National Republican., 1883-06-13
!. Recitation" Die Grenadierc,"


IL. Grafton with valedietory--The Americans a
Homo Loving People Clement NJ. l.. Sites
Chorus, When Mearied Eyelids.
Comforting of Diplomas.
Chorus, " Hark, Hark, the Lark"
First of tho honors of the occasion was the
salutatory in Latin by Miss Phoebe Holmes.
From Miss Holiness graceful and expressive
delivery the audience, though not all familiar
with the language, gathered the greeting ex-
tended to them. noticeable feature of the
salutatOrian was her accurate pronunciation
and appreciation of the classical speech, which
gave another proof of tho careful training
and enthusiastic teaching under Miss Dame,
the vice principal, whose scholarship and
success have mado the Latin department
popular. Miss Holmes has gained high
honors in her course at the high school, and
leaves il to enter in September next upon u
wider range of study at the college of liberal
arts Boston university.
The subject of Mr.. Steck's Grafton was
Technical Education" Ii was an earnest
plea for the maintenance Of technical courses
in our public schools, and q showing of the
necessity of Americas preparing her own sons
and daughters by thorough course of in
struction III the mechanical arts, aud her fail
ure to compete with European nations when
most of the wealth of this country becomes
such mainly through tho development of the
natural resources OF the land.
Miss Sipes essay upon the "Omnipresent
Sparrow" was brilliant and witty. Tho
audience fully agreed with her that the
English sparrow must go and cat tho carefully
sowed grass seeds of other countries that 1t
is base usurper with Oliver Twist propensi-
ties that il has superseded the songsters that
before them delighted us and must share the
fate of the celcstials that not long ago received
an invitation to depart
Miss Perry's essay, entitled Back Door
Glimpses" was full of sharp witty sarcasm,
a..
aware of social shams, and is willing to pleas
antly expose and ridicule them.
The Grafton of Mr.. Harry English on
Egypt, Land of Contrast" was u COM
m 1ndablc production. Mr.. English will soon
lind wider application and enlargement of
his talents as u student in the halls of Johns
HOPKINS university. The German poem
"Die Grenadiere," rected by Miss Hines was
a success Mr.. Cutters essay on "The Milk
We Drink was illustrated by the article it.
self Mr.. Cutter has made the acquaintance
of the daircs OF the city, and applied chemi-
cal and physical tests of the purity of tho
liquid offered for sale. Mr.. Cutter will prob
ab,y enter Cornell university.
The Glass History" by Miss Mckinney
was humorous, original, and characteristic.
From it was learned that "it is cosmopolitan
in tastes and residence twenty-five hail from
tho capital, five from Maryland, my Mary
land two bring with them the hardy spirit
of Maine, two come from the Green Mountain
state, and two from New York. Tennessee
tho Bay state, aud the Old Dominion each
send one, and one celestial from the flowery
kingdom pauses for while. The entire
weight of the class is q trifle less than two
tons, the perpendicular height from the head
of the class to the foot is half the height o
tho Washington monument, and the addCd
ages count up six centuries"
The essay of Miss Alice Hutchinson or
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fairly represented the good work of cultur,
done as II student by Miss Hutchinson, TIL,
daughter of the president of the Unity clul
of this city.
One of the noticeable parts of the pro
gramme was the valedictory by Mr.. Clemen
: L. NJ. Sites. The subject was popular one
The Americans Home-loving People,"
Appropriate enough was this essay jus
after the Payne memorial, and it was clearl,
shown that the loving spirit was tn,
stable thing, tho binding thing in American
life. There were opportunities for flashes o
wit, and these were not lost by the valedicto
rian. Mr.. Sites has received the Boston uni
versity scholarship, which this year was opei
to the boys of the school,
The military drill added much to the pleas
ure of the occasion. Gen. West has brough
upon himself enthusiastic popularity amon
the cadets of the Washington high school. III,
has interested himself in securing for them
military equipment that will aid them mate
rally in being the crack" cadets of tn
country.
A variation of the usual commencement OK
ercises was alserics of experiment and dem
onstrations in the different Departments. TIL
first was showing Of the growth structur
and development of the tulip tree, and thi
was conducted by Miss j. Adele Hammett
The second was the Marsh test of arsenic, b
Miss Sarah L. Simmons. The third was
clear aud interesting demonstration of the ei
feet on falling bodies of the removal of nj
mospheric pressure and too II demonstration
of the properties of liqu DIS. This was cor
Quoted by George II. Ayres. Th
fourth was an illustration and explani
ton by Appleton p. Clark, Of tn
methods and instrument used in surveying
These were an interesting part of the pro
gramme and were used to show that it is tn
principle of the school to bring the pupils q
much as possible to practical working of tn
abstract principles of mathematics and til
sciences.
The music was finely rendered. Miss Rol
erts led tho school choruses Mr.. Doyle WI
pianist, and the musical part of the pr
!. gramme showed excellence in selection an
/. rendering. Especially fine were the choru
n Come Who're the Lilies Bloom" and Il
y quartettc, "Swiss Peoples Song" Miss Ratl
d bone and Miss Humphrey were noticeable f
their sweet singing.
r. After the commencement exercises We
10 over the audience passed into the vario
~ rooms where the members Of the school he
/. pleasant Informal receptions OF their friend
From the large exhibition hall, in the cent
of the third floor, tho audience passed in
the laboratories and drawing room. The ma
drawing room is large, airy, and supple
70 with an abundance of soft light. The wa
g of cream and crimson are adorned with bus
O. of Minerva, Juno, and others, while casts
in leaves and flowers are hung here and Uhei
These serve as models for the pupils, al
70 while applied to the practical purpose f
III which intended, add much to the artist
of effects of the room. Extending around /
g. whole room is black board ill
n with beautiful drawings, all representa-
~ historical ornament II may be readily sc
't' how course of drawing thus conduct
y is far superior to usual fiat drawing, both
o purely mechanical designs aud the meanin
y, y, less copying of landscapes for every des
~ has history of its own, and while the eye
" taught and the right hand loses none of
cunning tho mind is impressed with the Ct
% % ture and historical glory Of antiquity. Amo
VI others of especial merit were Saracenic ca
10 tai, Antifex 10 the ParthenOn, Romanesq
., capital, byzantine ornament and capt.
es Roman Acanthus and Moorish form. Th,
Vi were all specimens of work done in the reg
10 lar classes.
~ Passing into smaller room there was sc
40 tho work of the special classes. These q
NJ three in number, and the course incluC
" ~ practice in industrial drawing models, a
iiowers fat copies-g -geometrical drawing (o
line)-designs Tho second years work is
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