The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1894-06-01

The annual exercises of the commence
ment Of the city graded schools was neld
this morning A Iarge audience attended
and was very much pleased with the in
leresting occasion.
A number of prominent gentlemen were
seated on the platform All the parti-
cipants did well, some of the essays being
remarkably we'll. A synopsis of each of
these is presented below.
This is the prosperous session that the
graded schools have yet had. The average
attendance this year has been 636 against
545 for the former year
Programme.
Invocation Rev Tyree.
Salutatory, Miss Jennie Tinnin.
Essay, Light, New and Old" Miss
Ellen Saunders.
Essay, "The Darkest Cloud Has Sill
yer Lining Miss Irene Barbee
Essay, The Nations Homes-Its
Strongest Forts" Miss Lima Faucette.
Essay, The Wrecks of Genius" Miss
Maude Morgan.
Essay, An Essential" Miss Jennie
Tinnin
Awarding of Certificates, Rev. Turn
bull.
Presentation Of Medals, Dr.. Crowell
Naledictory, Miss Ellen Saunders.
Presentation of Diplomas, by the Sup
erintendent.
Benedction, Rev. G J Dowell
Graduating Glass.
Faucette, Kempie Carlton, Rosa Free
land, Maude Morgan, Ellen Saunders
Jennie Tinnin, Bessie Whitaker, MessrS
! Harry Jordan and William Saunders.
salutatory, Miss Jennie Tinnin.
In very happy manner she welcomed
the audience to the closing exercises OF
the term. They were welcomed as wit.
nesses of the proficiency some of the pu.
pills had attained in letters-as judges OF
the efforts made by pupils and the skill
and faithfulness to duty by teachers The
girls never intend to bee me old; they
will reach the age Of twenty and live on
in a perpetual and perennial state OF
freshness and beauty. The boys will
grow old and become presidents of the
| United States or city aldermen. Let nc
man who is engrOssed by desire of gain
who is engaged in manufactures or trade
! 4. e Irr h
These exercises are not given merely fo1
d splay The place for the display o
what la, been gained here is in the home
circle aud during the duties of after life
We welcome You to our table to day anC
,espeak for the literary cooks you
<indost consideration and most lenien
Judgment.
Essay, Light, New and Old" Miss Elle1
Saunders.
In considering the nature of light W
ind there are two theories, the theory o
emission and the theory of vibration
the old aud new means of producing ma
terial light As with the physical so witt
the mental illuminations. We have neV
lights in literature, in politics, and W.
have new lights in morals Every az,
seems to have its own sun and stars il
the sky of letters-AddisOn among tht
old lights in literature, who gave a deli
cacy 10 English sentiment. Around Ad
olson circled other essayists Of note
Goldsmith was the centre of another sys
tenn so was Irving. Shakespeare was
sun around which revolved rare Bel
johnson, Byron and Scott. Men who il
a previous age would have attracted at
tention, are lost among the number o
really clever men, as Collins and Howell
among novelists, and Tennyson, Brown
ing, LongfellOw and Whittier among
poets. Dickens is one Of the new light
of literature, and he wrote for the pur
pose Of directing public attentiOn Il
cruelties prsctiCed in charitable insti'u
tions of England
Essay. Miss Irene Barbee.
The Darkest Cloud has a Silver Lin
ing" Stars shine brightest in darkes
uight-men are most triumphant whel
most tempted as their conflicts so thei
conquests, as their tribula,ious, so thei
triumphs. Men inherit by mortality dis
appointment. II is the better philOsO
phy to take things Pleasantly and en-
deavor TO be content with our lot. As th'
sun converts clouds into glorious dra
perry fierng them with gorgeous hues anC
draping the whole horizon with it!
glorious costumes, writing victory ii
fiery colors along the yanquished from
OF every cloud, so st times 8 radiant