The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-06-27


Shakespeare, Milton. Tennyson. Chau-
| Ger, Tom Moore, and Longfellow. He
was her Laureate but she paid a beau
| tifUl tribute 60 Lowell. Holmes, Bry-
ant and Hawthorne. Her greatest
eloquence was devoted 10 LongfeAow
whom she referred TO as the .-Laure-
ate OF Home and Heart
| It was a beautiful and refined essay
and her sweet manner OF expressing
| the thoughts contained IN il brought
out as much silent admiration as ap-
piause.
The chorus which followed, Who'll
Buy My Pretty Flowers" was very
| beautiful. some thirty young ladies,
/ dressed in pure white, each bearing a
/ basket of flowers. sung this charming
| piece and earned for themselves storm
! OF applause
The class recitation. "A Story OF the
Sea- was remarkably clever and ar
| tistic. The class consisted OF fourteen
/ young ladies and the sweetness OF Ihe1r
! blended voices, the story OF their reel
| tatiUn and the grace and harmony o.
| the gestures were better than ser
mon in stirring up the better feelings
Of the heart
| Tn chorus, consisting OF a dozen
young ladies, armed with silver sickles,
! adorned with scarlet ribbons. hanging
/ from the belt, followed with song en-
! titled THE Cleaners" and the effec;
| they produced and the impression they
| created, were grand. The audience was
| held spell-bound for ten minutes. the
silence ending in a storm of applause
MISS ANNA DAVIS.
"a Force OF Apparent Weakness
was the theme Of Miss Anna Davis. a
! bright and intellectual young lady VINO
| followed Her essay showed a great
! deal Of pretty thought and clever reas-
| oning. she dwett awhile on the grand
| forces of nature-the earthquake, the
| tornado, the lightning, etc--and then
| discussed the greatest force-the force
OF intellect. The lightning can des troy
| but the intellect OF man can harness II
and make it convey a message for him
around the world The tornado can de-
stroy cities but man can rebuild them
with greater magrificence- The earth
| Quake can shiver q section or the nation
| but the intellect Of man can and does
! change nations and continents. Great
est OF an is the great power and fierce Of
genIleness-that genLeness that IS the
| trait of a true woman. She referred 20
j
who have left an impression in the civ
ilization OF the world. Miss Davis was
generously appgauded at the conclusion
Of her elegant essay.
The chorus favored the audience with
another selection after which Miss Oil
via Duuning read an essay and vale
dictory.
AN ESSAY AND vALEDICTORY.
-,
| subject of the valedictorian. Miss Olivia
Dunnng. 1t was most admirably de-
| Iivered and at its conclusion the fair
graduate was most enthusiastically ap-
| plauded. She said:
We of the present generation DoasI
OF our ADVANCEMENT, and arvogate 10
ourselves the enjoymnt OF the precious
gift of progress. which has been be-
slowed TO mankind ever since the prom
| ise OF a Redeemer was held out 10 our
first parents True. the developInen IS
of today are observation-disclosures and
science have reached q point never be
fore attained. No other age since the
discoveris Of Sir Isaac Newton, has
been 50 remarkable for its progress, as
| IS the present, but We sometimes forget
that We owe TO the past our prosperity.
the advantages OF our present position.
and even our very freedom for which
our forefathers so heroically fought
thus making the end of their struggle.
the beginning Of our victory.
Surrounded. as we are, by evidences
of almost magical growth. we can form
but a faint conception of the strong
faith our forefatherS had IN the progress
of their own times. and can hardly IN
derstand their hopes OF Improvement.
their theories and conjectures, the rial
ization OF which we now enjoy.
We'll has il been said OF them Their
devotedness. reverence and hsrOism, like
silver haired ancestors. are gathered
around the baptismal fOunt OF this new
era, 10 ancint IL with their benedic-
tions. The present was fashioned in
the past and was evolved from IL as the
future must. Il Is 10 the vanished ages
that We owe our. vast inheritance OF
science, literature and art. To estimate
rightly our present standard. We must
explore the earliest ages. and study the
transformation Of the ancient into the
modern edifice. From the mystic and
Of Judea, the ideas Of Oriental philOso-
ply were brought into the classic land
Of Greece, where the traditions were
modified by faint CLEANS OF Christian
truth. as embodied in the prohecies OF
Messiah, and were blending With the
doctrine OF Socrates and Pythagoras.
But the germ OF christianity bu1ded
forth, spreading and developing, taking
firm hold on every new sOil-the full
fruition OF which We See IN our own
times. Its influence has penetrated the
literature and philosophy OF Modern
Europe, 1nfUsing = perpetu.ty that
nothing else could give.
It has ANNA ted our poets and guild
ed our teachers of philosophy, at whose
head stands the transcendent genius,
the Angelic Doctor" In the realms CT
physical science, We find deDonstra Ted
truths on which men OF today base cal
Cl1-atlons. 70 which We point with pride
for instance. stemming the Mighty
NIAGARA and utilizing il as motive
force 10 send a message around the
globe.
Marvellous as are the latest discover
les and inventiOns-they are but sug-
gesaons Of new and higher possibilities
And now. IN order 70 bring my sub
ject home This evenings exercises
draw our school life 10 . close ard the
growth which we have already attained
must BE- the point q departure for new
progress, new development. and, as We
W-Juld csnsure the ingrautude q one
VINO received a heritage OF wealth and
showed no appreciation 50 should Ss
stand condemned were ~ . enjoy tne
benefits 81 q Christian educaUon--thCse
whose work i represented n or gift
Therefore, 70 cur Right Rev and Be-
bowed EisLop. VINO hcnous Us BY his
presence. VIZ offer heartfelt thanks Cor
the warm voilcitude and deep inter
est manifested towards u
Rev. and Dear Father Then. We s-e
sincerely grsstf8l for The kindly words
q ..-,cs1rr-a cement gwen yE through