Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-04
COMNENC CEMENT
At the FairmOnt State Normal
School.
SUMMARY OF THE WEEKS EXERCISES
Society Addresses and Anniversaries
BaccaIaureate- Glass Of &c.
Other Topics.
Sp.cidl 10 the RsdiSter.

FAIRNoNT, June 3.-This is Commence
ment Day at the Fairmont State Norma
School. 1t has been gala day for tn
"City on a Hill" and students, alumni an
friends of the school and Of the Students
gathered from the town and various sec
tions of our State have added to the pleas
antness and i'm pressiVeuess OF the day b.
their presence in such great numbers, snc
have lent fresh zeal and courage to tht
hearts Of the ten members OF the class o.
SO, that to day bid farewell to their Alma
Mater and TO go forth to do then
part in the work of the world. Mary
counties Of the State, aud some Other
States, we're represented here today. The
members of the graduating class repre-
sep.ed ten counties, and all the students
present today and within the year rePre
sented twenty-five counties in this State
besides some counties in Maryland and
PENNEY lyanis.
This closes one of the most prosperous
years the school has ever seen. Two hun,
dred and thirty students have been enrolled
within the wear, q greater number than IN
any year since the founding Of the institu'
ton, seventeen years ago. The nearest
approximate 10 this number was IN
lS77-78, when two hundred and twenty one
students were enrolled.
With these preliminsries We will take mp
the exercises Of commencement week IN
their regular order.
ADDRESS BEFORE MOZART SOCIETY.
commencement week was ushered in on
Saturday evening, May 29 by the annual
address befote the Mozart Society. Hon.
James Morrow, Jr., Of Fairmont was the
orator. His subject was entitled, The
Commonplace. The members Of the
Mozart believe in patronizing home tai
ent and certainly have cause to feel graft
lied at their determination, as Mr.. Nor
rows address is said to be one OF the tinest
ever delivered in Normal Hall The great
thought he sought most to impress upon
his hearers was the development Of indi
yidushty BY everything that goes toward
educating the man.
BACCALAUREATE SERMON.
Ats D. IN Sunday. May 30. the bacca,
laureate sermon was delivered by Rev. W.
r White, of Fairmont. The text on which
bs bosad his discourse was these words
from the ii b verse of the I'd chapter OF
Paups letter TO the Philippians: Il presa
toward the mark for the prize The ser
mon YVES delivered without the aid Of notes.
The grand idea he ser forth to The grad
uating class and the large audience pres
snt was that every man ard woman should
have sn aim in life ard above all an aim
for the life beyoud and should, like the
old Greeks at their Olympic games, press
right forSard to the goal.
NORMAL LYCEUM ADDRESS.
On Monday evening at 8 o'clock, Joseph
Msrum, ESQ, prosecuting attorney OF Tay'
lor county, delivered the annual address
before the Normal Lyceum. HIS subj jsct
was The Origin of Social Forms aud Gus
toms" The address showed considerable
resesrch and was we'll delivered, ana the
members of the Lyceum showed their Gp.
probation by "sendiog up the posies in
great profusion.
AHNIYERsARY or MOZART SOCIETY.
The twelfth anniversary of the Mozart
Society was held in Normal Hall on Tues.
day, at 8 m The following was the pro
prsmue of the evening:
Prsyer.............ReV. George McCollom, Fairmont
''S 3" Mintie Moore, Tyner, W Va.
Piano Duet-|I1 ChlSSe lniernale" ........ hollinS
Cora Fisher and Gsppie Layman.
Defamation -"Progress OF Our country
CIV. Evans, Fetterman, W. Va.
Nusic orchestra
o'"''On Elias l Masters, MOores, W. Va
Piano puet- -"lapr &c HonGroise" ;.....'' he'teref
Sallie Mccoy and Cora flster.
station Masters story,
Minnie Lloyd. Palatine, W. Va
~ shate-OIcSt;on: J "Rssolved, That organized
strikes are de'rlm, ntal TO the lest ln-
trrests Of the iabOring classes
Afirm.-N G. NJ Cullon, Amity, Pa.
DENY. A 1hOmaS, Warrington, W. va
Nlsin .OrCntNlTa
Mozart BaauPy e. :. Moore, 3yner, w. Va
This we'll selected prosrapme was rem
dsred in way that reflected credit both
upon the performers and upon their hterarS
society. TIE debate showed considerable
thought upon that troublesome subject o.
strikes" the orstions and essays Wsre
well handled; the declsmatious, tht
Mozart nsnse the Banner" and the music
we're such SO 20 make persons teei good al
over.
GLASS DAY EXERCISES.
On Wednesday morning at 9 o. N. the
class of Sc gave a public performance
The following is the programme In tnIl
and the performances and their rendition
vera we'll worthy Of the graduating class
Np,ic-"Qui vIve Gsllop'' ....;.........'..Gan
Cora Fisher and Sallie Mccoy.
su,ic-"H Troyatore ..... AR. b@umh@cI
Piano-Cappie ayman and Cora Fisher.
Violin -pr. }; E. DoWden
Essay -"Change," ,.,- D.. " ",
'''''''''1 Cbarl.s ". Robinson, PhiliPPi, W. Va
81 Snyder, Arncttsville, W. Va.
ComIc Poat.......T I. Maxwell, st. George, W. va
Music Vocal uet-"Liie's Dream Is Oer .''''''''
Cora Ogden and Flo K burEe
prstiou-"The Future OF Wet Virginia"
G ]. Allen, shirley, w. Va
Jasper n. Anglin, Weston, ". Vi
| Prophets ....' ;. Curtis Higgins Nest, w, We.
Class Poet. .Mot,ie o. titzGCrLld lFaumont, W. VI
| s1esentattOR OIRtOr. NJ =.
II. X. ScranAge, PruntytOwn, W. Vi
Music, Piano Duet 'I he Happy Return Egghar
I Sallie Mccoy and Cora Fisher.
! RsneJictiOn.
NORMAL LYcEUA AgNIyERs4RY.
On Weduesday at o'clock, the cthf
!i,erary society Of the school, the Norma
Lycsum, held its fifteenth snniVerssr!
| This shows the order Of the exercises: