The morning call., 1893-05-24
GIRL GRADUATES.
Large Gathering at Cogs-
we'll College.
AN EXCELLENT PROGRAMME.
Declaration That the School rIust
Not Be Closed Up Greeted With
the Widest Enthusiasm.

"We don't want the school closed up nor
/ do we want the trust broken" Such was
/ the declaration made amid the wild. st
enthusiasm by James g. Kennedy last
night at the commencement exercises of
/ the Cogswell Polytechnic College.
! The hall where the commencement exer-
/ ci-es were held was crowded in every part
! by brilliant audience of ladies and gen
/ lien en-, and many were unable 20 obtain
seats.
! On the Stage were seated the graduating
class If '93. the young ladies being all
/ charminGly attred in white. They were
as handsome class of maidens as could
! le seen anywhere on this broad continent.
The proceedings were marked by the
/ greatest enthusiasm, and the references
/ looking toward the continuance of the col
! leIe were chperei to the echo.
/ Principal Merrill had asked the trustees
/ 70 be present and the chairman to preside,
/ but they refused. advising him TO go and get
/ hls friends. The principal did get his
! friends. and the happy results of the
sat eriBG justified his selection. Frank
/ Dalton. one of the members of the board
/ when III college was transferred 10 the
/ city, presided, and the honor of present
/ ing the diplomas fell 10 the lot of James
( G. Kennedy, the first president of the COL
/ legr.
The programme opened with an invoca-
/ tton by Rev. Leslie W. Sprague. fclowed
/ hv an admirable ESSAY on ''In,ellectual
Pleasures" by Miss Effip Z. Smith. A
piano solo by Alher: kleinhaus was
greeted With applause, and then Julius a.
! Land sberger read care fully prepared
essay on "Shall Go to Cnllege?" A song.
High school March," by Inc class was
well rendered.
Marsden Manson delivered an excellent
address on the field of to-day for the skilled
worker in California, pointing out thr
many opportunities in mining, agriculture
and native lOod products. lie said:
When we come to the particular branch
which it is the grand duty of the college
tn teach, the field broadens to degree
laat is beyond the reach of the most vivid
Imagination. On every hand the needs Of
/ this great ) ale are calling for the skilled
worker in iron, wood or stone tn develop
the great industries" The conclusion Of
the address WAS marked by loud applause.
Miss Neva E. Pediar delivered recita-
ton, selection from B0naventure, with
dramatic force. and Miss Florence Em"r-
son delivered the valedictory. 1t was full
OF Imagery, and was an able and sustained
production. Her diction ard pTonuncia-
ton were perfect and charming, and her
/ effort called forth immense applause.
Principal Merrill announced that the
audience would have an 0pportuniiv be-
fore leaving OF seeing specimens of carpen
. trY. modelling and Designing by the Students
and show ing the intel diligence Of tile twenty
six young ladies and liteen young men
who represented the finished portion of
this years product.
The school WAS established" no said
mot merely to enable the students 10 make
cabin st or other article in wood or iron.
! but il was established 10 convert boys and
/ girls into men and women. That state
ment implies that the class now before you
Is finished. They are worthy of gradua-
/ ion from this school. and [ have asked Mr..
/ Kennedy to present them with their
1 dinomas." [Applause.l
Mr.. Kennedy stepped to The front amid
great applause. Il take it" he saic, that
[ you are all friends of the schooi, and,
therefore, there are few things l would
like to say to yOn.
"a school Ike this is just what is
needed Mt this time in the worlds history.
1 when boys and girls have TO 20 out and
struggle for an existence. Applause In
the days OF ancient Greece AMI Rome the
BOYS were taught the arts Of war, but this
I IS the industrial age, and here We are send
ing out an army of boys and girls to con-
Guer the indus trial problems Of the dav.
This school was established for that pur-
pose and 10 gTappie with these questions.
we don't want this school closed up,
! HOI no We NFUb Tue trust DIOhFn. | lTP-
mendOuS cheering. Nor are we 20 have it
closed up OF The trust broken. Renewed
cheeriEg. Ii may be closed for day or
two, but just so sure as | stand on this
platform so sure am | that 1t will he re-
lieved from its troubles and stand here as
monument to Dr. Cogsw ell ana his wife
long after you and | are under the sod
"Eyerything about this sehnol when it
was established was above board. o d
when any person says 1t was not l say
they state what is not true. If any one
goes on the wiiness-siand and swears To
the contrary lie will peTjure himself and
swear what is false
Il planned this school and have seen it
grow from tho time tfe first brick was
laid, ana | am, therefore, in position 10
speak OF facts. On March l, 1887, was
introduced 10 DR.. CossweiI, and he then
told NE he had n million dollars which he
desired to devote To some worthy purpose.
presented to him tile scheme of poly
technic college, and lie saw lis practica bill
ity and endowed it with million dollars
realty. A trust was formed and both DR..
Cogswel and his wife made the deed "A bs0-
lutte. Therefore the trust can only be
broken by fraud or by collusion OF the
trustees and the courts. applause.
II proph"sy that the ground adjoining
the school will yet he covered with work
shops, and that it will In time be the gtand-
est Institution in California.
in feeble health. He has lost that execu-
tive force which characterized him in his
earlier days His heart IS right and | have
nothing but sympathy for him, as he has
got himself into the hands of those who
have more thought of making money than
Keeping up an Institution which is credit
10 the country" Great applause.l
Mr.. Kennedy then presented the diplo-
mas. each graduate being greeted with
rounds of applause.
Seldrn Sturges rose in the body of the
hall and in an able and complimentary
speech proposed a vote of thanks to the
twn last presidents, Mr.. Kennedy and
+ lsha Brooks. and particularly To the
present president, Mr.. Merrill. who. he
SAID, although young man, lad ably and
faithfully fulfilled the truss reposed in
him. He added that Mr.. Merrill had the
support OF the community in the ability
and manliDess be had displayed and hoped
school, which would meet with the appro-
baton of all. lApplause.J
SilaS A. White heartily indorsed the re-
marks of MIR. Sturges and seconded the
motion, which WAS put and carried amid
volley OF ayes"
Mr.. Merrill briefly thanked the audience,
and The rocPedngs terminated.
The alumni afierward sat down TO a
banquet. abont eighty being present, and
various speeches enlivenpd the occasion
n. ". Titcomb was elected president.
Following is the list Of graduates:
Marion Adams. Edith E. Bryan. Helen
| Carr May G.. Chaplin. Grace e. Corwin