The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-06-10
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The beautiful month Of June h
sacred alike 10 the famous slouse Of
the Olympian ruler aud to the "eom-
mencements" which producs the
rulers Of men. It IL the month Of
roses. Il Is 10 those who are about
70 commence their battle with the
world the roseats hour Of their lives.
The rosy garlands which fall at their
feet then are much dearef and sE eetsT
than all the applause which
they may vic in after years. The
commencement occasion, fraught
with It's sweet and"rOsy" associations.
becomes a precious memory, follow
Ing us through the storms and
struggles and disappOintments Of life.
and ls the one bright spot to which all
turn lOngingly-nO matter whether
life is full Of victory or full Of defeat.
AS the beautiful rose has become the
''symbOl" Of the graduating days, and
almost distinetively 50. II Is perfectly
fitting that mountains Of flowers
should rise upon the rOstrum-piled
up like Ossa ON PeliOn. Il was Ia q
rich garden Of flowers. I'm the rose
scented air, and Ia the presence Of
loving friends and a vast audience,
that the members Of The class Of 1856,
Oflhe High School, made their last ap-
pearanee ~ pupils, Friday evening.
Each part on the programme was an
nOunesd as Il was reached by Prof.
Goodwin, the principal OF the public
schools. The musical portion Of the
programme was very attraetive-sur-
nlshed by the fine voices OF Mrs. e..
A. Killer. Ms. Aug. EngstrOnl,
Messrs. F. II. Wildman and Z. II.
Gibbs, with Miss Katie Eberhardt 81
the piano. With Glass History for
his theme, Charles w. Bureh, in we'll
rounded sentences and with consider
able humOr, peered back into the
musty, mildewed past like an ex-
perieneed antiquary, and having
driven his stakes, commenced blazing
his trees aud running his line until
be reached the stirring present.
rTact and Talent" was Miss May
SherifI7s subject, and in some respects
her production was the best Of the
evening. Il was full Of practical
thoughts, well delivered, and exhibit
ed much reflection ON her subject.
Ed. A. Powers told Us in very
blank verse about Salinas public
schools. Occasionally there was a
strain Of the Hiawatha measure, but
for the most part Il was his own
measure. The bright-eyed poet was
quite at home on the stage, and II his
Tyre was out Of tune, II is not out Of
place 20 mention Il, ~ he had pFacti-
eally informed the audience thai he
was not q poet born but made, for the
occasion. Miss Ellie Whitehead be-
came q prophecies for the evening and
with her magic wand traced vivid pic
lures before the audience Of the great
and noble parts her class associates
were to take in the drama Of life.
She more than performed her part OF |
the contract, and II her classmates
fail in their parts, no blame can be
ascribed to her. The valedlctOrian
was Miss Ella J. SturteYant. Her
presence was charming, her voice
good, her adieus feeling. Her sub
jet Of Faces" brought out some
original thoughts. which were exceed
Ingly well presented. We can COM
mend the class for having given
"heaYy subjects" the gO-by and set
Ting upon themes which they could
easily and clearly and facilely treat
Of. IL made the exercises much more
interesting, and permitted them to
aequit themselves with greater credit
on that account. The audience was
much more attentive than Is usual on
such occasions. and this can be attrib-
uted to the fact that the themes were
Of an entertaining character. The
TO the graduating class by
Rev. g. d. GotWald was delivered In
. graceful manner, and was we'll re-
celved by his auditors. The address
was logical, convincing and exceed
ingly well adapted for the purpose.
In comforting the diplomas, r. A. |
Levitt, Esq, made some short, apprO-
pirate remarks. and the audience
was dismissed by benedictiOn by Rev.
w. A. SImkins.