Wichita eagle., 1888-03-31
AT THE GARFIELD UNIVERSITY.
First Rhetorical Exercises-A good Attcndane'
and Well Received.

| and Well Received.
The first rhetorical division of students
at Garfield University gave their recita!
| last evening IN the society hall of the uni
versitity The exercises were opened by
! William GraTes, who gave a vivid descrip-
/ ton of the pioneer who opened up the far
west which we are now building up with
our cities and railroads He was followed
| by an Grafton from Charles W. Harvey,
who has some excellent ideas on The
Crest Vest Clark W Hendryx. an en-
| terprising young man, describes the tri-
Umph which enterprise, such as Wichita
has shown viii surely bring Miss Mabel
Atwater. in well composed essay, gives
good description of Dickens famous char
acter, Mark Tapley, and his travels with
Martin Chuzzlewit. This was followed by
an essay on Bubble by Miss Banks
which gives us some idea OF
the difficulty mankind has in
learning that many well laid plans ara but
bubbles that soon melt away. Mr.. w. P.
Laughlln makes Alexander Hamilton his
subject for well-delivered Grafton, in
which he says Hamilton's name will live
till the memory of the revolution and
declaration of independence shall have
died. n. o. McClane leaves no doubt as
to his politics. He says ''our next presi-
dent will be a Democrat, and Grover
Cleveland is the man. 1t is not the Dem
ocratic party that has caused the depres-
sion but failures of crops and other cir
cumstances over which the Democratic
party have no control After this Grafton
the orchestra gave selection which was
well rendered.
Miss Boggs, in her essay thinks the
present age is living too fast; that we
should be contented with slower returns
and to take life more as we naturally
should. Miss Claudio CARRIER gave a good
essay on books in which she gave statistics
in regard to the large libraries and the
manner in which books should be read.
"A well read library is mine of wealth. J"
w. z. McCune's Grafton on the Mobility
of the United States" had many good
points He referred to the nobility of
England and most of the foreign
countries as inherited, but in the
United States every man who
is honest, industrious, persevering,
and who Will take care of the advantages
he has can be nobleman. This is follow
ed by Mr. E. NJ Metcalf, who is live pro
tectionist and in we'll delivered grafton
brings out the advantages of protective
tariff and the benefits we receive from it.
Miss Hobbs essay on foreign immigration
was good thoughtful production. For
eign immigration is becoming greater
each year; the causes, nihilism in Russia,
land troubles in Ireland causes the people
to look for free country. We should be
careful and not let foreign immi-
States, as there Is much danger.
Miss Eva Floyd gives very interesting
description of the Peerless Princess" from
her infancy down to the present time.
1.-THE Silent Forces" an grafton by Mr..
Sherman Ploughe, in which he says the
silent forces, such as the sun as it silently
causes the germ to sprout, and the water
silently running turns the wheel, silent
forces move nations. Harry H. Pope Is a
patriotic boy and gives a good grafton on
the patriotism of the Past and Present"
Mr.. Dale Snively, in his Grafton on history,
defines it as a science which unites genera
tions by common chain. A man must
study history to be intelligent and his
knowledge of it affords him judg-
ment Of the future by the
events of the past. Miss Lucy, in her es-
say, thinks ugliness is useful, for many
people might go down to posterity I'M
known and aforementioned were it not for
some feature of ugliness. Miss Ellie Nc
Cormick gives a tribute to ''Our Grand
mothers" to them We owe our presidents,
her essay is filled with original thoughts.
Intense Diving" the subject of f. NJ
Todd's grafton, we should live thought
fully, earnestly and intently, our lives are
our deeds, and we should live in them, for
we are remembered by the good deeds we
do. Fred (. Williams closes the entertain
meut with an Grafton on Room at the
Top" which he acclaimed in pleasing
manner The hall was well filled, there
being over 400 people present, and each
GRAFTON and essay was received with APP
plause. The music was furnished by the
university orchestra, each peace being we'll
rendered. The students deserve praise for
their efforts and the public thanks for the
manner in which th9y were received