St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-30

chorus sang .'the Heavens Are Declar-
ing"
The salutatory was delivered by Miss
NJ. G. Erickson, of La Crosse, and was
entitled ''Unity in Diversity" 1t was
well written and an excellent opening
of an admirable programme. Miss Min
ME NJ. O'Brien, of Taylor's Falls, read
an essay upon 'sMastery Of Situation"
She said life was succession of strug
giles for mastery, from the first efforts
of the infant to grasp his toy So of
men and of nations. Much depends
upon the elementary training. The
school trains mind and body for the
larger field of later life. He lives best
and most successfully who does his
whole duty by meeting every daily de-
mand of life.
Misses Clark, Suiter and the Misses
Swain sang Jensen's maid of Manzan-
ares' excellently. "Our Inheritance"
was the title OF the essay by Miss Sarah
C. Selsmer, OF Watert0wn, S. d. She
showing tnat children owe many of
their failings to inherited tendencies.
From past centuries we inherit our
great libraries. knowledge and the lives
Of our grand and good heroes. We
must do our duty. SO that the future
may inherit from us only good.
Miss .Avadana Miilett, of Still
water, read an essay upon Margaret of
Anjou" touching, upon her history. and
the lesson of her life. One must ad-
mire her genius and her beauty, but
cannot respect her character, for only
the truly good can be truly great.
After selection by the orchestra, Miss
Mary +. Regan, of .WiDona, read an in
teresting paper on the History of OBJ
ject Teaching" She told how much
the teachers of the present century had
devoted to studying the methods for the
early education of the child. Object
teaching is natures own method. and
taught by object lessons. 1t would
seem that object teaching has almost
reached perfection, but we can still do
much to advance it.
Miss L. A. Miller, of Roscoe, followed
with an essay on VereStchagin. She
characterized his paintings as powerful
lessons, which, while doubtless open to
criticism, nevertheless are full of valu-
able instruction. A Quartette, consist
ing of Mrs. M. B. Webber, Misses
Clark, Smith and the Misses Swain,
Messrs. Simpson, Hollewell and Hoer
ger, sang Pinsuti's ''When Hands
Meet" 1.-The Study of History in Com
mon Schools was discussed by Miss NJ.
L. Coleman, of Dodge Center. She ar
gued that man can only become a good
citizen by becoming familiar with the
history of his country; therefore, the
study of history should begin, early in
school.
Miss Cynthia Pennington, of Still
water, delivered an Grafton upon 's'The
Average Man." She said that we are
,.apt to think of the extremes and pay
too little attention to the great middle
class, the average man, who makes up
the greater part of the worlds popula-
tion. The geniuses can be better spared
than the average man. Miss F. Nj.
Bradford. of Spring Valley, read an
essay upon "The Ball, the Cube and the
Cylinder" describing and strongly adj
v0cating FroebePs system of teaching.
Miss Elizabeth Suiter, of La Crosse, de-
livered an Grafton entitled '1ch Dien."
She said we ind in nature everything
fills some place of service: what more
can man do? The perfect man minis
ters, is not ministered unto. The
proper motto of life is 'slch Dien." We
may not reach fame. but we can be con-
tent to render true service.
The Grafton with valedictory was de-
Hamilton. In closing she expressed
the gratitude of the class to their friends
in the city of Winona for their kind at
tention and thoughtfulness, and de-.
clared their readiness to aid in her
progress; the usual thanks Offering was
made to the Normal board and the
faculty. To the under classes was ex-
tended good wishes and thoughts at
parting. To her classmates, she re-
called the ties of friendship formed, the
kindly sympathy and pleasant asseocia-
ton which left traces upon their lives
that will never be effaced. As we go
lOut, we must feel that we have only
begun to learn a little of the great
world around us. If we have partly
learned the great alphabet of life, let us
thoughtfully go forward in the study Of
its language and it's lessons.
sohn's ssThanks Be to God" with very
fne effect under the direction of Miss
Smith, and assisted by Mrs. NJ. B. Web
ber, George T. Simpson, j. ID. HOllo-
well, G. Will McCutchen, Prof. Hunt
upon the organ and Miss Buck the
piano. President Shepard presented
the class to Director Morey, who handed
the diplomas to the graduates. He in
troduced President Angel, who
briefly expressed his pleasure at the ex-
ercises. He said that he believed that
of all professions teaching comes near
est to filling expectations of the future.
for no profession brings greater re-
wards. You have the human mind and
soul to work OLA great advantage in
material. Minnesota is evidently thor
Oughly in earnest in the cause of educa'
tion. Education has made the state
great and will make it greater. Rev.
w. F. Greenman then pronounced the
benediction.
THE GRADUATING CLASS.
The class numbers slxty-two gradu-
Ates as follows:
! Advanced Course-Anna Laula Bren, Hop