People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-06-03
Commencement Exercises.

The eleventh annual commence
ment exercises Of The Wellington
High schools, he'd 10 the audit rum
Friday night, We're more brilliant 10
their nature, Of any he d in pasGyears.
Each succeeding year with the
schools here adds justr9 to its educa-
tiOna fame auJ grndS out young men
and women be ter lifted mentally aud
phySlc lilly ~ -hpple VITA The grave
problems OF nir, BECAUSE or the in
Creased educ l;lOlaI facilities aud the
improved m4UaDlS and systems Of
learning BENZ Constantly introduced.
The Yelling N public schools have
reacned the y;fy acme Of perfection:
all Tie Objectionable features 0.
sch1O Ing have been eliminated aud
tho most approved and universal
meth d OF teaching have been.
blOdIn5 into Use. The admirable
etfe;Js Of this we're plainly shown that
night y very Que Of the fourteen
grad9al who stood upand delivered
Oratian> worth, Of tie production of
much . der aud experienced minds.
The p'Hgram tnaJ night Was p, IS.
ingly 10 erSpefsed with piano SOLO, ~
Mrs E Smith, Mrs. l. ]. Scott d
Miss " ry Share, and Il whiStllug
solo BY Hiss Myrtle Mcdonald. The
Male qJTJette favored the audience
with vocal selection. The Wei
lingt1n orchestra furnished some
delightful music during the evening.
Rev 0. L. Smith of the Christian
church, invoked a devine blessing up
on the graduates and the assemble Ie.
There were eleven graduates of the
unlYerS ty course and three Of the
scientific course. OF the univerS ty
course graduates were Misses Matte
Maude Brown, Alice Lilids Hinch-
Clitfe, Myrtle Eu1ice Nelson. Zeta
katherine Wheeler Bertha Ruth
SpOwalter; David Wilbur Tinkham.
Ralph Woods FlandrO, George VANS
ley Hunt, Serene Festus Newbod.
Montgomery Jacob Frantz and Oliver
Wesley MCKOWn. The scientific
course graduates were Misses Clara
Belle Davenport, Frances Sophia
Holmes and Thomas Edward ThOmp.
son.
The display of Oratory was admira-
Die up the part of every graduate
that d .livered an grafton, The el1-
cutiOnary abilities shown by the
scholars prove the thorough training
they have received by their teachers,
and thu eXerCieS as a whole are a tes-
timOniil TO the thorough efficiency
of the wellington public schools, a
tribute TO the worth and AGILITY of
the sup 3GinteldeDt and principal Of
the schools as well as proof of their
own tai tntS and genius. The Stere0-
typed essays of most commandments
were lacking last night, and in their
place were substituted OratiOns upon
quest rs social, economic and SCien-
tldc. Questions of moment, Of today.
were h1Idled in fearless and com.
prehenNlVe manner by many of the
public spirited young orators. Senti-
mental themes were touched briefly
upon by the brilliant young gradual eS
in manner which displayed their
thorough culture and the finished
educlJiOn which the schools of Wei,
lingtnn afford.
The salutatOry was delivered by
Miss Myrtle Nelson, whose choice
words Of welcome, delivered in such a
charming manner, completely capUi-
vated the audience. David Tinkham,
fOrceful, yet gentle in speech, elo-
quent, and with thorough cOmpre-
g hensi)n of his subject, talked enter
Iainlngly upon the phrase, "Non GUS,
Fed Quid," rot who, but what. Cara
4 DavenDOrtS comments upon "WOrdS-
: wOrth's Attitude Toward Nature, -
were a beautiful tribute to the sub
Unity of the man. Her natural or. q
and ease Of manner and speech pecu.
liarly fitted her for delightful talk
upon such an entertaining subject
Ed Thompson, Speaking Of the prog
resS Of science, rdcited the develop
uCulo VI tuOuCI II UlllCo anu UUUh q
peep into the possibilities of tue tut.
ure, justifying himself by the mary /,
of the past. His Grafton proved
clearly his familiarity with scient fc
questions and showed that he kept il
constant touch with the improve
mentS of the age. George Gunt
speaking of "The Jew in History,
reCited the important part played by
that ace Of people in the early day:
of the world. Bertha Showalter anC
Oliver McKOwn discussed the QueS
ton, as Law Educatve?" N S:
Showalter handling the question il
the Iigh5 Of law attractive. She hello
that law was the result of education
her opponent taking issue with he
upon this point, claiming that educa
tiOn, in certain senses, was the result
of law. Miss ShOwalter's manner o
speech and delivery is worthy of Spe
cial mention. She has a pleaSan
voice, far reaching and gentle. He
manner of delivery and gestures VOL
popular favor and added to the effec
of her convincing arguments. Mr.
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