Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-06-03
CLIFTON.

CLIFTON, o.. May 3l.-The commence
ment exercises of the Clifton High Schno
were held at the school house last Thm SdaN
afternoon. The classical quartette of the
Big SiN band rendered some very excellent
music between the ESSAYS. The first was
the SautatOry oratiOn by Eugene Confarr
who extended greeting, after which he be-
gan oH his subject proper, Unknown
/ Paths" In starting 0n the journey let ~
| imagine ourselves At the foot 0f large
mountain. up which winds a very difficult
path We start al the bottom. harhariSm,
and carefully work our way up the path.
until We arrive un the great plat
eau of civilization. Here We see
spread before Us the grand field of inyem-
tion. Here the speaker dwrlt at some
! length on the useful inventions and showed
that We were entering the field and pointed
out the possibilities Of the future.
Matte Elders subject was ''GrindStnneS -
and in this We had shown up the different
CLASSES of men. The iron class who when
heated could be- bent in many ways. but
when c"ol you might hammer upon him
without any visible effect. The steel class
of timer qualities. The lead class not stable
in character. The stone class that need the
chiSel and polish Ia bring ont their true
worth.
The Signs of the Times" an Grafton by
Will prllari. was rendered in an animated
style. lie Viewed his subject socially and
politically. showing that our social and 20
litical standing had a firm basis and could
not he easily destroyed, although many in
tiurnreS were brought to bear Ia undermine
its foundations. lntemperance was CON
>tantIN at work tn DESTROY. The question
of labor and capital was discussed at some
length. The speaker maintained the idea
throughout however. that while certain i'll
lluemcrS were at work Ia undermine the
trIdrnci,= of tn" times is tO uplitt.
Mary Rife was NalediCturian of the class
and iIrSt read an ESSAY on ''llrrOineS" in
which she brought up numerous examples
nf true hrruinrs. The idea prevailed that
il i not necessary to do something great tO
hr heroine, but do the work at hand with
no thought of fame. In her valedictory she
reviewed the work of the class and thanked
parents, officers and teachers.
Throughout. the exercises of the class
were very interesting and were we'll rem
drre,I.
Dr. s 4. Ort, of Wittenberg college,
then addressed the class in an appropriate,
hut short. address.
Florence White. whose subject was
''Powar, handled her subject well and ad-
hered to the one main idea Of man through
out. She showed by numerous examples
that natural talent is the one thing needfuI
ind that concentration and drill complete
abe work.
Mrs. Newell and daughter Of San Fran
riSco, are visiting friends in this vicinity.
Mrs. NJ. X. CartmeIl. OF Indiana, Mrs |
Mary J. McConkey and son. L. q. Nc !
C"nkey. of Catawba, are stopping a few
lays with friend. A. ii. White, delegate
!" the General Assembly, at Minneapolis, /
will stop in Indiana on his return home this .
week d. . The Young Ladies' Missionary
Snciety held lawn social at the church .
Friday evening. The receipts We're about .
$50. DR. Harris is at home with his .
bride. May joy attend them. Ross /
rannehill was considerably bruised in a
Thursday evening. Misses Lucy
md Anna Stewart are visiting at La Fay
.tte. Ind.