Ann Arbor High School

The graduatimg exercises ior the S7th annual commencement of the Ann Artwr High School were held Friday last, at 10 o'clock a. in., ia the chapel, There were 74 mames receiving degrees, six of whom received more than ane, leaving 68 actual graduates. The deeorations of the hall were very pretty, the high Bchwol colors, maroon and lemon, uniting wlth those oí the graduating class purple and orange. and those of the júniora light green find white, U relieve the eyes of any monotony or lack of vasiety ín color. The "Welch language was cxplored for a clas motto with; the result of, fintíinlg thi.s : "Y gwyr yn erbyn y bidd." It has a meaning, thougli an Ensitehman would hardly thinU it. The junior were contant to aclopi the Latin ''Prorsum Sursum." The stage was handsomely decorate'l wtth potted plante, members of the school 'board, the graduat'.ng orator-, Profr. Perry, Pnttengill, etc. Muisic -was fumlslhed by the University orchestra, which opened the exercises, followed witih prayer by Bev. J. M. Gelston, The f.rst gradúate to deliver lier ora■tüOD)- 'flor the -wi-Jtitea essay, gattly decked wlth ribbon., etc., and read in a singsong maainer was dispensed witti- -svas Miss Viniired Bosle, oí thls city, and BhO talked about "ICej notes." Sbe reTiewed somewhat the advancement tf tlie century just closlng, and predicted that far sreater fhings "were yefc to come ija th& uentury upo'n who-se threshold xo now stand. That the people of to-day nad more practical questionis to face and settle than did those ot our fathers, -who dealt more ia sentiment Ttue matjons of the earth did not rush to war to settle disputes as for merly, bufc submitted to national arbi tration. fiibe thought tliat we Avere practically; enterins upon an age o. discoxery und researcb, and that the end oí tais glorlouis 19th century ■vould come in BunlShine and not in sumiset. "The Man of Oiae Ida." had a tíhampiKn in James A. Campbell, of Ypsilanti. WbQe admitting that tlie man wibo was well developed botb pliysicallj and mentally was the cmé whio took the "best st-ainding in the world, y-et tbe nian whio confined himself to some one special purpose or study, and made himself master o! ifc, was not to be looked' down upon. There was plenty of room In the worlij for the man with one idea, prOTiding tbat idea Kvas not impractlcal, in which case euch a man was to tw pübled. Then referencefe were made to men who. working upon one idea had accompli&hed gi'eat things. The drudg-ery of the world must foe lut the educated man will not dol it, and it is lelt to the uneducated. Even the dude who cultivated Btyle lastead of his luead has a place ia the wond, for lue is a great antidote agaimst the accumulation oí wealth. The plodder, the money getter, the scientist are not to be left uncounted in reckoning the benefactoTs of the human race, l laiarai Campbell, in "Pictures of Memory," carried the audience Through a gallery and drew iiictures tor them to gaze upon,Bome of whicü wore pleasimg, some nöt bo pleasing, and all children of fancy. "The Su'limcrgod Continent," was told alout in a very pretty way by diarlotte Walker. For the descripCtontinued on7th page) Ai ARBOR__HIGH_ SGHOOl. (Continued (rom lst f'íige tion a monnaiil had been Bummoned frora the (lepths oi the sea at iheCan&ry fetos, and In the purest ol Greek the recital oL how the continent umj lts peop'.e had lived and propered iiml Imtii cUs.