The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-06-10
DOZEN PREPS FINISH
GLASS OF '97 GRADUATED FROM
PARAMOUNT ACADEMY.

Exercises are Attended by . Large Crowd
President Morrison Reports Encourae
ineiy Of His Financial Work for thu
College During the school Year jus,
Closed A Successful Future for thu
Wichita Institution Now Assured-Pro
fessor SIckner's Prizes for Music school
Proficiency are Awarded-Prosram.
The seven young men and five young
ladies who composed the Senior acade-
my class Of Fairmount college yesterday
morning received the diplomas that Ger.
| titled TO their successful completion OF
the four years course required for grad
uation from the college preparatory de-
partment.
The class of 81, whose commencement:
exercises were celebrated yesterday,
was the fourth to finish the work Of that
branch of the college. The initial
academy class to finish the college course
will, however, be that Of 1899, as the or
ganiZa ton Of the class of "a, which
would have been the college class Of '9S
has lapsed,
| Before the formal comforting Of diplo-
mas 20 the twelve graduates at the close
of the exercises. which. although nearly
three hours in length, held the enthusi-
astic attention of the audience Of 500
| that crowded the college chapel, Presi-
dent Morrison made what was in the ca-
| ture Of an annual report Of mis- work as
| financial agent of the college. President
Morrison's remarks were full Of interes.
and encouragement to the many
| friends Of Fairmount college who were
present. He congratulated the faculty
for carrying on so we'll the work of the
year during his absence, and emphasize
cd the gratitude he felt towards the cit
liens of Wichita for what they had ac-
complished locally for the college while
he was working for it in the east. He
said that his work in the east during the
school year just closed had been largely
a work Of preparation, but assured the
friends of the college that it had fixed
beyond preadventure a successful fu-
ture for the school. He had secured, he
said, enough to entirely remove the in
cubers Of the floating debt that had been
hanging over the school and had assur-
ances of enough in the future to carry
on the work of the school on the high
plane marked out for it by the founders.
On the stage in the chapel were the
faculty Of the institution, including its
president, Dr. Morrison, the members OF
the board of trustees, Frank r. Dyer,
city superintendent of schools; Rev. H.
Z. Thayer and Rev. w. A. Bosworth.
Facing the stage on the first row of
seats, which had been reserved for them.
were the members Of the graduating
class.
charming in their simplicity. The walls.
the arched ceiling and the floor Of the
stage were in white and it formed a
striking background for the palms that
were banked at either side. Olive green
was the class color and the profusion OF
the ropes OF leaves that formed the only
other decoration produced an effect very
artistic in its beauty. Above the stage
on the white background in letters of
green was the class motto, "Vincit
Omnia Veritas."
The musical program which opened
and closed the commencement exercises
and was interspersed between the ora
tions of the graduates, was one of unu-
sual merit 1t was furnished entirely by
the pupils Of the preparatory department:
of the school of music of the college,
and was under the direction of Professor
Sickner, who is at the head of that de-
partment. The numbers were nearly all
Of them unusually difficult ones and
their execution was creditable alike 10
the young performers and to their in
s,ructors. After the conclusion OF the
last musical number President Morrison
announced that Professor Sickner of the
department Of music had decided 10 in
sti.ute this year the giving Of a gold
and silver medal TO the two students in
his department VINO made the greatest
advancement in their work. Miss Edith
Preston Of Caldwell and Miss Daisy Nix,
daughter of exhibited States Marshal
Nix, of Guthrie. were awarded the hon.
ors. The incident was very pleasing
one and proved one of the program fea-
lures.
The following were the numbers OF
the musical program:
Gallop Militant Bonn
Miss Mabelle Blair.
Piano Duett-Waltz .....M erz
Misses Mabelle Blair, Edna Hunter.
March Triomphale .....Coucone-Schult
Miss Edith Preston ...
Wedding March .... Mendeissonn
Miss Daisy Nix.
Piano Trio-March ................Hols
Misses Nix. Blair, Preston.
The pastors OF the Congrega tiona!
churches of the city. Rev. H. E. Thayer,
of the Plymouth, and Rev. W. A Bos-
worth of the Paramount church. deliver
ed the invocation and benedictiop, re-
speotively.
EARNEST FRANK DAY.
Earnest Frank Day Of Kingman was
the first graduate on the program AM
bi,ion was the title Of his Grafton. AM
bition. ne said, IS that power tina. stirs
men TO their greatest endeavors. L; has
raised man 10 the highest pinnacle OF
fame and lowered him 20 the depths OF
obscurity. For ambition men have
been willing 10 sacrifice all-hime. money
health, friends. honor. There is a selfish
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