The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1910-04-07
THE HIGH SCHOOL COM
MENCEMENT EXERCISES
Largely Attended and Extremely In.
tereSting.

4 N''N OSf+N4ttiAN Ing IL koNllOCi was lCld III
the opera house Friday evening, April
l, 1910, at 8 O. clock, in the presence of
the largest audience ever assembled in
that building.
Although additional chairs were OBJ
tanned from other halls, every available
seat in both the parquet and gallery
was occupied and many people were
turned away for lack of room. The
/ cOncensus of opinion seems to be that
the size of the audience, its representa-
tive character and the splendid deport-
ment reflect great credit upon the town
and the school.
Admission was by card sent with the
invitations from the senior class High
School boys were the ushers.
The stage was tastefully decorated
with the Maryland and National flags,
potted plants and school pennants. the
latter in green and gold, the class
colors.
On the platform were seated County
/ superintendent Browning, the faculty
and the members of the graduating
class. The boxes were occupied by the
school officials and the speakers of the
evening.
The first and seventh parts on the
/ program were string quartettes under
the direction Of Mr.. Herman Runter,
assisted by local talent, and were well
received The Evening Boat Song, -
by the Robinson children showed both
talent and training. Every one was
delighted with the cultured voice Of
Miss Margaret Scott Miller, of Cum
berland, in the two solos which she rem
dered. DR.. Robinson is always at home
with the violin and the Oakland people
recognize his ability at all times.
One of the marked features of the
program was the class song, by the ten
graduates, paying a tribute to the Oak
land schools.
The literary part Of the program on
the part OF the class consisted of three
essays which will be printed in full in
this and next weeks issues of this
paper
Former Senator George L. yelling
ton was the orator of the evening His
, text was the apothegm of the old Ger
man pessimist Youth is a blunder,
middle age a struggle and old age a re-
greet
For forty minutes he highly enter
tanned the audience with his optimistic
views of life, denouncng the doctrine
OF the text and urging his hearers to
see the silver lining to every cloud and
the golden glow to every sunset Sen
ator Wellington is a thinker and has
the courage Of his convictions and
the Oakland people are always glad of
the opportunity to hear him.
The diplomas were presented to the
graduates by the Hon. Philip Willett in
an eloquent little speech brimful of
thought for the plebian and the poll
tician and the 'sweet girl graduate"
and every one else. His tribute to
/ Washington was beautiful.
The Class of 1910 was composed of
the following: Misses Bessie May AMT,
Georgia May Davis, Eleanor Jane Ped
dicord, Mary c. West and BERTHE May
/ Lawton, and Messrs. Lawrence NJ.
Fraley, Neil c. Fraley, Gus F. New
man, D. Earle Smith and Clarence
/ Murphy.
1t is our desire to publish in full the
papers read BY the graduates and this
week we pu blish that of Neil Fraley.
Miss Davis and Mr.. Smiths will ap-
/ pear next week.
/ Mr.. Fraley's paper follows:
Success Is a termination of airy af-
fair or favorable or prosperous result
of anything attempted
''The young men Of today are rather
inclined to believe that success is be-
yond their reach, and is something for
only those who are exceptionally clever.
/ mat IS the popular impression. They
think that all successful men are lead
ers; but success does not necessarily at
tain such heights. Take for example
the men who sailed with Lieutenant
Hobson on his short but perilous voyage
into the mouth of Santiago Harbor; they
accomplished as mnch in their positions
as their lieutenant did in his 1t was
as important that the man at the engine
which propelled the ship should make a
success of his position and keep the
ship moving, as it was for Hobson to
order her to stop at certain point and
to drop the anchors. Both had to carry
to a successful termination that which
they started to do, and that is what
success really IS. What a man does
well, he succeeds in.
''When one of the greatest men of
our age was asked the secret to success,
he answered, There is no secret to 1t,