The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1888-06-29
Commencement.

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commencement exercises of the High
School. Long before the time when the
exercises were to commence the opera house
was comfortably filed and yet the crowd
continued until standing room was at a
premium. The class of 80 had tastily
decorated the hall with flowers and other
emblems of respect and friendship. The
motto Of the class, "Push on-Keep Nov.
ing" was placed above the stage in a way
that could not fail to attract the artistic
and aesthetic eye; the monogram o. IL. s.
was suspended directly over the centre OF
the platform.
The class of 'SS numbered z graduates
in the regular course and in the Com
mercial course. The face of Miss Susie
Swain was sadly missed by both the class
and the audience, one, whom no one knew
but to love and respect and who will al.
ways hold warm place in the hearts of
her classmates and associates. The grad
yates are:
LATIN CoURsE-Fannie Bartram, Lucie
Comstock.
ENGLISH CoURsE-Maude Gates, Edyth
Seeley, Elba Sprague.
SCIENTIFIC CoURsE-Lena Austin, War.
rem Stuart
COMMERCIAL COURSE. T. Connolly,
Anna King, May E. Webster. E.. Gertrude
Galusha. Fred w. Lawrence, Minnie J.
Roberts.
After music furnished by the X. T.
Orchestra and prayer offered by Rev. C. B.
Spencer, the exercises of the graduates be-
gan with an essay by Miss Fannie Bart
ram, entitled 1.-THE Kings Daughters"
This society is an organization of ladies
in New York city, whose aims are benev-
olent and whose work has resulted in in.
spring new hope among the down. trodden
women of N. Y. city. 1. consisted orgi-
nally of 10 persons and has since grown
into a powerful society. Their badge is
simply silver cross and their motto
Look up, not down." What this has
accomplished only shows more emphati
cally what woman can do. if she tries.
LUCIE CoMsTOCK.
The subject of Miss Comstock's essay was
1.-THE Power of Music" Some one has
said, LET me make the songs of nation
and care not who makes its laws" and
who has not been thrilled by the power of
a sweetly sung hymn? She said that the
General of an army would listen to music,
whether made by friend or foe and in
stances the myth about Apollo's playing
on the Tyre with such indescribabe sweet
ness that even the trees were moved. The
fainting soldiers heart is cheered by a
familiar tune. the christians hope is
strengthened by listening to the melodies
of music, the festive becomes merrier when
the notes of childhood are again heard.
The harmony of heaven finds its best coun-
terpart in the harmony of voice like that
of Jenny Lind.
MAUDE GATES.
Beyond the Alps lies Italy" was the
subject of the next essay. The question
naturally arises why sd many have sought
to conquer and have faileds We gaze at
the Alps, and what lessons can we learn
from them? We behold Mt. Blanc with
its snow white crest and how terrible il
seems, especially when an avalanche is
slowing gliding down its PERCEPTIONS sides
leaving death and calamity to mark its
track. Such scene met the eye of Han.
nibal and his valiant Carthagenian sol.
diers more than 20 centuries ago, and today
We stand in awe before the same scene
Yet, beyond lie the fair plains and fertile
valleys of Italy; so in actual life the re
ward comes only when we have surmount
cd difficulties and proved ourselves worthy
of our ambition An aimless life, said the
essayist, is worthless one; fame and sue
cess do not come by chance. LET al
struggle on to attain the goal of fame and
honor"
LENA AUSTIN.
After music by the orchestra, Miss Lena
Austin gave the audience "Some Bits OF
Human Nature" She said diversity was
not confined to the rocks. to the birds OF
to trees; it was law and man furnishes
the best example. The covetuous man il
DESTROYS of getting rather than keeping,
while the avarious man combines both
but the semination of human depravity is
reached in the miser. Then there is the
tickle man, who never wants any thing
long and whose purposes are as tickle as
the wind. 1t is well for humanity that the
egotistical man is not as big as he thinks
himself to be. However natures differ
and the good and bad seem sometimes tC
be indiscriminatively mixed. The best We
can do is to wisely use the faculties Goo
has given or as the essayist said: "Mar
nature can only be perfected through the