Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-04-09


 Italy as the birth place of lotteries and said that they had now become world wide. Gambling" she said, ''is bad enough among the wealthy, but itl has ruined many bright young mind. The politicians of the state of Louisiana, who had taken sides with the lottery people were berated in good shape, and the pulpit and press which :baXe aided | in crushing out the great evil ff0@Mthat state were praised in measured terms.
 Martha F. Doherty spoke learnedly of l 'tCelebrated Caverns," naming and des- cribing them to her hearers.s In conclu- sion she stated that, caves having fur nished us with many geological facts in the past, the discovery of every new one is hailed with delight.
 | ''Cookery in the Public Schools was Jennie l.. Moore's subject, and -- she approved of the adoption of that branch in the Waterbury High school. Some mo hers might be opposed to this study in school hours, thinking that they can teach 1t well enough at home. A detailed &C., count of housekeeping was entered into by the speaker, begining::with the light woman's work, but that of a man. Sarah E. Kilbride delivered a carefully prepared essay on the "Influence of Character" She described well how the young are led astray on account of their associations with people of bad charac- ter and their inability to .says mo. for fear of being called towards. 'A mans character is what he is in himself, not what he owns in property" The home she called the best school of character. Medora E. Wheeler we'll described ''West Point," told of its benefits to. the nation, and made many humorous ides- criptions of the cadets. ''To see the, in side of the barracks one should be ac- companied by an officer, or better yet, by one of the cadets" said the speaker. She told of the charge on the academy drill ground, and related the manner in which the salaries of cadets are disposed of.
 "Universal Suffrage had a fair ex- ponent in Annie M. Burns. She claimed that the subject is one of the greatest--o the day, and that the women who were asking for the right to vote were of the best class in the community. It is for self-defense that women need the ballot. Possibly they would vote the same as men on all questions except the one of temperance. No good reason could be given why they should not vote, as they were acknowledged to be the equals of men.
 The class poem by Grace Dodds was a touching remembrance to each of her schoolmates, and was smoothly written, chaste and simple poem.
 Catherine G. Charters was the most applauded essayist of the evening. This was due to many causes, the happy se- lection of samples of wit which she pro- duced being one of the chief reasons. Her style of delivery was good, too. She was at home with the subject and in touch with the audience.
 The only boy, Joseph Tracy, was the prophet of the class of which he is the president. He drew aside the curtain of the future for each member of his class, in happy manner, and no doubt on the sunny side, as nothing but happi- ness and bliss seemed to be in store for his classmates.
 The valedictory by Minnie E. Keenan followed. It was filled with words of gratitude, thanks and love, and had many sentence near akin to sorrrw. The board of education, the district committee, the superintendent and the teachers were all thanked in glowing terms and the remarks to the school mates who had yet some time to toll on before they reached the goal through which the class of '92 was now passing, were touching. In conclusion she said: "Oh, companions, must the tie of our friendship be sundered tonight? Our associations have been such that now summoned to be free we turn and clasp our chains. Perhaps for the last time not for ourselves, alone, but hand in hand help others onward. Not yet the end of labor, but the end of happy school days.'
 The Rev J. A. Mulcahy, the chairman of the board of education, before he presented the diplomas to the graduates, delivered a very pleasing address in which he made many points worthy of after consideration. He called attention to the fact that only one young man would graduate this year, and only one graduated last year, although the course is all that is needed to place those who take it in touch with the best spirit of our age, and to enable them to prize at their full value the pleasures of mind and soul. ~'' Yet something re- mains to be done, that our boys and the number of our girls be no less in the graduating exercises of the future. What this something to be done is, is a question that we must investigate until we have found the answer" To the graduates in an especial manner dld he address his closing remarks, telling them that the pleasure of we'll doing; of walk ing in the paths of rectitude, will far surpass all other pleasures in the end.
 The class song, composed by the Rev J. G. Davenport, was then sung by the entire class, and all was over save the presentation of flowers which was the largest ever made to class. The quar- tette deserves great praise for the many selections of fine music which they rem dered during the evening.
 CLAY STREET SCHOOL.
 The graduating exercises of the senior class of the Clay street school took place yesterday afternoon, in room 8. A large number of relatives and friends | were present. The following was the programme:
 Music, ''The Herdsman Home," Apt Salutatory, Carrie Louis EIdrich Class history, George Leggett Mary Touisa GOldsn1ith