Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-06-28
The Graduates Acquit Themselves
With Credit to Themselves and
Honor to the School.
The Church was Tastefully Decorated
With Flowers, and Filled With
Friends of the Pupils.
The Boys of the Governors Guard
Depart for an Eight Days Camp
at WatertOwn.
The Pride of the School.
From Tuesdays Daily.]

The commencement exercises in the
Methodist church last evening were witt
messed by a large number of admiring Bis
marckers, the spacious auditorium being
we'll filled. There is nothing more inter-
esting than those exercises in which the
students participate, when some of their
number graduate and step forth from the
school of books to the school of action, and
last evenings exhibition of talent and
progress on the part of the young people
Of Bismarck was such that any city in this
broad land of unequalled public schools
could be proud. The graduates were Miss
Mabel Hunt, Miss Gertie Griffin and Chas.
A. VConnor. They occupied seats in the
alcove at the rear of the pulpit and about
them sat the students who participated
with them in the evenings programme,
Professor Goodykountz and assistants and
members of the board of education. The
decorations in the church were neat and
appropriate and the air was redolent with
the fragrance of blooming plants which
gave an oriental beauty 70 the scene. The
following was the programme for the
evening:
P1ase1. Re1: j. NJ. 4ndssson. sHssa.
INsTRuMENTAL DUET. 5
Tampa, F. H.,old }fS5s fissssss st,sa;; s.sD,a.,
The schooimsstsr Abroad I .Gertie . IitSn.
INsTRuM1NrAL DUET. !. y @
croauey Gala Irresistible D.9sy 3ias dMssR Fl ss.v,,
Every Man the Architect Of His own 1eEtnns.
evening viii Bling Us Home ii Mabel b apDt
xddse;:s Af.s.s me- ioae6S S5ShffsFs HsFs
PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. IS
GLASS SONG. +5 i -; ea.
The Old Nest ~. Solo, Celia Conway.
Benediction. Rev. Geo. Kline.
After prayer by the Rev. j. NJ. Anderson
this programme was carried out to the
letter, and too much praise cannot be be-
slowed upon the young ladies and gentle
men who participated. s
The music was excellent, the duets by
Misses Strauss, Macnider, Griffin and Stew.
art winning hearty encores.
The ''Salutation," by Miss Edith Win
chester, was delivered in manner which
won the admiration of the audience, the
young lady having committed it to men,
ory and delivered it with the force of a
trained orator.
Miss Gertie Grifdn's essay on "The
Schoolmaster Abroad was we'll worthy
OF the young lady graduate. and of an or
der far above the average in thought and
composition. Miss Griffin has the power
OF logical statement and is blessed with
the gift of terseness. Her essay was re-
ceived with applause, and at the close
two baskets OF magnificent flowers were
presented to her by her admirers.
every Man the Architect of His own
Fortune" was the subject OF Chas. A.
OConnor's Grafton and that young gentle
man, true to the record that he has made
in his school days, acquitted himself with
credit to himself and to the school,. He
will make his mark.
1t is difficult to discriminate justly in
speaking of those who entertained the
large and delighted audience, but to say
that Miss Mabel Hunt was the orator of
the evening is but to voice the sentiment
of all present. The success with which
she captured the audience is due in some
degree to the fortunate selection of her
subject: Evening will Bring Us Home."
The very words are poetic and the talented
young lady displayed an ability in playing
upon the sympathies Of her hearers, that
Stamped her as genius.
Judge Hare, president of the school
board, presented the diplomas to the grad
yates in neat and impressive speech.
The judges preliminary remarks, in which
he gave a history of the Bismarck schools,
were highly appreciated by the audience.
He spoke of the pioneer days when he set
tied in Bismarck, and his comparison of
the advantages enjoyed by the children
and those of to-day was most striking.
The diplomas having been presented,
Miss Celia Conway rendered the class
song, "The Old Nest," with good effect.
The exercises closed with the benediction
by the Rev. Geo. Kline and the large con.
course of citizens returned to their homes
proud of the rising generation and prouder
than ever of their public schools.
Col Little Rejoices.
Colonel Little returned from the Pacific
coast Sunday morning, and it does the
Bismarcker's heart good to hear him
boom. Does he boom the coast? Oh, no.
His visit to the coast has given him great
er faith than eyer in Bismarck. He saws
he WOnld rather have an acro NJ Nn.+h no