Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-06-26
COM MENCEMENr DAY.
Continued from last week. /,

die Kneiriem. The selection was
grand and it being so we'll delivered,
It's effent upon the audience was
marked.
Musi: by the vocal class. The selec-
ton was The High School March"
Goods Plans" was the subject oil
Miss Alice Fears recitation. 1t was
q well written selection and she did
herself credit in presenting it to her
listeners.
Walter Matthias told of ''The Ameri-
can Aristocracy" in very pleasing
and eloquent manner. Master Walter
has few peers as a declaimer.
A defamation entitled energy
was Mr.. Arthur Bald wins part of the
program. MIR. Baldwin Is a good de-
c!aimer, and did justice to the selec-
tion.
"ihe Living Present 'wasan Grafton
by Edith Whitney. In her production
She exhorte,i us to live in the present,
bury the deeds of the past in the food
OF the past, and fret not for the NOR
row. TO be appreciated the ovation
needs only to be heard, especially
when us we'll delivered as it was by
Miss Whitney.
A duet by Misses Tenney and Van
Auknn. entitled. .'Whispering Hope"
was then listened to by the audience.
The Auctioneer' was the subject Of
Dale Wailace's defamation. MIA Wal
lace did very we'll in acting the cap
icity Of an auctioneer.
| An essay entitled shadows on the
Wall" was read by Miss Amy Amos
She imagined herself as living in
1901 and told of her class
mates vacations, in life at that
date. The essay was well written
and read, and we hope the bright; fu-
ture she prophesiea for the class may
be true indeed.
Little Sarah S1ckler told how il was
Not so Easy" as one may think to get
up before an audience and recite
And il you don't believe it just try
it She did splenaidly.
Night Brings out the Stars was
the SUBJECT Of the valedictory by Miss
Jennie Baldwin. In the grafton she
showed how the night of adversely
aud trouble brought out the stars Of
| light aid made them visible She re-
Tered TO the great refcrmers who laid
their lives at the feet Of Christ, and in
the most trying hour of their lives
I looked through the darkness that had
settled around and about them and
beheld the bright and shining stars
OF deliverence shining IN the heavens
OF time The darkness and night was
what gave beauty to the star OF Hope
that lights the Christians pathway
an(, the darker the night the brighter
the star. The Grafton contained words
Of inspiration and advice that ii &C
ceptee and needed can not but tend
! to lift us higher toward things divine
and good. Miss Baldwin has a Won
derful talent as writer. rs was
shown by this production; her deliv.
erv is also a credit to her.
Prof. F1eeland then presented tho
class with their certificates.
Report of Scholarship.
OF those who tried the final eXami
nations for the term. D. Drown pass
ed with Highest Honors or above 3;
per cent. Esther Danburg. Grace
VanAuken, Jennie Baldwin, Simeon
Whitney, Warren Russ, Clara steli1er
Della England, Parker Whitney
, Thomas Fear, Maud Campbell, George
Grace, Matilda Brodk0rb passed with
Honor or above 80 per cent
Thirty four others passed, or above
Is per cent.
Record Of Attendance.
Alice Flewel, Nellie Reed, Millit
Price, Is. Hawthorne, Mertie Price
Hattie Tenney, &. Hawthorne, Ma.
Caldwell, L. Bnrchlll, It. Fear, Nj. Con
, verse, A. n. Burg were neither absen
nor tardy during the term. SIX other
were not tardy. Ten others We're no
absent.
Financial Statemeut.