, and Miss WoOlley was pre-
scented with number Of beautiful
bOquets of flowers.
MABEL MEADE
presented an admirable essay entitled
Day Dreams" in voice rather too
low TO be distinctly heard In all parts
Of the hall. The essay, which was re-
eeived with applause, is AS follows:
How many Of us indulge in these pleasant fan
cies Of the mind and whai beautiful visions of Par
adise and happiness they picture To the in,agina-
ton. Coloring all the bright possibilities and
hopeful authorizations Of the future, with BEAUTIFUL
tints pleasing 10 the eye. Giving bright glow To
hopes the most distant from realization. II Is
true that some indulge ia them To sr ster extent
than others, and yet from the poet. whose DREAM
ing often carries him To the very boTderlznd Of
Eien down 10 the child whose mind has just begun
To penetrate into the mysteries Of the wonderful
world of thought, all surrender themselves captive
To these pleasant creations Of the brain Life with
its grand possibilities brghtens To the fancy the
widening lives Of the morning light, or d-epens To
the ro>eaie bues which flood the summer sky in
all the sple Bdor Of the ing day II rolls the
mists Of doubt and reveals Ia the enraptuIed eye,
the inenable beauty of land where every sound
/, a voice Of melody. and the silence Of the holy
night is broken only 10y the ripping stream II il
giiI~s peacefully 10 the Ne sit the rocky
shore watching the tides Gf the great sea Of life
they come and so, bringing something new, and
taking away some Of the old. aud ever list
ehing for undercurr-ni which shall sever n lost
hope, and bring fresh promise of its ful6llment in
the future. And is there not lin. that comes to
every one when the voice Of the wave is forgotten
unhe-ded, and the low tones Of a hidden NATURE
br.athe> strange, delicate notes To the ear, and
thence 10 the brain. creating wonder and s-tobish
ment Clear and thrilling is their music, awsking
every thought aud energy To life and action. In
4 la Itrs~- nIt lava mi
height Of nohler and more elevated nature.
Youth Is essentially the age Of dreams, aud these
Looks the world hopefully in the face, and though
conscious Of much 90 b. learned, believes that he
could accomplish great thines. He does not accept
the statements Of othsrs, for he has learned 10
doubt them. but with great ambition. CONNIE noes
the difficult task OF solving the probler Of life by
his own personal experience. The future has no
task too di:cuif for him Ia accomplish, station
too exalted for him To attain prospect too bril-
liant for him 10 realize, aud the he goes forward
with full confidence in himself and his abilities
But ss he advances step by step he gradually draws
tn the conclusion that Things not what
they seem" and that he valued his own power too
highly. He smiles at that greatest delusion Of his
youth, that he ad conpassed the treasures Of
knowledge. He has seen many of his early dreams
fade away In the dark waters Of disappointmen Mt
and impossihiliiy, and ss he stands ON the line
which divides the past and failure he rcsli,es that
the elevation he had, climbed thinking that its top
Was the summit Of learning. vas but n little foot
hill al the base while the mountains rise far above
and their submits lost to the eye and never
be reached. Again to such, indulgence in DELI ht
full cogitston, leads 10 unit the brain for any god
work. When they once gain a mastery over the
mind they allure iron duties and hard
to shake on This mysterious intruder steals oser
Us in whatever re attempt, building stately castles
only 10 be wrecked in disappoinsmen nj and AZ AXE
to ind them but air. Dzshins from US the pleasure
u the present, while ws sigh over the future and
at last when the call Of duty urge. Us 30 prompt
action, ne rexiize to di.msy. that sc have Jet
al the golden opportunities pas by unnoticed ;
that they are gone beyond recall, and We are
'eft somher victims
NARY CAMPBELL
delivered the Grafton and valedictory
address, entitled ambition" Miss
Cambell Is the only graduate for this
year, the other members of her class
having withdrawn from the school In
the spring to engage in other work.
Miss Campbell has been one Of the
best scholars i'm our schools and she
graduates with higher average stand
ing than any scholar has attained.
Her Grafton aud address was received
with hearty applause. 1t Is here given !:
The sord ambition seems 10 have n very unam-
hjt,cus bexinnias. live trsee 1t hssk far enough
find il comes from . Latin term meaning -ts
yak areand-' Thai i IN say. in the Old Roman
days, when . man vas mssh given 10 tuseiing
abSat among ths.s- seeking oce. he sss sid 10 be
anabitioa-.-frous ss.tir,. TO go sroaDd. So smbs-
thou, like many other things which have h4sie .
great noi>e In the vorii. may BE- aid 10 have
sprung from poor bat Dot very honest parentAxc-
Misunderstanding its hamise origin. anahitsoa has
played . no-s important par In the wortirs his
tory SiBe~ u l. for the time tspse. disik e