The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-06-02
COLORED SCHOOL
GLASS PROGRAM.
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lowing sung by Marie Miles and Cor
nelia Meade in manner TO thrill
the audience with the sweetness OF
voice.
Myledus Paul Walker delivered an
Grafton on the Possibility of Small
Things" reviewing exhaustively and
learnedly the great Inventions which
have revolutionized the activities and
communications OF the country and
showing that all action to be sue
cess must have its smallest. details
carefully looked after and considered.
He drew the lesson that individuals
must look after the minute things of
life in all its various forms such as
habits. companions and opportunities,
In order TO make the best out OF life.
Happy Birds" was prettily and
sweetly sung by ophella Washington.
Estella Hettie Walker then deliver
ed the valedictory to the. class, teach
ers and other school officers, after
reading profound essay on 1.-THE
Twentieth Century Woman" in
which she proved conclusively that
the women of the present century
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the activities OF life. professionally and
otherwise. Women are: inventors,
they are lawyers, they are doctors,
they are preachers, they are all that
men are and more, while they new
er may reach the presidency, yet they
are the power behind It, which is
greater than the presidency itself.
They do not make the laws Them
selvs but they have them made and
are responsible in the main for all
upllfts of the human race. Indeed,
all things good get their Inspiration
from women. The essay was read in
clear and positive voice and was
convincing in its logic, showing the
wisdom OF more experienced think
er, and, therefore, highly valuable as
coming from n graduate.
THE Land of the Swallows sung
by Eva Green and Mary Jett. was
highly appreciated by the audience
for the high excellency of the sing
ing.
Hon. John C. Dancy OF Washing
ton, ID. c., recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia, an eminent
member of his race, delivered the
commencement address, having for
his subject: Some things that Make
for Greatness"
DIR. Dancy is an orator of fine abll-
lily and thinker of profound mind rs
well as a historian OF vast knowledge,
all of which he freely used to the
edification and instruction of his au-
diencc on this occasion. The adj
dress was replete with learning, elo-
quence, wit and humor, which enter
tained, instructed and elevated his
auditors.
Space forblds a full report of the
text of his address, but even a brief
review of 1t convinces every reader
that 1t was master piece and all
those who did not have the pleasure
of hearing 1t missed something It
would have been well their worth
while to hear, something those who
did hear 1t are glad they did not miss
hearing.
After congratulatlng the class upon
the eXcelIency of Its part OF the ex-
ercises and expressing great pleasure
over his privilege to visit such a thriv-
ing inland city as Clarksburg. DR..
Dancy discussed ably the spirit to do
things as one of the essentials to OBJ
tain success, and with this must be
pluck. determination and energy in
every line undertaken, how humble or
how high. Grasping opportunities
when the first are seen was advised by
him, as opportunities taken advant-
age of produce greater things. He
cleverly Illustrated this by the allu-
sion to the founder of Clarksburg,
who saw in the distant past an oppor-
tunity to start a city such as Clarks=
burg has become since, through the
fact that others Joined the founder
and others Joined them and still 9TH
ers them and so on until the present.
Another illustration was was the In
dependent thought of Christopher Co
lumbus when he started out
from the old world to find new
route to the East Indies and thereby
discovered a new continent with the
West Indies on 1t. Here he discussed
intellect and mems being taught to