The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-03
Commencement Week.


sweet girl graduate is called upon
to face an admiring crowd of dot
ing fathers, happy mothers and de-
voted brothers, sisters and friends
as she crates on the beauties of
nature and the future destiny of
mankind.
A pretty Innovation from other
years was this season introduced
in. the closing four schools TUESDAY
evening the Junior class of the l..
II. s. opened the commencement
season with the rendition of "The
Princess" at the opera house. The
play, under the supervision of Miss
Bowlby, was prettily staged and
well mounted and the class as a
whole is to be complimented.
On Thursday afternoon, at Rem.
pel's opera house, occurred the sem
ior class day exercises and long
before the hour designated for the
exercises to begin the auditorium
of the opera house was packed with
citizens and parents who no doubt
rejoiced in the fact that we are res
idents of country where rich and
poor alike have the same privileges.
The stage was most tastefully
decorated with ferns, cut flowers
and potted plants, some IN full
bloom, and 80 characteristic Of the
young ladies and gents who ap.
peared on the stage full of the
bloom of youth and expectant ami
nation, the ladies especially bud
ding and developing like the rose,
into young womanhood. At the
rear of the stage was suspended
the National colors while the hall
was draped with bunting. On the
right of the stage was located the
high school piano at which Miss
Mabel Hoyt presided as she ac-
companied the senior quartette as
it dispensed sweet vocal music
that "hath power to sooth the
savage breast, melt the rocks, the
stony heart ,ot man or bend the
knotted oaks"
Promptly at two o'clock the class
headed by Prot. G. l.. Boyer march
ed onto the stage and taking seats
the program of the afternoon was
opened with an instrumental trio
on the piano by the Misses Daisy
Watkins, Eveline Bowen and
Name Campbell. At the conclu-
sion of the musical number Prof.
Boyer delivered the Invocation,
and by the way, if our readers will
permit up to- digress little we
might make the suggestion that
we think our handsome professor
not only efficient in his calling; !;
but he would make model min
lister. After Prof. Boyer so elo-
quently invoked the devine bless
ings Herbert Sanderson sang solo
which was followed up with the
subjoined program
Address of Welcome ........ .Mable Hoyt.
Parody--Hiawatha. communicated .Bess Rose.
Inspiration. ................. Sumner Bright.
Book Review-The Marble Farm.
Observation-Disclosures. PleZza Mauk.
Glass History ....... :. .... Name Campbell.
MUSIC.
Piano Duet. Nell McManigal, Mable Hoyt.
Freedom. ............ ......... .Thos. Kintz, JT.
The Development of Character .........
.......................... Clara Hartman.
The Old and The New. Lucille Allen.
Landmarks ...... Leonard Stiers.
Our First Woman President. .Eveline Bowen.
MUSIC.
Senior Quartet ..,.......
Mabel Hoyt, Robin Rochester,
Sumner Bright, Herbert Sanderson
The Voice of the Siren .........Joe Hartman
Medley. Nell McManigal
'Tis Here Our Paths Divide. Daisy Watkins.
Message of Nature. re.............. .Maude Bates.
MUSIC.
Piano Duet, Eveline Bowen, Daisy Watkins
Debate-Does Wealth Exert q Greater In
huence On Mankind Than Education?
Affirmati ve $3.50. Clarence Montgomery
jSophia Smith,
Negative. Herbert Sanderson
| Glass Poem. Dudley Mccormick
CLASS SONG
| Music by Mabel Hoyt; Words by Dudley Nc
Cormick.
The orations and essays were ex-
cellent and reflect great credit but
owing to our time being limited we
are not permitted this issue to discuss
the different topics.
Yesterday afternoons exercises al
the Opera House were followed up
this morning with promotion exer.
cises at the schools. Precisely al
nine O'Clock Prof. Boyer pressed the
button on the electric bells and
simultaneously every school ad
vanced grade, and figureatively
speaking, the seniors of '99 crowded
the graduates out into the world
The matter of making the change,
occupied about five minutes, whel
the lower grades were dismissed anC
those of the visitors in attendanc,
repaired to the assembly hall of tn,
High School where both visitors anC
classes were entertained with a voca
and instrumental musical program
i ThA vailed ictQrY of the oradua ta