Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-06-29

COMMENCING
OF FOUR GRADUATED
From the Inatitutfon with Appropri-
ate CeremOntes-The Programme.
a Summary Of the Papers-The
Presentations of Dfplomas.

House, before an audience of admfring
friends and relatives that comfortably
filled the large auditorium, occurred the
fourth annual commencement Of the
! Lincoln High school. The stage for
{ the occasion mad been artistically deco
rated in cut flowers, palms and other
exotic growths, which with the gradu-
ates attired in the conventional COM
mencement dress, presented very
pleasing picture.
| The class was composed of Miss
Katherine Nv. Bumry, Messrs. Marcellus
Mason, Daniel Monroe and Earl Bald
win, and their motto is "Alis mihi vol
andum est meis.'
! The evenings exercises were opened
with selection by the Opera House
| orchestra, and at its conclusion the
Rev. Mr.. Gilmer offered up prayer. The
| following number was an excellent rem
dition of Eaton Fanings the "Miller's
Wooing,'' by a chorus of young LADIES'
and received much merited applause.
/ s.Sincerity."
| The first Grafton of the evening was
| by Marcellus Mason. He chose as his
topic Sincerity" and his recital evinc-
| ed careful preparation and considerable
Evolutionary talent. In the course OF
his introductory remarks he said sin
cerity is one of the most beautiful words
in the English language, and like all
such words has an interesting history.
| He then gave brief history OF the
word, and in comparison said that cur
! characters should be sincere and with
out cement, as was required of the
statues of old, but the only test was
time and age.
An insincere man is despicable and
such a man can never be successful,
therefore ur.;e you to be sincere in all
| your motives, in all your life, and when
you have passed away the highest tri-
butte that can be paid you is: He was
sometimes mistaken, but always sin
cere.
| Miss Katherine W. Bunny followed
! with recital of 1.-The Debating Soci-
ety." and evinced considerable dramatic
ability, and her excellent rendition
brought forth much merited applause.
The orchestra rendered another selec-
ton and at it's conclusion Daniel Mon
roe delivered an grafton upon the topic
/ .'The Unknown Speaker"
| In the course of his Introductory re-
marks he said: On the Fourth day of
July, 1776, in the old State house are
gathered throng of persons. A door
| is the object of all eyes, and as it opens
out steps committee, led by jefferson
and followed by Adams and Franklin.
He then recited the adoption of the
declaration of independence and said :.
was the speaker. In the remainder of
the paper he set forth Inc many things
prmised by this wonderful document
| and concluded with a description of It's
reception by the people and with the
thought-independe now and indie
pendence forever.
Miss Lulu Gardiner followed with the
! vocal SOLO "Carmena," and her rendi-
ton was excellent and evinced an I'M
usual talent. In answer to the applause
she sang another selection. At the con-
clusion of Miss Gardeners selection,
Miss George Ann Lee gave an excellent
| Hur, and the merit of her effort was
attested by the applause of the audi
ence. The orchestra contributed an
! other number, after which Earl Bald
win rendered as his graduation grafton
careful and merited paper on the
| topic
| "The Bulwnrke of the Republic,
! He said the character of nation de-
ponds upon the character and ability of
the people, and as examples we have
| Greece, Rome and Egypt, bu. they lack
ed the one great principal, Christianity,
| and as result fell From their ruins
sprang the powers of the present and
then came America. In the latter we
finu the principal which is righ..y call
ed-the bulwark Of national its
height.
| He then recited the incident relative
| to the settlement of the country and Its
| early growth, in which the principal of
Christianity was supreme, and to this
attributed the present standing of the
country, the key which unlocked the
door of success to the country.
The Diplomas.
The orchestra contributed another
number and at its conclusion Superin-
tendent w. II. Anderson presented the
class with their diplomas and made a
/ few brief remarks in which he urged
them to put forth their mightiest ef-
forts in the school of life, which they
had just entered, and when they had
completed the course they would have
attained results as excellent as they had
attained in their High school, the pre-
| naratorv srhoal of life