Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-09

purpose OF an education, and that they
might be able to help intelligently in
fighting the battles of education,
because there are yet some to be
fought The first and most i'm
portant object of education is intellectual
culture and the development of thought
power. You must be master of all your
faculties. ALI forces and agencies which
mould our lives, business and social in
tercourse are instruments of culture.
Schools are however the best means for
the average youth. They are established
to ensure the existence of our free gov
ernment. Ignorance is not personal
matter, but positive menace to the state.
Education is not to be considered as the
mere means of gaining o livelihood, it
better fits one for citizenship if there is
not practical application made of q
single fact learned at school. Education
is not only to cultivate faculties, but to
put them OF control il enables you to
decide more clearly the right and wrong
and value more justly the qualities of head
and heart it makes one stronger, better,
nobler.
Mr.. Birdsall presented the class to
President Baird of the Board of Educa-
tion, stating that in presenting the class
he felt it was his own rs it entered the
high school with him and graduated with
him. They have completed their course
prescribed with credit.
President Baird presented each pupil
with diploma in q neat address, calling
the audiences attention to the fact that
they were sharers in the honors of the
evenings work, and he hoped that the
public would see to il that the schools are
kept up to the line of duty.
The names of the graduates with the
text of their essays is given:
Lucy M. Barnes, "Honesty is the Best
Policy" Fannie H. Bogia, "Friendships
Cavalier and the Puritan )" Kate Baxter,
stepping Stones;" Lille W. Burns,
Importance of High Aim in Life !"
Ida Green, Humble Origin of Great
Men; !" Lizzie B, Moore, "The Art of
Thinking" Laura e. Pearson, "Evi-
dences Of American Progress;" Elizabeth
Palmer, "Honor;" Nellie L. Sawin,
"Ruled and Ruler" Carrie j. Vincent,
"He labors in Vain who Strives to Please
All;n I. A. Bedford, Pendulum
Motion;" Stewart Brown, 'Power;"
John j. Crumlish, carts" William j.
Gawthrod, "Cyrus and Alexander; !"
Harry r. Garretson, "Drudgery the Price
of Success" A. o. Herman Grier, .'Pro-
gress of Civilization !" George P. Hodg-
man, "Supply and Demand /" Frank NJ.
Jones, barriers to Success" Elwood
Layfeld, "The Ruins of Time !" Joseph
II. Moreland, Necessity, the Mother of
Invention !" Harry I. Price, Economy"
William j. Truitt, "Amusements !" O.
Reginald Van Trump, "Growth."
Pleasant features of the exercises were
the recitations of Lizzie b. Moore,
"0rder for picture" and Nellie L.
Sawin, "The Painter of Saville." There
was n noticeable tendency on the part of
some of the pupils to recite in mono
tone, which marred the effects of their
efforts pretty considerably. The recita-
tion of ''Drudgery the Price of Success"
by Harry II. Garretson, was one of the
cleverest of the evening, of which the
audience showed its appreciation by
hearty applause. Mr.. Van Trumps rem
dering of "Growth," but for the drop
ping of word and causing break,
which was ingeniously repaired, was
quite as acceptable. The exercises lasted
about two hours,