St. Paul daily globe., 1885-06-26
THE TEsA1NENG CLASS,
Numbering Fourteen. Receive Di-
ploEnas at the High school.


The large hall of the high school build
ing, Oh Tenth street, was well filled last
evening by select and highly interested
audience, the occasion being the graduating
exercises OF the st. Paul training school.
The hail. which was well ventilated and
very comfortable, was very tastefully dec
Grated around the sides with American
flags and evergreenS, and all about the
stage, in every available location, were
placed large quantities of choice flowers
which, with the gay colors of the ladies'
costumes, gave the scene a very brilliant
and attractive appearance. Upon the
stage were the members of the board of
education, the superintendent of schools,
the members of the graduating class, and
their teacher, Mrs. NJ. E. Jenness. At the
right of the stage, on the main floor, was
Seibert's orchestra, which enlivened the
occasion with several very excellent selec-
tiOnS.
THE GRADUATING CLASS.
The following are the names of the grad
uating class:
Marian l.. Banker, Bertha Bittner,
Blanche L. Chaplin, Kilt NJ. Clum, Lillian
NJ. Cummings, Mary E. Farrell, Chattie
E. Field Lu Fowble, Jennie r.. Johnson
Julia Kennedy, Mary Kult, Elmina C.
Lanpher, Louisa f. O'NeilI, Mary Pierce.
THE EXERCISES.
The entertainment of the evening was in
troduced by an overture, ''Mignon.' This
was followed by an essay on the Education
of American girls, by Miss Bertha Bittner.
The speaker made quite an earnest appeal
for the better and higher education of girls,
and argued that there was Just as much i'm
pOrtance to be attached to the education of
women as to that of men. The education,
she said, should be of a broad character, and
SHOULD include the body as well as the
mind, claiming, with the ancients, that
sound mind required sound body A girl
should be allowed the speaker argued, to
run and take good deal of exercise in the
open air. While she was acquiring her ed
ucatiOn, all the way through, the outdoor
exercise ought to be kept up. Her social
and moral education should be attended to
at the same time, so as to make her type
of a well-educated American woman in all
that goes to make upa complete and evenly
educated lady. Her religious education
will follow. At the conclusion of the essay
the speaker was greeted with applause, and
on reSuning her seat she was presented
with several bouquets.
-nioo Is O.idpll uCuVClCu
essay on Personal Influence. The object
or aim Of this essay was to show that
whatever defects one might have, the per-
Sonal influence of tine individual could be
cultivated to such degree as to overcome
all defects, and cause them to be forgotten.
The speaker illustrated her ideas by calling
to mind the personal defects of the late
Abraham Lincoln, and how grandly he
Overcame them, by his greatness of soul
and kindness of heart. On resuming her
seat the speaker was the recipient of pro-
fusion Of flowers.
Miss Lu Fowble gave an essay on The
Old and the New, and Miss Kilt NJ. Clum
gave very sprightly essay on the subject
of Making the Children Happy.
Miss Marian l.. Banker delivered an
essay on Schools and Scholars. She
opened her essay by brief and compre-
hensive description Of the Greek schools,
then made comparison of the Greek and
Roman schools, giving the preference to the
Greek, which she maintained was superior.
The Greek and Roman culture was also
compared, to the advantage of the Greek.
She then referred to the seminaries estab-
lished after the dark ages. With the May
flower, she said, came the American sys-
TEN, which was superior to all that had
gone before The fair speaker resumed