The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-06-14
GRADUATES
BID GOODBYE
TO The NORMAL
n the Twenty-eighth Annual
Commencement Exercises at
West Liberty.
WERE ELEVEN IN THE CLASS.
The MeatOrOus' Performance Heard
BY the Usual Big Crowd.
The Days Proceedings.

ment OF the West Liberty State Normal
School occurred yesterdam morning.
There we're eleven graduates in the
class, and all those renHering COM
nieneement day performan9Ss acquitted
themselves with distlnctiot,s The Gus
tomary big crowd WIS in evidence, and
West Liberty was in holiday ature, so
to speak. iq
Commencement is the onasgreat oc-
caslon for the gathering of the country
side. In campaign years tbt fact is
taken into account by the cSGdlGates,
but, VIII w. Irwin, the Democratic
nominee for sheriff, was the 8nly one
of the fraternity on deck yesterday.
The exercises were held in academy
hall, beginning at 10 a. m. Bef9re this
holI --y srat was taken ana Gate ar
rivals had to stand, many Of tBetn on
the outside. The class filed ontp the
stage, to the strains of u march by
Meister's band. which made new friends
in the country by its music.
The graduates sat in semi-circular
fashion, and others on the stage in
cluded the school faculty and SupeEin-
tendent ]. r. Trotter. Colonel Robert
S. Carr, of Charleston, and Hon. Har-
yey W. Harmer, Of clarksburg, menu
bers of the state board of regents. The
stage was beautifully decorated with
colored strips of bunting and lowers,
and below the picture of William Gull
len Bryant hung the silver wreath pre-
scented by Regent Harmer for the an
nual contests OF the literary societies.
The wreath will be retained by the Bry-
ants until the Irvlngs prove victorious.
The Graduates.
The class was composed of the fol-
lowing:
Charles Henry Amber st. Mary's,
W, Va.
Ruth Curtis Rice, Wheeling.
Charles Robert Maldoon, Potomac, W.
Va.
Grace Allene Bruner, Greggsvllle, W.
Va.
Alva Dayne Kenamond, Short Creek,
W. Va.
May Eta Buchanan, Valley Grove,
W. Va.
sylvester shannon Curtis, West Lib
erty, w. Va.
Mahala Rebecca Jacob. West Lib
erty, w. Va.
Clementine Mae Pickett, Wheeling.
Thomas Melton Jones. West Alexau-
der, Pa.
James Lester Maldoon, Potomac, W.
Va
Owing to their having taken part in
literary contests during the week. Miss
Pickett, Mr.. Jones and James Lester
Maldoon were excused from their COM
mencement orations.
Mr.. Amber was the first speaker and
in choosing 1.-THE West Virginia Hills"
he made refreshing departure from
the beaten path followed so much in
commencement oradons In eloquent
figures of speech he glorihed his theme,
cleverly pointing out the states most
picturesque portions Aside from the
beauties OF the West Virginia hills he
spoke of the patriotic feelings the sight
Of these grand submits inspire in the
hearts of the West Virginia boys. In
one flight he referred to the peaks of
Pocahontas. the upland plains OF
Hampshire and the mantle-clad Mills OF
the upper Pan Handle
In Darkness to Light" Miss Rice
had splendid effort, one that displayed
careful preparation and thoughtful re-
search. She described the progress OF
man from the primitive state to that
high stage of civilization now enjoyed.
In the earlier ages the elevation OF man
was noted in the science that distln-
gulshed Babylonia. the monuments OF
Egypt, the civic virtues of Greece and
the law-maling talents of Rome. Miss
Rice's grafton was well-wordcd re-
sumo OF mans advancement through
marked periods OF the worlds develop.
ment. ~
Culture and PhIllstInlsm" was dwell
upon by Mr.. Maldoon. The movements
stated In his theme, he said. were an
tagonIstIc, and both were found IN all
forms of government and tho indivld.
uaf fife. Education is struggle To
eliminate Phlllstinism, the latter being
retrogressive, and culture could bmpru-
NOTED only by the fostering care Of ed
ucatIon.
THE Triumph OF Right was the
theme OF an grafton splendlaly udellv-
cred by Miss Bruner. She trac!rd the
growth OF civilization from the earliest
period. she effectively using as an illus
tration the development of blau. life
from the germ to the blooming hover.
She culled striking instances rrS,n Ro-
man and Greclan history to shuwwhere
might had trIulnphed over right. Thence
step by step she sketched the TAN of
dcstinies until there blossomed the
highest form OF governmental rdtubllc.
The shattering OF buwarks. which en-
throned reason as relating to religious
beliefs. was also noted. Miss Bruuur
paid glowing tributes to the Pilgrim
Fathers, Two great triumphs OF right
she lnstanced were the emancipation
OF the slave and the throwing open OF
college doors to womankind.
Mr.. Kenamond spoke on THE Clta-
delrof Character-Will." It was a
psychological Grafton. Mr. Kenamond