Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-24

the class, was well put on. The fresh
voices, improved by careful training,
made sweetest music.
Miss Mollie Binyon's essay, HHe
That Observeth the Winds Shall Not
Sow, - had been carefully prepared,
and being read with the effect of bring
ing out its full literary merits, was
greatly appreciated by the audience,
who loudly applauded the charming miss
at the conclusion of her part.
One5of the gems of. the evening was the
reuditi6ht of Mills .. Recollections of
Home, ''as piano forte solo by Miss Mary
| Malone. This young lady has
musical genius Of. high Or
der and, under careful training, even
at her tender ags she is able to pro-
| duce the most difficult compositions with
ease and fullest effect. Her perform
ance last evening fell on the ears of an
| appreciativo audience, and she was
heartily applauded.
"The Age of Chivalry ;" as expatiated
upon by Miss Norma Saunders, took on
new charms and was presented in new
and unique phases by the young sssayist.
Historical research as weIk as thoughtful
! consideration of the subject were evineed
in Miss Saunders production. The audi
ciferously.
Miss Ola Boaz' musical effort, the
Babbling Spring, one of Rive Kings
compositions, was received with every
! evidence of favor by the audience. The
charming young lady has been carefully
tutored in the art of the piano forte, as
shown by her perfect rendition of the
difficult composition she undertook last
evening.
Miss Sadie Dawson's essay treated of
the "Sources of Beauty The efforts
in the line of estheticab research dis
played in this literary gem were aston
ishing in one so youthful as the essayist,
who eVinced remarkable combination OF
intelligent thought with pure literary
style. Her effort was appreciated by the
audience, as attssted by loud and pro-
longed applause.
So closed the literary programme as
far as the pupils were concerned. Well
did they acquit themselves. Not one
but was presented with .pne beautiful
boquet or more as tokens or loving con-
sideration from friends and admirers.
The presentation of the gold medal for
-pennmanship was to have been made by
Col. r. M. Wynne, but as he was una
voidably absent Professor White made
The following aocords the merit where it
is due:
We, the undersigned, have carefully
examined the penmanship OF the Fort
Worth public schools and unanimously
agree that the writing by pupil No. 40,
grade q, building 8, room f. is best;
that of pupil entitled 'Nile, - grade z,
building 10, room 2, being second. The
work as q whole is the best public
school penmanship we have ever exam
ined, and is highly complimentary to
the pupils, and especially to Professor
Ware, who is one of the best public
school superintend ents OF writing in the
United States. Respectfully,
G. A. HARMON,
Prin. Fort Worth Bus. Col.
W. w. D. VAN GRUMPY,
Prin. of Fort Worth University Bus.
Col.
W. T. PARKS,
Pen Artist, Sedalia, Mo.
Col. A. j. Chambers address was
timely, and was well received. He spoke
of the growth of the public schools of
Fort Worth and of the unity of action
and harmony existing araong the board.
He encouraged the children and pupils
present to work hard to stand in the po-
sition OF these graduates.
Mayor PendIeton not being present,
the duty of addressing the graduates de-
volved upon Professor White, and his
extemporaneous remarks could not
have 8 been improved upon If
they had received elaborate
preparation. He congratulated them
deservedly upon their essays surrendered,
showing that they had been well trained.
Education of the mind he said,
makes the man or woman. He
gave full credit TO the teachers,
especially Mrs. Walden, who has the
elements of an excellent teacher. Those
upon whom diplomas were conferred