The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-07-01
GRADUATED !!
Four Young Lady Students.

On Saturday evening last the COM
mencement exercises of Yale High
School were held in the M. +. Church
and four of 1ale's bright young ladies
are now afloat upon the sea of life.
Whittier will their barque tend? Time
only will tell.
The class chose. and very appropri-
ately, for their colors, red, white and
blue, and the church was very prettily
decorated with flags. The alcove back
of and above the rostrum was lined
with Old Glory and the motto Labor
Is Life" made in red, white and blue,
hung suspended from the ceiling and
| lights ut the back handsomely illumin-
ated the whole. The platform was
| further decorated with beautiful pot
ted plants. A great profusion of beautl-
full bouquets and prizes were sent in
to the young graduates by loving
! friends, and the fragrance of the June
roses filled the atmosphere.
The four young ladies-Mary Ware,
n. Maude Pearce, Polly NJ. Wilcox and
Sarah II. Williams-all dressed in dain-
ty white, came in and took their seats
on the platform together with j. @.
Roode, principal, and Prof. w. n.
Ferris at the opening march played by
May Fitzgerald.
The Invocation was then given by
Rev. VIM. Coulter which was followed
by a sweet solo from the little favorite,
| Lucille Palmer. An essay on "He
Most Lives Who Thinks Most" was
then given by Mary Ware, who handled
this subject in an intelligent manner,
which showed that she herself had
thought deeply, and thoroughly be-
| lieved in her text. The next essay
was by n. Maude Pearce who had
taken for her subject "The Pleasure of
knowledge" This essay was we'll
spoken and brought conclusively to
the minds of her hearers that in moth
ing do we feel greater sense of pleas
ure than in that of educational knowl-
edge.
A piano solo was then rendered by
Dora Bonnard, who has a delicacy of
touch and musical knowledge which
has brought her into the front ranks of
musicians. "Our Colors" by Polly NJ.
Wilcox was production much enjoy
ed and appreciated by the audience,
our nations colors being displayed at
every turn these days, anything rela-
tive to the red, white and blue instant
ly receives the profoundest attention.
The valedictory was putinto the hands
of Sarah X. Williams, who gave the
farewell in a nicely prepared, we'll
worded article. The young ladies
each declaimed her essay without the
paper and not an instant's hesitation
was observable. Much credit is due
them for this one feature alone.
A vocal solo, "The Song of the Sea-
sons" by Belle Macaulay gave a pleas
ing effect, following which came the
presentation of diplomas by Harvey
! Tappan who made a neat speech. Mu-
sic by the string band was followed by
the address by Prof w. n. Ferris
whose subject was "Success." The
speech itself was grand success. Prof.
Ferris methods with children and
young people would appear to some to
| be rather severe and difficult to adhere
to but we are all conscious of the
honest truth of each and every state
ment made. The address was worth a
great deal to us all.
Another solo by Miss Macaulay
"Sleep Little Baby of Mine" was en-
joved and followed by the benedic-
ton pronounced by Rev. J. A. Rowe
and the exercises were finished.