Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-06-24
high SCHOOL GRADUATES
Held Their Commencement Exercises at
the Grand Opera House
Last Nigiit-Diplomas Awarded to
twenty-five Pupils Who Have
Finished the Prescribed Course of
Study-A Very Interesting Pro-
gramne of Music, Recitations and
Orations-Remarks by the Super
intendeut and President Of the
Board.

The first year of the Wheeling High
School was brought to a very success
full close, with the commencement ex-
ercises at the Grand Opera House last
night The large attendance augurs
well for the public interest in the insti-
tuition, and the general excellence OF
the programme speaks volumes for the
training received there. The garden
set which embellished the stage, and
the palms and other exotics, made
handsome frame for the scene Of beauty
and animation which was presented
when the young ladies, becomingly at
tired in gowns Of white, marched out
upon the stage and took their seats.
Streamers of the class colors were
caught in the center of the proscenium
arch, and fell in graceful folds down to
its sides. The class motto, Honor
Waits at Labor's Gate was conspicu-
ously displayed upon the programme
There was a departure from the Gus
tom heretofore observed at public
school commandments, in that each OF
the twenty-five members OF the class
prepared a paper and from the class
sufti cient number of selections were
made to furnish programme OF the
conventional length. For the first time
in the history OF the public schools,
members Of the class contributed musl-
cal numbers. Following is complete
list Of the graduates and their papers;
Emma D. Beall. .......-.-..........:--.
...-.. The Essential Aim OF t,ducai ION
Agillia Franzell Comerford ;...--:,
........................The Modern Girl
Laura E. Crago. $500. e;::.....-;,
Frances Belle Emery ...-.: Life Meccas
Lula Marcia Ferguson. Stepping Stones
Carrie H. HaH Wl ~, fo- vobie Deeds
The Mil Never Grinds with the Water
that is Past.
............. -.. Education Not in Books
Mamie Mckinley. ..-.....-..:....:.....-..
:...... The People Of a Poets Dreams
loretta Morgan. Observation-Disclosures.
.......... Our Country's Foreign Policy
Lillian Agnes Murrin.. Mems Monuments
-. The Companionship of Books
Our Boats are Launched. But Whittier
Margaret NJ. Richardson. ..............
Self Cause the Failure
Bertha A. Rothermund.. Success in Life
A
-....:. The Face an Index Of the Soul
Bette NJ. Tracy ...........................
The Permanence of Early Impressions
Lioa " Neils ........American Women
....--......... Blood the Price Of Liberty
Edward c. Leiner The True American
The programme was opened with a
spirited selection by the Opera House
orchestra. The invocation was deliver
ed by the Rev. R. R. Bigger, pastor of
the Third Presbyterian church. The
orchestra rendered patriotic medley,
which was applauded.
The salutatorian of the class was Mr..
Edward c. Leiner. His subject was
THE True American. He thanked the
audience for its presence and he took
it for granted that mere entertain
ment was not the magnet which attract
ed them. He preferred to regard their
attendance at the commencement as an
evidence of their deep interest in high
er education. Turning to his subject
he repeated as his text the words of
Grant that we have a country worth
living for, and if needs be, worth dying
fer" He told why Americans should
love their country-for the liberties of
thought and speech and action which
they enjoy; for its past history and fu-
ture possibilities; for the great and
noble men it has produced; for it's free
schools, public institutions, and public
press. He made glowing prediction
OF the future greatness Of the republic,
closing with the verses:
Then conquer we must, for our cause
it is just,
And this be our motto-in God is our
trust,
And the Star Spangled Banner In tri-
umph shall wave,
Der the land of the free and the home
of the brave
Miss Carrie H. Hanauer recited "The
Old Man and jim" pathetic selection
from master OF pathos, James Whit
comb Riley. 1t Is a dialect story and
very touching. Miss Hanauers read
ing was excellent, although she spoke
trifie too fast. Her excellent voice
and Appropriateness Of gesture won for
her merited applause.
The first vocal number upon the pro-
gramme was a solo entitled Loves
Sorrows" which was exquisitely sung
by Miss Lydia McNash, accompanied
upon by the piano by Miss McGrana-
han. Miss MdNash possesses a soprano
voice of excellent quality.
Mems Monuments" was the theme
discussed by Miss Lillian A. Murrin. She
mentioned many Of the great monu-
ments which have endured for ages.
and gave an historical account of the
purposes for which they were built.
and the object for which they were
used. But she added that granite and
brass will in time crumble into dust.
while If we work upon human minds.
their fame will endure forever Wash
ington and Jefferson were given as ex-
amples. Not only great men, but great
thoughts, endure after monuments have
crumbled. The great thoughts of Mil
ton, of Horace, of Shakespeare, will
never die. We erect our own monu-
ments. We are the architects Of our
own fortunes. The greatest thing in
life is character, and the greatest monu-
ment to the memory of man is an unsul-
lied name.
Miss Emma d. Beall's Grafton was
on ''The Essential Aim of Education"
She characterized as absurd the too
prevalent idea that education ends in
the teens" and she dwelt upon the
broader education which reaches from
the cradle to the grave. She empha-
sized the importance of intoxicating in
to the youthful mind moral precepts.
forming a foundation for upright char
acter. The idea that man was created
for immortality, is too often made sec