Morning journal and courier., 1886-04-16
H,1LuoUsE HIGH SCHOOL.

[ SOSOe>S>~ ~~-~- stage. Professor Jepson, the musical direc- tor, sat on the left. The members of the graduating class sat in chairs near the front of the stage. Principal Curtiss acted as master of ceremonies, and the exercises be- gan by the scholars singing "Come and Greet the May" under the direction of Pro- lessor Jepson. Next came an oration on "Burke's attitude toward the American and toward the French Revolution" by Michael P. Hart. The speaker dwelt on the elevated position that Burke held in the British Par lament and of his being ranked with Moore as one of the two greatest intellects of the age. The oration was well delivered and the speakenwen deserved the applause bestowed upon him.
 Miss Agnes Ferguson Moves then read an essay on the life of 'tQueen Marie Antoin- ette'' which was warmly applauded.
 ''Sound the Loud Timbrel" was the next song sung by the scholars with Miss Mary H. Mansfield, daughter of MT. F. O. Mans field, as soloist. Then came an essay by Miss Rose Frances Conlan on ''The Roman Coliseum" in which she described these an- cient ruins and the historical facts connected with them in a manner which showed Miss Conlan to be writer of no mean ability, @S~~~--So ->~~
 Irving Enos Hurlbut then delivered an tion on stOur Indian Brother" in which he told of the wrongs done ..assn by the white man, and that to z. we them their land rights and to keet. promises made to them were the on means of ever bringing them forth from their savage nature.
 's0ld Daddy Longlegs," by Jacoby, was next sung by the scholars, and this was fol- lowed by Miss Hattie L. Ryder's essay on "George Eliot and Charlotte Bronte," which was an excellent piece of work, and at the finish Miss Ryder was presented with hand some basket of flowers.
 Miss Elizabeth Baker Sheldon, daughter of Judge Sheldon, read an excellent essay on "Work, 1" in which she said: Life without some earnest purpose, some serious, useful work to do must be wonderfully tiresome and insipid. But in these Gays, when fancy work, novels and society occupy so much at- tentien, the girls of the period are in danger of being overwhelmed by these alluring pas times and of forgetting that there is anything more important for them to do in the world When their school days are 6vef they have no given task to perform and give themselves up to pleasare-seeking. How different with young men. After leaving college they i'm mediately settle down to some regular busi ness, which occupies their time. Would not our young women become mitch happier could they engage in some such work, where they could earn their own money and thus srson learn to realize its own valuea Before us are bright, vigorous, useful lives or but terhy youth fading into querulous old age. Before us are bees laden with honey and the drones in the hives-the burden-bearers and the burden -bringefs. Girls, which will you choose
 After the scholars had sung "Hail, Lovely Fenice," Gardiner E. Thorpe read an inter esting essay on Manual Training' in pleas ing manner.
 Miss Sarah Louise Garfield followed with an excellent and interesting essay on "Man 8 Social Being" which was warmly applauded by those present. During the reading of the essay Miss Garfield said: All nations as they advance toward 8 higher civilization bring men into closer contact. From this time when in extensive division of labor arises they are as dependent upon one another as the earth 1 upon sunlight and are as powerless to sepa- | rate themselves from their fellow-beings as | to violate one of the supreme laws of nature. | Never have men been more r-dependent | than in this nineteenth century. The sub | ject of mans influence, his social power, is 1 so great and admits so many interpretations that I shall only refer to two adjuncts to his | success as social being-manners and cul- ture. Manners are the outward expressions l which lead to real depths and reveal the inner moral life as the blush does | the physical. Manners are dependent on re-
 
 | and the more promiscuous our associates the | better we realize how rare are those with whom we desire more than superficial re- lations." Culture is this,-not what we I are, but what we strive to be; not what we have attained, but that which still lies be- yond our grasp; complete development ot our whole nature, moral, social, intellectual and religious. Culture is not the product ot mere study, it is the drawing out of our en- ergies in strife with living forces, wherein what is slavish and useless is stripped away and free manhood is the result. After the essay "A Chafer's l Wedding was sung by the class.
 1 MT. Frank Terry Brooks, the class orator, then delivered the oration Modern Manias, , a masterly piece of oratorical work which brought forth long and continuous applause from the vast crowd which filled the hall The oration was as follows: The power to | think, the power to speak and the power tc lead, it has been said, are essential to success in public life.
 Every man Is to certain degree public man, for he is thrown among other men anc has interests and pleasures in common with other men. And so it is important that all cultivate these three requisites. Frequently however, the public man is too eager, toe ambitious.
 AS the inclination of some leads them 1T one direction, so the abilities and desires of
 others incline to different course
 We cannot all be successful politicians lee | tureTs public officers, nor can we all be successful lawyers, doctors or business men Each man is best fitted for some one occupa l tion and we all have our favorite pursuit l In one the inclination is manifested in de | sire for books, in another for scientific re- search, in third for popular favor-all diff ferent, perhaps, yet all to them equally l great. This fondness for 8 particular voca | tion is of course more pronounced in some persons than in others, but in us all, if en- 1 outraged and stimulated, it may increase ir strength and may finally so deeply ingraft | itself upon our minds as to take possession | and form part of them. And thus it be- 1 comes an unreasonable desire and excessive ambition, in fact 8 mania. In almost every case mania can be traced to one of the two sources, desire for wealth or desire fol
 one-controlline desire of the presen
 time is too often wealth Second to this, an6 usually the result attending the obtaining ol it, is popularity. We see wealth and popu larity going hand in hand
 Men work without rest or recreation sparing no hour, no effort, too constantly too severely, impelled by this excessive de sire, this unreasonable ambition, this ma mia. Never satisfied with a comfortable pro vision, they ever hunger for more. And ye the more they obtain the more they demand
 The life of to-day is the life of extremes l prOOucluS more lumeu1dCo success or pleas ure perhaps, but resulting in g shortened life and an earlier grave. The old Latil precept is we'll worth considering, especial, at this time, "Medio tutissimus ibis" Thi hurry, this strife, this excessive desire, thi mania for great wealth characterize the American people, and it will be thei ruin. In the pursuit of happiness oftentime comes happiness; in the realization of tha from which we expected happiness, frequent ly unhappiness.
 The obtaining of great wealth does no bring great happiness; nor does the givini l of oneself to continual pleasure give contin l ual pleasure. To the former many 8 sicl man could testify; ot the latter we have al overwhelming proof in that Roman emperor the most powerful man of his time, the un disputed, deifed ruler of all that was faires and richest in the kingdoms of the earth
 who, yielding himself to boundless luxury ant
 seif-gratihcation, was, as Pliny calls him
 'trlstlssimus ut constat hominum" confess
 edly the most gloomy of mankind.
 Another of the manias of the present da,
 is speculation, a mania daily increasini
 in strength and favor. It is the accumuls
 tion of wealth with little labor, and at tn
 expense of another; the accumulation o
 wealth by manipulation, deception an
 chance, all of which leads to the destruction
 of the home, and to the utter downfall an,
 ruin of the man. Do you ask for illustra l tions7 Read the daily newspapers visit an