Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-26

1.-THE victor is he who can so it alone,n
brought forth recognition in hearty
round Of applause.
The orchestra here filled an interval
In very acceptable manner and then
School, read her essay, GA Book Re-
vfew," paper which showed much
originality and many points Of excel
lence. She said that at the present day
''change" seemed to be written all about
us; even to our staid old city the change
had come, and with the changes in time
had came also a change in the school
girl. Revision was the watchword OF
the hour, and the principle ought to be
applied to books. She thought 1t would
be good thing, from a school girl
point Of view, to eliminate all the long
words and the silent letters from the
spelling books, and she wonderingly
unused upon the time the school girl Of
to memory the ever-increasing
list of Presidents. SO in phySi-
ology, the persistent discoveries of new
diseases was making life burden TO
the student, and when she recalled the
diSCOmfortS Of travel over the world by
map alone, and the necessity OF reading
whole book of chemistry TO ascertain
the method of making loaf OF bread,
she sighed that no one could lind
royal royal road to education. Her pa
per was witty as well as interesting.
Miss Pearl |. Rose, OF Union school
had an original essay, "1911," in the
form of Il letter from Wheeling to
friend, in the course of which she had
set down quite an array OF gossip re-
garding the future life OF the members
of her class, and her recollections of
school life away back in 1891 were very
amusing, and evoked much laughter.
This interesting young lady had ener-
getically married all the members OF her
class, as far as the boys would go around,
and the way she scattered them around
over the face Of the earth and appor-
toned out occupations among the young
gentlemen was amusing to both class
and audience, and she was loudly APP
plauded.
Miss Katie NJ. Wells, of Union school,
recited The Deacon's Masterpiece" in
an admirable manner, and its conclu-
sion brought the audience pleasantly to
the valedictory, "Open Doors" by Gin
ton McCheSney, of Webster school. Mr..
McCheSpey spoke in a clear, ringing
voice, and had an admirable general
manner. His leading thought was the
acquiring of situation, after leaving
school, and he spoke of the great
difficulty of selecting suitable
vocation, and the greater difficulty
OF obtaining situation after one
had settled upon Il course in lie. lie
| concluded, however, that there was al
ways room for energy, perseverance ana
well-directed effort. He took up and
| considered number OF "Open doors"
| leading TO fame aud wealth, and con-
Guided, that while there was 4 vast
throng awaiting situations IN all
branches of industry art, literature,
! etc, the person possessed Of 2 determn-
| alton to learn and advance would always
| 6ave an assurance Of ultimate success
! He closed with words OF advice and com
/ mendatiOu for the members OF the class
Of 1891, and was warmly applauded.
The orchestra rendered a selection
and the diplomas awarded by the Board
Of Education for the completion OF the
course were then awarded by President
| s. u. .IepSon. The presentation was
prefaced by some appropriate remark ;
by Superintendent Anderson, who said
| the first Commencement, fourteen years
ago, had but seventeen members. Since
then the classes had gradually increased
until the class Of 1891 numbered
! forty-Seven members, the largestS
with one exception, in the his
tory Of the schools He referred to the
necessity of limiting the number upon
| the programme to two from each
school, and said that while at first
thought it might seem hard chat grad
yates should be denied place upon
! the programme, it must be acknowl-
edged, upon investigation, that the
course chosen was for the best. lie
also alluded to the necessity OF limiting
the audeAce, and said it was a matter
! OF regret that all who desired TO do
so could rot hear the exercises, bat
there was a limit TO the capacity OF the
! house He called attention 10 the slight
difference in the averages OF the first
and second honor pupils and the slight
| difference between the averages OF the
honor pupils and those not taking hon
ors or medals, and returned thanks in
closing to the Wheeling Ice and Stor-
age Company for the donation OF ice in
closing bouquets of flowers. Sn-
perintendent Anderson then intro
duced President JepSon OF
the Board, who made an
appropriate address, in which he COM
mended the school and the class in
graceful and earnest language. lie
called attention TO the long period,
verging on ten or twelve years, spent
! by the students comprising the class in
school study, and said it was no light
! task to have fulfilled the requirements
of the Board of Education during all
that time DR.. JepSon sli1 he felt, In
congratulating the class. like extending
his sympathies also, in that they were
about TO leave the limited stage upon
which they sat to embark upon that far
more extensive stage Of human life.
He said he had an admiration for the
! genius Of the man who, on the 25th day
Of June, was equal to emOeliShlng
| commencement stage with ice, and then
after few words of personal common
dation for the members OF class, he dis
tributed the diplomas, commencing
with the pupils Of Madison school.
The members of the class for each sub
district rose in turn, as the name Of
the district was announced, and receiv
ed the diploma.
Rev. DIR. w. II. Cooke, then presented
the silver medals of the Board to j.
Carrie Anderson, OF Madison; Mamie
L. Brown, OF Clay; Kate NJ. Wells, Of
Union; Minnie Lohse, of Center; Gin
ton McCheSney, of Webster, and Louisa
J. Meyer, of Richie. In presenting the
silver discs. Rev. DR.. Cooke said that