Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1897-06-03
GRADUATING EXERCISES
AT THE GRADED SCHOOL
YESTERDAY.
Paper Read BY of the Gradu-
ating Class-Diplomas and Certifi.
Gates Conferred and Prizes Awarded
MT. JnO. w. Bryan's Fine Talk to
the Glass.
THE CONCERT LAST NIGHT.
Daily Argus, last Saturday.

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The Sixteenth annual COM
mencement exercises of the
Golddsboro Graded School came
off at that institution yesterday,
in the Library, in the presence
of a large concourse Of our citis
zens, whose abiding interest in
all that pertains to this splendid
institution of free learning in our
midst is only too glad 10 mani
fest itself on all opportune occa>
sions,
The library and auditorium
with which it is connected were
tastefully decorated in cut flow
ers, ferns, and art pieces of many
varieties-the work of the pu-
pils-which lent a pleasing eff
feet in unison with the surrounG-
ings.
The exercises were introduced
by Superintendent F'oust and
opened with prayer by Rev. w
S. Rome, presiding elder of this
district.
Mr.. Foust then announced that
the various essays written on
different subjects by the gradua-
ting class during the year had
been carefully reviewed and
three of the best. had been select
ed to be read on this occasion ,one
by Mr.. Herman We'll, on The
Influence of the Bicycle: one by
Miss Sadie Spier, on Some of
our Wild Flowers and their
Haunts"; and one by Mr.. Tyson
Do1tch. on 1.-The Roman Games
and Festivals" These papers
were gracefully read in a clear
voice by their respective writer's.
and were listened to with deepest
interest by the large audience.
They are published in full else~
where 10 this issue.
After the reading of these pa
pers MI. Foust announced the
names of the graduating class
who had completed the full
course Of study and to whom
Diplomas had been AWARDED, and
the names of those who had fin
ished the course in English and
Mathematics and had been award
ed Certii Gates; these latter were
Miss Bessie Miller, who, on &C
count of having been overtaken
by an affection of the eyes in the
course of the year had to forego
the study of Latin; and Mr..
Lloyd Rome, who did not enter
the class until the middle of the
year.
The Diplomas and certificates
were then delivered to the class
on behalf of the Board of Truss
tees. by Mr.. John W. Bryan.
who a dressed to them the fol>
lowing beautiful, true and inns
pressive words:
My YoU1G FRIENDS Il c~ongratu-
late you upon your having completed
successfully the course of study pre-
scribed by the school, and thus hay
ing accomplished the work for which
you entered it's doors. I congratu-
late you upon the enjoyment Of the
opportunities it has placed within
your reach, and trust you have made
the most of these opportunities.
The richest possession of our com
munity is it's boys and girls. The
noblest institution we have built is
this school for their training. It is
a monument to the Eberality, public
spirit and wisdom of your fathers,
more beautiful than marble, more
substantial than granite, and more
than brass At the gate of
the great Metropolis of our country,
stands the Bartholdi's colossal
Statue of Liberty, the gift of a sister
nation, emblematic of Liberty En-
the World" This school
is our colossal statue of Liberty,
standing at the threshold of our
homes, shedding it's enlightening rays
upon the pathway of every boy and
girl in the community. The glory
of this school is that it's doors are
open to all and it's benefits free, SO
that there is not In all the commu-
nifty a child to whom the way to the
treasury of knowledge is not open.
1t is not possible for you to fnlly ap-
.preclate the priceless advantages
you have enjoyed, as we who are
older and look from a broader view
point do; but your observation is
sufficiently wide for you to know
hat to the great mass of the youth
IF our State these advantages are
Let it be your future to
abor in the years of your father to
like advantages within the
each of every boy and girl in our
State. +,
As you bid an affectionate adieu 4,
these halls and turn your faces to ]
! wider future, remember that this, ;
mother, who has guided your {
efforts in the path of learning, (
expects of you a report which shall
peak well of her, and well for you.
The conditions surrounding some of
lives may make this the closing
If your school career, but let me /,
IMPRESS Upon you the fact that your :,
need not stop. With the 2
you have laid here any I
10Y or girl with the spirit of a man I
II woman, and a purposs to be and Z
10 something, which I trust you all
AVE, can in this day of educational S
opportunity do what he or she wills. a
But education of the mind is not n
IL. A trained intellect is a noble .
hing, but many a one has proven
or worse, to it's ~possessor
nd to the world. A pitiful specta q
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