Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-05-24
COLUMBIA NEWS.
rnE u,ou sonUon COMMENCEMENT

NV VT. FNNrCtta AUuESka--
hheotor Ulvan's rutsttain,nsnt
Tho opera house was lilled last nigh, hy
the crowd which had assembled to listen
TO tho commencement oiorcisra of tho
niSh eohn"i graduating class OF 81, The
programme OF tho evening was inter.
sporsed throughout by excellent music.
furnished by Prof. Gpus' York orchestra
Tho evenings exercises opened with an
overture 10y the orchestra, followed bya
PRAYER from tho Rcv. H. w. IIumphriss.
Tho silutatOry address aud essay. ON.
titled "What Can She Du?" was delivered
by Miss Sallic Conway. She said that Tia.
members Ot the class were but beginning
life. A wOman's lie Is shaduwed by many
trials, but they can all Go overcome By
perseverance,. Many women have earned
great names for themselves, and not low
have become hsrOinCs of history. Hard
work. earnest eudcavor3 aud sttunR ptiu
ciplcs place women on Cuviablo pCdestals.
Essay-"Tho Choice OF a proiession"-
Bruuor Kaufman. Tho question of the
path of Ito to DO followed through lifo is
0i vital importance u young mau just
entering upon hCc's duties. ruc end ut
lilo, To- ~ many, seoms 10 bo how to got
rlch ia tho quickest time possible Parenta
too often iurCo their children into pruies
slUns for which they are uusulted, aud tho
result * a life failure. Let young man
choose his profession OF trade, and theu
lot him give IL his earned attention. IL
is his best possible road to success.
Essay" Naturo's Teachings "-Elsin
Stoner. The heavens presents source ot
pure thought ; thoy arc delight aud
pleasure TO the thoughtful The CUnsId
Grafton Of the planets impyCsscs man with
| n sense ol his smallncss, by regarding their
grandurc. Knowledge is liEcnud to tho
growth Of aplaut. 1t springs from
| seed, and, by gathering unto itself whole.
soino food, gradually forms into q spread
ing tree.
Class prophecy Mary Tile, Of class of
| So. Tho future Of tho different members
| of the class q. 81 was amusuRly traced
| Ono becomes wiio. gcntlo and loving,
| but alas she il such becauso a weak
minded husband readily does her every
| bidding. Another leaves trail through
| life Oi hair pius--a woman vain of looks
| and attentive to tho toilette. 4 third
| becomes . noted writer but IL doomed -
| DO miserable old mas Oi tho young
men of the GLASS, ono develops into q cello
| bratod lawyer aud eventually a senator
from the state OF Patagonia, while tho Othor
almost becomes reCiuSe IN his absorbed
chemical researches, Tho speaker closed
| with good wishes 10 all her old school
| mates.
|
| Wright. More works Of fiction arc read
than books of any other class OF literature.
Good fiction is beneficial, for 1t often por-
trays state of lilo not reached eycn
by history, aud II Is lrrgueDtly 4 mirror TO
the lives Of the people Of a nation. By
connecting 1t with other and more solid
works II becomes source of bonI III -
readers, but II of = trashy character, Its
| otleCt was just as surely oyIl.
Essay-"Great Men" Ewing MlnlIu.
Great men are those pCrsUuH whose
powers are fully developed. They aru
men who have done good for their follow
men. They are tho opponents ui q
peoples advanced ideas, aud their lives
become examples to following generations
| of people. Without them tho world
would be in lamcntablC condition. Am
btiOn often dims the RItntness OF meu
otherwise great, aud - last loadg 10 their
downfall and ruin.
Essay and Nalodictory -" For What
Do We Study"-Amy Amcs, The object
| of study Is the acquiIemeat OF knowledge.
| The latter enables us to enjoy life better,
| and to fight life . battles more successfully
knowledge enables us more fully to cum
preheud Gods plan of creation and bis
benefcence. Tho different studies have
their dilferout useS, aud are therefore
| necessary All study Is useless unless Is
acquired the ability also tu direct It to
proper end. Education and Knowledge
raise people, aud give them rIuk
among the nations la conclusion just
tribute, uu behalf Of the class, was paid by
the speaker to tho superintendent aud
teachers Of the school.
The speaker Of the evening, Rev. L. T.
Everett, Of Harrisburg, WIS then intro
duced. His remarks, in brief, were as
follows | embrace with pleasure the
opportunity of addressing this class aud
this audience Tho moral element III
education shall be my principal thcme. 1t
Is the great question OF the day. OF the
seven sides To the question the principal
are Free, Compulsory, Secular aud
Religious. None will deny education to
be the life Of the state. Intelligence Is
wealth and wealth is power. Every state
! il bound TO support Literally tho cause OF
education. But education is imperfect
| If il ia not moral in it's tendency.
Christ must be- in the education
of the people. Education ls the growth
of the soul, as well as of tho mind. An
immoral soul never develops fully. Nature
is a book of knowledge, but ii is by God =
D revelations that 1t eau best DO studied
$ Reason itself is mighty but it can do moth
ing towards unTayoliug Gods mysteries.
Gods revelations alone do this. Nature
! | can best DO read IN the HSht OF bpl s
revelations. Christianity supples the
! longings OF man as spiritual being as a
| book supplies kuowledg go to tho mind.
Reason tells nothing Of our hereafter rev.
, elations alonc do that. God shines upon
t tho pathways OF this world, and lights us
; to a better world. No human philosophy
. ever attained tho philosophy Of lite ba'
yond mere selashness. Tho speaker finally
turned to tho graduating class, when they
t arose, and delivered Tow parting words
Z of advice.
I The distribution of diplomas thou closed
the exercises.
After the exercises had concluded, the
, honorary orator, teachers, school board
. and other friends of education, were hand
4 somely entertained at the hosPitablo home
!. Of w. B. Given, osq.
D The Borough hewS in BrIst
?: Isaac Shields, colorod, was before 'squnc
d Evans, yesterday, charged with negleoting
Q his sick wife. Lots of " Coon" were
present at tho hearing Defendant wac
n finally discharged, and told to go home to
J. his better half.
o The Columbia base ball club and the
y Yigils, of Newtown, will CROSS bats this
d Afternoon. The former club has just re
o ceiyed from Philadelphia, q dozen aud a