The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-05-11

delivered and showed care in prepar-
ing for it.
! Miss Hackney in The Mission OF
the Dew Drop INDUCED in beau
tiful little strain of allegory in the
comparison of the dew drop to the
mind. Her essay was well received.
Her style is good and she is capable
of good literary work.
do Your Best; Leave the Rest"
was the theme treated by Miss
Wood. The advice of the caption is
very good, but the reasons for so do
ing were dealt with in nice detail in
the essay itself The writer very
prettily pictured the bright reward
as result of doing the best that
can be done.
After anothermusical selection by
the orchestra Miss Bessie Hagans
gave her coupled recitation. The
first was calculated to touch the
tenderest cords of the heart, while
the other Immediately brought out
the fun-loving and amusing part of
ones disposition. 1t would be hard
to tell in which role the charming
young artistic exels-in the sublime
or the ridiculous. This double per
Torrance takes all the powers of
deelaimer, and the storm of eontin-
ued applause which followed the rem
dition proved Miss Hagans success
in the difficult parts.
Miss Price gave Indian Memen-
toes in an original style and show
ed her essay to be really meritorious.
She held her hearers well by the in
terest which the piece awakened, a
good deal of history was also used in
her essay and the significance and
meaning of many familiar names of
Indian origin was explained. a good
deal of thought was displayed and it
could well be seen that literary train
ing had found an excellent subject
in her.
Miss Lawhead's what is Thy
Home showed careful thought from
a brilliant mind. In her own we'll
chosen language she dwelt on the
word "home" and its meaning. The
making.o marring of our happiness
is at the home and she very convinc-
ingly showed this fact in her very
sensible production
Miss Reay's original recitation on
The Influence Of Woman was an
excellent thing. She showed where
the influence of good women had
been used in the successful acts of
many Of the great men and gave ex-
amples of how womens sphere is en-
larging every day. The different
ideas Of women by different men were
recited and the PEI former was de
lighted herself to see the new ave
nues Of usefulness and influence
which are daily being opened for
women. She was greeted with voeif-
erous applause.
Another piece of music and the
diplomas were awarded by Prof
Tapp He made a very graceful
speech on this occasion, eulogizing
his scholars and advancing the
theme of co-education, for which he
was applauded to the echo. He re-
GREETED that the completion of the
course in his school was the highest,
or nearly the highest, a woman can
go on her road to education without
going to another State. He also
made other pleasing and appropriate
remarks.
Bouquets were quite numerous
presents to each Of the girls, and
ushers were at times fairly loaded
with fragrant blossoms from rela-
tives, friends and lovers of the fair
speakers.
Their school life, so far rs the
public school is concerned, is thing
of the past, but the future may and
surely will be frightened by the
memory of those golden days of
youth and the liberal knowledge
gained in the pursuit of their stud
les Their lives will be better, their
understandings more advanced and
their footholds on soeietys slippery
rock more secure from the lessons
impaired during the hours spent at
the Morgantown public school.