The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1892-06-23
A Bachelors Boquet.

n A Bachelors Boquet.
4 We give below from the curren
s. issue Of the Columbus Journ al, th,
). handsome complimentary mention
j. of the graduating class, by Col
Furay, the accomplished bachelor
= Bohemian, and one Of the mos,
g gentle-hearted Benedicts in the
= brotherhood. His appreciation Of
= the good and beautiful is manifest
!, In the gifs he has of showing us
how to see our graduates as others
t see tnem. ana the wonder Is why
he does not marry and be happy,
t like he prophesles for girls and
graduates and gentlemen single
. miserable. 1t Is dreamed that the
grizzly veterans heart is so tender
) that lest he give pain to the many
good girls in the paradise o: his
social circle by choosing one, he
continues agnos,ic aud Platonic,
walking with his hands IN his
pockets, so to speak, in the garden,
leaving the lilly untouched in her
splendor lest the envious rose
might blush redder in pain from
the choice.
All our readers will enjoy the
happy criticism he makes of our
noted Commencement, and the
graduates will preserve the boquets
in the select leaves of their scrap
hooks.
"At once the exercises began.
Rev. q. Laughlin briefly and feel
ihely invoked the divine blessing.
aud then Miss L. Maud Bright de-
livered the first Grafton, "Tonight |
Our Boat Swings From the Shore"
1t was pretty and graceful sett-
ing forth OF The feelings, hopes and
aspirations of The graduates. Ida |
G. Steinman and Fannie 8. Palmer
told in calm and appropriate man
ner the story OF our own "Ohio.
Charles D. Brown, IN answer to
The inquiry, "Is There a Labor
Question:" very emphaticalIy in
formed US that he thought there is.
Sarah M. Moore showed happily
that there are mo Two Alike"
and Cora NJ. Pierce gave a critical
and capital exposition of "Confn-
cianism."
Then Mary @. Gould, a charm
ing young girl, who seemed cool
and collected as ala iceberg, not
withstandIng the heat of the hall.
discoursed the "Higher Education
Of Women" in full, rich conlralto
voice which carried the excellent
sentiments she expressed 10 every
listener. She was followed by
Florence Z. Crawford in an elo-
quent summary of Astronomical
Progress. Anna E. Pierce read
review OF "David CopperfeId." 10
which the author of that master
piece might have listened with
pleasure; and W. Pearl Barnes re-
plying to the query, "What's in a
Purse9" told The audience that
there is more than mere money
therein, and seemed TO have con-
vInced himself that there is very
much of evil.
Irma B. Wright discussed the
Sweet Girl Graduate" This was
an 'adyanced" production embody-
ing the ho;'e that sweet girl grad
uate may une day be President.
There was animation and talent
in Miss Wrishl's utterances, and
her own sweetness relieved her
sarcasm. james L. Martin pro-
nounced sensible and patrloiIt
oraiion "Where Will Our Lasting |
Progress Beginw Alma W. Keynes
recited feellngly and effectively a
poetical version of the story OF {
Damon and Pyihias" Robert s.
Sanderson, in "Africa Redeemed l
predicted bright future for the
clark continent Minnie B. Deis-
sele, with short, firm, compact fig
ure, hair literally black as night
and voice sweet as the linnet's,
gave clear. bright "Glimpses of the
Past Year" and NJ. Grace Martin
effectively recited The story of {
Bernardo Del Carpio.n
Helen r. Pursell closed the class {
exercises with an oration upon
The Universe" 1t was an exten-
'ive subject but she showed that
4 graduate of that famous "class =
'f 1927 could handle anything from
atoms up 10 cosmos. and succeeded y
n making her audience feel how o
Insignificant they all were. Every e
was full of wit. pnngency, i
point and force, and in both matter o
md delivery Miss Pursell exhibited b
III the spirit of a man with all the II
race and sweetness of girl. lc
The exercises showed of course 81
|ifferent degrees of excellence but al
here was not an inferior one IN the Ia
OF. n
Mr.. o. W. q. Wright, the accom- r.
'lished president of the Logan y
chool board, distributed the di- ol
Tomas to The class with a few al
'e:l chosen remarks, and then III
Governor Mckinley was intro
uced to pronounce The class ad-
ress. 1t was no studied effort.
he Governor had not had a mo- Ia
,ent for thought of anything ex- Sc
ept politics since the day he land su
d at Minneapolis; but IN the eight nc
, ten minutes which his address tr
the Logan high school class of Al
2 lasted. he managed to say more ve
IAN many men OF intellect and vf
bility could say after preparation on
! an hour. He spoke of his pleas trl
re at what he had heard that ,cj
ight; he briefly touched upon the be
enefits of a good, honest educa- so
on; he pointed out the spheres fe,