Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-06-11

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An its creamy, dreamy dressesl
o, the sweet commencement season,
With its pretty girls and pleasln,
With its ribbons an It's laces,
An its sweet, expectant faces!
o, the sweet commencement season.
With its tenderness aud teasin',
With Its essays, framed completely
For the red lips readiR' sweetly!
o. the sweet commencement season,
With its rhyme an with its reason,
With Its smiles, tears, kisses. laughter,
Atlanta Constitution.
The praises Of the sweet girl gradu-
ate have been suns in prose and verse,
but the boys who are often the heroes
Of commencement times have been
sadly neglected. Commencement usu-
ally creates more stir in the feminine
heart than in that OF her masculine
brother, and it is probably because this
is one of two occasions in the life OF a
young lady when she is expected to look
"her prettiest," that she is favored by
the newspaper writers at the expense
of her brothers. The other occasion
when she is the cynoseur Of all eyes Is
her wedding day. As commencement
day usually marks her debut In society,
there may be said to be aconnection be-
tween the two events.
To the casual observer, commence
ments are all the same, but there is al
ways an interest attached to the exer-
cises because Of the participation OF q
friend, and the commencement hall Is
invariably filled on the eventtul day.
This year the usual preparations are be-
ing made in the institutions OF learning
In and about Wheeling, and the closing
exercises will not differ from those OF
any preceding year, except that prooa-
bly, more young men and women than
usual will cross the threshold to battle
with the realities Of life.
The graduating exercises OF pupils
Of the public schools probably interest
a larger proportion OF the population
than the commandments OF any other
institution and draw the largest crowds.
This year the Grand Opera House has
been engaged for the occasion and June
goth selected for the date. On the
following evening, Friday, the colored
school exercises will take place.
Mayors band will furnish the music.
Prof. Anderson has been working hard
at the examination papers, and will
probably complete his task to-day. 1t
is thought that a young lady from
Clay school will carry off the first hon
ors and a Webster pupil second honors.
The final examination in Latin OF the
Senior class OF the Linsly Institute will
take place this week, and the com
mencement exercises will be held at the
new Fair Grounds. The honor pupils
have already been announced In the
REGISTER. The commencement will be
followed by the annual bal in the Ar
mory.
The Sisters OF the Visitation, V. B.
NJ, in charge of Nj. de Chantal, have
issued invitations for the forty-sixth
annual commencement and distribution
of premiums, which will take place
next Wednesday. The exercises will
be held this year in the afternoon, and
a special train will convey the
people desired to attend fro this city.
The distribution Of premiums at st.
Joseph's Academy, st. Vlncent's High
School, and the Cathedral parochial
school, will take place during the fol-
lowing week at Convent Hall. The an
nual distribution Of premiums at st.
Marys parochial school, will take place
on the 9th inst.
The commencement at the State Uni
versity at M%organtown, will be held
next Wednesday. The b~accalaureate
sermon will be preached to the students
this morning. The company banner
contest, battalion drill and literary So
ciety contest, are events in the pro-
gramme for Tuesday. The Benwood
public school commencement will be
held Tuesday night.
The Wheeling people always turn
out in goodly numbers at the Bethany
and West Liberty commencements.
The former will take place Thursday
morning. The West Liberty normal
school will be one of the best, the date
for the closing exercises being June
22nd. The programme for the
week is as follows: Friday,
June 16, Junior class exerci-
ses: Sunday June IS b~accalanreate
sermon, to be preached By Rev. DR.. r.
Rush Swope; Monday, June 10, contest
between Bryant and Irving societies;
Tuesday, June 20, lecture before the
literary societies, by Prof. w. p. Will
ley; Wednesday, June 21, class day ex-
e~rcises; evening, Evolutionary enter
tainment, by Prof. Byron w. King;
Thursday, June %, Commencement,
middle class performance, Alumni bust
ness meeting and Alumni exercises.