Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-30
OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
The Commencement Exer-
cises Held Last Night.
YOUNG IDEAS ON THE SHOOT.
Brilliant Essays by the Young
Ladies and Gentlemen of the
Glass of '88.


Last night was gala night with the
graduates Of the Senior Glass OF that
very popular public institution Of learn
| ing, the Los Angeles High School. 1t
was the occasion Of the fourteenth an
nual commencement exercises held in
that beautiful temple Of worship, the
Fort Street M. Il. Church. When a
HERALD man entered the church he
found it's massive pulpit and tasteful
chancel rail artistically decorated with
| flowers and evergreens. Seated in the
| spacious recess Of the pulpit were the
members OF the Graduating Glass OF
1883, ssevehteen in number, comprising
the following young ladies and gentle-
men:
Misses Abbie Denny, Mary Gilmore,
AIDA Gibh, Estelle Haines, Mira
Jacobus, Hattie La Dow, Messrs. John
Halter, Walter Hanna, Leon Lard Hill
pert, Barton Marquis, Edward Mayberry,
ian. Mulock, Edward Pauly, Winfred
Sanborn, Walter Sanders, Leonard Shep-
ard and William Waller. OF these
bright young people, Miss Mira Jacobus
carried off first honors as leader of the
Graduating Class, with Mr.. Walter II.
Hanna second on the class roll Of honor.
The scene presented to the spectator,
seated in the spacious auditorium and
viewing the class, wae indeed brilliant
and impressive one. The ladies were
attired in the prettiest of white tulle
costumes, as is usually the case with
graduates OF their sex, and the young
gentlemen in tasteful black suits. Each
lady graduate was possessed OF pretty
bouquet, and the whole class evinced the
liyeliest interest in the rendition by their
mates Of the numbers arranged on the
programme OF exercises. The Heine
Qusrtette discoursed music at intervals
during the exercises, and Miss Lizzie
Heine's delightfully."- rendered violin solo
from Sarasate, was feature Of the
musical programme much admired.
Noted in the audience which filed the
church from pulpit to portal were many
prominent people, who took the greatest
interest in the work Of the class. Seated
near the scholars were DIR. j. s..
Crawford, President Of the Board
Of Education, Mr.. Thomas Kelley,
Secretary, and Messrs. N. s. Embody,
E. G. johnson and G. e. Day. w. M.
Friesner, School Superintendent, and his
able assistant, Mrs. Anna s.. Ayerill,
we're there, ~ were also Principal Clark,
director Of the exercises, and Misses l..
A. Packard, F.. A. Dunham, and Mes
danes M. L. Chapman, M. j. Frick, G..
p. Brad664i, teachers in the school, and
Prof. II. Ludiam, special instructor of
elocution.
The rendition Of the programme was
formally commenced by the offering Of
the class salutatory by Mr.. William w.
Weller in very satisfactory manner.
"The Pass Of the Sierra" oration, by
Walter Sanders was a very able as we'll
IS mastery arrangement of his views
regarding the honor due John @. FIRE.
mont for his heroic and successful under
taking, resulting in the finding Of new
world, the modern Ell Dorado. The
hardships and suffering Of Fremont and
his followers, the young author depicted
in graphic diction. He compared the
discoverers Of New Albion to the heroes
OF ancient times and to them, he thought,
all honor and glory was due for finding
for q Nation, even at that time wealthy
in resource, q territory, which for pro-
duciiveness, outrivalled all else in the
known world.
Miss Mary H. Gilmore read q carefully
prepared and quite interesting essay en-
| titled "Qualities that Win" The lady
submitted that ambition was father Of
effort, and without ambition progress
and advancement, both mental and
phys cal, would be impossible. But
ambition was q dangerous factor or
possession, and humankind should foster
and educate ambition carefully. Qual-
tiles that win were qualities akin
to ambition; in fact, ambition was the
| principal part Of them. Ambition, per-
severance and determination were essen
tial requisites in man or woman who
aspired to prominence in this life. Yet
posse ssed Of all these, he, without relig-
ion. with no regard for the general
morale that should be a characteristic Of
life, could never win, no matter how
mighty the effort made in that direction.
Careful study Of the subject matte. Of
her valuable, il somewhat brief, essay
was evinced by Miss Gilmore, and when
the young lady concluded she was greet
ed with burst Of applause.
! Edward Pauly spoke on Liberty En-
| Tightening the World, (" and demonstrated
that he had carefully studied the history
Of Bartholdi,s great master-work Of that
name, from the time that patriotic and
ambitious young Frenchman began bin
work until he Witnessed Liberty" light
ed for the first time in New York harbor.
IBartholdi's statue was the basis for 9
very eloquent peroration by the young
man on the history Of liberty and the
method Of its attainment in the United
States. Mr.. Pauly demonstrated that he
has been careful and successful student
of the history of his country.
Miss Abbie A. Denny chose for her
\ subject one of the very best little studiel
Of the evening: "What Shall She Do p
4 Miss Denny evidently has applied study
during leisure hours to the possibilities
Iof womankind ~ laborers in the field o
life. The young lady recounted the his
tory Of those Of her sex of century o
more ago. She told OF women Of tha
period who toiled in the field and tn
household; Of girls who were allowe'
! school privileges, but who could enjo,
them only in the summer time. Womel
then did not enjoy the high station ths
they do to-day. Briefly then Mis-
Denny referred to the woman Of to-da
!, and the vast field Of labor and the man
opportunities that mankind had opene
, lup for her. Very eloquently did the lad
leulogize her sex for the able an
determined manner in which they ha
entered these fields Of labor and graspe
Il the opportunities offered. She dismisse
q proposition she had heard advance
: that labor by women would cause thel
sooner or later to forget love Of home an
the life Of matron, with the statemeI
s that home to woman was love, and 10,
d to woman her home.
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