The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1895-05-04
FIRST COMMENCEM or
GUTHRIE HIGH SCHOOL
TWO YOUNG LADIES, ONE YOUNG Man
Complete the Required Course in fh' Iun-
ii, schools and Are Rendered Rewards
OF Merit 4 brilliant and Successful
Nuur Progress of the schools
Entertaining Mu4Iy4l Pro
gram With Some Nbic
CREATIONS.


territory. This fac. -pcas- volumes
for the efficiency and progress OF our
public cdueaUoua. institutions aud IS
neat compliments to the -gpcrntcu.
dent higu school princ.pa. and the
corps of teachers.
At ue Presbyterian church last
night TIE first annua. commencement
of the local high -choo. took place.
The exercises opened az o'clock and
at that hour the spacious odiice was
hacked To- the doors. The church was
claboratcly decorated with plants and
flowers and the scene was at once
charming and brilliant
The rostrum wa beautifully adorned
with cut flowers. while either side
was banked with handsome flower
stands. Above the rostrum artistical-
ly worked in evcrrrccns appeared the
class motto. Labor Omnia Vincit
and depended from this were the
words: Glass Of 'o5." The effect
was pretty and charming.
On the rostrum were seated the
three graduates, Misses Blanche Hancc,
Adele Kesler and Mr. Emory Buck
ner, all the members Of the board Of
education, Prof d. r. Boyd, Of the
Norman University, Superintendent $
V. Mallory and Rev McPheeters
Near the rostrum almost submerged
in floral offerings for the graduates
sat the charming little Misses Fay
Grissell and Mary Brooke, who did the
honors.
The exercises were opened with a
superb piano duet, "Philomel,' by
Mrs. Patterson and Miss Bessie Tar
ton, followed by invocation by Rev
McPheeters The high school chorus
excellcntly rendered Birding Dost
See as a fitting prelude to the saluta
tory delivered by Miss Blanche Hance.
Miss llance is petite, winsome
young lady, possessing a clear, well
modulated voice and considerable clio
cutionary ability Her subject was
The Real and to it she did full JUS
tice. The speaker told Of the natural
longings OF the human heart for the
real; she deemed IL the foundation Of
our methods OF jur isprudence; the OF
ject of the investigation Of science and
philosophy and the basis OF religious
creeds; she referred 20 the search of
mogencs and the mistakes Of man
who, tempted by the smooth-how.ug
current, passes by the land of the real
and t. soon bowed down to gauy coli
ored idols OF sham and finally sVa
lowed mp 10y the maeIstr1m of di,s pa-
ton and doubt The essay was ,cm.-
optomistic, the aim being TO correct
aud add luster to the rea. in life by
showing up the foiblcs of this fin de
siclc age.
The PLANET Homo was the subject
of the grafton delivered by Mr.. Emory
Huckner The Grafton was novel in
some particulars and showed that the
young man had bestowed much care
ON the subject. lie graphically de
scribed the science Of astronomy and
was not alta loss to place the right WORD
in the right place; The planets ar,
governed by irresistible laws, said Mr.
Buckner, "but they have giddny
whirled around the same orbits for
millions Of years and will probably foi
years TO come. But the planet Homo
by his very nature is constantly swing
ing in an increased orbit The plane
Homo win always remain Homo
Mr. Buckner closed his Grafton with
these powerful words immortality
We bow before the very name Befor,
itreason staggcrs, calculation recline
her tired head, and Imagination fold
her weary pinions. Immortality! /
throws open the portals of the vast foI
ever; it puts the crown of endless eter
nifty upon every human brow;it cries t
every uncrowned king OF men. Liy
forever crowned for the empire O
deathless eternity
Ideals was the subject q
the orution delivered boy Mis-
Adele Kesler the valedictoria
OF the honored class. The young lad
held that ideals are the worlds ma
tiers Every man, voluntarily or ir
voluntarily, is votaIy 10 an ideal
Some Of these ideals are Of high; som
OF low standard; some real, some Wis