Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-06-09

SOASAhS uROu ulIu W uLJcr ''tQc Iaro-
well of our race to its ancient and
most loved home"
Happiness" an exquisite ESSAY.
bright as the topic, was delivered in
an Impressive manner by Miss Martha
Huesing.
"A selection by Schillinger's or
chestra was followed by The Stars
OF Time" an excellent essay deliv-
cred by Miss Eugenia johnson.
whose oratorical powers were most
eficaciously shown. ..Portia the
Ideal Woman" by Miss Clara
Redecker, showed high range of
thought, and the best qualities
and elements of rhetoric.
The octet, composed Of, first tenor.
Clarence Spaulding, Harry Hubbard;
second tenor. George Sears, Albert
Dart; first bass, Este Buffum, John
Stewart; second bass, Theodore Jep-
nings, Worthy Dart, followed with
q selection, 1.-The Old Canoe,n which
elected well deserved encore.
"Equilibrium," an essay lacking in
nothing which goes TO make an ex-
cellent composition, was delivered in
a most able manner by Este Buffum,
and received the hearty applause of
well pleased hearers.
The vaIedictory.
The valedictory was delivered by
Miss Mary Ehrhorn, and in manner
that displayed the ability which the
young lady. who leads the class, pos
sesses. Tonight" she said, ..our
first alma mater, our High school is
sending forth us, the twenty-first
band OF her children, to life's school,
and hopefully. as each of us, no
doubt. looks forward to the future,
there is yet something of sorrow in
this parting" She spoke of their
High school life soon to be but q
memory which would grow more
sweet and tender year by year. She
spoke of the years spent in the High
school as pleasant ones made posi-
bic by the teachers to whom many
thanks were due first. ITO YOU, our
kind and faithful teachers, perhaps
we do not realize now how much we
owe you, but believe us. gratitude
for YOUR kindness toward us will
grow in our hearts year by year.
We feel that much of the pleasant
ness of our High school life has been
due to the kind consideration of our
superintendent and the board, and to
them we tender sincere gratitude"
After returning gratitude to the
people of Rock Island for having
taken an interest in their work and
soliciting a further continuance of
the interest, Miss Ehrhorn turned to
the coming graduates and addressed
them thus: ITO you, our school
mates, whom we leave behind us,
we bid farewell. Perhaps. from the
depth of our experience, you will de-
sign to accept this bit of advice: To
make the most of these years, SO that
you may think of your High school
life pleasantly. as a time well spent
and now, farewell to school and the
class of a. After the rendition of
''Estudiantina" by ladies' chorus,
President W. b. Ferguson. of the
board of education, presented the
diplomas with the following address:
Graduates of the Glass of '94: Your
education in our public schools is
finished; you have experienced the
multiform transitions from despair
to hope, from sorrow to Joy, from
failure to success. from d;sappoint-
ment to triumph. from rain-day
poutings to May-day outings, and all
have eliminated SO successfully on
this vOur copu,auoa,,o,t d. ".
school days. with all their ups and
downs. will always be counted as
your best DAYS, and ever cherished
as pleasant memory.
You are now about to enter upon
the various pursuits of life, and the
past few years have opened up so
many new lines of work for our
young ladies that they are not wholly
confined to household duties, but can
engage in other work congenial to
their tastes and for which their quail
iiications best fit them: the trades.
professions and avenues OF business
offer attractions and furnish employ
ment for our young men, so that all
have broad field before them. Some
Va wv. NouoeiCsS. nave I'LL dmOltlOu
to become teachers: there is no call
ing more honorable or responsible,
nor one that requires greater culture
OF mind and adOrnment of character
than the instructors in our institu-
lions OF learning. The board of ed
ucation. in selecting teachers, has
always favored our own graduates.
but has also felt that, notwithstand-
ing the high standard of their educa-
ton in our public schools, that addi-
tional training is necessary to fit
them for this important line of work;
1t is therefore hoped that any having
aspirations will deem it essential to
take course of instruction in some
normal or training school.
During the past few years manual
training schools and cooking schools,
in connection with public school in
struction. have been undergoing the
experimental stage in several of the
large cities of this and other states.
with results mainly satisfactory.
The board of education has given the
subject some investigation, and if
not greatly mistaken it will claim
furthar CON ;dor,<;ou Inv tho hoo ri al