The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1892-06-29
HIRAM,
PHGBE

The people are never satisfied. If there are
few days without rain they complain; if there
are few days of rain with very little sunshine.
they grumble; if it is hotthey want it cold, and
if it is cold they want it het; but as for me,
want it straight am moved thusly to reflect
because, during the month of May and to June
9th. e have had nearly 15 inches of rainfall.
which is nearly one half the yearly average.
Thelresult of which is spring crops very back
ward, and not the usual breadth in cultivation,
and to add to the bad effects of too free use of
water, the fruit crop has suffered Immensely.
and the abundant promise of two months ago
is. almost failure. But when think of the
wet spell in the time of the early settlers. when
there was forty days of rain and 400 feet of rain
fall .every day l feel like kicking those who
grumble and make great complaint about our
little weather episode of only 15 inches IN
nearly two months The pioneers didn't eat
strawberries and cream during their eccentric
wet spell.
commencement week passed off very success
fully notwithstanding the unfavorahle circum-
stances On Sunday the Church was crowded
to its utmost capacity. to listen to the mastery
Baccalaureate Address of President collars.
Tuesday evening the Senior Props presented
the following entertaining program:
Invocation;''
Duet" Robin Hood.' Miss Sawyer. Mr..
Williams.
Oration-' Potential Ideas" Harry W Jewell
Declam alton 1.-The Famine" Orsamus d.
Beardsley.
Essay-"New Harmonies and Echoes,' Mary
Frances e. Kelley.
Solo-a. .' My little Love-" b. Expectation
Mrs. Treiber.
Oration-"J John Wycliffe." VIM. B. Phelps,
Story-'.My Dream" Mamie B. Cotton.
Declam ation-' Poor Jack' Claire c. Camp
bell.
Serenade-Miss Julia Sawyer.
Grafton" ID other" Elliott l. osgood.
Welcome Address-Loa E. Scott
Address-Pres't of the Glass. B. A. Doan.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Quartette Gaudemans." Miss Sawyer. Mrs.
Treiber Mr.. Williams Mr.. Zay; Accompanist,
Chas. S. Burnham.
Promptly at $3.50 a. m Wednesday. the exer-
cises of the Graduating Glass commenced. and
the finished young ladies and gentlemen most
ably discussed the subjects allotted to them in
the following rich program
Music
Prayer.
Oration-"What are we here for" Cornelia
Adell Allen.
Grafton" Self Sacrifice" Edgar VIM Allen
Grafton. Echoes" Fred Austin Bright.
Grafton" Our Civil Rights - Warren David
Calvin.
Grafton" June.'' Josephine Clark
Oration-"The Disciple Of Nature" James
Ernest Dean.
Oration-" Reformers," Jacob Dorsey Forrest
Oration-" Have we Learned How to Learn?''
Charles Austin Freer
Music
Grafton" Sidney Carlton Warren Sherman
Hayden.
Oration-" The Worlds Judgment" Albert
Milton Hurd,
Oration--' The Scholar in Politics. James
Herman Norton,
Oration-"The College Graduate Before the
World," James Perry hice.
Music
Oration-" The Good an Enemy of the Best"
Loa Ermina Scott
Oration-'The Philosophy of the Beautiful
Hiram VanKirk.
oration-" Christopher Coluu bus." George
Wesley York.
Music.
Benediction,
Wednesday evening the Delphic Society en-
tertained a large audience with a well arranged
program.
Selection" Silver Lake Quartette,
Oration-.' The NJ odern Republic. It's EVolu-
tion.'' Calvin V. Trott.
Vocal Solo" Carnival of Venice" Mrs. U. S.
G. Cherry.
Declam alton" The Dying Alchemist,'' Ray
mond E. Hull.
Review Over the Tea Cups" Claude f.
Sheldon.
Selection-siIver Lake Quartette.
Oration-Reading maketh Full Mall,'' s. II. |
Bartlett.
Vocal Solo-Staccato Polka.' Mrs. Cherry.
'.Timon of Athens. - Greek Comedy-Timon |
C. A, Pealce; Zeus, G. b. Dilley; Hermes, RIA.
Doan; -Plutus. H. l.. Jones; Penia, G. r. Shell |
don; Athoniades, F. M. Graham; Philiades, E.
F, w akefield; Dameas, Samuel Traum :Throcy-
cles, D. D. Burt.
Selection-Sllver Lake Quartette,
Thursday forenoon was set apart for the
ID Silver Jubilee" on which occasion many very |
interesting addresses were presented by friends
and patrons OF the College. and many of the
Alumni. In the afternoon Judge H. G, White
mastery and eloquent address to
he Graduating Class. after which was the pre-
sentation of diplomas and conlerring ofdegrees |
A q: 80 p. m. the Alumni entertained them
selves. physically. with most elaborate ban
luet, prepared by a caterer from Cleveland
and intellectually wi h many brief but eloquent
speeches emanating nom their own well stored
ninds.i
Thursday evening the " Olive Branch" Socie-
y gave the very best entertainment ever pre-.
ented on such an occasion. Their program was.