The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-23
FIFTY-EIGHT
GRADUATED
From the High School Before
a Large Audience
AT THE AUDITORIUM
Largest Class 10 the History
Of the School.
TEN CHOSEN ORATORS
Music Was a Pleasing Feature
of Event.
TEN CHOSEN ORATORS

Fifty-eight graduates Of the city High
School received their diplomas at the
Auditorium last night The house was
crowded to its utmost and very fair order
was kept.
The program was opened with seIec-
ton by the High School orchestra The
High School semi-choras rendered. LADY
Arise, Sweet AIorn's Awaking.r in very
pleasing manner. After a prayer by Rev.
Caugagy. pastor Of the Oak street Pres
byterian church. 1arceIus Murdoch gave
an grafton On The Jew" The human
race is a race OF masters. not slaves, 20
was his opering thought. He spoke Of the
persecution of the Jews by the Christians
until the life of that great people had
been crowded with darkness instead Of
sunshine. The Jews are wise people. 20
said he. Gould any man lead the chill
dren Of Israel from Egypt and carry
them through the wilderness as Moses
did2 There are seven or eight million
Jews in the world, but a. jew is on an
equality with the Christians in America
only. He presented the fact that the
Jewish religion had not been altered for
thousands Of years and that it was a re-
ligion of common sense, citing several by
genie laws ia support of this. The pat
riotism OF the Jew is not Haunted in the
face of other nations, but theirs is the
patriotism that IS lasting. The Jews have
shown themselves TO be masters of all
opportunity and it is law Of God that
the Jews shah be masters OF the world,
are his closing words
THE Stove-like Man" was handled in
an original and pleasing way by Fannie
Haythorn. Man is Gods highest type of
creation and stove in its actions can
be compared with him By the side of
the base-burner is all the happiness Of
the home and often times there gather
persons who become fast friends" She
compared the home Of a man Of medium
wealth with that of the extremely rich.
The influence OF the rich mans furnace
IS likened unto the highest type Of human
friendship, far-reaching in its effects.
said she She compared the stove-damp-
ers Of the stove with those Of man, health
environment and disposition and showed
how each had an of the lives of those
about us. Selfish thoughts and deeds
are the clinkers that shut ont all the
draughts OF love and a person needs
shaking as bad as stove does TO open
these points" She closed her speech with
BE not a friend like "a range that throws
out heat in certain directions. but be q
furnace and scatter friendship through
out the world
Grace Overman told Of the Dying Ma
tons" the cause of their downfall and
s--fEr
states. She began by q recital Of the
scenes Of the plains around ancient
Babylon and save that once powerful
state as an instance Of nations death.
AS an instance OF a long-liyed civilization
she gave Greece and compared its ma
tional traits with those Of Babylon. She
said the motto OF Greece was Country
is first and life is not considered" "As
Ions as that axiom was lived up to
Greece remained a powerful state. but
when life was given consideration be-
fore the state that nation fell" She com
pared the civilization OF Greece and Baby
lon and said that Grecian art had lived
because Of a true patriotism Tho evils
Of the inQuisiticD marked the zenith OF
the power Of Spain. Whenever q nation
denied her subjects tho right TO think for
themselves, that nation fen" She told
how the disunitv Of Spain had aided in its
fan and that Intolerance was sufficient
ground FOR the destruction of any ma
ton. There must be breadth of mind
and consideration for the rights OF
others before o nation rests On q solid
foundation and its civilization is worth
consideration" was given IS q parting
thought
A description OF Jerusalem on a bright
sunny morning was The beginning Of
strong speech on "The Spirit Of the Pill
grim" by Cora Clondenning. She spoke
of the pilgrims OF different countries and
their methods OF paying homage 10 their
gods. The an important thought Of q pill
grim IS to return TO his boyhood home
with the laurels OF victory she told Of
the awtul death Of miser and his agony
OF being shut out from the blessings of
a higher life and closed with the state
ment that Home IS She CRY or the soul
FOR love. light and Cod"
The High School Ciee Club delighted
the audience with a fine selection.
clara Hyperion Yves the next speaker
1.-THE BigotTy OF Patriotism was her
theme The smallest spark OF genius in