The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-27
TOOK THE HONORS
FOUR FAIR GRADUATES LEAVE
THE PAROOHIAL SCHOOL

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Exercises Were Entertaining and highly
Artistic - They Opened With That
Pretty Piece, "a Dream of FziryIand"-
Essays Were Clever and Full of Thought
Bishop Hennessy Made Brief Ad-
dress Urging the Young Ladies' to Adopt
the True Woman of the Ages and Not
the New Woman for Their Ideal.
-Four young ladies graduated from the
pro-cathedraI school last night and the
commencement exercises were a grand
success in every particular. Indeed it
was conceded by every one present that
they were more up to date and more
in harmony with the spirit of the age
than anything OF the kind heretofore
held.
They had the beautiful triple elements
of brevity, intellect and grace.
The essays Of the graduates were very
bright and thoughtful. they were short
and sweet and the young ladies showed
a refinement in their every action that
was striking and impressive.
There was a great deal Of art included
! in the exercises. The singing was
very fine and the rendition OF "A Drea N
of Fairyland" by twenty tiny little
actresses was simply fine.
The program opened with this and
Between the first and second acts Miss
Susie Davis delivered her essay.
MAJOR AND MINOR CHORDS.
'LAfe's Major and Minor Chords''wa
the subject Of the essay delivered by
| Miss Davis. Like her sister she IS a
bright and intellectual young lady
and her address elected much and well
deserved applause. She spoke as fol-
lows:
1T is not the ear alone that derives
| pleasure from agreement the eye de-
lights III true proportions and in tints
| that blend. and above all the heart Is
| happy only when peace and concord
reign within and without; but as sin
| brought diScord into creations harmony
so did IL engender in man tendency
TO those great extremes which are dis
aStrouS to the even flow of life.
For instance scepticism and credu-
| lity, the two great extremes into which
man is apt TO fail, are equally injurious.
! present, and find numerous proofs of il
| in the records of the past. Instead Of
all nations joining in one grand feder-
alton with God as a common ruler, We
! behold the various tribes at strife with
| one another, the Greeks and the Tro-
| jams. the Romans and the Carthageni-
ans, the Orientals and the hOrdes Of Yves
tern Europe the Christians and the
! Saracens. The string OF power in the
musical tension sufficed not, the hand
/ OF war stretched il, and the result was
! disorder throughout the world.
! "A Lycurgus struck the note Of mod
GRAFTON whose sweet cadence, though
some time lost 10 sound, was finally
| heard by his enacting wise laws regu-
lating the extremes common among peo-
| pie, laws which divided the lands and
regulated possessions of wealth. Che laid
| the foundation OF great natiOn) but no
sooner was his hand taken from the in
strument of government than ambition
relaxed the string of discipline and the
| sound Of Spsrta's harp was soon lost
! IN the tUmult of war.
! From Rome's excessive wealth on
one side. and her excessive poverty on
| the other, rose the Agrarian law. and
! il was TO bring the people into harmony
that a Caius Gracious pleaded with
ali the power of his eloquence.
/ I'VE too, have felt the oppressive
hand OF war-England's want of moder-
/ alton in ruling the infant colonies, es-
/ peciaiIy her odiOus system of taxation
| struck in the n cart of every struggling
/ colonist, a sensitive chord-whicn res
/ pended, Liberty or Death.
And today the discOrd that may be
/ heard as an under tone all through the
/ world, whether struck by Anarchist,
/ Communist. or Nihiiists, are notes from
an instrument whose strings are over
| wrought or relaxed in tension. Wher-
ever extremes abound there Is discord.
| We behold proofs Of this even in ma
ture. Sometimes there are apparent
exceptions to this rule; but a study OF
! the subject brings to fgrJ compensa-
ting circumstances which prove their
/ true character.
In Australia, for instance. We be-
: hold birds and flowers, fruit and vege-
tation, size and color; We find the min
erals of noun famous countries, the ad-
vantage Of sea coast, the fertility of the
richest soil, climate which leaves moth
| ing 70 be desired.
But here again IS the discord of ex-
| IRENE abundance sounded. for the birds
are mute. and the flowers without fra
! grance-buC nature Is remarkable for
her uniformity and not for her extremes
! TO proclaim her admirable laws is the
aim and life Of the philosopher: 20 re-
! produce her marvellous <ints IS the pur-
/ pose OF the artist: 10 fashion steamers
and mans habitation after the princi-
| pies embodied in natures architecture
/ is the study OF the builder, and TO give
% the world her music is the ideal OF
/ the poet and singer.
our pleasure. which may be termed
Iife's melodies, require moderation also
To those whose mind would feign probe
into scientific topics, into profound
works, who would lay bare the very
! secret Of nature are accorded the gran
der. the major joy. bur were this g
continue the tension would become too
great, the music OF instruction and de-
light would be lost. 50 TOO. those who
love not 20 grspple the sterner truths
soon tire OF the minor chord and long
70 hear the notes OF purpose and
achievement as an un6ertone. a basis.
20 their playing. Major and minor
should Re the chords which compose
iife's work ana only 4 happy comb!na-
ton OF those viii insure a harmonious
whole"
MISS CREDITORS ESSAY.
"Our Laureate" was the subject %
the essay delivered ~ Mss limo Creds-
tor. who followed Miss Davis. Miss
Creditor. IN a high degree. illustrates
not only the excellent education bur
the perfect training and development
Of ali the natural gracss OF womalhoo5
acquired IN The school. Her idea was
that in al ages che world behoi1s great
men figuring as centers % groUpes-can
tiers from which e-nans1e inspiration
from those Ground She showed how
Greece. Rome. Ireland. England. Ger
many. and Ane-ica have saan such