The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1903-06-19
Exercises That Marked the
Close of the Terms E-
amindtions
PAPERS WERE ALL PLEASING
And Showed Thoroughness and
Familiarity With the
Subjects

Quite a number OF the parents of
pupils in the high school department
and Of the friends Of the schools at
tended the exercises in the auditorium
of the school house this afternoon.
when the program given below was
carried out. The thesis, without ex-
eeption were able and comprehensive,
and were a pleasing surprise TO many.
They were unintentionally but for
cibly a compliment both TO the ca
pabiiity Of the instructors of the Win
nemucea school and to the industry y
and interest CT the pupils in the sub
jects. The Silver State regrets that it
has not the space to devote to pub
lication Of the papers in full, being
limited TO a brief synopsis Of each
THE PROGRAM.
Chorus. The Orange and the
Black, -. -. -. .Shackleton
Pupils of the Department
Thesis. $1,000 ...... 49," Hydrogen
Floyd Benson
Thesis. .... -. ........ Shelley
Miss Georgia Summerheld
Piano Duet, -. -. ."Zum Abschied
MS. A. E Lothrop and Miss l. Smith
Thesis, ...... -. .....-.... 'Coal
Miss Katherine Lying
Thesis ...... ~HydToehlorie Acid
Miss Charlestina Coreeca
Chorus, The BIushing Maple
Tree" ~ w McCaskey
Pupils of Department
Thesis, 49,. =. - .."Sulphurie Acid
Miss Eta Webb
Piano Duet. Romance Giese'
Mrs. Lothrop. Miss Smith
Thesis, ............ Byron and Keats
Miss Norma Warren
Chorus. Flower Song" ...... Oliver
Pupils OF Department
Carefully prepared and very inter-
esting was the thesis of F. Floyd
Benson, on the subject of Hydrogen
In addition 10 giving the scientific de-
seription of this lightest OF all sub
stances. he told many things about
IL that were plain TO the listener who
vas unfamiliar with chemistry and
science. Hydrogen. he said, was first
isolated in 1776 by Cayendish, who
experimented with il. and named II
infammab.e air In the fifteenth CEN
tury il was made by the action of sui
phurie acid on metals; later LaveisleT
named il hydogen. which literally
means a water-former. He tod Of
some Of It's many uses in civilized and
commercial pursuits, and the reading
Of this paper was much enjoyed by all
Thorough and comprehensive was
Miss Georgia Summerhe.d's thesis en-
the English poet. Percy Bysshe Shell
ley. She began with a condensed ol-
ographical sketch OF Shelley. his
school life. and the trials that re-
suited in his expulsion from Oxford
for writing and publishing a PAM
phlet on The Necessity of Atheism
His prose writings and romances were
mentioned and discussed Treating
OF his matrimonial experiences, the
writer Of the thesis held that while
seemingly startling in their bare
statement, yet they were. not ineon-
slstent with the many testimonies that
existed to Shelley's singular purity
and beauty OF character.
Impulse with him took the place OF
conscience: moral law. accompanied
by the sanction Of power and imposed
by outside authority, ne rejected as
tyranny" In conclusion Miss Sum-
merfield read a number Of selections
from the poets works
In treating the subject of Coal,
Miss Catherine Lying considered first
its elementary formation. pointing out
the proofs OF its being composed OF
the elements that at a remote period
were contained in ferns and trees.
Coal she said. had been found in all
the geological ages. but that Of great
est importance was formed in the
oarboniferous age The difference
between bitumen and anthracite was
discussed In an entertaining and in
structiye way, and the appropriate
statistics included were brought in In
a way that did not render them tire
some TO the listener. Her thesis closed
with this: But the time is not far