The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-21

| Ii did last night, when a class of
twenty-seven fair young ladies and
| one studious looking young man We're
graduated from the Training school.
The decorations, though not espec-
! tally elaborate, can best be described
by the adjective, tasty. rhe seats on
which the class was seated were
draped in old gold, blue and white,
the class colors, which were also fes-
| tooned overhead and caught at the
| ceiling with a mag snilcent bell of wild
| flowers. Just over the front of the
stage was suspended a sign bearing
the school motto, Excelsior" ana sur
| rounded with colored incandesccnt
| lights. The back and front of the
stage were banked with palms.
The graduates were seated on the
stage arranged in three rows, and.
with one exception. all attired in
| dainty gowns Of white. After Bauer's
| orchestra. which was seated just in
| front of the platform had rendered an
| overture, Professor Grant led in the
| recitlng of the Lords prayer. The
class sang a selection under the able
| leadership OF Mrs Annie Barnes. and
| then the speaker Of the evening Dr.
A. f. Winship, of Boston, was intro
| duced Wy Miss Olmstead, the princi-
pay of the Training school.
A LEADING EDUCATOR.
DR.. Winship is one of the leading
educators of the country, being the
editor of the journal of Education
| He IS concise ana logical talker,
| possessed of an exceedingly rapid but
clear delivery, ana firm and abound
| ing love for each and everything
| American. He took for his subject
Character, Capacity ana Training"
and held the close attention of the
| large audierce present for over an
hour.
In commencing his remarks he en-
phaszed the fact that training capa-
city is more important than training,
as no amount of the latter can take
| the place of characte: or ability
| America, more than any other ma
| ton. needs trained men and women
at the present time" said he. ut is
an urgent and national need, but we
will never find the time, | fear, when
the American people VIII appreciate
this necessity.
The SPEAKER then gave some Won
derful word pictures of the treuer-
dous progress in the far west during
the past quarter of century, and told
of the wonderful opportunities thus
opened up and taken advantage of by
| trained young men and women. what
was goOi enough for us in the line
of education" said he, is not good
enough for our children, and the man
who says so is fit only for an insane
asylum.
There may be one man in a thous-
and start out and make success for
himself without training, but I say
that the man who wou[ let 99g fail
| for want of preparation that one might
succeed without it is a criminal in
| the sight of God and man"
TEREG LEADING COUNTRIES.
The three greatest nations of the old
world, England, Germany and France,
each owes its supremacy to some one
thing, he explained. England owes
hers to her economic philosophy, Ger
many to her intellectually, and France
to what he termed a social rhvthm.
| America possesses none of these quail
ties except the intellectually, he said
but "she has accepted as her mission
the solving of the problem of humani-
tv.
America more than any of the
nations of the world seeks to
train every one of the people" At this
point the doctor, guided, perhaps, by a
certain pride for his native heath,
burst forth into a recountal of the
| manifold glories of Massachusetts, in
the line of its treatment of workmen
| and also on educational lines. He eX-
| plained that the wages paid in Massa-
! chusettS are 10 per cent. higher than
| the wages paid in the rest of the Uni
| ted States, this condition of affairs
having been brought around. he con-
tends by splendid and perfect system
| of education.
In conclusion he drew a lesson from
story told of Nansen, the great Artic
! explorer There was one day" he
said, when the ship Fran, which Nan
sen had modelled and labored over for
! three years, was caught between two
| gigantic icebergs, both of which We're
pressing in on her The crew, becom-
ing fearful unto death, got the sledges
in readiness for escape and were just
on the point of leaving when they
found that Nansen was missing.
ANANoELN . SoOlIN ESS.
Upon calling for him, he answered
from the cabin. What are you doing?'
they asked, and Nansen replied that
he was taking a bath. Are you not
afraid that the ship will be crushed In?
they asked him, and he replied, No, 1t
was for this l built her.
rs is too much to hope that in the
future when there comes a strain on
your character, or your moral nature
| and on your religious faith, Is it too
much too hope that you will go quietly
about your daily duties immoved by
the mob spirit about you and when
asked why you are so calm you will
reply: 1t was for this that we were
builded by the teachers of the Scranton
Training school,"
After an excellent soprano solo by
Miss Catherine Smith the members of
the class came forward to the front of
the platform and received their diplo-
mas, tied with the class coors from
Chairman A. L. Francois, of the high
and training school committee. Mr..
Francois, in brief address, congratu-
lated the class in behalf of the board
of control and urged them to be ever
| studious.
Two songs were then sung by the
class and the closing number was given
by the orchestra. This was Sousa's
new march, THE Man Behind the
Gun" which is meeting with such pop
ular favor in Europe. For a half hour
or so following the conclusion of the
| programme the members of the class