The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-14
CENTRAL HIGH EXERCISES
HIGH HELD AT GRAND
OPERA HOUSE
SOME CLEVER ESSAYS READ
The Young Graduates All Acquitted
Themselves CreditabIy-DiDIo-
mas Were Presented by
Christian Fry

When the curtain rolled up, disclosing
the stage of the Grand opera house last
evening, an exceedingly attractive pic
ture was presented to the large audience
gathered in the auditorium. On a raised
platform, against background of trees,
flowers, blue sky and-in the distance-a
French chateau. were seated the eighty
eight pupils of the class of 1901, st. Paul
Central high school. OF these eighty
eight sixty-one were girls, and they nat
urally made the attractiveness of the pic
ture. All goWned in fluffy white, their
youthful arms filled with roses. their
faces beaming with good will, their ap-
| pearance did much credit to their alma
mater. Seated on the platform with the
graduates were Supt. Lewiston, Principal
Robinson. and Christian Fry, vice presi-
dent of the school board. Near them was
small table laden with diplomas ana
opposite them, across the stage, We're
seated the eleven young men and women
chosen to give of their stored-up wisdom
to the audience. Every effort last night
of essayist or orator, if it did not salts
factorily solve problems that have Vex-
ed the world since its beginning at least
was earnest, well delivered and sincere
Maurice Dunlap delivered the saluta-
tory He spoke distinctly and simply, and
the sentiments expressed matched the de-
livery. Touching upon the difficulties of
school life, he pointed out that they were
but incentives to that victory which last
night gathering crowned. He besought
his classmates to overcome as resolute-
ly the difficulties of the larger field upon
which they were entering, and the victory
would be as sweet.
Miss Amelia Olmstead talked about
Color Influence" The maddening pur-
pie, the warlil1e red, the ethereal and up
lifting blue-the graduate classified and
talked INTERESTINGLY abOIf them oil C1rcr-
costing in her well written little perora-
ton that perhaps the time was not far
Instant when certain arrangement of
colors could be made to appeal as strong
ly to the emotions as music does now.
Miss Laura Hayes drew affecting pic
ture of the tragic life of Emmett, the
Irish patriot. He had died an ignob:e
death on the scaffold, stigmatized as a
traitor, yet the sacrifice Of his life had
not been in vain. BY giving his life for
his country he had done much to better
the conditions of the country Therefore
was he deserving of the name of patriot
Miss Katherine Tschida spoke on Lit
erature in It's Social Aspect The young
WomanS sentiments were more pleasing
to the ear than her pronunciation of the
first word in her subject. She showed
how the literature of each period in the
worlds history was simply a mirror
rejecting the life of that period.
particularly we'll delivered Grafton
was that Of Edward Stringer, on The
Penalties Of Culture" His argument was
that every step higher in culture was a
step away from natural instincts and
from Nature herself; that too much cul-
ture was worse than no culture at ALL
Miss May Eerwin spoke interestingly on
Instinct in Dumb Animals revealing
herself to be an observer and a reader
An attractive stage presence and a
charming delivery made Katherine
Stoughton's essay on Talents Of Care
doubly interesting. Caesar Alexander
Napoleon, had each psid heavily for the
price of fame. Nations, like individuals
were compelled TO atone for the talents
they had abused. The history Of these
should be a warning to the United States
to use her talents wisely so that there
need be no atonement.
Miss Edna Brack, in a well written es-
say, argued that the stage would be "a
Twentieth Century Educator" Miss Rose
Johnson delivered a euIogy on "Scandina-
VIA and was warmly applauded Sylvan
Hess grafton on ''Vox Populi' was stir
ringly patriotic. and finely delivered
Walter Moore's valedictory was novel in
ed the past century and spoke promis-
lngly of the twentieth, which would have
the assistance of the class of 1901 in
solving its problems
During the evening Settings orchestra
played Hail to the Spirit of Liberty
Sousa; ''Melodramatic Overture Metra;
Leila" Chambers, and waltz Of the
Elks," Dellafeld.
Principal Robinson presented the class
to Vice President Fry, of the school
board, who awarded the diplomas