The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-07
THE COMMENCEMENT.

ss5ss IbE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The stage was simply yet tastefully
decorated in bunting and flowers. The
class colofs. red, white and blue, were
entwined about the two most promin-
ent pillars, while folds Of blue and
white. the colors Of the Bryant and Irv-
ing literary societies. were festooned
above the stage. On the rear wall hung
the societies mottos and pictures. The
color effect was nicely relieved by green
{ potted plants.
At 1880 o'clock the graduates walked
in on the stage to the strains OFT VIII
Hold You for Awhile" and took their
places, forming seni-circle. To the
rear Of the class sat the state regents,
Messrs. Waitman Barbee. H. W. Har-
mer. G.. ". johnson and Supt. ]. R.
Trotter, and Messrs. McColloch and
Shannon. Of the local board. The fac
ulty also occupied seats on the gtage.
z Principal ]. N. Deah presided.
TheTe1ercises opened with a fervent
Z prayer by Rev. ]. c. Carver. of the West
Liberty Presbyterian church. Mr.. Gar
yer invoked Gods Blessing on the class
after the members go out in the world
Z TO face sterner duties than those found
in the class room. The orchestra then
Z played another lively selection.
The first graduate to speak was Miss
Mary 1ueila Frazier. OF Ohio county.
Her theme was Tendencies In Fiction"
Miss Frazier's intonatlon was rather In
distinct to the audience in the rear part
: of the hall, but her apparent nervous
{ ness lessered as she progressed and she
spoke considerably clearer towards the
close. Her effort, in the main, tended
ITO pick out the prevailing characteris-
tics and tendencies of modern writers,
! and she interspersed her remarks with
Z many scholarly references. Miss Fra
Z.er's Grafton showed careful prepara-
: tion and good thought.
Miss Ella Daisy TimmonS, Of Ohio
z county. spoke on THE Social Phase of
Education" and spoke well. Educa-
ton, she said. had brought people end
( nations closer together, and as educa-
ton advanced the more refined and Gull
tured would become the world. whose
people would be brought In closer touch.
& The ,self-sacrtfctng spirit OF educators
was culogizec. Miss Timmons argued
for q liberal, practical education, ono
not only for the Individual but for the
good 1t would do society at large. This
z Grafton was greatly enjoyed.
u Mr.. VIM. n. Wayt, OF WetZel county,
one OF the best students the school ever
Z had, had 4 happy subject In Robert
q Burns. Mr.. Way-t very Interestingly
sketched the life and the chief compo-
sitions OF Scotland's great bard. He
] said that had Burns been minus his dis
sipatinS habits his name would have
: iequailed Shaksspeare's, and the flights
OF hs genius have never been exccllcd,
I for Burns occupied a peculiar field OF
his OWN. Besides appropriate quota
TORS from Burns. Mr.. Wsyt threw SO
much earnestresS and sympathy into
his GRAFTON, that 1t was decided treat.
e The closing Grafton was a superb ef-
fort. Miss Katherine Virginia Roberts,
OF Writ county, had Gs her subject, "a
Z Nineteenth Century Problem" and its
treatment was quite clever. The prob
lem OF this century, according to Miss
Roberts, is woman. She traced the evo-
8 luton. or rather tho emancipation OF
her sex, to the present when she threat
ems TO rivnl man In business and tho
professions. The speaker Witty al
Z lude6 to the new woman several times,
I and said despite all the Innovations
3 woman is as efteminate as ever. Her
j development has been more on intellec-
tual lines. Miss Roberts displayed elo-
cutonary training.
10 Superintendent Trptter was then in
PRODUCED, and he addressed the class,
4 He spoke OF the efforts all must make
to gain success in any channel, and
IS evoked applause when he instanccd the
bravery Of the eight americans who
sank the collier Marrlmac at Santiago.
afr. Trotter aleo pointed to the life OF
r Gladstone as an example for the gradu-
ates to follow. After some good advice.
s Mr.! Trottcr congratulated them on hay
ling finished the school course, and said
it was their duty to the school to be
\ manly men and womanly women in the
CONFLICT in Mes SCHOOL. He then pre-
sented the diplomas, as follows:
Normal department-Mary Luella
y Frazier. Ohio county; Bertha Evange-
line Rddcll Marshall county; Phrania
link. Brooke county: Ella Daisy Tim
: mons. Ohio county; X catherine Virginia
3 Roberts, Writ county; Marie Schul,
Ohio county; Mary Agnes Lewis, Ohio
Z County,; VIM. II. Wayt. Wetzcl county,
and George E. 1Iubbs, Marshall county.
lis In tho academic department there
1 were nine graduates, who were also In
the normal department.. These were
the same MS printed above, excepting
q Nls3 ltiddell. who took only the normal
& course. 'sE,stetl, j. :. -.
~ Superintendent Trotter, after confer
(. ring the diplomas, addressed the audi
I. encc briefly In support OF state normal
S schools. He wanted MI to know that
q the West Liberty school was not n local
IS affair, and couldn't be run 20 suit any
z select crowdg. Mr.. Trotter defended
Inc regents from not obeyInEy the motto,