, 1885-06-27
a BRIGHT DAY.
Commencement Exercises of the
Public Schools.
Five Hundred Pupils Before the
Eyes of Anxious Ones.
SESSION.

into the opera house in column of twos
five hundred bright, happy faces and
thousand sparkling eyes, FIVE hundred
hearts filled with the importance OF a biz
occasion to them. They occupied every
seat of the parquette and dress circle anC
a large number were on the stage, abouI
the wings and entrances except while they
were going through their share of the ex.
e%rcises, and all looked charming in holiday
dress, the boys trim and neat and the
girls pure and pretty in white dresses and
bright ribbons, with heads of black and
brown and bronze, and gold and fossy
flax, and altogether twas a scene to fiji
one heart and to evoke the thought that
here are those who are coming to the con
troll of social, political and business affairs,
and that among the little heads are those
which will bow listening senates to the
power of their eloquence, be the con
~trollers of the wealth of the land, its bust
ness and its destiny, and the fathers and
mothefs of the generation which shall
follow them.
The first swell of the full chorus The
Deep Blue Sea, was almost a surprise.
so sweet and full and melodious it was.
and when it ended thelul was almost a pain.
Rev. Num-. Of the Baptist church, offered
a beautiful, touching and appropriate
prayer, and then after another full chorus.
Far Away the Camp Fires Burn, the in
dividual exercises began. Master Walter
Durbin. a wee tot, recited Giving Direc-
TONS then came little Minnie Dudley
with First Up" Maud Morley recited
Letting the Old Cat Die and Belle
Robinson gave Discomfort" Milly
Myers recitation was "Grandpa's Spec
%tacles, and Addie Brubaker did "Papa's
Letter Victor De Prato's piece was
Vacation, and then there was a pretty
chorus by a group of small children,
Dream Kisses, and Clarence johnson
recited Poor Little joe. After these
came Grace Ferguson in Sitting for a
Picture, George LaPash with Cripple
Ben, , Mary Meek The Spider and the
Fly" Omic Copeland in Which Shall
1t Be?' Harry Kirk in THE Boys Of
70, and Leontine Abney was specially
good in the original poem by w. p.
Carroll, Almost at the Top The poem
is a gem, and Miss Leontine delivered it
with rare Evolutionary force and grace and
ease of g~estieulation. Then there was a
three part chorus by a stage full ofpupils,
THE One Horse Chaise, by Lester
Baker, and little Elsie Myers captiyated
her audience with Money Musk, a
recitation and dance. an an Atelier,
was a pretty character sketch exquisitely
done by Lisle Smith and May Turtle erlel
the recitations with The Happy Day"
Miss Bertha Spoor then read an original
composition, Legend of Sleepy Hol-
low, which was not only well written but
excellently presented. The children sang
THE Mourning Sea, and Ex-Governor
Hoyt delivered a strong and appropriate
address, full Of beautiful thoughts mud
wise advice which the children will re-
member all their lives, and the afternoon
exercises, in which the lesser grades were
represented, were ended. THE LEADER
obtained a full report OF Governor Hoyts
address, but found alterward that time
and want of space precluded its publicn-
ton, which is to be regretted.
THE EVENING EXERCISES.
The opera house in the evening Was
filed to everaowing with the best element
of Cheyenne's citizens, in which was rep
resented wealth, culture and intellect,
showing that they had at heart the well
fare Of the children's education, and that
they appreciated a truly literary exercise
coming from home talent.
The exercises opened with a song by a
number of boys and girls which was
pleasingly rendered and showing that who
ever had charge of them had done their
duty.
Rev. G.. n. Eldridge then offered q
short prayer invoking divine blessing upon
the entire evenings services.
This was followed by calisthenics, with
music by a number of small girls, and was
gone through with in perfect order and
was so well received that they responded
to a loud and prolonged encore.
Miss Annie East was then announced
as the first graduate 10 appear before the
audience. Miss East had taken for her
topic, The Richest Ornament. In her
essay she began with the love of the un-
civilized races for personal ornaments, de
scribing those Of many Of them, and
brought It down so the present day, clear
ly showing that as the mind was trained
and cultured the matter of dress and orna-
mentation was made more simple and in
accordance with health and beauty, there
by proving the mind 'the richest orna
ment
Following the essay was another exer-
else IN ~calisthenics, with music by young
misses with dumb-bells. This, as the one
preceding, was gone through with in a
perfect mapner and evidenced thorough
training.
Miss Dora Stanley then read an essay
on The Heroes Of History 1t was a
very fine effort, and the subject was
handled in a manner which showed that
the education she had received was not
taken in a manner Of form, but that it
was the result of good tutorship and hard
careful study to make the best Of her OPP
portunity.
Miss Belle Stanley followed in an essay
entitled, THE Heroincs Of History. ~
This was also a very carefully studied
production, showing depth ofthought and
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