Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-05-30

suffering ever since and will suffer for
generations to come for this broken law.
Strong drink destroys the human being.
The drinker entails suffering and misery
upon his children as well as apon himself.
Tobacco is no less Of an evil Future
generations pay the penalty in weakened
bodies and minds. All suffering about Us
is the effect OF breaking Gods laws.
What is the cure2 Education. Medi.
eating these evils will never cure them
Man must learn 10 respect and obey, scorn-
ing to hand down to their children and chill
drens children legacies Of sin and misery"
hiss Ella Devault
then delivered an address on the subject
"0ur own Day and Generation" She
commenced by saying: The tendency Of
many older people to feel that the world
grows worse and worse each day; and to
impress. upon the rising generation the
notion that they we're born generation or
30 too late, seems rather prepos.
ferrous when We consider their
condition in life as compared with ours"
Miss Devault handled her subject nicely
and cited the difference between travelling
on the mountains on horseback after Q sack
Of salt and the present railway methods; also
between the log school house and the nicely
furnished and ventilated building Of to-day.
She undoubtedly proved that the people Otto
day are doing as much for civilization and
advancement as any previous generation
could have done, and we noticed many old
persons looking sheepish as her arguments
were spoken.
Next on the programme was a duet by
Prof Schofeld and Miss Flora Williams.
The selection, Flow, Gentle Neya, is fine
piece of music, and as to the rendition
it is useless to praise ii as mentioning the
names Of the performers is sufficient guar
sntee that it was we'll rendered.
THIS was followed by an address on the
subject OF Dreams" by
Miss Daisy Hobensack,
The subject was discussed In Q manner
which showed that she had studied and not
dreamed on it. She looked at it from all
points, ancient and modern, real and
unreal, and showed, according
to the most authentic authority,
that dreams sometimes had more or less
reality and meaning attached to them,
while at others they were merely the reflex
action OF an overloaded stomach, and had
nothing supernatural or inexplicable con.
nected with them. She related very nice
story about the lrishman who dreamed had
proposed to his lady love and had been re.
jected, and who, upon telling her Of the cir.
cumstances, was happily repaid for his fore.
bcdings by having her say that it was all true
enough except the rejecting part. On the
whole, tie address was very creditsble
one, and showed not only hard study, but
also true ability.
Louie Rothermund
followed with an address on Conviction,
an element OF worldly success" Among
other things he said; There are people
who are always trying and always failing,
they strike here and there their capacity is
great, their intentions good but they fail for
want of an aim" The honesty Of convic.
ton and the grandeur of maintaining it is
shown in the men who were burned at the
stake for their religious beliefs. The men are
gone, but their convictions still live and al
ways will.
The lack of conviction is strikingly ap-
parent in the failures we see every day"
1--WE must be true artists TO sacrifice our
selves, if need be- for our convictions"
The school sang a chorus, Wake Gentle
Zephyr" after Mr.. Rothermund had con-
clud,d, which was followed by the presenta-
ton Of the diplomas by j. T. Thomas, Presi.
dent of the Beard of Education. Mr..
Thomas made neat little speech congrat.
ula'ing the scholars and giving some very
good advice. After this came the singing
of an anthem by the school. This
was followed by the benediction by Rev.
Wier of the U. p. church. The presents
and floral offerings were numerous and very
nice, and the applause accorded the indi.
vidual performers showed great apprecia-
ton. This class shows by its uniform high
stsndaod that Prof Shreve and Miss Crum.
backer are still untiring in their efforts to
improve, and, as nearly as possible, perfect
the young minds intrusted to their care.
The people of our town always did show
their good taste by turning out en- masse 10
attend auy event with which our school was
connected. They - proud OF their schools
and teachers and we'll may be.