Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-06-30
ITHB LINCOLN SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES LAST MIGHT Al
TaE GRAND OPERA HOUSE
-Four Graduates This Year, Each Of whom D'-
liysred an Grafton or Read an Essay
A Large Audience and
Crsdiabls Exercises

being seen among the large numoer u
clored persons who had gathered 10 near
the commencement exercises OF the LIN
coin school The graduates, K. Virginia
Baldwin, Annie L. Jennings, Maymie L.
Williams and Fannie G. Jennings, the
chorus from the school, the teaehers anu
few others occupied the stage 49,
After music by the Opera House Orcnes-
ira. PRAYER by Rev. p. A. Scott ana tne
bridal chorus from 1.-The Rose Maiden,
sung by the school, Annie i. Jennings, Wn
had been awarded second honor oil the
class, delivered the salutatory, welcoming
the audience in brief address, expressed
in very good German. Der Gruss DER
Klasse Won 1894" was the title OF her al
dress.
Mrs. Carrie Y. Bell, a former graduate
Of tue school, sang the pride OF the ban,
and responded TO an encore. After nlOLe
music by the orchestra X. virginia bdlu'
win delivered the first Grafton Of the even
ing, THE Spirit of Unrest" she weht
back 20 ancient history and spoke OF the
restlessness of the human race, which hao
constantly been moving on from country 10
country, establish ing new governments
and higher civiliza ton until the greatest
government Of the world was estaohsheu
in the United States. The spirit OF unrest
which moved the CoXey armies was as
cussed aud it was predicted that tuiS
very spirit of unrest would hnaly seIIie
all differences between labor and capltal;
The applications of electricity, steam ana
other forces, and all the inventions ana
discoveries with which we are familiar,
are the results of the spirit Of unrest
which has done and is still doing so much
for the world.
The Clover Leaf Mandolin and Guitar
Club rendered "EternO Amor" and was
enthusiastically encored. =,
1--WE are tired Of drifting, let US row,
was the subject of the Grafton by Maymle
NJ. Williams, in which she made plea Tor
womans franchise. She drew vivid pic
ture of a man and several women IN q
pleasure boat, drifting down the stream,
the man refusing TO roWup stream ana I'M
willing for the women TO try. This boat,
she said, typjfed the ship OF State, winch
the men are not satisfactorily man
aging, and that it may be properly con-
Quoted she plead that the women be given
a vote. She spoke with earnestneSs of the
reforms which should made - in
municipal and governmental affairs
if the women were given chance 10
vote. With women showing themselves IN
every walk of life the equal OF men, (nota-
bly, in the Wheeling public schools, where
the girls usually stand higher than the
bOys) why should they not be allowed TO
vote ave are tired of drifting she ex-
claimed, as she appealed to the only Caesar
upon whom women can call-public opinion
-"let us rOw!''
Maud 5. Smith, of East Liverpool, o.,
who has splendid soprano voice, well
cultivated, sang "Give me no Answer
and in response to an encore sang Annie
Laurie
The next ovation was "Hear the Other
Side" by Fanny G. Jennings. She re-
fsrred to the inscription upon the court
house at Clarksburg from which she took
her subject, and spoke of the necessity OF
hearing both sides in order that justice
might be done. She referred TO the More
than one hundred, men men, who bad le Rese9p ser
The female suffrage question having been
referred 10 before, she gave few ideas
upon the other side. ut is the Mary Ellen
Leases she said land not the Martha
Washingtous who want the ballot" No
matter how much she tried, woman could
never become a man and woman suffrage
would never improve the condition OF the
country.
The Boatman" was sung by a chorus
from the school and Annie l.. Jennings
then read her essay, "a Retrospect" She
spoke Of the old Lincoln school, destroyed
by fire in January, 1898, and the good work
which had been accomplished within its
walls and the memories which the school
left behind. She referred TO the time when
the school was held in the old market
house, so full Of grease and smoke, and told
Of several amusing incidents that had oc-
Cured there. and closed with a parody on
the OLD oaken bucket in which the market
house was made TO take the part Of the
bucket
The valediCtory address was made by Il.
Virginia Baldwin, who had won first
honor, She bade farewell to the members
Of her class, her teachers, and former
SchoOlmates and thanked the president Of
the board for the beautiful new Lincoln
school and the fair treatment its pupils
had always received from the board.
The diplomas were presented TO the
graduates by the president of the board,
DR.. j. l.. Dickey, who congratulated the
class on their successful school year and
upon being the first TO graduate from the
fine new Lincoln school, and reminded the
graduates OF the responsibilities which
will devolve upon them.
Prof w. II. Anderson, with a few ap-
propriate words, delivered to r. Virginia
Baldwin the medal won by securing the
highest grade in her class.
The class pins were then presented to
the class by Prof. j. McHeury Jones,
principal of the school He deplored the
fact that the Lincoln school is not rightly
appreciated by the colored citizens, and
urged those who had not previously done so
10 send their children to school, and help
the board in its efforts to educate and ele-
vate the race
Good Night, Goodnight, Beloved, " was
sung by the chorus, and the audience was
dismissed with the Oenediction by Rev. p.
G.. Walker.
Immediately after tho commencement
exercises were over, a reception was held
10 the Simpson NJ. E church, where the
prizes were given to the winners in the
oratorical contest and the field day exer-
ClseS.