Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-06-14
Closing Exercises.

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Closing Exercises.
The elegant parlors at Seven Gables
were filled on June 7th with an appre-
ciative audience, to listen to the fine
program prepared by the young ladies
of the school, on this, the occasion of
their annual commencement. 1t was
about quarter past eight O'Clock.
when Mr.. Hildebrant, of Camden, arose
and announced the opening of the
exercises by singing of hymn, 'Hark,
Hark, My Soul" by the school, piano,
violin and cello accompaniment; then
followed trio, 'Andante," by Fesca,
Miss Whitton, piano, Rev. A. R.
Graepp, violin, and Rev. L. Coyle,
cello Miss Woodruff, of Camden,
then rendered beautiful solo; after
which followed an impromptu, by Miss
Whitton; Mrs. Rowan, of Irvington,
on the Hudson, sang solo which was
so well appreciated that she was COM
PEELED to respond to an encore. next
on the program came a trio, "Andan
tino,n by Reissiger Miss Mary West
cott, piano, Rev. A. R. Graepp, violin,
and Rev. L. Coyle, cello. The class
poem "Seven Gables" composed and
read by Miss Amy Butler Whitton,
the graduate, is deserving of publi-
cation.
Now come, my Muse, and aid me in my song,
But have care-dont spin it out too long!'
The soul of Wit ssbrevity-'tis clear,
The soul of Song should never tire the ear.
o Seven Gables! thee now would sing.
Where all is joy and mirth-where many ring
OF laughter echoes through thy stately halls,
Unlike that one of fiction whose grim walls
weread about. where ghastly pictures dash the
mind IA nj wofs, 7aod4 ctoI+ r.
To leave heaviness and gloom behind.
All. no! ye are alike alone in name,
Both christened from your numbered peaks the
same.
How bold thou rearst thine angles up on high
Up through the trees and pointing to the sky!
Like faithful sentinels their watches keeping,
By day-by night when all within are sleeping.
noble mansion! from thy sheltering care
The student goes-and with thy blessings rare
Whom thou hast fitted for the field of life,
And now, we part! but with parting prayer
That swells my heart and starts the loving tear;
Others will come and go as go now
Others that learn to love thy gabled brow
To love the home where kindred spirits dwell.
And allis blithesome-save the word FAREWELL!
Farewell! I speak it now sense sincere
With this, my invocation-this, mo prayer
Long may thy roof-spires, bossomed among
the trees,
Brave the rongh blast and WOO the summer
breeze;
Long may thy walls stand through the circlng
years,
To welcome those that leave thee but in tears
A sonatine, by Lange, was next rem
dered by Miss MacNeal, piano; Rev.
A. R. Graepp, violin, and Rev. L. E.
Coyle, cello, after which Rev. Joel
Swartz, ID. D., of Gettysburg, Pa,
awarded the graduate, Miss Whitton,
with Ter diploma, in some well.chosen
remarks. The valediotory, by Miss
Whitton, was such as to bespeak great
credit for the young lady. She spoke
in glowing terms of the Seven Gables,
its management and discipline, and
how when she comes to say farewell.
it is with sadness. The young lady
was the recipient of many beautiful
flowers. Rev. Joel Swartz, d. D., de-
Hvered an able and pleasing address
on aims and Aids in Life" He i'm
pressed upon his hearers the impor-
tance of having an aim in life, and
that aim a high one; be true, noble,
real. He gave the young ladies the
difinition of verb when he went to
school:-"to be-" ito do, ;" to suffer-
to be, am; to do, love; to suffer, to
be loved but he seemed to think this
kind of suffering was not so bad, ard
supposed the young ladies thought so
too. The speaker also touched on the
beauty of our city, with its shade,
lakes, etc. Rev. Heber Beadle followed
with beautiful prayer, after which
the benedictioa was pronounced by
Rev. s. s. Chevers.
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