Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-30

with an Grafton entitled, "Tito Melema'i
using the title Of George Sands famous
romance OF that name for his subject,
and from the subject matter OF thai
authors charming history OF the unfilial
stat sman OF Romula, woye tho story Of
Lis paper. Mr.. Hanna handled his sub
ject in mastery manner, holding and
arguing with admirable tact and force,
that an essential TO q righteous
and worthy existence was the choice OF
q course in life, rs hearty after the in
ception OF ones career Is was possible.
Tito Melema had failed to adopt desti-
nation in life. Content while q menial
high honors heaped upon him unawares
had the effect Of making him incapable
o. either properly appreciating them or
of knowing how to wear them.
Possibly the best comparative work
was the essay Of Miss Adda +. Gish,
which was entitled "The Heel OF
Achilles" Miss Gish showed herself well
versed in Roman mythology. She re-
counted, with pleasing correctness, the
story OF the immersion Of Achilles in a
body Of water, by his mother and the i'm
mortalizing Of the warriors body every
where but in his heel. How Achilles In
war was killed, much TO the surprise Of
his henchmen, by being shot in the heel
with an arrow. Miss Gish drew deduc.
fion from this enhancing tale Of mythol-
ogy. She held that vanity in man or
amongst community Of men was
weakness which, despite all effort
would overthrow the highest at
tainment. 1t WAS like the heel of Aehil-
les, and no matter how magni6cently in
vulnerable other parts OF the human
mind or frame might be-, the one little
spot of vulnerability might at any mo-
ment cause the overthrow OF all.
Funny Literature" was the title Of
Mr.. Barton MARQUIS oration. Mr.. Mar
quis displayed considerable tact in enti-
Ting his oration as he did, and then sur
prising his auditors by demonstrating
himself not q school boy critic OF the
humorous in literature. Funny literature,
to the young gentleman's mind, might be
the vilest Of trash, or such true pfesenta-
ton, in print, Of good, pure humos as
even the student Of the walks OF Glib
bon or Hume might, in leisure hour,
read and profit by. The speaker
claimed that the humorous in literature
was steadily gaining in popularity.
American humor he deemed the best.
1t was of the purer and more delightful
type. He thought the American the
most humorous OF men when at all in
clined or disposed that way.
After the Heines had rendered selee-
ton from Riggofstfo, by Verdi, in their
usual artistic manner, Mr.. Leonard p.
Shepard delivered an oration on "Critics
and Criticism" In handling what is
known as one OF the most difficult and
technical of subjects, Mr.. Shepard took
care not to criticise either the much
abused critic or the criticisms Of ancient
or recent prominent works OF literature.
Still the Grafton was we'll worded and
admirably delivered by the young man.
Shamrock and Thistle1 was the title
OF an essay that aroused considerable
amount OF enthusiasm In the audience,
as it's author, Miss Estelle Haines read
1t. Miss Haines treated Of the ancient
history Of the Scots and Irish, dwelt
eloquently on the warriors, bards and
writer's both countries had produced, and
then, in feeling terms, spoke OF the gar
land Of freedom worn by Scotland and
the yoke Of oppression Ireland had yet to
bear. The young lady dwelt upon the
efforts OF the greatest statesmen in
England and Ireland toward freeing the
most beautiful isle on earth and in con-
cluding her essay said she felt
she was echoing American sentiment
when she hoped these efforts would be
soon rewarded with success.
"Our Boys" oration, by Mr.. Leonhard
Hilpert proved a very humorous
dissertation on Young America, and yet
a very eloquent presentation OF the fact
that the boy OF to-day had as much at
heart the PerPetuation Of his country as
his father had before him. Mr.. Hilpert's
oration was very cordially received.
"Leyenda del Molino Viejo' was the
title Of story told by Mr.. Ed. L. May
berry, and Mr.. Mayberry is accounted q
phenomenally bright young literateur
BY his classmates, and his little work Is
deserving of the highest praise. The
subject matter was q mythical legend Of
the founding Of the Old Mission San
Gabriel.
Miss Emma L. Haines read the class
history, much to the delight of the grad
yates, their relatives and school-chums.
/ "1conoclssts'' and "Our Flag" two
mastery orations that, had the HERALD
the space, would be given more extended
notice, were delivered by Messrs. John
N. Halter and Daniel C. Mulock.
The programme was concluded by the
rendition Of the Valedictory by Miss
Mira Jacobus, class valedictorian. DR..
j. s. Crawford then, in neat address,
awarded the class Diplomas, and to the
s'r4in Of march played by the Heines
the audience and class left the church.
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