The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1910-06-17

With most appropriate exercises and
before a vast audience which COM
pletely filled the High school audi
torium the members of the gradual
ing class of 1910, of the Mt. Vernon
High school received their diplomas
Thursday morning and with words of
advice and encouragement were told
to go forth into the world and take up
he battles of life.
Long before the hour of the com.
mencement exercises, 10 a. m, the
auditorium was filled to it's utmost ca
pacity and many were compelled to
stand during the exercises.
The room was gayly decorated with
streamers of scarlet and white, the
colors of the graduating class, and
with 1910 pennants tof the same
color.
Occupying seats on the sage were
Superintendent John S. Alan, Princi
pal Winans, the members of the board
of education, the speaker of the morn
ing, Rev. F. e. Brininstool, pastor of
the First Baptist church, and Rev. G.
A. Reeder, pastor of the Gay street
M. e. church.
Shortly after 10 o'clock as Scrib-
ner's orchestra rendered march,
Imperial" the members of the gradu-
ating class marched from the recita-
tion rooms and took their place on the
rostrum. The invocation was then
pronounced by the Rev. F. e. Brinin-
STOOL
Romanza, Evening Star" was rem
the orchestra.
With Mrs Iva Sproule Baker at the
piano, the High School Glee Club
sang "The Beautiful Blue Danube" in
an excellent manner.
At this point Superintendent Alan
announced the speaker Of the morn
ing, Prof. Sylvester Scovel, d. D., L..
l.. d., president of Wooster Univers-
ity- Wooster, Ohio. The subject of his
interesting and scholarly address was,
"What is Our Most Sacred Trust, Our
Noblest Opportunity, and Our Severest
Test as Community"
The education of the children was
the answer to the subject-question OF
DR.. Scovel He clearly showed that
education is the essential and impor'
tant part of life in the children and
made the point most emphatic that
one generation depends upon the sue
I ceedng one and said that society
| could not get along without fresh
young nation. He further spoke oi
the long time required to develop mar
for usefulness in the world compared
with the lower order of things.
e The speaker next took up the en-
:. thusiasm for education through the
: historical, material political, religious
: and sociological channels and gave
S numerous illustrations of each. He
i said that it was the duty of education
j. to create an interest for education
+ in children and along he historical
h lines he cited the education of thu
l. Jews, the Persians, the Greeks and thu
e Romans and how much of their edu
l. cational ideas have come down to III
II today.
l. His entire lecture was deep and in
n spring and was an urgent plea TO
1, education both in the public school
II and the higher colleges and universe
:, ties. His words of advice and encouI
4, agement to the members of the grad
t. uating class were exceedingly goo
e and enjoyed by the audiences as mucl
as by the graduates themselves.
Is The Girls Glee Club delightful
Il sang, "Doris," with violin obligato b
o. Miss Mary X. Clark and with Mrs. Iv
x Sproule Baker at the piano.
Is The diplomas were presented to tn
of members of the graduating class b
rs DR.. Carl N. Lorey, president of tn
city board of education.
n. "Scarf Dance" was then rendere
by the orchestra, followed by s.
a. lectior, "School Days are O'er," by th
glee club.
"Song without Words was playe
IN by the orchestra and the benedictio
a was pronounced by the Rev. G..
to Reeder
AS the audience passed out the o