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GRADUATING EXERCISES.
Third and Last Night of the Public school
Entertainment.

L
Entertainment.
An audience as large as Oh either
of the preceding evenings assem-
bled in the opera house Thursday
evening to witness the graduating
exercises and to hear Mr.. Cooper
speak. Every available seat was oc-
cupied and sometime before the cur
tain rose many were compelled to
stand, even in the gallery, and any
position from which one could see
| the stage was eagerly held. A
crowd OF boys which the doorkeeper
was ordered to hold back until the
exercises begun took advantage OF
an opportunity when the doorkeepeT
was occupied and en- mGsse rushed
up the stairway into the gallery,
creating such a DIN as to alarm
many ladies in the audience, who
thought that some disaster had hap
pened. Some one in the galleryEdis-
lodged a martin from its roost,
which, flying about, afforded unbe-
coming amusement enough Tor
some who are old to have
shown more Difference to the occa-
sion and more respect to the young
lady who, reciting at the time, was
almost constrained by the disorder
they created in the gallery, to retire
from the stage. The opening chorus
by the young ladies of the High
school was greeted by the audience
in manner that showed their ap-
probation of it. The salutatory, by
Miss Sophie Bickler, was delivered
well and every word of it was heard
throughout the audience. MIR. Cal
Bolts subject was well chosen and
so well received by all as to call
forth applause. He delivered his
Grafton in a firm tone and with ap-
propriate gesture, as also Mr..
jeff Bassett, whose subject
was full of of interest for the
Young and the old, and would
have done credit to an older speaker.
s'What l would Paint were [ an ar
tist." The subject of Miss Katie
J Carothers' essay, which she read IN
a manner that well accorded with
: the beautiful sentiments it embodied.
Following this Miss Ophelia Hutch
inson read the essay "Silent Intiuen-
, cess portraying in good style the
silent forces of nature which are I'M
seen and unheard save in their beau
tiful, grand and sublime results
The orations, Perseverance The
> Road to success" by Mr.. Kurt2
Giesecke and 'Habit" by Fred
Amsler we're very good The audi
ence exhibited much appreciation
i. for the manner in which Miss Jon
: ME Hughes gave the recitation
), s'The First Settlers Story" and she
= showed by her rendition of it full
: conception of its sentiment; The
a recitation ''Her Letter." by Miss So
!; phie Ahrenbeck, and ''The Al
mighty Dollar" by Mr.. Edward
e Healy we're also good.
Mr.. o. Fl. Cooper, state superin
!; tendent of Education, was intro
t duced by Mr.. T. B. Bolts, who 81
Q well understands how to do sucl
) things, and spoke about TWENTY-FIVE
: minutes, dwelling mostly on the ad
b vantages of public high schools. III
T paid BRENNAN the compliment OF be
S ing the pioneer city of Texas in pub
e lie education and for having s.
J large a per cent of its graduate
# young men. After the address Mis-
S Jennie Thomas read the valedictory
r Life is a School" being her sub
e iect. Her enuuciation was clea
d and the language of her essay wa
n well chosen. The vocal and instru
n mental music formed an interesting
: part of the program. The costume
1t of the young ladies were very nea
e and some OF them appeared to b
'e quite costly. These exercises TO
is the three evenings were perhap
t. better than any before presented i
e Brennan and probably elsewhere
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