The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-06-13
THE HIGH. SCHOOL PUPILS
Their Essays and Orations That Pleased
a Very Large Audience of Friends.
Pleasure-Literary Exercises at Butler
and Other Institutions of Learning.

High-school was held at TOmlinson Hall,
last night. Prof. w. W. Grant must have
been a proud man as he looked at this class
of ffty-two young ladies and young gentle
men. as they sat upon the platform, while
the great hall was filled with their friends
and relatives. The programme opened
with Grace Morrison at the piano, who,
with great delicacy and precision, rendered
an arrangement from Faust" after which
prayer was offered by Rev. DR.. 5. A. Keen.
The first essay was by Anna L.. Minich. the
theme being Inherited Form" which the
fair essayist began with Gratiano's query.
why should a man whose blood
IS warm within sit like his grand
sire cut in alabaster9" She then
told how wisely Milton and Bacon had
protested against the mental routine of the
universities which held that there was to
be nothing in the realm of thought after
Aristotle. She spoke of how the bands had
been broken, and that in the present brain
and hand co-operated, the thinking man
helping the workingman. Inherited ideals,
she maintained, will not stand against the
laws of growth and progress.
''Silent Changes" was the subject of the
essay of Jessie l.. Bobbs. This was po-
etical in it's thought and full of pleasing
illustrations. She showed that all the
great changes In nature were performed by
silent processes.
shall anada be Aunexed,n was the
cred by Henry A. Palmer. The
young orator gave a brief amman
of the millions in it, as shown by Canada's
exports of wheat, lumber. and other prod
ucts, as we'll as her immense fisheries, and
then proceeded to show that she was handi-
capped with debt. She had a French pop
~ulation, that still hoped for the time when
1t would again be a French province, while
English colonists and their descendants are
still loyal to the mother country. Besides
these he said ambitious politicians hoped
that Canada might some day receive full
political freedom n be q nation of her
self. Nevertheless he believed the time
was coming when it would be to mutual
advantage for the United States and al
ada to be joined together.
The only vocal musical number on the
programme was THE Flower Girl" which
was sung by Emma Messing. who fully de-
served the applause she received.
The essay of Ida NJ. Crane on 1.-The Estab-
lishment of Universal Peace" was treated
on the high ground of Christianity and
generous humanity. She held that as
civilization advanced arbitration would
more and more become the system for the
settlement of difficulties between nations.
and that nothing can aid in bringing about
this desirable state of affairs more than
education. She was decidedly opposed to
the encouragement of the idea of military
glory through military education of chill
dren.
The next essay was by Hettie Adams, on
1.-THE Growth of a Hundre Years." as
shown in the difference between one hun-
dred years ago and now in farm ma
chinery, mail facilities, travel by land and
sea, all mercantile enterprises, all dispatch
of business. the communication of news,
the lighting of cities and many other
things. She said the centennial celebration
on the SOth of April had brought all these
chances GharnlU IN mind and fhaU WQrQ
shown most clearly in the trip taken by
President Harrison to New York. where a
trip that had taken President Washington
seven days to make had been made by him
Manual Training was the interesting
subject taken by Carleton b. McCulloch
for an Grafton. He spoke of the advan-
tages of this kind of education. morally,
economically and intellectually. He said
that in our own city it had passed the
period of experiment.. and that over 100
pupils are present daily In the drafting
roo .S of the T.. Hi chs 3pst % OF in
training is in itself g recreation, and
affords relief from close mental application
on other subjects. The results of this new
idea represent progress, and 1T Is progress
One of the most delightful numbers on
the programme was by Minna j. Mayer,
who, upon the piano, gave Gurlett's Over
ture DIES MariOnettes." the accompaniment
Dclu9 upon Three NlOlluS p1dycu DY u Ir1OOI
sisters, Emma, Pauline and Bertha Schell-
schmidt. 1t was a charming musical nov
city, and was fully appreciated by the audi
ence, as was showni in the applause which
followed. THE Art of Cheerfulness" was
one of the best essays of the evening, being
in a lighter vein than most of the compost
tions. The author was Eleanor $. Daggett,
who, discriminating g, took Charles Dlckens's
ment of the idea that cheerfulness could be
cultivated. She held that a constant striv-
ing after cheerfulness makes one strong
and healthful. Cheerfulness in ourselves
is productive of cheerfulness in others, and
Is more contagious than measles or whoop-
ing cough. The art of ~cheerfulness Is not
limited to the gifted few, but NAV be
proftably practiced by all conditions of
men. When, like Mark Tapley, we come
to look upon trouble as an opportunity for
cheerfuiness, it's worst sting will be re-
moved.
Kate NJ. Gossett read a pleasant essay on
Folk LORE which took up a number of
the myths of ancient Greeks, Norsemen and
Germans. and showed that there was more
in them thar the mere strange and weird
old story. She showed that hidden in these
rough legends are higher and deeper mean
ings, and that folklore reveals the mental
and moral characteristics of a people, and
In some cases 1T would seem that supersti-
tion itself is pressed into the service of
science.
Clarence NJ. Zener spoke of 'Self-made
AAths o1lh tAlt WHO a.
too often used of men who. beginning with
nothing. had made money; but he held that
SUCH were not types of self-made men TO be
initiated, or even types TO which the term
could be applied at all. He held James A.
Garfield to be the model of q self-madem man,
ranking among the first of those great men
who have secured the liberty of our coun-
try, conducted her through peril and Sc
cured MS freedom. political integrity and
national prosperity.
Following this came a musical number,
Jennie n. Smith playing upon the piano
Rats Polka de la Refine" which was ex-
cellently done.
The honor scholarships offered by the
Indiana State University and Wabash Col
legc, were then presented to Clarence NJ.
Zener, as was also the cash prize of $40
given by the Wabash College Alumni AS
ISOLATION. of this city. He had the highest
scholarship for the entire course, the next
being Hottie Adams. The other members
of the class were:
Alice c. Alexander, Jacob Kaufman,
Amy b. Algeo, Amelia Marks,
Viola A. Black. Minna i. Mayer.
Jessie L. Bobbs. Carl b. McCulloeh,
Matilda 4. Brink, David McCulloch,
Emma G. Byield. Emma Messing,
Martha l. Christie, Anna l.. Minich,
Mabel CJnduitt, Virginia Minor,
Anna L. Cook. Lulu Morris.
Ida Nj. Crane. Grace Morrison.
Eleanor 3. Daggett, Henry a. Palmer,
Katharine L. Davidson, Julian W. Perkins.
Wilson f. Davis. John A. Pfaf.
Alice Z. Fairfield, Lulu Piekerill,
Carrie Il. Francis, Elizabeth T. Roger,