Nevada County picayune., 1891-05-28
THE GRADUATES,
Five Young Ladies Leave the Halls
of the Tom Allen High School.

Five more pupils of the Prescott
Public School have reached the limit
of It's instruction and passed to high.
er usefulness. The exercises attend
ing this step took place at the Park
Friday night, the 22nd, and were
witnessed by almost the entire pop
ulation Of our town. The stage up.
on which the program was rendered
was artistically decorated with
wreaths and bouquets of lovely vines
and flowers, beginning On either side
and continuing their beautiful length
to the rear where they become en-
twined in the folds of star spanked
banner.
At $3.50 o'clock, the blessings of
heaven were asked in an invocation
by Rev. w. L. Thurman, at the close
Of which there followed song by
the young ladies of the school. AT
this point the noise of an engine
close by caused a slight interruption
in the regular program and the au-
dlence was treated with an instru-
mental solo by Mrs. w. II. Terry.
The salutatory grafton, delivered by
Miss Maude Hayes and entitled,
Think that To-day will Never Dawn
Again!" was a splendid effort at i'm
pressing her hearers with a reaiza-
ton of the demands which the pres
sent has upon them, and of remind
ing her classmates that their oppor-
tunities would come out of the future
and not from the past. Miss Hattie
Vaughn's Grafton won her merited
applause for the manner in which
she delineated the way some people
had of dwarhng the real talents of
their minds and wasting the energies
of their souls by always trying "To
Sweep the Cobwebs out of the Sky !"
how they instead of being useful
factors in the the worlds progress,
used their efforts in advancing their
own pet hobbies and fighting imagi-
nary instructions. The Progress
of Century, an essay read by Miss
Allie Stanton, contained a review Of
how we had come from time of in
convenience and delay unto day
that was bright IN the glory of
achievements made by the thinking
men Of each age, and Of the wonder
full transformation brought about by
the indispensable products of their
genius. After singing, the beautiful
essay Of Miss Ethel McRae, entitled
Must not the Earth be Rent before
her Gems are Found?" was read to
the audience and those who were
fortunate to hear it above the noise a
train was making, listened to an ex-
cellent production, in which the
reader told of the beneficial results
growing out of the disturbances and
conflicts of life-no heroes without
war, no perfection with suffering, no
glory without death. A vocal solo
by Mrs. Ports was enjoyed very
much by the audience, and was fol-
lowed by the valedictory Grafton of
Miss Matte Higgins. In a COM
mendable production she specialized
upon 1.-The Undiscovered Land" of
the future, of the possible riches to
be found within it's borders, and the
exertions necessary to obtain them.
She babe touching farewell to her
teachers and school mates, and in
behalf of the graduates thanked the
teachers for their efforts in giving
them an education. A chorus by
young ladies Of school gave an inter-
mission between the delivery of the
valedctory and the class address by
Prof. Shinn, of Little Rock. At the
conclusion of his address, which was
instructive and interesting, Prof.
Shinn awarded the diplomas to the
graduates. An instrumentlng solo
by Mrs. w. II. Terry followed the
address, and preceded one of the
most important features of the pro-
gram: the calisthenic and broom
drill by the young ladies of school.
Dressed in military attire they
obeycd commands with graceful
ness that was pleasing to every one.
The exercises were all good, and
the. audience showed their apprecia-
ton by the many bouquets carried
and thrown to the graduates. Miss
Connevey, the principal of the school
deserves great credit for the success
Of the occasion, as we are sure all
are willing to pronounce the exercis-
es splendid success.