The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1884-06-05
School NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

took place at Rempel's Oper
House on Friday evening, Ma
30th, 1854.
1t was a very pleasant evenin
and long before the doors wer
opened, the people .thronged TIL
streets and Opera House, anxiou
to obtain admission and procur
suitable seats. 3
At eight o'clock, the hour fol
beginning the exercises, the hal
was so crowded that there wa
no standing room and many wer'
turned away at the door.
The managers of the exercises
had prudently taken the precau
ton 10 reserve upwards of l0(
seats for the parents and friends
of the graduates.
After the class had all arrived
and the members of the Board
had taken their seats on the
stage, Superintendent McCray
called the house to order, and at
ter few preferatory remarks, he
announced the programme.
Rev.G. w. Burns pronounced
a devotional and appropriate in
vocation.
Will II. Gould then opened the
exercises proper with an oration
on "The Dangers to the Repub-
lic."
Will spoke for eleven minutes.
He discussed the dangers to tie
nation from within and without
and held the audience by his,
clear and forcible arguments,
smoothness and eloQuence of
speech. His voice was clear and
loud and lMs speech pleased the
audience.
Mary Clark was next an
for an essay. "a Pill
,rim's Mission"
May read for eight minutes
md took her pilgrim through all
he walks of life in search of i'm
mortal truth. Nays essay |
bounded in poetical thoughts
in the choicest words. |
Her essay had been bettcr ap !
,reciated had it been read louder.
Jessie Bishop then followed
With an oration on "Hidden
links" She. searched for the
link in the broad field
If science. The Grafton was in
eresting and instructive. Jessie
iound more OF the missing links
N five minutes than many sci
,ntists have discovered in a life
line.
Kate Weitzell followed with
IN essay on the ''Social Firma
ament."
The showed us how Gf We
wished to see and understand
universal society we must not
,nly have the best telescope but
he most varied and favorable
observatory. The suns and stars
If first magnitude, the planets
With their satellites, the comets
md nebulae, with here and there
shower of meteors will then all
Ne seen as distinctly as the veri-
able bodies of the solar system
re seen through a Lord Ross
elescope. In nine minutes the
Vhole armament of society was
xplore |, and the distance ,,their
'eat and light accurately meas
red.
There was now some music and
uring this time the floral trib-i;
tes were collected.
Then followed the debate, Re-
olved: s'That classics should be
xcluded from High School and
college courses"
This was an interesting ques-
on and one of the chief prob
.ms in education, and every one
ntered into the spirit Of the dis
ussion.
John n. White opened the af:
ila speech of ten min
tes length. The chief argument
was the v.st amount
f time expended on these stud
IS. John also spoke of the i'm
racticability Of the classics and
lt ir uselessness in the ordinary
of life.
The negative was then beauti-
lily and ably argued by Mollie
[c Bride. Though Mollie's speech
id not come into direct opposi
on to John Whites, yet she pro
ided many able arguments in
lvor of the classics, and closed
'ith a beautiful compliment to
le ancient authors. Mollie dis
!ayed the chief essential of the
iccessful debater, namely, cool
ass and self possession.
John A. Smith gave the closing
rgument of the Affirmative!
ohm is noted for his aversion to .
,e classics and was very enthu-
astic in his speech. John was
cry earnest and adileared strict
: to the practical disadvantages
these studies.
Emma K. Frasch closed the
with a well delivered
,eech of some power and some
hof iuloDondont of tho q affirn,o .