Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-26
'SCentral High School Graduates Bid
Farewell to Their School Days
Before 5000 People.
,nLARGE CLASS UPON THE STAGE.
AChancellor Hollands Brilliant Address at
the Western University Com
mencement.
ST.s T.sXAvIER's+CLOsING DAY EXERCISES.
Another Series Of Very Interesting Scholastic Enter
tainments.

4 bnrg High School were held last night at the
Bijou Theater.' Fully 5000 people listened to
the exercises. Every inch of space was
filed by the friends and relatives of the
class The heat was oppressive. and
as result the palm leaf fan
| vendor fairly coined money. At
o'clock the orchestra played a charming
overture. Then the curtain parted, revealing
q scene as beautiful as any ever hidden be-
hind that great wave Of velvet The young
ladies were all dressed in white, and each
held bouquet of flowers.
In the glare OF the footlights they presented
pretty picture. The young men were all
neatly attired in black and each wore a
pretty bouttonniere. q The graduates were
seated in half circle, forming six rows
Those in the foreground composed the grad
yates of the academical department and
those in the rear represented the normal and
the commercial departments. Principal
Wood sat at the .left of the
stage in front of the class, and
at his elbow was stand filed with the di-
plomas to be presented. On the right of the
stage sat Superintendent Luckey and DR..
McKelvey, President of the Central Board of
Education. The teachers of the different
departments occupied the boxes on either
side of the auditorium.
Principal Wood Leads in Prayer
The exercises of the evening were opened
With prayer by Principal c. B. Wood, Rev. j.
F. Patterson not being present The prayer
was followed by a. a-selection by the orchestra,
after which an oration, Theory and Prac-
tice" by Marion Murphy, was announced
by the principal. Mr. Murphy took
the platform in bold and fear
less manner, and displayed no lit
tie talent as an orator in his delivery.
He urged that young men pay more atten-
tion to trades, and view the practical side of
life in a more serious manner than they
have heretofore. He says that the princi-
pal trouble has been that young men are
classed as interiors if they take it upon
themselves to learn a trade. Mr.. Murphy
was very heartily applauded. Miss Sarah
Bryant, who took second honors in her class
was next announced. The subject of her
Grafton was Learning Is Not Everything"
She spoke in a very pleasing tone and
evinced considerable thought in her produc-
tion. She was applauded very warmly,
The selection BY a chorus of young ladies
entitled Begin the Chase" was rendered,
after which Thomas Leo Kane came to the
Marine" He said that the commercial in
terests of the United States were gradually
decreasing. Mr.. Kane acquitted himself in
a very creditable manner and won merited
applause.
'The Two Guides" by Miss Amanda Koch,
was delivered in a very pleasing manner,
and her efforts met a hearty response from
the audience ard also from her sister gradu-
ates. After another musical selection by
the orchestra Mr.. John Floyd made a neat
address on the subject, 1.-The Problem of
City Government"
Miss Bertha A. Zeigler and Miss Mary
the exercises, but owing to illness neither
could be present.
An Able Address of the Evening.
a nf fha
evening was the very able address
of William Henry Stanton, the
only colored man in the class.
He is a graduate from the academic depart
ment Mr.. Stanton, perhaps. displayed
more oratorical ability than any other mem
Der of the class. The subject of his address
was American Citizenship In closing his
remarks he said there was too much of a
mixture of foreign element among the
American people and that there were not
The duet, Drift, My Bark" by Misses |
Lillian Chalmer and Elizabeth Ulrich was |
well received. It was followed by an Grafton |
by Miss Agnes E. Swedland, who took first |
honors in the normal department. "The |
Requests of Genius /" was the subject of her |
discourse. She was followed by George |
The chorus then performed |
another selection, entitled, Spring Yer
dure." Then came well-delivered adj
dress by George NICK. Ryall, on sour Ma
of the-United States with craft
and unfairness in its dealings with the poor
Indian.
A Most Pleasing Valedictory.
The valedictorian of the class, Miss Estella
who goes to Vassar this fall, then
took the platform and the audience by
storm at the same time. She took first
honors In the class and everyone was wait.
ing anxiously to hear her. Her subject was
" An Outlook" !" which she treated in very
able manner. She then addressed the prin-
cipal and the teachers and closed with a few
Wood then M presented the dinlomas and fter
prayer and the benediction the exercises |
came to close and all retired to their
homes.
There were 80 graduates in the academical
so in the normal department.,
and 72 in the commercial department. Their
names are:
Academica1 Department.
John Henry Adams GeorgeEdward Bohm, Sarah
Bryant, Alberta Dalbey, Katie Mary Driscoll.
William McKibben Ewart John FLOYD Agnes
Hutchinson Henderson, Annie Willimina Insley,
Lottie Chalfant Jefferis Oliver Reed Johnston,
Thomas Leo Kane, Mary Boothe Lavely Sophia
Lcrch, Anna Mary Mcconnell, Halle Belle Nc
koTu hoM Villa William Cunningham Neill, Hartley Mar
Mckinney H;EiII W. w& &Ryal, William Henry Stanton,
pbD nG aSser uv f4rd Sto Carl Gaue Erred
Frank Crawford Hays, Charles Fred
aPeRT sagha g NSeT
James Mcclure, Winifred Eleanor
Thomas. James English Tfbby, Thomas Hanson
y allace, George Seibold White, Eva Williams
Edwin Zugsmith.
Normal Department.
Alma Minnie Bartels, Estella Brooks, Ida
ane Brown, Jessie Rossiter Burns, Sadie
hamilton Gallery, Mary Elizabeth Campbell, |
ulia Kleimann, Amanda Koch, Iva Bertha
1afng Florence Lowry, Helen Josephine
Iarquis, Nancy McCully Marshall, Stella
fargaret Reineman, Lena Mary Rohm Lille
Innie Catherine Sanders, Amelia Sheridan, |
ennie Eliza Carpenter, Lille Chalmers Bridget |
ella Connelly, Ida Belle Cook, Mary Dawson,
;iizabeth Mcknight, Sarah 'i Anna McMahon. 5na
Iargaret McQuiston, Sarah Ellen Mitshelen,
Mary a9e nhi hAsfaIfps &eSes
homas, Margaret Tobin, Elizabeth Uirich.
laggie May Hoerr, Carrie Bingham Holman,
-nna Laura Holmes. Mary Victoria Murray,
ollock, Wilhelmina Agnes Reed, Maize Ella ,
Weir. Margaret Ella Welsh, Katherine Ella Will
On, Bertha Augusta Zeiger
Commercial Department.
Amelia Mary Asher, Frank Scott Bailey, Alex
Brown, Anthony Beuchel, John Stud
lay Littleheld. John Peter Ludebuehl, Mary
atherine Malone, Henrietta Theresa Meyer,
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6ert oer1,cl Cary % Harry Harry GhaImsrs s Walter G
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lehteli William James Fitzgerald, John Wesley /
cCutcheon. William Breeze Mc(Iaryey Samnel