The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-06-19
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ence. and will keep fresh and warm In
your hearts tho love Of your Divine Gre.
ator,, which every new ray OF knowl.
edge, shed Upon your minds, was wont
to intensity In the blissiul years Of your
school life. The whole success OF your
Christian lives depends on the preser-
walton OF this spirit. II, with all this
superior training, convent girls some
times grow remiss In the most essential
duties Of religion, the cause may gener.
ally be traced 10 the neglect Of this one
dutyoi prayer. IT'S true. you cannot
fulfill this duty amid tho dis,racing
Affairs which will engage your at.
tention at home with the same facility
as ut school, but a generous purpose 10
conquer difficulties and to serve God
faithfully will 60 far towards insuriug
success. Be convinced that no worldly
amusemcnts and no temporal gains can
ever compensate for the loss OF Gods
sweet love. Let tho words OF your
Savior DO indellibly engraved on your
minds and hearts: "What shall man
give In exchngo for bis soul ~ The re.
ncmbrance Of these sacred truths will
ever prove the strongest barriers against
the enemies who may Gssail you. But
let not your trust BIO in your own
strength, but In the power OF that good
God whose fathGrIy arms are ever Gu.
circling you. Prayer, steady, earnest
prayer, will secure for you His holy
grace, by which alone you eau persevere
10 the end and deserve the promised
crown. To each one OF you, therefore,
my dear children, | repeat the first word
Of your beautiful motto, "oyd'-pray-
aud with all fathers solicitude Tor
yonr future welfare Ia time and eterni.
ty, | entreat each one Of you to give
daily heed 10 this important injunction.
But, though prayer Is the most i,n.
portant duty Of your whole lives, 1t
must be accompanied with the faithful
discharge OF that other duty expressed
III tho second word Of your motto, ia.
Jora'-labor. In your school days,
when were you most happy? Not
when listlcss about your daily tasks
but when most deeply engrossed in
your studies. Work is law Of our ma.
turc, aud, therefore, the observance OF
this law ever oonduces to mans comior.
and happiness. Hence, too, there is no
more fatal enemy 10 peace OF mind aud
Joy OF heart than idlcness. Scout the
lalse notion that work OF hand or mind
is i:noble! Nay. it is ncss honorable,
especially in a land like ours, where
caete Is ignored, and where industry
counts as a radical element in estimat.
ing the true nobility Of man or woman.
Honest work is the sweet safeguard
against the ills Of soul and hody-the
chief human Ingredient OF happy
life. Be industrious, then, my dear
children, il you Wish 10 be happy aud
contribute to others happiness. Do
not initiate those tho lshtless girls who
squander their precious time ia useless
and vain ifiYollnes, and then wonder
why It is they are SO w1etchcd aud dis.
con,ented. DO not belle your own eho.
sen aosee. Love work as we'll us prayer,
and the happiness which will then &c.
Crue to YOU will be but a ioretaste o;
that which awaits YOU in your Fathers
home in heaven. Therefore, my part.
irg advice to you cannot be more .ersely
or beautifully expressed than in the
words OF your class motto, "Ora &C La.
bora"
TIE AWARDS MADE.
Throughout the programme premiums
were bestowed for excellence ia particu.
lar branches. These awards were as
| follows:
a prize for ladylike department and
excellence in special studies Of the poat-
graduate oourse was awarded to Miss
Sadie G. Robinson, OF Montgomery, Ala.
The first honors OF the school, consist.
ing OF the blue ribbon with silver cross,
were conferred upon the following young
ladies', for having attained the standard
OF excellence, both in depor!mentagdtL the
studies CT thu iuil course, in the Senior
Second class: Miss Mary E. Lodick, OF
Sandusky, o., and Miss Dora Rose Scott.
New Rochelle, n. Y.
In the Middle Second Glass, to Miss
Margaret 0. ketterer, Of Woodsfeld, O.,
and Miss Jessie r. Cunningham, Of
Wheeling.
For having attained the same high
standard in department and special
studies in the Senior Third Glass, to Miss
Blanche Moran, Of Emlenton, Pa, and
Miss Trla Mcfarland, OF Greensboro, XIV,
In the Middle Second Class, to Miss
Irene Purdy, Of brooklyn, N. Y.
In the Middle Third Class; to Miss
Blanche E: Wells, OF sisterville, W. Va.
Glass prizes were awarded as follows /:
lathe Senior Second Clasa,to Miss NJ n.
garet A. O'kane, OF Wheeling, and Miss
Marie A. Dent, Of Georgetown, D. C,
In the Senior Third Classic Niles Anna
B. Brennan, OF New York, N, y: Mia.
Gertrude NJ. O'Brien, OF Toledo, O.; Miss
Mamie A. Lyons, Of New York, n. Y:
Miss Edith NOEL ueiner; Mics Flora G.
Friday, Of Pittsburgh; Miss Carrie Lee
Daufora, OF st. Claifsyille, Q. Miss Han
nah Henry, OF New York Miss Kathleen
Hagan, OF Dungannon, O.
In the Middle First Glass, to Miss
Carrie Wolf, Of Lexington, Kentucky:
Miss Mary Mckinley, Of Wheeling:
Miss Mollie Duncan, OF Cerelo, a.:
Miss Eetp!la Fake, Of Massilon, O.:
Miss Julia Robinson, Of Montgomery,
Alabama.
In tho Middle Second Glass, to Miss
Anna Thayer, Of Enterprise, Fla. Miss
virsie Crawley, Of St. i ouis Mo-; Mics
EuSenla Schmidt, OF Allegheny, Pa.
Mics Anna Mcaahan, Of Keyser, ". Va,
and Miss Agnes Wehrle, OF ,Charleston'
W. Va.
In the Middle Third Glass, to Miss
Fannie Sullivan, Of Washington. D. O..
Miss Louisa FIach, Of Allegheny, Pa:
Misc Mary Clark, OF Parkersburg, W.
va; Miss Sophie Nledebuscn, OF Wheel.
ing, ". Va; Miss Lulu Reddick. Of
Memphis, Tenn. -
In the Junior First Glass, to Miss
Nellie Boyer, OF Pittsburgh, Pa; Miss
Lucy briggs, OF Woodsfeld, Ohio; Mis-,
Ethel Holloway, Of Flushing, Ohio
Miss Lizzie Kelly, OF McKeesport. Pa :
Miss Lizzie Weiss. OF Pittsburgh, Pa,
In the Junior Second Class, 10 Miss
Cecilia Burke, OF Washington, Pa.
A praA in the Fifth Glass OF French to
Miss Nj Mamie Hamilton, Of Warrington,
Second prizes were awarded.