The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-25

"Not 70 Thyselt Alone" in which the
relative duties OF persons were considered
In Q thoughtful manner.
Miss May Sissel, Of Madison school, de-
scEibed very happily tie peculiaEittes OF
her classmates who graduated with her.
Miss Matte Stark, OF Richie school,
demonstrated that right will always win
although honesty and integrity Will some
times be in the background.
The respective beauties Of prose and
Poetry" were set forth in 9 neatly written
essay by Miss Libbie Steel OF Ritchie dis
trlct.
Miss Louella Wallace, in concluding the
long programme, read q gem OF Q per-
Torrance entitled, "RetrOspection,' in
which she looked back over the yesrs that
are gone, and from the experiences given
by them she gathered hope and strength
for future viCissitudes,
Superintendent John N. Birch preiaced
the p~rereutation OF the diplomas with
some sensible wordstothegraduRting class.
He called their attention to the import
ance OF keeping up their interest in their
studies even after they had left school; sd.
yised them TO seek admission TO scientific
and literary circles; to keep profitable
books on their tables and shelves where
they could be easily reached; TO keep In
remembrance the iActthat their education
was not ended with school lie, He
said the Question had often been
asked why the graduates Of the public
schools were taught 80 much they were
sure to forget, That 0 man who wished
his son 10 BE- q brakeman thought 1t no
use for his boy TO study geometry OF
chemistry. The question was answered,
That no man ever knew what his son
would be, aud that the whole object o.
education was not to enable man to &C
Cumulate money, but to make him happy,
useful and respectable. Such question
left out Of account the element oil In
tsllsctual discipline.
The above Is a b%riefsynopsis Of the gen
tleman's remarks. The address was vel
received by the audience.
Alter the diplomas were given to the
graduates Mr.. j. O. Baker, OF the Auditorl
0fiCs, in behalf OF State Superintendent
Butcher, presented the Peabedy's Medali
in q very pleasing speech. ss follows;
In the absence OF Hon. Is, l.. Butcher
Stale Superintendent of Schools, It be-
comes my pleasure to represent him this
afternoon, aud in the name OF the State o.
West Virginia present the Peabody medals
which are awarded to those who have at
tanned the highest rank in the graduating
classes OF the several ward schools oil this
city. .,
The history OF these medals is well
known, They are purchased with the
fund donated by the late Geo'gt Peabody
OF Baltimore, for the advancement OF ed
uCAtlon throughout the Southern States
hey are OF solid bronze. On one side Ii
he head Of the donor, while the other
bears the name OF the donee and the
cause for which 1t IL awarded.
While they may possess no intrinsic
worth or value, yet the circumstances sur.
rounding their history, cause them 10 be
duly appreciated. II IL an honor to receive
hem, loI they are presented only TO those
"ho by fidelity and close application
10 study prove themselves worthy OF 90
distil gulshed an honor as to be the reel
pientS OF q medal donated by one who
attracted not only the attention and appre
citation Of his own people but whose worth
was recognized by foreign powers. Oue
10 whom the clnBe Of education was 10
dear that he was not Contented to lay
down the armor Of lie until he had
provided q valuable and lasting testlmo'
NAL OF his appreciation Of this grand work,
believing, as he expressed 1t, ITO be a debt
due from present TO future generations
take pleasure In congratulating you
upon the honored position you occupy to-
day, and as you leave the school room to
hail the social life, into whose pleasing
bounds you go to pay your share Of service
and In glad return to taste Its comforts and
Its gays, permit me to expresJ the hope
that as you pass through life, your path
may be always as brightly strewn with
n)wers as 1t Is to-day, and that you may
have aver increasing honors conferred
upon you.