Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-07-01
FIFTH REUNION.
1usoDss lAss Evening" IN FULTON Hsli
~ \. o. Rsisehi Delivers the Honorary
Z Upoeeea- 4 Large Audience Delighted
WnA shs Programme Rssaered.

M TINE on WedncSoay-in tne eNenibk,
~ GonGion being the fth reunion OF the
|0h oshcol alumni The decorations put up
- hIah school commencement were
Vvo6 = remain. Promptly at 8 o'clock
6nmnD Of the alumni and the speakers OF
1yoalng took their places on the stage,
~ sxercises we're opened with an over
~ MThe Crown OF Gold" (Hermann) by
nh's orchestra, with Prof. Haas playing
- accompaniment on the piano. Rev. g.
U1vin Houpt offered prayer after which
Ebuoident Geo. NJ. Hambright delivered the
Gooning address. He said Il was his pleasant
duty to bid all welcome TO the fifth reunion
of tho alumni. 1t had been his pleasure %
years ago to make his bow to a Lancaster
endien0e Ss :; sanis:-if'ii aacaie 81 the high 'c6ool
~ Ms class mates none remain-al have been
adhered to their fathers. The first attempt
% organize an alumni was made in lo'2 out
R Was not very successful The roll DOCKS
show that about 800 have graduated from our
hi9h schools OF that number 100 are dead.
H hard work the secretary of the alumni hss
oGcuFod the address Of all the surviving grad
uates except nineteen. High school graduates
srs scattered throughout all the states and
torritories, South America and India. They
ate 70 be found in the pulpit bar, press the
army and navy. Many are holding promi-
uent positions and all the education they re-
osived was in the public schools OF the city OF
Z A80Co4t6Ts
Next On the programme was the tenor
solo. /" When the Tide Comes In" by Frank
McClain. He was encored and responded
y singing ~ Lo'ed Ne'er Laddie But
Min Amanda Landes recited 90 The Death
Bridge of the Tay " with great force.
Miss Kate d. Shrk sang Heaven Has
Shed Tear" and was loudly applauded.
DR.. Higbee was noticed in the audience
and he was induced to take seat on the
stage. President Hambright called ON hAm
for brief address, to which the doctor re-
sponded. He said it had been his pleasure
70 teach In the high schools OF this city In
1853 Among the pupils then was chubby,
rood-natured little boy, in which he took
great interest, because the boy had fine
classical mind. That boy, said the professor,
was ]. p. McCaskey, now principal of the
boys high school.
THE ALUMNI GRAFTON.
Next on the programme was the alumni
oration, which was assigned to William II.
Lindemuth. He chose for his theme " Citi
senship." He started out by showing the
necessity and i'm portance of special prepa.
tion Tor citizenship ; for all the leading ques-
tions Of the day need intelligence to solve
them. He quoted Wendell Phillips pro-
phecy, "that the question of the rich and
poor would yet try our souls, as slavery
: never did" and commented thereon. He
took up and discussed the conflict between
labor and capital, the ignorance of the colored
voters OF the South, which is a menace to our
civil and political principles, and showed
that the public school Is a key TO all our fu-
ture political progress. In his opinion
special attention should be paid in the
schools to the study of political science
Mr.. Lindemuth delivered his Grafton
clearly and forcibly and was rewarded with
hearty applause. Since leaving our city,
after grad uating in the class of 81 he attended
the Wesleyan university, at Middletown,
Connecticut, and graduated with high honors
last week. In September he will enter
Drew theological seminary.
Solo and quartette, "Echoes," by Miss
Halle Bechtold, Miss Mary Sener, John q.
Warfel and Frank McClain, ended Part l.
The singers were applauded so heartily J
that they had to appear and repeat the selec
ton.
Part II vas opened with concert waltz
tInconoclasta," ~ Zanichelli) by the orchestra
after which Miss Halle Bechtold SAM
"Sognai." (Schirs).
THE HONORARY oBATroN.
The honorary Grafton was next on the pre-
gramme. 1t was assigned to Major a. {
Reinoehl and he took for his subject, 18th
Touch of Midas" Alter repeating the fsbl
about everything being turned to gold whic
Midas touched, he entered into a discussio
OF his subject He showed very forcibly tn
evil effects of wealth misdirected in societ
In Inducing extravaganza and in politics i
placing men in high official positions, solel
because they had barrel. The major mex
discussed the evil effects of the capitalist no
giving the laborer wages for his work. Al
the bell punches in the world won't make
conductor honest, when a corporation com
peis him to work eighteen hours a day
ut starvation wages He paid glow ing tri
butte to Eckley b. Coke and his gooC
wife, for what they have done in their neigh
borhood. In his district you don't hear o
strikes, and why? because the workm mel
there are treated like men by Mr. Coke AM
when there Is sickness and trouble in tn
miners families the first to offer consolation
and to relieve distress is the wife of this goo
man. The touch Of Midas has caused deia
cations without number because women b
extravaganza live beyond their husband
incomes, and they steal from their employer
10 keep up appearances. The boodle alder
man Of New York and Chicago wer
handled without gloves by the major an,
he closed his address by referring to tn,
effect OF Midas upon the creates
general the world ever saw. He wen
into Wall street, was made the dup
OF designing men, and his declining year
were made painful in consequence Tn
majors address was well received, and
was rewarded with thunders of applause.
John q. Wsrtel sang 4" True to the Last,
and to an encore he sang MY Littl
Woman"
BY special request Miss Adele A. Ma
rendered sour Sacred Songs" the pie,
assigned her as one of the graduates at Il
Aioihip ooSSioh. luc ioIdiu Ol the sOflk
was rendered by quartette behind ii
scenes. Miss Matz did even better than
the morning.
HIRToRy OF THE ALUMNI,
Miss Sadie Z. Fleming, one of the teache
In the Lemon street building, was assignt
the history of the alumni. She began her a
dress by saying that one of the local pape
had said some time ago that the high scho
was sham, but she asked the 700 gradual
OF the high school not to boycott that pape
for the editor labored under mistake. 81
then reviewed the history OF the alur
nj since 1854, and showed that !
graduates have earned distinction
all the learned professions. To the gradI
ates who dritted into journalism and wi
now are reporters on the daily papers 81
would say "enjoy life while you are hel
for there Is no hereafter for reporters" ST
next took up the lady grad yates and Shove
that many OF them are teachers who woI
for glory and not tor the salary they receive
Those OF the grad uate, eight In number, wi
were welded during the year shs congratul
ted heartily and to those who have be,
gathered to their fathers, she paid adeserv,
tribute
The audience all joined In singing eau
Lang Syne, after which Rev. J. X. r. Gri
pronounced the benediction and the lar
audience was dismissed.
II was the most successful reunion vet he
ey the alumni and the credit for the success
que to the officers A business meeting W
~ neld this evening when the class of
WI % received as members.
LITTLE ABE POWDEs's CASE.
sooo fshows Of This City Moving for j Justi
'" Dead Comrade's Boy
1hen Ateation having been attracted