The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-29
CLASS NO. 80 GRADUATED
MIDWINTER EXERCISES OF THE IN
DIANAPOLIS HIGH SCHOOL.
An Excellent Essay on Charles Dick
ens's Old Home-The Rankin
scholarship.

The thirtieth commencement of the In
dianapolis High School was held last night
at Plymouth Church. There were forty
graduates in the class, twelve OF whom were
young men. Their names follow
Martha S. Allerdice, Grace u. Berry
Claude G.. Bowers, Ida Sayles Braddock,
Juliet X. Brown Gertrude Caylor, Minnie
Churchill, May Lillian Coots l.. Ada Craig,
Abraham Cronbach, Edith Danner, William
S. Duckwall. Florence Lillian Dunning
Samuel w. Eckman, Andrea Ferguson,
Kathleen Faith Ferguson, Estella c. Fox,
Lorin A. Green, Lilyan HaDich, Daisy Algier
Hale. Mary a. basting, Edward Hohn,
Gertrude Nj. Howard, Thomas Victor Keene,
Otto /. Kettenbach, Huldah L. l.. kotlow-
ski Edna Matilda Kuhn, George j. Langs-
dale, jr., Margaret McCulloch, sara Messing,
bert Estelle X. Selig, Jules Selig, Rupert {.
Spohr, Edna Agnes Sweeney, Flora Anna
Victor Jesse ID. Wall, Grace Eleanora Wat
son and Lula Bessie Wilson.
Martha Alerdice ranked highest in
scholarship Lilyan Habich second and
Andrea Ferguson third. The programme
consisted of essays orations and sketches
by members of the class and instrumental
selections Rev. c. C. Lasby opened the
programme with a lengthy prayer, an organ
solo followed, and then Miss Lilyan Habich
delivered her essay on THE Ideal of Serv-
ice' Her aim was to show that there is
in modern times brotherhood of man
brought about by the coming of Christ and
the establishment of His kingdom.
An Evaling at Gadshill was the sub
ject of a sketch by Daisy A. Hale, and 1t
was considered to be by far the most orig
inal and entertaining effort of the evening.
1t was a picture Of the home OF the late
Charles Dickens, the house as 1t exists to-
day, but with the imaginatiOns OF traV-
eler thrown in to make the picture inter-
esting. The traveller is attracted by the
lights from the gable windows, and takes
advantage of the darknC5s to peek into the
study window His imagination tricks him
to see the author. very old man, sitting
in the big green armchair. Presently
number OF flgures come into the room, APP
parently gliding through the walls. Ihey
TAKE seats after Delns anectlona,tely sIee. ,
by the author. They prove to be the varl-
Gus characters created by Dickens. After
all ara gathered the author of all their be-
ing calls upon each to relate the incident
of his or her life which impressed itself
upon the minds the most. TINS was an OPP
portunity for Miss Hale to give her own
works and she did it with several charac-
ters. But her time was limited, and she
passed over the others, after giving the inn
pressions of Paul, Florence, David copper
field, oliver Twist and others.
Jesse u. B. Wall, in an GRAFTON, discussed
the Puritan Influence on American lnstl-
tutionS." He began with historical ac-
count of the people afterward called Purl-
tans following them through their exist
ence in Holland and to their Landing a, at
fiuence through the settlement or the
United States and the formation of the gov
Grnment.
After a piano solo by Edna NJ Kuhn An
drea Ferguson delivered an essay on Ma
ture: A Connecting Link Between God and
Man." She said that in the early history OF
the world the people thought the earth was
peopled with many supernatural beings,
never seen but always present. Mythology
and superstition prevailed. Later these
things were cast aside and the people came
to know nature as she is She was great
friend to the people and great inspirer.
BY knowing her. people come to look up TO
higher ideals and long to know more OF the
source of all things. 1t is thus that they
come in contact with their God without
any written or revealed work to guide them.
A fine Grafton was that delivered by Abra-
ham Cronbach on THE Purpose of Educa-
ton" He said that education was not
merely the accumulation of information, but
the development of that which is within.
The function of education is not merely to
enable the person to reach a higher plane
in life in his ability to earn money, but to
control the elements that are within the
man, to direct the being, to choose the right
from the wrong. Education places the man
in contact with the noblest minds and pur-
est souls of the world. 1t shows him a di-
vine law in the creation of the world and
teaches him the existence and wisdom of
the Creator. The rules would hold as well
in the life of nations in individuals.
Ida S. Braddock came next with a sketch
about "Grandfather's Village" which was
evidently taken from her own experience.
She was moved to tears, so earnest was her
speech She described an old New England