The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1898-06-22
COMMENCEMENT.
A GLASS OF FOURTEEN GRAD
UATED FRIDAY EVENING.

chestral Music Rendered.-An went Off
without Break.
Never has it been permitted acOmmenc-
ment audience to look upon a prettier
stage than was presented last Friday ev-
ening. The color scheme of green and
white was simple and beautiful and in
every arrangement artistic. Great banks
of ferns, palms and begOnias rose on either
side of the stage beyond the curtain to
hide the unsightly "bOx" doors. Below
the green were masses of white daises.
The fOOtlights consisted of a close mass
Of green vines and ayringas. The same
scheme was carried out upon the stage,
the scenery lending greatly to the effect
of lawn with river and cliffs in per-
spective, while large ferns seemed to
grow profusely among all the trees and
over a rock near the middle of the plat
form, upon which was emblazOned "9S"
in blue and gold, the class cOlOrs. In
stead of the amazingly brilliant uphol-
stored chairs, Mr.. KinnisCn, Miss Bates
and Mr.. HOllenbach and the class were
given garden chairs. Hanging over the
platform was the motto framed in green
upon a background Of green, the white
letters bearing the legend, "DOers, no
hearers" Two large flags were draped
over the balcony rail.
As the chorus girls in their pretty
dresses came marching in, Ole could
easily fancy garden party in progress.
The arrangement of the singers was new
and would seem to be an improvement,
certainly in beauty Of stage setting;
sopranos on one side, altos on the other
and the BASES and tenOrs in the center.
The chOruses were what we expect Of
our schools and we are never disappOint-
ed. Every one enjoys them and feels
proud Of the singers. After the invOca-
ton by Rev. Wall, the school sang
"spring Song Waltz" and left the stage
to the performers of the evening.
Miss Jennie Eva Body in graceful
phrases welcomed the people to the twen-
ty-fOurth commencement and then asked
them to turn their thoughts to nature, to
the songs Of the birds in the early morn
ing as they sing the world into tune for
another day. "The Birds Of Killing
worth" was the theme Of Miss BOdys
thoughts and right valliantly did she
champion the cause Of the birds. With
LOngfellOw and Celia ThaxteF on her
side, no stern Judge would dare sentence
our birds to death while she pleads for
them. Only the ladies wear them who
do not think with her that in face be-
meath featherless bonnet, good sense,
good taste, good feeling prevails, "fOr
the birds lose their beauty with their
lives"
We learned some startling facts about
bacteria when Miss Besse Eidt gave a
short character sketch of bacterium.
How they gather in our very living
rooms and swarm IN our sleeping rooms
and devOur us at night and even fall up
on the hOusemaid as she sweeps and
gathers them in her dustpan. Yes, para
disc will be regained when we can tie a
white ribbon around the dustpan handle
and put it in our museum of antiquities
with the spinning-wheel and find our
selves one round higher on the ladder of
science and civilization. 1t may not
come in Miss Edits day, but she has
heralded the return of peace.
Clayton Lebeck voiced the feelings of
all America and England when he pro-
claimed England Our Natural Ally"
This should be, 1st., because of England's
great possessions in America and her six
millions of people just across the lakes
from us. End, on account Of the simil-
arity of language. We, as emigrants
from England, retained her customs,
manners and speech, and are all one
AnglO-SaxOn race and despite the revOlu'
tiOn and more than century Of inde
pendence, refer to her as the "mOtheI
country" She has shown us decidedly 9
friendly spirit in our struggle against
Spain. 3rd., because Of similarity Of
religion, we not only live at peace, bu'
two great nations must make for peace
4th. Such an alliance would strengthen
the Monroe doctrine. England's inter
ests on this side Of the Atlantic would b.
better protected thereby. For these rea
sons, England as our natural ally, wOulC
not only make for our peace, but for uni
yersal peace.
Ships wait for the rising tide to carr.
them safe over the bar. So there Is
tide in the affairs of men which taken a
the flood leads on to fortune" Ameriei
rose on the tide and became great fire.
nation and has sent her influence all tn
world over. France awOke only cen
tury ago, threw off her yoke and becam
one OF the progressive peoples. Even ia
away Japan felt the flood and joined tn
others on the rising tide. Spain refuse
her opportunities and is the exception
She has sunken i9the ebb until now
would seem she must be carried, despit
herself, by the great tide that sweeps tn
world. America is rising morally, sh
IA rising reliQiOusly and through her th