Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-05-10
High School commencement.

The Ninth Annual Commencement
of the Phillipsburg High School was
held at the Presbyterian church on
Friday evening, May 4. 1900, before
large audience. The Junior class
headed by Miss Anna Strain had
decorated the church with immense
flags. while potted plants formed a
frame work through which looked
the smiling faces of the sweet girl
graduates and those of the young
men who shared with them the hon
ors of the occasion. Promptly at
eight O'Clock Bandmsster Tidd gave
the signal and the PhilIipsbarg Cor
net Band gave the audience MY
Country IT'S of Thee" This was fol-
lowed by a piano duet by Misses
Smith and ODonald entitled, 'Ooun-
try Dance" Rev. Mr.. Hsgeman de-
liyered the invocation. Miss O'Don-
aid followed with brilliant selection
"Ohopin's Third Ballade, op. AZ"
which met with decidedly favorable
reception from the audience. Ray
@. Mckay then followed with these
words:
Kind Friends and Schoolmates:
It is a great pleasure to see so
many of you present at this the fitting
close of our school days It shows
that you take an interest in the works
of our school and those of our worthy
instructors.
We, as class, feel that we should
express our gratitude and spprecla-
ton for the consideration that has
been shown US by the worthy School
Board and patrons, and we feel as
sured that the patronage that has
been extended to our school IN the
past will be continued through the
coming years and thus encouraging
the classes below us until they too
will have reached these honors and
will stand before you as graduating
classes of PhilIipsburg High School.
Tonight our paths separate. We
now more fully realize the magnitude
of the patience and kindness that has
been shown us Ia the past years of
toll and mischief. And as we journey
towards our highest ideals and am
billions the memory of those kind in
structors will ever cling to Us. May
| We each on lead life that will be an
! honor and a credit to the Glass of 'O0
May our lives be rs free from tempts-
tions as possible, and may We, in
memory of our class, resist such temp
tations as may be thrust before Us,
and when in the future we look for
| our dear classmates we will find them
the noble men and women that we
now wish them to be. We will en-
deavor to make the hours of toll that
have been spent upon us by our
teachers and friends come forth in a
vast harvesting from which we will
reap the benefit.
We have always looked forward
with great antici patton to our grad
uetion, bat now that the day has
come, we regret that we are not pu-
pills of the A B @ class once more to
commence our school days.
But those happy. days will never
come again. Have We received all
the benefit we possibly could from
them? Have we seized every oppor-
tunity that has been given us? We
have not, though we have toiled from
step to step through the several
grades, we can look back and see
many moments that have been spent
in 1dleness that should have been
spent in study.
We have long looked forward with
trepidatiOn to the day when We must
deliver orations to an audience. but
how delighted We were when, by a
vote of the class. it was decided to
have no orstlons, and, instead of these
illusions Of our own. we will have
lecture by Prof. q. W. Winans who
will now address you.
At the close of Mr.. McKsy's saluts-
tory Prof Mallory introduced Hon.
G. W. Winans, ex-stste superintend-
ent of public instruction, who for
about an hour delivered lecture OH
educational subjects. filed with the
best of advice for the graduates, and
in fact for all present. It is rare for /
speaker to so universally please his
entire audience. The advice given
was solid and substantial, and. il fol-
lowed by those to whom it was adj
dressed, would result IN great good
for them and the community. Prof
Winan's home is In Hutchinson where
he is held in such esteem that this
week he was elected principal of the
city schools for the seventh time.
Mrs. Nelson. a favorite with our
people, gave in a most pleasing man
ner, Loves GreetiBg." The band