The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-06-27
AIT HIGH SCHOOL.
Annual Graduating Exercises
Held Today.
Very Interesting 0rations and Essays
BY the Seniors.

Inc graduating exercises OF tne class OF
'04. Providence High School, were hed
this forenoon In the High School hall.
There was large audience, and at the
hour when the exercises began seats were
at premium.
The exercises began at 10 O'Clock with
prayer. A chorus from the school then
sang ''rhe Smiling Dawn" from HandePs
"Jeptha."
The Orations aud Essays.
Dwight X. Bartlett of the English de-
partment was the first orator. He spoke
on the subject "The Elements OF Success"
and said In part:
"To deserve success let us first strive to
beactive, on tho alert TO discern good
from the bad. To activity let us add
diligence. five would succeed we must
cultivate this quality in an extreme
degree. The diligent are sure OF their re-
ward. Diligence Is TO us what
daily training is to the athlete. 1t
fits US for the great struggle of life.
To these traits we must add perserver-
ance. Our greatest wish ought TO be, not
that we may never fail, but that after
each failure we may rise with renewed
vigor. Washington owes his glory, not
30 much to his victories, as 20 the man
ner in which he bore defeats. To succeed
we must strike the word fail from our
vocabulary. There is yet another quality
which Is necessary to bind all the others
together. 1t is concentration. Concen-
tration Is to the character what the
fsss'0ne Essb niece Is NAV TO be the comSIs,a sTss
Yet il this one be missing the building is
mere mass OF ruins. Concentration is
worthy To be gift from heaven. IL is
free to all who are willing to take the
trouble TO cultivate it. When we have
united all these, activity, diligence, per-
severance and concentration into one we
may ieel confident OF reaching our goal"
Miss Catherine p. Whitaker of the girls
department followed Mr.. Bartlett. The
subject of her essay was "Two English
Noblewomen," and she dwelt on the
events OF the lives of two English sisters
OF the early part OF this century, Char
lotte, Countess Canning, and Louise,
Marchioness OF Waterford. Lady Can
ning's name, she said, was especially con-
nected with India and the Sepoy re-
bellion, while Lady Waterfords name
must be associated with Ireland and the
terrible famine which visited that coun-
try in 1S47.
After speaking OF the efforts OF these
TWO nobewornen toward alleviating the
condition of the poor and distressed by
whom they were surrounded, Miss
Whitaker said in conclusion: sin these
two lives We find cheerfulness and
patience in the midst of hardships and
sorrows, courage in the face of danger,
earnest desire 10 help all about them.
These virtues existed in women who had
unusual temptations TO yield to the ener-
vGting effects OF wealth and luxury and
are therefore all the more to be praised
and admired. Shall not we endeavor to
follow the beautiful example they have
set, living not TO ourselves alone, but
striving to leave the world at least some
small degree better for our having lived
In it."
The Oracles.
The High School Glee Club sang .sThe
Storm" and George III. Capron of the
classical department then spoke on "The
Oracles.n
"Curiosity regarding the future and a
desire to penetrate its mysteries said he,
s'are subjects which ever have excited the |
minds OF men. In these feelings. COM
bined with the belief that tho gods both |
had the power and were willing to afford /
the knowledge so eagerly sought the |
oracles OF tho ancient world bad their /
origin. The oracles therefore were the |
seats Of worship of some special divinity
where the divine will was made known
upon inquiry"
The speaker divided oracles into four
classes-oral oracies, oracles given by |
signs, oracles given by dreams, and
oracles of the dead-and then explained
each class. After speaking on the oracles
among the Greeks and Romans, Mr.. Cap
ron concluded in speaking of the influence
OF oracles. Their influence, he said, as
they We're practically worked by the
priests, could be good so long
p 49,. the priests were not only
ual position then the people. So when
education became more general the SUI
perior knowledge necessary was hard TO
keep up. Also, in consequence of TIE
avarice and partizanship OF the priests, as
well as the decline and belief in the gods,
the oracles gradually lost their promi-
nence until their final termination.
The next essayist was Miss Mary M. b.
Lippitt, whose subject was, 'Some Jews
OF Fiction" After speaking of the an
cient hatred for the Jewish race, Miss
Lippitt spoke OF some famous Jewish
characters, saying: "Among Shakespeare's
characters Is one that perhaps we have
looked upon as type of avarico and
cruelty, the character of Shylock Yet as
his figure arises out of the gloom
OF persecution and injustice, it is
surrounded by certain sublime
OF his people, an avenger of their wrongs.
Shylock Is a man, however much his
nature has been perverted; and in por-
traying him as he did Shakespeare was
far in advance of his age in liberality
OF thought. Christopher Marlowe,
shakespeare's contemporary, views
the Jews in far different light,
yet his Jew OF Malta was very popular
and correctly expressed public sentiment.
barabbas IS monster, almost n caricature
OF everything cruel and revolving. Yet
Narlowe truly depicted one Jewish char
actcristic-power."
Miss Lippitt spoke OF Isaac of York and
his love for his daughser Rebecca and also
Of that wonderful portrayal OF the jew,
George Eliot's Daniel Deronda." Re-
marking on the traits of character OF the
true jew, she united them with the ad-
vantsges of genius and education, as
enown IN Mcndclsshon, Disracli, Roths-
child and Sin Moses Monteliore.
The chorus sang "Eventide" The SUBJ
)ect, "Benefits OF the Study OF the Natural
Sciences" was then considered by Ernest
Z. Church OF the English department. In
part he said "There is nothing more
broadening and elevating than The study
OF the various sciences. The field is prnc-
tically unlimited. Nature, the real source
OF all sciences, is at once our instructor
and text book. What TO us seem the
commonest objects may, when studied, be
The subjects Tor the volumes OF our great
est scientific men. All forms OF nature
from the most minute 10 the composite
bodies so large that imagination cannot
their vastness We're made for