Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-06-22
SWEET GIRL GRADUATES.
Commencement Exercises at
the Opera House Large
Iy Attended.

Fourteen Young People Fully
Launched Upon the Voy-
age of Life.
Farewell Reception rendered
Rev. VIM. Gibb. A Pleas
ant Affair.
The opera house was packed Friday
to attend the eighth annual commence.
ment OF the high school. Fathers,
mothers, brothers, sisters, relatives and
sweethearts we're all there to witness the
triumphal ending OF the school life Of
thirteen bright young ladies and one
young man, ''our only boy" as Prof. Wag.
ner styled him. The young ladies were
dressed in white AMI cream colored
fabrics, white slippers and gloves, and
each wore a bouquet Of flowers.
The audience was slow in arriving ard
it was not until $40 that the exercises
began with an overture by the James
town orchestra. When the curtain went
up 1t disclosed the graduates seated in
half circle on the stage accompanied by
Prof Wagner and Miss Sullivan, princl-
pal. Rev. Wm. Gibb delivered a short
invocation followed by Miss Corneille
Barrett, who gave the opening address
Of welcome and greeting. The saluta.
tory was short, the sentences we'll chosen
and the enumeration clear and distinct.
Miss Kate T. Tllden gave an essay on
Umbrellas" which was we'll received
and applauded by those who we're able
to hear. Stragglers continued to come
in spelling an excellent and diligently
prepared paper. She was followed by
Alice NJ. Ferrier, with an essay entitled,
"We Paint for Eternity" Her work
showed careful and diligent study.
An oration, Lightning Flashes" was
pleasantly rendered by Miss Margaret
NJ. Pettlgrew which was we'll and clearly
spoken and appreciated by The audience.
Miss Elsie Gieseler, ss an interm,ssion,
gave an instrumental solo, "Silver
Spnng."
Miss NJ. Marie Ell, related the tale
Of San Domingo negro hero
With fine effect; Miss Carrie
E. Truesdell read an essay, .sStill Waters
Run Dsep" and Mos c. E. Klein ono
entitled, "A Stream Of Lite" both very
good. Mlss Alma Ball delivered patriotic
Grafton. Her subject was, "The Ameri-
can Mind Essentially Optimistic" Her
points were we'll made aud argu.
ments we'll chosen. Mrs. Alfred Steel
during an intermission in tho exercises
Of the graduates, rendered q portion Of
"Mein Grusz" by Blumenthal. Miss
Teresa NJ. Wade followed with an essay,
subject, "Over the Alps. Then Italy"
One Of the principal events Of tho
evening was when "our only boy" c.
Albert Torrey delivered his oration on
Thomas Paine. He was spplauded when
he stepped to the foot lights and at the
close, after lie was seated, the applause
continued for some time. The only boy
among the surrounding beauty, he re-
ceived an ovation both in applause and
1owers. Miss Kathleen B. Davidson
spoke Of the End OF Theory and the Be-
ginning Of Practice; 9 very appropriate
subject She was followed by Miss Lizzie
Nickeus, formerly . member Of the class,
and but recently returned from Europe,
who gave q finished and we'll executed
piano solo. Miss Janet L. Smith
gave the defamation, "The Mes.
sage" with violin obligato
and lullaby. Miss Elsie Gieseler
delivered an interesting Grafton On the
rather hard subject of ''Stones," after
which Miss Lulu NJ. LaFollette gave the
valedlctory address. Her manner was
easy, graceful and natural. The ad,
dress was very good, the sentences care.
fully and sympathetically given with per-
feet utteranoe, heard in all parts Of the
house. She is q close thinker
and expresses herself we'll. I'm.
mediately following song by
the qusrtette, Mrs. Adams, Miss Belli-
YOU and Messrs. Lenz ana Orlady,
Mrs. F. Klapp acconpanist, which
received hearty encore to which they
responded, was the distribution
and presentation Of the diplomas
by Prof. Wagner. His words were few
bat he wished to emphasize, a. be had in
his daily intercourse with the class, that
each one should have purpose IN life
follow it closely and assiduously, not with
the idea Of reaching supreme positions
in this world but in beng true men and
women, and helping those about them to
. higher and better existence. This closed
the evenings exercises.
An explanation is necessary to those
who may have made unjust criticisms
regarding the opening music BY tho
orchestra. In the violin solo, accom-.