Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-06-07
The Glass Is a
Good One.
Close Of the Com.
mencement Exercises.
Second Section Graduated Fri.
day Night.

With the closing Of the commence
ment exercises at the High school,
Friday evening, the young men and
young women Of the June class of
1902 went forth to battle with the
world, and the doors of the public
school were closed forever to them, for
they had struggled for IL years and
their instructors had said, t'Well
done" The Board of Education had
shown its appreciation of their ef-
forts by awarding them diplomas
which will recall many pleasant men,
cries and be objects OF pride years
hence. Not q single hitch marred the
program for the two nights of the
commencement. The ease and smooth
itations were given were remarkable
and showed careful preparation. The
earnestness which marked the deliv-
cry was also highly appreciated by the
audience, and showed good work to
have been done by Miss Carita Nc
Ebright, the instructor
The exercises Friday evening open
ed with Americas Freedom" by
Moreys sextette and Rev. Howard s.
MpcAyeal pronounced the invocation
Americas Foundation" by Park A.
McColgan was the first ora ation. He
said: America is founded on the
Bible, which has shaped the nations
career. Think Of the men of the May
flower; think of the gallant command
er who prayed in the snow Mt Valley
Forge; think of the immortal Lin
coin who gave his life; think of the
last words Of Mckinley"
Miss Jennie Cardarelli had for her
subject, "Oliver Wendell Holmes"
She gave critical review of the life
Of Holmes. He held and filled hearts
with love for the Union He sings
with O heart filled with patriotism
and his works are striking factors In
the development of American litera-
ture." q es
Fortunes Foibles" was the subject
of the Grafton of Miss Jessie Edith
Thierry. "The man who waits for
chance or luck is the man who gets
left" she said. "Gold is the idol of
our times. Men make every sacrifice
for money and the desire to be rich
is killing men everywhere. In their
shortsightedness they forget that eis-
ure is the end to be attained In life."
Miss Ellen L. Mitchell recited a
humorous selection, "A Dining Car
Romance cleverly. Her manner was
easy and her movements graceful.
mo man has been more grossly mis-.
represented than Richard Third by
the great poet Shakespeare, said Miss
Norma Mars. whose subject was THE
Last Plantagenet." HE showed
greatness as a soldier and ability az
statesman, but to the multitudes
who read the great poet and I'd the
patrons OF the theater, who see the
play enacted, there la only one Rich.
ard the unreal Richard of Shakes.
peare"
Miss Mabel Patti Shuman spoke on
The True Glory of Nations" "True
glory" she said, comes not from war.
but from peace and the fame of a
nation is perpetuated not by the bloody
conflicts Of the battlefield, but by the
achievements Of peace. with malice
toward none, with charity for ALL con.
tains the keynote to true glory"
In The Last Fight in the Coliseum"
Miss Emma V. Rosanan showed how
an end was put to the conflicts In this
vast amphltheatre by the death of one
mana man who was a stranger.
What II Means to Be an Ameri.
can was the subject of Mr.. Lon q.
heids Grafton. ours is country
known the world over as the land of
the brave and the home of the free
we must stand shoulder to shoulder
There is too much corruption in pob.
TICS 1t is our duty to take an ac.
I'VE interest and overthrow the evil
a. Tammany was overthrown."
Miss Bertha NJ. Mueller smoke on
James Russell Lowell" Lowell
while not as popular and not read by
as many as Whittier, Longfellow or
Holmes. has n deeper thought and
broader culture than either of the
1hree' He is poet OF love and the
champion of the down trodden and
oppressed His views We're as broad
ana rfee as the summer air. He
welded an influence for good that
extended beyond the individual and
reached the nation"
Miss Josephone Il. Dietz gave a fine