The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-06-24
COMMENCEMENT.

Work and join the Ever-swelling
Ranks Of the Alumni.
The seventeenth annual commencement
of the Wellington high school took place
Friday evening, June 10, in the opera
house. A rainy afternoon and threatening
evening, with muddy crossings and Sloppy
sidewalks did not prevent large adj
eace from attending. The hall was well
decorated for the occasion. TIE class
motto, "Rowlng, not Drifting" with a
pair of oars, hung above the stage. On
the right Of the stage was floral boat
into which little Ralph Dimock and Stella
Chapman loaded a rich cargo of presents
It was beautiful and appropriate en-
blem. On the opposite side Of the stage
Robert Laundon and Treva Couch presid-
ed over foral.bower. (which the bouquets
handed in for the graduates augmented
till the little ones were almost lost from
sight.
An overture by the Junior band was fol.
lowed by an anthem by 100 voices from
the school led by Prof. Harding, with Ma
mie Franks as pianist. Prayer was offer
ed by Rev. ]. F. Brant and the chorus
sang a glee entitled Autumn Gales"
sALUTAToRy.
Miss nellie Emerson delivered the sa-
lutatory--"0ur Motto" Her manner was
free from embarrassment and her address
was happy blending Of welcome and OF
noble resolve.
LEvERET wEBsTER,
whose oration, "The World Moves" was
next on the program. was confined to his
bed by a sudden bilious attack and his
absence was disappointment TO the audi
ence, who had no little reason to expect
something unusually good from him.
ROBERT WALDEN
One Of The most thoughtful exercises
was the oration, 1.-TWO Teachers at Ath.
ems" by Robert Walden. Concise and
graphic descriptions Of Socrates and Paul
culminated In dramatic pictures Of the
former drinking the hemlock and the lat
ter preaching on Mars Hill The perora-
tion was careful and original compari-
son of their teachings; one led by his
"daemon" groped toward, the other in
spired by God emerged into the light
Of the Infinite. Both were exponents Of
the faith which Is the substance Of things
hoped for.
A violin solo by Frank Bowlby was fol.
lowed by "A Strange Autobiography" by
AMY SHELDON.
Anna Small's book, BLACK Beauty" was
her point OF departure for an earnest and
kindly appeal for humane treatment
OF dumb animals.
GUY MEAKER
spoke Of the westward course Of empire
as caused by mans aversion to climatic
change and the dense population east
ward. The westward limit has been
reached. From east and west progress Is
toward America. Now commerce crosses
zone lines. For prosperous commerce we
must import as much as we export. Sec
retary Blaine has seen this and will give
us reciprocity which gives America "Tbe
Mingllng of the Zones"
HIRAM T. GARDNER
showed how the past ten years bad
brought US a constantly deterlorating and
rapidly increasing immigration, sggregat-
ing 100000, whose representation in
copgess-40 representatives--ou -ouipumbers
New York. Their strength Is unknoSn,
but they are a menace 10 our institutions.
TIE passport system would weed out pau
pers and criminals and give us the best
A male quartet, consisting Of win Zim.
pher, Howsrd Dorchester, Herbert Du-
rand and Ralph johnson sang II am
Rocking" to the tune Of bright sparkles
from The Church Ysrd.p
LILLE D. BAIRD III
read n timely essay entitled "What are
you Going 10 do about IT,. 1t was Q
womanly appeal TO young women TO be-
come expert housekeepers.
RoY b. BbswEIL
delivered well-consIdered oration OF
"The Spirit Of the Mob Mob law Is al
ways unjustifable and demoralizing. Ths
only remedy for lawlessness Is law
The school sang "The Song Of the Sea-
1t was rendered In good spirit, time ant
rythm and showed 10 good advantage th'
work Prof. Harding Is doing in the Well
lnaion schools.
HOWARD Y. DORCHESTER
10 bis oration on "The Farm and th'
Farmer" gave the farmer some good hint
at successful farming and by the har'
common sense Of his thought won The al
tention and applause Of his audience
oEoRaIE N. JOHNS,
the class historian, entertained her audi
ence by giving vivid picture Of III
struggles Of the class TO retain its orIgIua
numbers and made many bright persona
hits that ELECTED laughter and applaus