Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1885-05-28
A. M'CLURE'S ADDRESS.
&DEBENTH ANNUAL COMMENCE
1Wr rOFUOLUMBTTs HIoH sCHOOL.
~ s8wset Girl Graduates" and Two Manly
neVs- 3ood Sense from tho school Chill
1ron-A Practical Address From the
EDITOR Of "Thc Times"
,1,,Su,ar C,orrsspoudeuce nj INrr,t,oENcrR.

4 CotUnBrA, May 2s.-The beautiful opera
houBA which was erected and is sustained by |
Tie liberal public spirit of this town, was
pocked, pit, parquette circle and gallery last
ovening with an audience that presented an
insplring spectacle as the speakers looked
down upon II from the platform.
The teachers, graduates and members
iol The board of directors occupied the stage
.and q quarter before eight Rev. j. II. Pcnna-
i6ocker opened the exercises with prayer.
@ The orchestra played an overture, and Miss
Nay Briner, who took the second honor of
hor class, stepped forward and read the salu-
1nGory essay, " Our Inheritance" graphic
eooount of the battles in all ages for the
heritage Of freedom, bequeathed to us and to
be transmitted to posterity.
She was followed by Miss Delilah Glat-
felter with an essay on American Litera-
ture," who traced the development OF our
literary growth and did full justice TO its
& English sources.
frederick Bucher, jr, eulogzed Daniel
webster in fit tribute TO the great constitu-
tional lawyer ; and the orchestra intervened
with an overture, Night"
Miss Grace Folk recited "The Wreckers
( Story" with good dramatic effect, and
Alex. r. Craig, jr, read well-prepared
paper on the great American inventions, from
The steamboat and cotton gin TO the tele-
phone and ROtes automatic brake.
Miss Mary Tile, who stood at the head of
her class delivered the valedictory, the fare
well portions of which were preceded with
timely and thoughtful consideration of some
Of the evils that threaten our social and po-
litical system. She displayed no small de-
gree Of mental vigor and originality in her
thoughts
All the young people were literally re-
warded with baskets, bouquets and other
elaborate designs in flowers, and after the
last of them had finished the stage was a
brilliant mass of bloom exhaling rich per-
fume
COL MCLURE's ADDRESS.
The event of the evening that had been
anxiously awaited was the address by Col. A.
X. Mcclure, Of the Philadelphia Times, who
was introduced by w. B. Given, esq. He
spoke for a half hour in very interesting
and practical manner upon the relations OF
education and industry. Very deity weav.
ing together the threads of thought in the
different essays and gracefully compliment.
ing the efforts of all the graduates Col. McC.
went on to impress upon his audience the
supreme necessity of supplementing educt.
ton with industry if it would be made eilec-
tive. To wars of ambition and degeneracy
resulting from Incidence was due the degra
dation of once powerful nations, and this pro
cess of decay, from like causes, is gong on al
munities. webster's orations, Broug
hams speeches, Gray's "Elegy" anc
all the great masterpieces of literatur,
and art were the product of industry. Ht
deprecated the increasing tendency of young
people to delude themselves with the idei
that wealth or education would bring success
without industry. The home Is the place I,
cultivate this habit of well-drected assiduou
labor, and the mother must be tho great in
structor. Too many parents, who have riser
to affiuence by their own industry, edu
cate their children~io shirk it. The resul
is a race of .duSes," "1oafers," "mashers
and the ->ERe, who were caricatured by tn
tl,saI a tp
10 industry. Good mechanics always com
mand good wages. Splendid positions ar
waiting for fit men to fill them. Men wort
5000 are never without a job that pays that
An advertisement for ten-dollar-a-weel
clerk gets hundreds of answers, and the re
spondents are hardly fit even for such
place but good men are wanted every
where at higher prices and cannot b
had. In Philadelphia, or New York, fror
Boston to San Francisco there are opening
everywhere for those who are not afraid
grapple with great tasks, and who are fit 4
meet tho responsibilities of their places. i
conclusion Col. Mcclure extolled the con
Sc mon school system, hoped for its further in
provement and perpetuity, but urged in til
home and school room the great lesson {
ceaseless toll and sturdy labor with head ant
nands The address was closely listened 20, fr,
quently applauded and met with general ar
probation as a wholesome, sensible talk
parents and children.
Col. Mcclure, Supt Ames and the Msse
Welsh, teachers, were presented with han,
some floral tributes. Supt Ames distribute
the deplomas and to the music of til
orchestra's good night the audience was d
missed.
Col. Mcclure was entertained by w. l
Given, ESQ.,, at whose residence he met
dinner yesterday number of gentlema
from town ; and after the commencement o.
ercises he and others were the guests of no
pitable entertainment at Mr.. John Fent
rich's mansion.