The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-15
rAInnoNr AoHMAL SCHOOL.
commencement &CcR-A Gala Time in
the NOuDtniu City.

Correspondence q he IMieAg1'oI.
FAIRMoNT, W. Va. june l4.-Commence-
ment week in town or small city is the erenl
OF the year. "Who are the seuiOts?" "Who
is Valedictorian?" "Who is Salutatorian2
"How are the young ladies going to dress?'
"Wonder II there will be many aowers?'
These are only few of The questions thai
pass from lip to lip as the important time
draws near. Then the visitors begin 10 drop
In, former students return; the alumni,
many OF them with their wives, are found
at the hotels; the beelshop and the butcher
wagon are in demand, and thus the prep.
arations go on.
Our little mountain city has realized all
this, and more, within the past two weeks,
and has put on her best dress to do honor
to the occasion. Fairmont is proud Of her
Normal School and desires to see, and
fully expects, even greater prosperity in
the future. She is glad, also, that the two
hundred young men aud women who
make their home here most oil the year are
pleased both with the town and the school.
Examinations have been going on for some
days, but the closing exercises proper be-
gaa on Sunday afternoon by the delivery
OF the annual sermon before tho Senior
Glass by Rev. @. A. Sipe, Of Warrington.
This gentleman delivered an excellent ad-
dress from the theme, Lilies work Just
begun" basing his remarks en "There re-
maineth yet very much land 10 be pos
sessed." Joshua, IS. !.
On Monday evening the ninth aaniver-
sary OF the MtzIrt Society was held, an at
tractive performance being presented on
the occasion. Tuesday evening the same
literary society was addressed by Rev. i.
L. Stewart, presiding Elder, ClaFksbug
district, NJ. E Church, from "The
Present Age, and the Man for it." Last night
the Normal Lyceum was entertained by
Hon. George +. Price, Of KCyser, in an
address on the Individuality Of Char
acter." .-...
We have not time 10 make All extended
report OF any Of these exercises, suffice 1t
to SAY, then, that all the address were oi d
high order, and OF excellent taste, and that
ali who heard them were well entertained.
Normal Hall las been crowded 10 its
capacity at every exercise with students
and Fair mont's best people.
GRADUATING ExERCIsEs
This morning MS early US o'clock people
began to come in from the country, and at
8 o'clock the ball was filled, although the
exercises Of the senior class did not begin
until 0 o'clock, Below will be found the
order Of exercises. We cannot speak Of
any Of the performers except to say that
all did we'll, and that the Ave young ladies
and the seven young men who compose
the class Of 'SS are equal in ability 10 any
who have gone forth from this institution:
Music. Chorus, "Wild Gales" Cook.
Prayer. Music. Piano Duett-"Golden
YOUTH" Wells, Misses Hough and Gould.
Salutatory Address, with Essay-"The End
OF the Rainbow" Mary NJ Burns, Fair
mont, W. Va LOG Cabin Boys" Leroy
Swan, Middlehourne. W. Va. Music.
Piano Solo-"Gaite D. CG1r yalse," S.
Smith, Alice Paul, Ne~burg, W. Va.
"Mary, Queen Of scotts," Rosa Kinney,
9 L. Reynolds, Pruntytown, W. Va.
al ro Worship,"P. L Glover, Uniontown,
W. Va. Music. Piano Solo-"Fandango,"
Meyer, Halle Hall, Fairmont, W. Va.
Treasure Seekers, iJennetta Carter, Mt
Harmony. W. Va. "Ancient America"
Robert Shultice, Piedmont, W. Va.
character" Will S. Mayors, Fairmont,
W. Va. Music. Vocal Duett-"Voices Of
the Night" Glover, Misses Ohley and
Cooper "The World is All Gates" Lum.
mie A. High, Romint's Mills, W. Va.
"Genius and Work." II. G. Ogden, Fair.
mont, W. Va, "Rome Was Not Built in a
Day." Ida K. Swindler, Grafton, W. Va.
MGsc. Piano Solo-HNorthern Route"
Cratner, Dee Hough, Fairmont, ". Va.
"The Acme OF Fame" with Valedictoty
Address, N. s. Blair, Romine's Mills, W.
Va. Ccnterring OF Diplomas by Hon. B.
L. Butcher, State Superintendent Music.
Piano TiO-"Mocking Bird" Hoffman,
Misses STisher, Grove and Gould, and
hiessrs. Dowden and Watts,
Hon. B. i. Butcher, State superinten.
dent, and Prof. ]. B. Fowler, are the only
Regents yet present
Hon. Geo. E. Price remained to hear the
senior performances this morGing.
Among the visitors present on the stage
we noticed Rev. D. II. King, ot Lonacon'
ing, Md.
Supt. Butcher gave the class some good
advice in pretenling the diplomas. He
urged them to do their work well even in
lilies humble places, and that US they were
prepared, they would be called to higher
positions.
This AFTERNOON the Alumni Association
OF the N lrnial School held its annual meet-
ing and elected officer and performers for
the ensuing year. About one'hslf OF the
two hundred and fifteen graduates were
present and made up an enthusiastic COM
pauy. James A. sbarplees, Of Keyser, was
elected President. To night after the lit
erary performances the Alumni held re.
ception, which was attended by least one
Thousand spersons, the entire building pe'