Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-05-18
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF the Mexico High School Last
Friday Evening.

Ihe commencement exercises of tn,
Mexico High School at the oper.
house last Friday night were well at
tended and exceedingly creditable t.
all participating in them. The must,
by Professors Treloar and Utermehle1
was very fine. The latter was repeat
edly applauded, and finally encored
when, in his rapid execution 9.
"Yankee-doodle'' upon the violin
there was a comic union of motor
and sound that brought down thu
house. The singing by Messrs. Ire.
loar, Gentry, Laforce and Trimblt
was of high order, and a comic sole
by Mr.. Gentry made a very accepta.
BILE variation.
The exercises were opened by an
appropriate and well rendered PRAYER
by Elder w. c. Ridgeway, giving
thanks for national, social and educa.
tional advantages.
Prof. Blanton then explained that
the essays and orations about to be
delivered were original compositions,
and that the attainlhents of the grad.
yates were very nearly equal. After
some hesitation the board had award.
ed the first honor to Miss Josie d.
Hamilton, who would therefore pre-.
sent the valedictory-''Rumor'-an
the second to Miss Anna May Hooton.
to whom had been allotted the saluta,
tory, an essay upon Henry Words.
worth Longfellow. Miss Emma E.
hunkel read an essay upon the prac.
teal subject of industrial and Do.
mestic Education" The Grafton:
were delivered by Messrs. Charles l..
Mexican and Frank r. Jesse, by the
former on 1.-The Signs of the Times
and by the latter 1.-The jew in His.
tory"
To say that the ladies. and gentle.
men above named sustained hand.
somely and acceptably the parts as.
signed them, is but a faint e~xpressio,
of our appreciation of their compost
tons and renderings. In common
with all present We were gratified by
the indications constantly cropping
out in the exercises that those hat
obtained ''Palms that best deserved
Them" 1t must have been difficult
to have correctly awarded the honors
but no doubt the board was guided
by consummate judgement in its de
cisions.
In the absence of Judge Geo. B
M~acfarlane, president of the schoo
board, Mr.. John j. Steele presented
the diplomas, and Immediately there
after Superintendent Blanton made
a very neat address.
In addressing the graduates Prof
Blanton said in substance that he die
but repeat, in the presence of his au
dience, that they might be witnesse.
of his words, what had been Otter
said before. My young friends
young ladies and gentlemen, thus ia
you have only made a commencement
1t is natural, that you, who hav'
studied so diligently. should thinl
otherwise. Nevertheless, you hav,
only acquired that, which properl,
applied, will enable you to grappl'
with what is before you in the colleg'
and in the university, and, after them
in the workshop of life. In all tn
professions you may hereafter fl
aim to think rapidly, to decide rightly
to submit to authority cheerfully an,
to meet satisfactorily the demand
and expectations of society. To d.
this you must keep up your habits o
observation and study.
Up to the present time you are in
debted to the state and your owl
efforts for your attainments. 1t j
the State that has furnished the mean
of imparting what you have learned
strive, therefore, to pay the debt yo'
owe the commonwealth. Let not tn
fact that you are without money dete
you from ~endeavoring to do so
Let the State and the world be tn
wiser and better for your having live
in it. Ability to work is capital, an
he who but makes two blades of gras
grow where there was only one befor
is an acknowledged benefit. Work
then, wherever work can be found
Remember, too, that success is onl
work well done, and that he that work
well in humble life deserves and get
honor high as he that paints a pictur
or writes a poem. Hundreds of Is
borious wealth-producers will be hor
ored when the gatherers of it'll
Goulds and the Vanderbilts-will b
forgotten. Those that will not wor
are as salt that has lost its SAVIOR
they cannot be advanced.
After the address the graduatin
scholars, through Miss Kunkel, pr
sented Prof. Blanton with an elegal
: silver card received in token Of the
appreciation of his attentions, an
) Elder j. A. Headington dismissed Il
= assembly with a benediction.
so, Shame, Where IS Thy Blush?'
A sad commentary on the life Of
once good-looking and respectful
girl, whose family we're former res