Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-06-25
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
Commencement Of the
Graduating Glass.
THE CLASS OF ,ae.

I
Embryo Statesmen and Sweet Girl
Graduates Make Their Bows
to the Public.
The Grand Opera House was packed
in every nook and corner last evening on
the occasion of the graduating exercises
OF the twelfth class from the Los Ange-
les High School. The opening was an
overture by the Heines aud Mr.. J. II.
Martin on the eoronet. Then followed
a spirited chorus by the High School
boys and girls, who were seated on the
stage, Professor Kent acted as leader.
This was followed by an address by
Mr.. g. N. Earl, President OF the City
Board OF Education. The address was
brief and dealt directly with the
present status of the schools. At the
beginning OF the year IS schools were in
the system, to which arc to be added
certain rented rooms, making 70 rooms
in charge OF 73 teachers, the largest
number Of pupils in charge Of one teach
er being about 20. Last year the school
census showed 6045 children; this year
there are 6506, gain OF 46l.
| The cost last year Was Sl6.66
| for each child, and $24.27 for
each average attendant This year the
figures are not made up yet. The cost
was 81, 800 permonth last year or $78, 900
for year. This summer there will be
added about Is rooms for immediate
pressing needs. The subject of educa-
tion was taken mp and generally dis
cussed. The question of industrial ed.
ucation was touched upon, and the
opinion expressed that the schools will
soon have to take this up. The speaker
thought taste for work needed to be
cultivated A good brick layer is bet
ter then shystering lawyer. Every boy
and girl should have the opportunity to
secure good education such as the
grammar schools furnish then the cub
lie has done its duty. Parents and
citizens do not visit public schools as
much as they should, they should see
| how the children are being trained.
MISS DAISY voGEL
Followed with the salutatory address,
woven into an essay on 1.-THE Windows
of the Soul.
Owing to the lack OF room for SO many
essays as the High School class of SO |
read last night, they are omitted. Miss |
Vogel read in a clear voice an essay full |
of pretty, poeteal thoughts upon the |
eye, the window of the soul. The vari- |
GUS emotions of the human soul wer1 |
sketched, and the claim made that while |
the voice, and even the changing fea.
lures, may deceive. the eye never does. |
The part the eye plays in gathering i'm
pressions of the outward world was
graphically sketched. Burns, Wash
ingtons, Napeleon's, Webster's eyes
were discussed and their peculiar char.
acter described.
MR.. PERCY F. SCHUMACHER
Gave "The Coming Man"-an original |
grafton, packed full of fine thoughts |
CLEANED from many fields of knowledge,
which were expressed in we'll chosen
language and rhetorically put together.
MISS MAGGIE L. THOMPSON
Next appeared with an essay entitled
Xantippe. The young lady fol.
lowed lovely woman turned shrew.
ish from the days of Solomon,
the king of many wives and much ex.
perience in this line. Miss Maggie was
decidedly on the side of "Xantippe"
and the other Viragos who have in all
ages plucked married men bald. The
lords Of creation, as typifed in the phi
losopher of unprepossing appearance,
were we'll dealt With in most unmerciful
manner. 1t is well for some Ito Judge
from the essay that the talented young
essayist will have to deal with a pretty
modern dude, with boutoniere in the
lapel of his skin tight-coat and whose
feet shall be clad in tooth-p pick shoes in
stead of man Ike the catechetical sage
of the Atheniqn Agora. But then it does
not follow that there was anything per-
sonal in this defence OF Niragos at the |
hands of charming "sweet girl gradu
ate"
The monotony OF the essay aud Grafton |
business was happily broken at this |
point by violin solo. Scene de Ballet |
by de Beriot, in the very best vein of |
execution for which Miss Lizzie Heine is |
SO great, and deservedly favorite be- |
fore all music-loving people of Los An
geles.
MISS DoLLIE HoDGMAN
Read an essay entitled "Ben Hur." AT |
its outstart the distinguishing feature of
the young lady's views was that self
satisfied view of the present day when
contemplating the men of the past. To
hear men like Moses, Homer. Charlie
magne, innocent III, William of Wyck.
ham and Others called brutes
is funny enough to any one
who knows what manner of
men they were. This is of course not
the'young lady's fault. She will learn
better when she reads more of the his
tory OF the past. Miss Dollie get into
the story by Gen. Lew Wallace, known
as Ben Hur or tale of the Christ, and |
very eloquently and graphically did she
analyze and critieise the novel, for
which she claimed high place in liter
ature.
MIR. WILL N. HIsEY
Treated of "a Question of Modern |
Thought" This was discussion OF the |
agreement of nature and revelation, or |
science and religion. 1t is a very broad |
and profound topic, which for very |
young person Mr.. Hisey treated with a
good deal OF acumen. The conflicts /
which skeptics claim to be found be- |
tween the two 'books, as he called the |
Bible and Nature, were sketched with
much intelli genee.
MISS JENNIE FRANKENFIELD
Was the next essayist, and her effort |
was under the head, "Man is His Own |
Star This young lady called attention
to the fact that many men not blessed
with the advantages of mental training |
yet rose to high distinction by their
own inherent power. A claim was made |
for originality on the part of man; that
each carve out course for himself and
make the most of his faculties for the
good OF the whole race. The imitation
OF a model was unsparingly denounced
as a course unworthy of "a man. Miss
Frank entields essay was brief, but
thoughtful and well constructed
The High School double quartet then
gave "Stars of the Summer Night" The
eight young gentlemen approved them
selves as quite accomplished vocalists,
singing well together. They sang SO
well as to be recalled in "The Jolliest
Boys Alive" The boys "caught on
and had the 'Jolliest Boys Alive had
to come out the third time.
MR. FRANK GARBUTT
Was the next on the programme in an
Grafton on 1.-THE Effects of Wealth, but |
was excused.
MISS LULU NJ. sNooK
Took up the large and interesting sub
iect of English Satire. The young |
lady's voice is exceedingly musical, and |
she has learned to use ii with good mod. |
ulation and emphasis. She showed a |
most familiar acquaintance with the |