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Commencement Exercises

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
June
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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The comniencement exercises of the Ann Arbor high school were held at the higb school hall, Friday morning, and the members of the 37th graduating olass of the institution received their diplomas. The decorations of the aall were the sanie as those of the class day exercises the preceding Wednesiay and have already been described iu these colnmns. There was a large audieuce present, the hall and gallery being fllled and the class rooms back of the hall which had been thrown open jad plenty of occupants. The olass marched iuto the hall accompanied by the faculty and members of the board of education, and took seats which had oeen reserved for them on the north side of the hall nest to the platform. Those of the class who took part in the exercises, together with the inembeis of the faculty and school board, clergymen and others, occupied seats on the platform. The exercises opened with music by the Chequamegons, followed with prayer b}' Bev. J. M. üelston and another selection by the orchestra. Supt. Perry introduced the several speakers, the first of wborn was Miss Winifred Bogle, who took for her subject "Keynotes" and in it advocated the principies of international arbitratiou. James A. Campbell, of Ypsilanti, next spoke on "The man of one idea," in which he argued that while men of one iuea were narrow in their view.3, they were yet factors for good in the community. Miss Sarah Campbell, of Ypsilanti, presented her theme "Pictures from memory, " in a decidedly original manuer and in beautif ui and a ppropriate lauguage. Miss Charlotte H. Walker, of Ann Arbor, spoke iu a clear, loud voice, and was easily heard in every oorner of the hall, which is without exception the worst in its acoustic properties that conld be found in the state. Her subject was "The submerged continent." Sbe expressed her ideas of the subject exceedingly well and in an original manner and was quite sarcastically humorous when in speaking of her interview with a mermaid she put into that creature's mouth the statement that in the ages long ago there were "merinen" but they gradually grew so ert'eminate, parting their hair in the middle, etc, that the race flnally became extinct and that was the reason there were no longer any "mermen." It was a good hit at some of the effeminate young men of the day and took well with her hearers. The orcbestra next rendered a selectiou of music and Miss Lulu V. Lusby, of Aun Arbor, followed with one of the best numbers on the program, au essay entitled "Night brings forth stars." It was delivered very gracefully and in a clear, pleasant voice. Thomas J. Marshall, of Port Clinton, Iowa, told the story of the "Border Héroes." One lady said to the Argus just as bis subject was announced thal the word "border" was wrongly spelled it should have beeu spelled "boarder" héroes, and then he would have a greal subject to speak upon. It was a good effort however, and his fellow students applauded him for it. Miss Sybil M. Pettee, of Ann Arbor, had for her subject that great figure in Norse mythology "Igdrasyl, " aud she builded on it a very good essay. Aoother selection of music followed and then a young lady aud young gentleman got after the newspapers. Miss Vera Chainberlain, of Montpelier, Ohio, spoke on "The Newspaper - its evils, " and living N. Voorheis, of White Lake,discussed "The newspaper, its nierits. " The Argus is sorry to say it but the young lady bad the best of the argument, although it does not euirely agree with her hy any means. The closing oration was by Miss ü-race I. Swindler, of Ann Arbor, on "Diplomas." In the course of her remarks she spoke of the life the members of the class will lead in the future and laid down some good principies for tbern to follow in their life work. The members of the class then caine forward in sections corresponding to the courses they had taken and received their diplomas from Prof. Perry. Mauy of the graduates received boquets of flowers and other more valuaba gifts froia their friends which were brought to thern by a oommittee of the junior class who were kept quite busy arranging and distributing them. After another selection by the orchestra, Rev. John Neuniauu pronounced the beuedictiou and the audieuce dispersed, although maay gathered round the graduates tendering their congratulatious.

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