The herald., 1896-06-16
+. HILDA COMMENCEMENT
Brilliant Musical Program Constituted
the Exercises Last Evening
Large Gathering Of Visitors Prom Los Ange-
les at 0Iendals-Blshop Johnson DeIiv.
cred tho Address to Graduates

The commencement season is again
passing over the land; and leaving the
visions of all the attending parapher-
MALTA from the inevitable essay to the
white satin slipper. fancy dwells on the
army of eager young men and women
who are bidding farewell to happy
school-days and are turning their faces
toward the great march of life. In the
train Of early commencements came
that of st. Hilda's hall, Glendale, which
took place last evening. A small and
merry contingent Of Angelenos went
out by special train. In the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. John Whitaker, DIR. Post
and Mrs. Post, Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Will
lard, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin H. Agnew,
Mines. Stearns. George Bugbee, Eleanor
Mercer, Mosher, O'Donoughue; the
Misses Winston, Wilde, Whitaker, Bir-
die Chanslor, Laura Smith, Mercer, Liz
zie Kimball, Elizabeth Agnew, the
Misses O'Donoughue; Bishop Johnson.
Rev. B. w. r. Tayler, Rev. Robinson,
DR.. A. G. L. Trew, Messrs Walter Good
all, Frank Bugbee, ]. H. Seek and Mr..
Wurker
The nine-mile spin to Glendale was
immensely enjoyed. Not the least of the
many attractions of this picturesque
town is the large school of ST. Hilda s.
an Episcopal convocation of Southern
California, and is now under the efficient
tutorship Of Miss Darling
The school, which is close to the sta
ton, was brightly outlined in the dark
ness last evening with numerous tiers of
many-colored lanterns. From within
came the fragrance of many flowers, and
fair young girls greeted the arriving
guests and ushered them into the large
assembly hall. Draperies of beautiful
flowers hid the walls and low hedge Of
plants and bright posies ran along the
platform.
A low chanting of the Lords PRAYER
by sweet voices somewhere in the dis
tance, to soft accompaniment on the
piano, heralded the approach of the pu-
pills. who tripped in in single file and
took their places upon the platform
Flowers at their feet and flowers in the
background gave a beautiful setting,
but the fairest part of the picture was
the group of sweet girlish faces.
The commencement exercises were
almost entirely musical. The two young
graduates, Miss Dorothy Seek and Miss
Matte Crews, leading the program with
excellent piano solos, the former play
ing Novelozza, GODDARD, and Miss Crews
the Mazurka, Saint-Saens. Other
musical numbers were given by the
pupils Of the school, who sang in chorus
the Boat Song and the Warbling Song.
Miss Jennie Winston's sweet voice was
enade and Miss O'Donoughue sang very
charmingly Chopin's ballade in A fiat
The Right Reverend J. H. Johnson,
bishop Of Los Angeles, conferred the
diplomas and made an address to the
graduates. The theme was education,
but the pith of the discourse was wo-
mans sphere. A sharp line was drawn
between mans work and woman's work
in life; woman's was pre-eminently the
higher, the moulding Of the human race,
including also those lines that tend to
the bettering Of humanity. Man in the
struggle for existence had no time for
this. Therefore womans culture should
be broadened to sustain these manifold
duties. At the same time the innumer-
able details of her home life must not
be overlooked, but they should be given
a secondary place. The address was
eminently practical and held vividly be-
fore the graduates the ennobling pur-
pose of every woman's life.