The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-06-19
EXCELSIOR /!
Motto Of TOday'S SGraduateS
at Normal School.
Twenty-Six New Teachers
Added to the List.
They Are All Young Women and
Have Splendid Records.

State Normal School graduated today.
There were twenty-six young women in
the .class, and no men. Excelsior" is
their motto, and white and gold tn cir
eolors. The halls, corridors and recep-
tion rooms wa,e.all beautifully decorat-
| ed with flowers and the white and yellow
of the daisy predominated in the color
ing. The exercises, which were OF the
most Interesting character, were well at
tended.
Prayer was offered by Rev. DIR. Bass,
the presiding g-elder of the Methodist
Church in this district.
The program in which the graduates
participated was divided into three sec
tions, entitled, "Something about Child
ren," Gains of Elementary school In
struction," ana "The Use of Materials
in Teaching" all OF which bear the
closest relation to the work OF the teach
er, and the essays.under each head were
relevant to the topic for..which 1t stood.
The complete program was as follows:
Hymn; prayer; singing, "When DO
Flowerets Bud and Blow" Franz Abt;
"The Interest OF Child study to the Nor
NAL Student" Lillian Ethel Knowles,
Child and the Adult" Bertha Alice
Owen, East Greenwich; "Hereditary
Traits" Lillian Heig stuobs, Quidnick,;
Limitation, an Important Factor"
Marion Edna Phillips, River Point; "Orig-
inality in the Child" Mary Elizabeth
tigator," Bessie Brownell Rathbun, Gen.
terville; "The Child's WILL" Joanna
Gertrude Cunningham, Berkeley; chow
| the Child Learns to Obey" Elizabeth
Rankin McCotter, Bristol; "The Social
| Life OF the Child" Josephine Taylor
Lost tnord," The Giee Club; "Ihe Chief
Aim" Jo winslow King, Chippewan-
oxett; "Fitting the Individual for His
! Place in the World, Mary Margaret Nc
Kenna, River Point; Fitting for Citizen
ship,' Lena Franklin Kemp, War
rem; "Ihs s.Iv Cultivation OF IntS.ss"
Necessity Of Fundamental Knowl-
edge" Florence Cady, silver Spring;
"Insight into Nature as an Aim In
| Education." Eta veronica Leighton,
Valley Falls; singing, 'The Wild Rose"
Hefchardt; "fo Create an Artistic
Sense Mary Emma Leonard, Fall.River,
Mass. "Cultivating the the Chilo's Taste
| for Good Literature, Mary Ellen Ward,
| Warren; "Cultivation of Voice." Ger
trude Stephens Waite, Warren; "Self-
| Control" Ada Bertha Bragg, Braggville,
Mass; "Ihe Spirit OF Service" Nellie
Case Wilcox, Providence; singing,
"seeing and Thinking" Mary westcott,
| Thornton; "Tbe Necessity of Materials
| in Nature study" Josephine Macdonald,
| Providence; "Stories,' Esther Chapone
| Fry, East Greenwich; "The Use OF
Materials in Teaching History" Annie
| Hayden Peck, East Providence; "Mnter-
| ials for the Teaching of Literature"
Alice Mabel Rose, Kingston; "The
| Teachers Personality" Nellie Crumley,
Lonsd singing, HCbsrity," Rossini.
PRINCIPAL WILSON'S ADDRESS
The farewell address by Principal Viii
son was:
To the Class OF Ninety-Six- Young La
dies: 1t falls upon me now TO speak the
word which is TO close yonr course of in
.struction in the Rhode Island Normal
School. | appreciate the privilege and
recognize the golden opportunity but
where can | find he suitable thought?
You must not suppose that we have held
in reserve till now the best thing We have
| to say. A ministerial friend OF mine used
to say that every time he preeched he
gave his people "tbe best he had In the
shop" SO we have tried to do, and
what seems to me most appropriate end
important TO say to you today VIII not be
quite new.
AS you have approached the end of the
busy period of your life spent here, no
DOUBT the question has risen before you,
perhaps with startling interest, "M hat
next"? And though the answer may
have presented itself Immediately, the
question has hardly been entirely dismis-
sed, and ii has lively interest for you
and will have during the coming days
and weeks.
What we have had In view here all the
while as you know, has been not yosr
own interests or welfare ultimately, but
your preparation for a certain service.
Not you alone, but results to be ach ieved
by you have been all along in our thought
as the aim OF our work with you. Now
that you have been pronounced fitted for
such service, it becomes n matter of much
interest to us'as well as TO you-a matter
of importance to the State and to the
interests of.education as well as to your
selves, that your service be suitably APP
piled. This IS the appropriate coDsuma-
tion of your.course of instruction and
training. The result OF the attempt of
the state to furnish capable teachers for
the schools must be realized in part
through you. SO the next logical thing
for you is a position as teacher.
This matter OF such profound conse-
quence TO you Is also of interest to us,
your friends, and to those who represent
the State. Fortunately for you, the de-
mand for those who have made such
preparation for teaching as you have
made is at present ample, and the ques.
| tion of securing a position as teacher Will
| not likely be a troublesome one. There
10 a more imp ortant question relating to
| the new position you Will soon occupy
namely, what VIII you make OF IL?
Finding ones place In the worlo-one's
| calling and the place in which to exercise
| it's a very important matter. To bo In
| one's true place, the best place for him
| and the place in which IL is best for tbs
| world he should be is one of the condi-
| tions of highest success. II is important
| for the world that every man and woman
| he ia q good position. but il is still more
| important that one know how 20
make the best OF his position. how 70 FIJI
his place ano TO make IL yield the greatest
good to himself and the world Every
man in his proper place, appreeiating his
position and fulfilling his duty IN the
| condition of general public welfare.
The influence OF ones position upon
him will dercnd greatly upon the way in
which he regards his position. Does he
hold II as an opportunity to render service
where IL IL needed. or does he ttgard il as
a means OF self-support or aggrsndize-
ment, or does he think Of " as a measure
and evidence OF his own worth. or Is II
! to him a means and opportunity for the
| development Of his character?
uisb 10 call yOur attent ion 10 these