Middletown transcript., 1891-07-02

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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES.
A FULL REPORT OF THE THIRD AN
NUAL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OF THE AlIDDLETOwN.A ACADEMY, IN
THE OPERA HOUSE last, LAST FRIDAY
EVENING. -.PRoF. WAPLEs3 ABLE
ADDRESS. A{v rs4
The third annual commencement
exercises of the Middletown academy
were held in the Opera House last
Friday evening. aud long before the
hour to begin, s o'clock, every seat in
the house was taken. The vast ma.
iority of those present were composed
of our town people, but a great many
came from the neighboring towns and
the surrounding country, and those
who came late had to find places ip
the rear part Of the room as best they
could Every seat was taken and
chairs were broughtin and placed in
the aisles and .passage-ways, and these
| all we're occupied.
The scholars and teachers had been
busy all day arranging the5 stage for
the exercises by placing plants and
potted flowers wherever there was
any available space. and the display
was a very creditnble one. A row OF
handsome flowers was placed along
the front part of the stage BY the foot,
lights and numerous tall ferns and
palms occupied positions on either
side. In the rear and fastened on the
wall, were the figures " '91," very
neatly put together by the arrange
ment Of green leaves and by some one
who was certainly no novice in the
art of decoration. Two large flags
and numerous smaller ones were drap
ed on the wall and added much to the
appearance of the room, o5f,
On the sage we're seated the five
| members of the graduating class, those
who were to furnish music, Prof. w
B. Tharp, Rev. F. H. Moore, Prof
+. B. NAPLES of Rittenhouse Acade-
| nv, Philadelphia, and several promi
nent citizens. The graduating class
was composed Of the following young
men,: Samuel Kelley, Thomas Kib'
Ter, w. Reese Parker, Samuel Roth
/ we'll and Harry Tatman. The exer.
| cises began at the appointed hour with
the Te Deum, followed by prayer by
Rev. F. Fl. Moore of the Presbyter-
ian Church. Prof. Tharp, principal
Of the Academy, announced the names
of the following scholars as having
reached an average in their studies
that had enabled them to be promot
ed without examination. Room No
2. A class.-Ada Cochran, 81; Flor
ence Merritt, 81; Ethel Brady, 81
| B class.-Mary Maxwell, 81 Nellie
Ernest, 90; Daisy Naudain, 81
Florence Merritt of the A class il
this room, has been present every dal
of the session.
The names of those who had beef
promoted from Room No. 8 to No. 2
were as follows: Ella FARRELL, 80
Susie Parker, "a; Mabel DerricFson
/ 90; Belle Walmsley, 80. From No
| 8, fifth year to No. 8, sixth year, OF
from B to A, Evelyn Littleton.
The AS in No. 4 were Waite
Green, 95; Lee Corrie, Berth'
Roberts, James Merritt, POI days
Blanche Armstrong, Dora Culbertson
lAddie Echenhofer. The BIS, Jessi
Culbertson, 96 Carrie Clothier, Alex
ander Walmsley, Annie McColgan
Horace Moore and Edith Wilson
Room No 5.-Bessie Merritt, Nini
Geary and Ernest johnson. TX
Prof. Tharp also spoke of the gen
eral standing of the scholars and tn
progress they had made during th
past year.
An instrumental duet by the Misse
Lena Pleasanton and Estelle Cochra
was warmly applauded, and was fol
lowed by q. defamation by Viii
Brady; entitled, independence Bell,
and recitation, entitled, /" The Relie
Of Lucknow" by Miss Lizzie Parker
A vocal duet, The Land of the Swa
lows" by Miss Lillian Budd and Mis-
Alice Wood, was also we'll received.
; Samuel Kelley was on the program
as the first of the Eve graduates. wit
an essay on Great Naval Battles.
He was followed by Thomas Kible
with an article on Inventions of th
, Nineteenth Century" Both Of the;
pieces were well-written, but th
position of the young men on tn
stage and the large space which the
voices had to penetrate made it i'm
: possible for the audience to hear
well as might have been desired.
quartette, Annie Laurie" by Mi
Allie Mckee, Miss Ethel Parvis, M
Fl. L. Clayton and Mr.. F. N. Howe
was loudly applauded. Samuel Rot
well, one Of the graduates, then rea
] a well-written essay on !" DevelopmeI
Of Modern Weapons Of Warfare"
W. Reese Parker, the valedictoria
l of the graduating class, delivered tt
oratisn and took for his subjet
"Little Things" The young ms
spoke for sixteen minutes, and in
clear voice that enabled even those
the rear of the building to hear a
!. most every word uttered. His su
iect was almost excellent one, pro
ably no better could have been sele'