The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-16
NINETEEN rufus OF THE ME-
CHaANIc ARTS SCHOOL RE
CErvE DIPLOMAS.
.coNovER HAIL WAS CROWDED.
DIR. A. F. NIGHTINGALE. OF CHI
CAGO, DELIVERS THE PRIN-
CIPAL ADDRESS.
HIS SUBJECT WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Prof. Weitbrecht Presents the Grad
r. yates With Their Certificates
Remarks BY Prof. Curtis.

Nineteen pupils of the Mechanic Arts
high school received their diplomas at
Conover hall last night. The gradual
ing class, comprising fifteen young men
and four young ladies, occupied seats
on the platform, when also sat Superin-
tendent Of Schools Curtis, Principal
We1tbrecht and DR.. A. f. Nightingale.
the superintendent of the Chicago high
schools, who delivered the address of
the evening. There were no oratfons
by members of the graduating class.
The inspiring subject f-Dr. Nightin-
gales address was wendell Phillips
but preliminary thereto, DR. Nightin-
gale had few words to say about
high schools and manual training
schools that were listened to with close
attention in view of the present agita-
ton concerning that subject. DR..
Nightingale said:
If. there is one institution above an
other that should be kept distinct and
separate in Its own dignity it is the
technical school of manual training or
| mechanic arts. Some people affect to
believe that high schools are ornament
tai, but l believe that high school edu-
| cation is as essential today with the
advance of civilization as a common
| fifty years hence a college education
will be ass essential as a high school
| education is today. And in the fore
| front Of these Institutions will be the
Mechanic Arts school,
A round of; hearty applause greeted
| the speakers closing words.
| DR.. Nightingale then proceeded to
deliver his address. His tribute to the
nobility, the patriotism and the ge
| MUS of America great orator and
/ statesman, s,Wendel1 Phillips, was most
| eloquent. COuched as it was in eXcep-
| tionally expressive English and deliv
cred with the ferVent spirit OF one in
| spired by his subject, the speakers
eulogium Of one of the nations heroes
| proved rarely interesting. In vigorous
and graphic language DR.. Nightingale
| described the brilliant career of Wen
dell Phillips, from the time he espoused
/ the cause of humanity until he saw
human slavery in America abolished.
until the 'shackles fell from church
and state and millions Of people became
eXonerated. exalted and free" DR..
Nightingale pictured that historic gath
| elfng in Faneuil hall sixty years ago.
where Wendell Phillips, then only
| twenty-six years of age, silenced the
| Kisses Of the angry crowd and achieved
| his first notable victory. In estimat-
| ing the great qualities of the man, DR..
| Nightingale used this language:
He had no respect for the laws on
| the statute book through which therc
/ did not circulate the warm flesh and
! blood of an enlightened public opinion
| To him nothing was politically right
! that was morally wrong. He was the
/ nations mastermechaniei ia the, manu-
| facture of public opinion He was the
| nations greatest orator and most con
| scientious patriot and statesman"
After an eloquent peroration, DR..
O-lat i11o~r 10 sod VII otoEi
from Phillips closing tribute to the
frem Phillips closing tribute to the
shutting the name Of the American
orator for that of the negro soldier.
After a selection by the St Anthony
Hill orchestra, Principal Weitbrecht
presented the graduating class, the
| members of which arose to receive their
diplomas from Supt. Curtis. Before
presenting the sheepskins Supt. Curtis
said few words. He congratulated
the class upon Its perseverance to the
end, but admOnished the members not
to think that their days of intellectual
effort were over. They would find
work awaiting them far more aduous
than that they had already accomplish
| ed. The door had just been opened to
them, the tools just placed in their
hands. -
Then addressing the audience, Supt.
Curtis said that the people of ST. Paul
were 10 De congratulated upon Such
showing.
'And I will prophesy," added Supt
| Curtis, that If the Mechanic Arts
| school is retained in our school system,
that it will be so firmly established in
the hearts Of the people that nothing
can uproot it, (Applause)
Supt. Curtis then presented diplomas
to the following graduates:
Julia Christine Anderson Joseph Emman-
uel Anderson, Milton Lorenzo Bevans, Earle
Oakley Brown. Philip Herbert Haum, Fred
erick Johnson, Helen Kenny, Cecilia Chris
| tine Lindeberg. Harold George Lains. John
Russell Mcknight. Alexander Martin Nicoll,
Lilly Letitia -Oehler, Ernest Boynton Pierce,
Joseph Louis Roy, Thomas Joseph Seaman,
Clarence Hockaday Stewart Elmer Staples
Frank Carlton Vanderwarker, Fred Albert
Works.
This brought the formal programme
| to close and the class held an informal
reception.