The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-06-23
wellington High School Commencement.

Friday evening, June 17th, occurred the
literary exercises Of the graduating class of
the Wellington High School The evening
was sultry but cloudless, and good-natured
and more than ordinarily courteous
crowd had collected before the opening
of the doors Of the Congregational
Church, in which 1t was held. In a few mo-
ments audience room and galleries were well
filed, the overflow settling into quiet in the
Sunday-school rooms, aisles and Yestibules.
A more orderly and respectful audience is
seldom eongregated at a free entertainment
the programmes:
overture-cAliph dc BagdAd-HAnrs Orchestra
Prayer-Rey. Mr.. DAILY.
Musfc-Orchesrra-
orsrion-one Of the virtues-Forrest F. Parker.
Mn.le, MATsn-Secker-ele Club. n..a-w wn,,nev
SSss %ts Hs
Solo. A Leaf from the spray-Mey-Miss Nataiia
oratio1-Life Currents-Charies NJ. Roser.
bass, wSaS aeaniains@ @aasnaSierS@Sir. and h1rs.
% s8}rsHon1bolitical PatrOnage-watsOu W. Lang.
EsssyTIrpe A1issocFss2~AsIy Insy7naT v1 Toun.ena
vsiediclOry-The American chAracter- Elmer s.
Music. The Artilerists oath-c. F. Adams-Glee
address % the Qa..-w. R. weAn-
HsainSP WA ssIiop1F. = zHFoaeorchestra.
Benedietion-
The music, all Wellington talent, was emil
nently satisfactory. The opening prayer, by
Rev. Mr.. DAILY, was q model of brevity ano
appropriateness. There was an average ex-
cellence in the orations and essays in thought
and delivery, that is somewhat uncommon
The smusic, prayer, music" and one ora
ton were scarcely over before a wailing
infant lifted up its voice in protest against
late hours hot weather, crowds, too muchee
music, loud speeches, bewildering fans,
shocking applause, and all the pomp and
parade distressing to a baby's nerves and
liable to be misunderstood by one OF Its Inn
tied age and experience
The next episode not provided for by the
Board of Education, or paid for by the class,
nor vet anticipated by the forethought OF the
instructors, and announced in the programme
to be looked for by an expectant audience,
was a slight convulsiYe movement on the
mart of the gas-nghts during the singing OF
the solo by Miss Rininger, and then there
was an instant of twilight, slight murmer
of apprehension, and the lovely gas s
had tainted entirely away, and the packeo
multitude sat in darkness The aecompa-
mist at the piano could not read her notes,
the singer ceased, and great chorus oi
laughter, with prolonged applause, neutral
lied any expression of fright that might
easily have become general and created
panic. There was sufficient escapage OF gas
to make the atmosphere very unpleasant
but with doors and windows all open 1t did
not assume explosive or comoustiole proper
tions. as some privately feared 1t might
Lamps were brought in, the totality OF the
ecIipse was over, and the interrupted song
was taken up. Miss Rininger graduated In
the class of 80, and is now pursuing her mu-
sical studies under instructors In the CleVe-
land Conservatory. with promise Oh gooo
success in her chosen accomplishment sne
received an encore. and while the audience
was further and pleasantly entertained oy
second song, the resuscitated gas was mace
to come up TO its duty, and was remarkably
brilliant thereafter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Woolley's duet was re-
ceiyed with warm appreciation, none the less