Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-06-17


COMING YEAR.
Yesterday was commencement day at
the Linsly. There were ten graduates in
the class. As is the custom. the exer-
cises were held on the State fair
grounds in the presence of large
crowd. The graduates spoke from the
judges stand in front of the reserved
seat section. The stand was draped in
green and white. the class colors. The
steps were hidden from view with the
large American flag and the battalion
colors.
The corps formed at the armory and
headed by the Opera House orchestra
marched over the usual course to Four
teeenth street. to Market, to Eleventh,
to Main, to Tenth, to Virginia, to Penn
lstreet, thence south to the fair grounds,
to the track in front of the grand stand,
where, after stacking arms. they broke
ranks.
After music by the orchestra the ex-
ercises were opened with prayer by the
Rev. Jacob Birmingham, of St. Luke's
|P. E. church. and members of the board
of trustees of the institution.
Prof.Birch, the principal, introduced
Capt w. H. Mcclure. the salutatorian.
His subject was Alexander Hamilton"
The speaker depicted the Revolution
airy hero as being one of the leaders
who were most instrumental in attain
ing the deliverance from the hateful
English yoke. Although the people
went even so far as to accuse him of
being an Englishman, he never ceased
his efforts to bring about American LID
erty. He it was who drew up the con-
situation of the United States and had
it adopted. When even the immortal
Washington secretly despaired of a
successful outcome of the Revolution,
Hamilton would not admit even to him
self that the patriots could be defeated,
but worked all the harder. But just
just beginning to reap the results of his
efforts, he was cut down by the all but
assassin bullet of Burr. Hamilton WIS
a man of highest honor, constant
helper in time of need. His life was
replete with good and noble deeds and,
although he had many chances, he
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the better of him. The speaker then
welcomed the audience to the exercises
in the name of the class. saying that
| it was their ambition to make the
present commencement the peer of any
ever conducted by any class graduating
from the institute.
"A Plea for the Student" was the
subject of an interesting Grafton by
Capt. Joseph T. PAUL, jr. He said
| that poets had painted the existence
of student a perfect paradise. The
speaker looked upon this idea of stu
| dent life as incorrect. The hours of
attending school were shorter than the
working hours of the usual business
man, but in the evening the student
must needs study away, anxious for
| the result of the next days recitation.
| The speaker did not make a plea for
shorter hours. but for sympathy. The
student, he said in conclusion, did not
| fear the future, but boldly faced the
| future ready to fight life's battles and
| to conquer.
Second Lieutenant Harry NJ. Kinks
subject was 1.-THE Use of Ambition"
A slave. he said. has but one master
An ambitious man has as many mas
| tiers as there are persons who can for
ward their ambition. Pure, honest and
unselfish ambition can but bring honor
and advancement. But let once a sell
| fish ambition take its hold upon any
one, no matter what their station. and
invariably it would sooner or later
| bring failure and sometimes dishonor.
American history is replete with ex-
amples of ambitions, mostly all unset
| fish ones. Employ an honest effort to
conquer any unselfish end or purpose
and success will always attend such
efforts.
| Second Lieutenant Edwin f. Kline's
Grafton, "The Influence of the Indi-
vidual." was an. interesting and in
structive paper. He said that two
things were accountable for the fur
theranee of progress in the world.
They were civilization and society. As
| long as the universe shall exist man
shall continually strive to raise the
standard of excellence in all things.
History is not always just to individu-
ais. The individual of yesterday fur
nished encouragement to the individual
of to-day. Each country ON the earth
cherishes the remembrance Of some in
dividual. Russia mas her Peter the
Great; France. Riehelieu; England,
Cromwell; Prussia, Frederick the
Great, and America, Washington, and
so ON through the list. Each nation
has had her hero and the result Is seen
Capt. Frank Lewis Smith, the class
historian, extolled the greatness and