The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-19
4 CLASS OF TWELVE
Graduated Yesterday from the
West Liberty
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL.
Interesting EseFcises-A Notable Lee
tpFeand sormoa---cIass Day Fun,
The Literary contest..,A
Musical Entertainment

AlIer months OIL Close STUDY anu pleas
ant anticipation, the students OF the
West Liberty Normal School have again
enjoyed the pleasures Of that most de.
lightiul period OF the school year, COM
menCement week, Yesterday was Com
menCement Day aud brought TO q close
very successful years work, The
record OF the years work has surpassed
in every way that OF all other years.
The total enrolment reached l26, IN
increase OF "a over that Of last year,
which up to that time was the largest
ever known, The facilities for school
work have been better than ever before,
and under the intelligent instruction
and kindly encouragement OF Prol, r, A.,
Armstrong, the popular principal, and
his able assistants, Mrs. A. r, Wendt
and Miss Oallie Curtis, the students
have applied themselves to their work
in most gratifying manner,
A LARGE CROWD PRESENT,
When 10 o'clock arrived, the main
hall OF the school building was packed
almost to sutfocation, The aisles were
packed with people standing up, and
many rested in the shade Of the trees or
the campus, unable 10 get inside. A
large majority OF those inside the hall
were ladies, and attired as they were in
light summer toilets, the scene present
ed was a gay one, AS showing the In
terest taken in the proceedings, those
standing remained in that position FOL
over two hours, listening sttentlvely Ia
the exercises,
Mayors orchestra, OF this city, was
present and furnished the music, Tc
the strains Of a march the graduating
class, numbering twelve, marched In,
preceded by State Superintendent Nor
gan and Professor Armstrong, and tool
their places on the platform. The stage
marshals were Misses, Wilma Jacob ant
sallie McColloch, and the floor marshall
were Messrs. w. +. Grow, ], @, Lewis,
q. W. Riggs, Laurence Baxter, John
Jobes and H, NJ, Plants.
THE PROGRAMME.
Prayer was offered and then the fol
lowing programme was rendered;
salutatory-'A Pure BALLOT. .......J. W. stcwar
Pleasant Valley, W. va.
Woman's POsSlbl Minnie Atkinson
Potomac, W, Va.
sell ou''a'0T esI TiSSriy W Ya OA''n'
Labor aud Capital ,."s. ...,.......",.w. +. Moore
West Alexander, Pa.
Our Teachers. Finley
Clinton, W. w.
TTiadelphia, VIVA. :,
Money Moneys Point ". Va a. 'r
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Mr., Stewart In the course OF his re-
marks made the point that education
was the great panacea for all political
evils, He would have begun In the dis
trict schools tho teaching OF first princi'
pies; he called on the clergy to devote
a part OF their time and talents In favor
OF honest elections, and on the press Il
stand forth q bright and shining light
in favor OF what he advocated. All par
ties, he said, admit that the condition O.
our ballot Is not tlattering. "Woman'i
Possibilities" as handled by Miss Akin
son, was au interestingsubject. Woman'l
position in society has varied with the
ages. Now she Is entering many OF the
professions and Is making her mark
there. As a teacher she does grand
work, but she Yields the greatest inhu'
ence IN the home; the vision Of home
aud mother never fades from the soul,
Miss Gardner made the point that
after the culture OF the physical should
come the culture Of the intellectual. But
the most important and yet the most
neglected part Of our being Is the mora
nature. We must have culture here Il
we would be true men and women. Mr.
Moore made a good argument In favol
OF arbitration as a means Of settling the
difficulties that exist between capital
and labor. Miss Finley spoke OF nature
as teacher, and then Of what we owe
to the patient care Of four human teachers
who train us to be the future actors on
the stage Of life.
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM,