Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-06-26
THE YEATEs INsTITUTE.
Their First Closing Exercises a Brilliant su
cess-Tbe Medals Awarded.

Last evening the Yeates institute inaug-
urated a now departure in its closing Here
tofore no attention has boen paid to the clos
ing ofits school year, but this year the head
master determined to establish the custom
of marking tho last of the year.
The evening exercises were opened with
prayer Ivy the Rev. Francis J. Clay-Moran,
who has taken deep interest in the school
and has assisted the headmaster in looking
over the examination papers The Rev.
Mr.. Hardy expressed in few words his
pleasure in seeing so many OF the pupils
present and presented VIM Aug. Atlee, esq,
treasurer of the school, who, on behalf of the
trustees and pupils, bid them all welcome.
He had been present at the examinations and
saw the work done by the pupils, and would
assure the parents that the work had
been more than satisfactory, and he was glad
that we have In our city a school where our
sons can be fitted for the highest colleges in
| the country.
The Rev. Mr.. Moran then addressed the
boys and spoke i'm the highest terms of the
| educational stand taken by Americans con-
| trasting our colleges of recent foundation
| with the English schools and colleges whose
| foundation goes back twelve hundred years.
| His patriotic words TO the boys had a telling
| effect. He told them to love their country
and never feel ashamed of such noble, active
| and liberal country. Such advice in these
| davs of Anglomania should be needed by
| every American. Then he told them to love
| tnelr SCHOOL ana 10 culllNalc SUCH HI tSUTt
| dc corps as the boys of Rugby or Eton have
| such tratcrnal feeling that whether they
| meet one another on the burning sands ol
| Africa, OF on the slopes of the Rocky noun.
| tains, in the bush of Australia or the swamps
| of Brazil they know each other rs friends
Mr.. Hardy then spoke of the high rank
| taken by all the boys in their written eXami
| nations, aud asked the friends to look over
the papers there lying on the table. lie eX
planned that at the beginning of the schoo
year he had offered as prizes gold medals, t'
DO given to the ones who at the end OF the
year passed the highest written examination
in the English studies, in mathematics and
| in Latin. He then announced that Master
| John Ii. Eby had the highest marks in Eng
| lish that Master Benz G. Atlee had Carriet
| off the mathematical prize, and that Maste
| Geo. Il. Alice had received the Latin medal
| Bishop Rulison then presented the medals
| in behalf OF the masters and trustees to thu
successful ones. The bishop then addressed
the assembled company, prClacing his remarl
by saying that he held in his hand lette
from the headmaster, but in it not a wore
was said about delivering speech. Still Ii
did speak, and held the closest attention q
all present while he explained to then
| the necessity of training their mind
to activity and accuracy while young
and so happily illustrated his points that tn
| youngest boy could not fail To understand
his meaning. He did not tell the pupils tina
their life work would begin when they LEI
the school, but that il had already begun AM
would not be done till they grad iron
this earthly school into the heavenly.
Mr. Hardy then declared that the schoC
exercises were closed, when Taylor orchestr
struck up a lively waltz aud the youn
| people enjoyed themselves IN a merry dane
| till alter eleven o'clock.