Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-22
ON LIES THRESHOLD.

Young Students Pass the Portals OF Homo
Into the World Beyond-Commence-
mont Exercises Of the shadyslde and
Ursu,ine Acad~mies-A College Contest.
ONE of the most interesting commence
ments Of the season was that of the Shady
| side Academy for boys and Young men held
| at Dilworth Hall, East End, last night. The
| pretty, commodious hall was filed with .
brilliant and representative assemblage
| OF East End and Allegheny residents,
all deeply interested in the exer-
cises OF the evening as they are
| in the future of that excellent institution of
| learning on Ellsworth avenue. The pro-
| gramme was of modest length, but tho eN-
| ponents selected to represent the school
showed to the satisfaction OF all that no
mistake had been made. The institution
suffered none from their performances. An
| excellent musical programme, judicionsly
mingled with the exercises. was an agreea-
| Bile feature OF the evening.
Rev. Z. D. Holmes, d. D., OF the Shadysfde
Presbyterian Church, invoked the divine
blessing at the beginning OF the exercises,
and was followed by John Weakley Chal-
FAINT. who Us first honor man, delivered the
Grafton of the evening. His subject was
Horace Greeley" and he handled it with a
dash and brilliancy and yet with an evi-
dence of thoughtful preparation which must
have delighted his preceptor.
Beginning with the birth of the great jour-
nalist and political leader at Amherst, n. H..
in 1911, the young orator followed him on
foot and by canal on his weary journey to
the great metropolis, whe re as boy of 10 he
entered npon his trade as a printer. Two
| years later, with Francis Story, he published
the Dairy Post, the first penny daily ever
published, which only lived three
weeks, and was followed by a lit
years. In the campaign of $40 he achieved
| unprecedented success in journalism by the
| publica ation of The Log Cabin supporting
| General Harrison for President, following
this success a year later with the great
| Tribune, which is to this day known as
Horace Greeley's paper, and one of the
| greatest'in the country. The literary pro-
| ductions of the great editor, his political
power and his failure to secure for himself
| the political positions which he dictated to
others, his conduct during the war,h defeat
| portrayed clearly and entertaininaly. The
| speaker showed his preference for the jour
| nalistic portion OF the great mans career by
| dwelling at length upon it, and his perora-
| t1on was eulogy that would have done
| credit to an old barrister.
The debate OF the evening was upon the
proposition, that for the average student, in
| his preparation for lite, a scientific educa-
| tion is OF more value than classical one
William Sutton Dickson and Earle Rumsey
Marvin assumed the affirmative, while
the negative was 50 well cared ior oy
McCance that the judges were unable to de-
eide the merits of the debate without
another day consideration. The boys were
vigorous in their attacks upon the opposing
side and the spirit displayed was interesting
and refreshing.
Rev. George Hodges, D. D., closed the ex-
ercises with an address to the boys advising
n m
the future and how to meet it, and at the
same time he said some things which the
older. folks no doubt think over as they
travel along through the busy routine of
life.
The following young gentlemen were the
graduates: John Isaac Bowes, Thomas
lam Sutton Dickson, william Smith Fergu-
son, Harry Darlington n McCandless. Earle
Rumsey Marvin, George Norris Morgan,
Arthur Edmund Pew, Henry Holdship Rob-
| Spaer, Douglas Stewart
Nearly all of them aspire to University
honors, some having passed the entrance
exams to Harvard Yale and Princeton. to
which they are bound when the autumn
| terms begin at these colleges.
The twenty-frst annual commencement
of the Ursuline Academy, in Oakland, was
! held yesterday. The interior OF the build
, ing was decorated with tropical plants and
cut flowers. while the chapel in which the
exercises were held was prettily draped
! with various colored bunting. In the pa 4
| lor was the display of the art pupils The
room was filed with bric-a-brac etchings
paintings and studies from life. The paint.
ings attracting the most attention were ga
Group OF Roses" by Miss Gertrude Jolly.
and GA Study in Pansies" and "The Morn
ing Glory vine," by Miss May Mckinney.
The chapel was crowded with friends OF
the institution, and large numbers stood
around the doors, there being no room left
inside.
The exercises opened with a grand march,
la Revue de Windsor" by the Misses
Amy Rosenbaum, Martha seaforth, Nellie
and Anna Lauinger. The opening address
was made by Miss Camilla Brent, in
which she reviewed the work OF the institu-
tion and dilated on the need of higher edu-
rendered the chorus, "Gipsy Life op. %. R.
Schnman, the soloists being Misses Ger
trude jolly and Bertha Hauch. Next was
played on eightpianos by % performers the
Misses Katie and Edna W1exel, frankie,
| LolIie and Marguerite Moran, Della Esterly,
ney, Hattie Flannery. Berta and Lota Berta-
| lott. Nellie Meehan, Annie Mueller, Mary
| Alverti, Helen Heho, Kate O'Dougherty.
Alice Woog, Stella Laurent, Bertha and Bes-
Miss Constance Keating read an essay,
envy Country" which was chiefly a record
| of the trials and triumphs of our country.
! Miss Camilla Brent, assisted by the medium
ioists l being Miss Kate Wiexel. who
sang the Hs,tn lullaby from rna Ermnis Rd.
Man" and Miss Lille Moran. crock by
Baby" The next was piano solo, "Rhap-
sodie Honoreose No. 1s.' F. Liszt, by Miss
Martha Seaforth. A chorus by the Seniors,
| "Come Away" and then the "Endelweiss
und almenransch Oberlander, wv. Manzels-
| Stella Flannery, Kate Wiexel, Martha Sea
| forth, Mary Meehan. Edna Wiexel and Mag
| gle O'Mara: banjos Misses Sadie Cooper, Katie
| Murphy, Gertrude McCatfery and Bcrta
Bertalott: piano. Miss Amy Rosenbaum, and
niger followed. 'Harsifol." Won Wagner
F Liszt. Misses Camilla Brent, Kate Wfexel,
frankie Moran and Mary. O'Dougherty;
solo, "When the Heart Is Young" Miss
| Gertrude Jolly. Piano solo, "Rigoletta de
Verdi" Miss Mary Meehan. Invitation
a la Valse op. g." Is performers,
Martha Seaforth. Bertha Hauch, Rebecca
| Seaforth, Gertrude McCaffery, Anna Lauin-
ger, Flora Schaffer, Stella Flannery, May
Rodgers. Genevieve Morrow, Kate Bennett,
and Lettie Cupps. Concert recitation, "The
| Storm by the Seniors" Piano solo by Miss
| Amy Rosenbaum. "Impromptu No. g.. f.
| Schubert and polonaise op 22. F. Chopin"
| The exercises were closed with the Laugh
| ing Chorus" by the seniors.
| The following medals were awarded at the
| close: Gold medal of honor, Miss Bertha
| Hauch; gold medal for music. Martha Sea-
application, Flora schatfer and gold medal
tOr Christian doctrine, LOttie BertalOtt and