-íln-dVcd was made to ber, tho audlence receiving the tory lia Eimlish a-; slio transíuteds it - tor iheir benefit. TUe speaker made tfhe pcople In the audlence hear what liad d say, iv whleh pralse sAxould be aceoi'ded. There wcro t-ornp very keen and witty thrnsts at Hhe vanitieB and üoibles indulged in by .vountí men, especlally, and the eííort ín ■: L! til inucli praiise. It was ïjoth well written a nd well dellvered. a. piece of nmsic, Lulu V. Lusby told foow "Xigiht B rings Fortb Stars," a mi fft told it üi a very hannimg and delightful manner, A stmeet was plctured, t'lio light 'gradually fadiing, and darkness prevadingall fluí earth; thcn the stars carne fort'h a;nd we stand in their dim light wit'h the impenetrable íuture beíore tus. Slhe told how darfcnesB liad en oloped the peoples of the cufre worlí in tibe Middle Ages, a.nd how the li'ht and gtoi-y of our civllisíitioai hiiü sprumgírom ttoe earage tribes of those times; üvow the billliant genius oí the blind llmnor ,-iill scintillated; and liow r.onl r.yron, lorn amid enemies and dyiaig amid strangers' and alone, liad ligh tened up the ages 'by; hte wiswisdom. Isolatiou and darknesg Ntre-ngtlions and deepens thought. This was asa excellent production, ful! of good thought, and well delivered eJsé, Thos. J. Marshall, of Port Clinton, Olvio, paid a fine tribute to the pioneer fathers whio settled this greaí west, in -'Border Héroes." Ifrom the eonquest o f the Indiajfcho inhalnted the wools, and aRntains and platas of mir great jniddle and western states, to the fight ol Gen. Houston for the liberty of the Lone Star state, against tJhe more enliightend Mexicans, he carried the audience, and gave to' tüiose brave and daring lovers of íreedom tlh mead oí pralse that rig-htrully belonged to them. "Igdrasyl." Tliat is an uncomroom word. Bat Sy!bil M. Tette ga volts meanlng in such a plealng and gen teel way that oiie quite íorgot th-e queer aggregatioin of consonant-, and only listened to her tale oí myths iof Uie ancient Noreemen. IgdrasyJ was the Shcred Ash, or tree Of tlie woi-ld, anl i-fas description wiU no díoub't tempt nuore than one v-ho Usteneü to seek out the Norse Mytholugy and leam more of its beauty, and the wisdom that it íseeks to tejaca. AbO'ut the only way to give a Bynopste oí whíit Vera Chambtiib:, oí Montpelicr, Ohio, liad to say of "The Xewspaper- Its EtíIs," would i give the essay emtire, whicü we liiave mot room to do. It ws ao Uble effort, a,nd gave some of the evü UMiiVeiicles of the new-papets Oí the diay, ono oí which was tliat 'oí allowhng iO tetlitor to do the thinking íor tlne people. The assertion tiliat there were three great edttors, Dana, Hal.stead and Watterson, was quöted. Tino scandal ihat Eilled the coauimms oí papers to the exclusión o; di better matter, and a description o"f tbe murder.s amd pictureá oí the murderers wals nio't a thing to (be ■sanctiotaed. The Sunday paper ateo carne in Sor denunciation with its piltiiful exhibition of its educational cun-iculum. It was not a source of culture and never was intended to he, aod it wias diotog an evil toy trying W fonce itself upon the public to the iexclU'Sicta of pure and good literature. It was ain excellent article from the statulpoiait taken, much of its criticisin beljng Just. Many o'f the nsr Isertioms made, however did not npply td the weekly paper, which üoes amare to edúcate amd lead tlie masses ót tJiis snatüon tWan any other íorce td-diay. Irving N. V-oortieis, of "Wliite Lake gave tShie oWher side of the question : "The Ne-mspaper- lts Merite." He started off by the assertion that the Ghrlstian religio1!! was to-day the fereatwlst reganeraltng force of so'cU-ty in the wwld, and next to it oame the newspaper. It had fcy (ar a gi-eater power for good than feViil, and ilt muist pso-t bo judged or ondiemnied by a íew extreme ininstances. He contended that editors in the aggregate were a superior class of prople, not only ïnteUëctually TMit morally, and gave proof of the assertiion. Nations are naturally, vain oud exclusive, and were it not for the newspapers circulating among the intelligent people of this nation giving the achievements and advancement of other nations, these United States would become insufferably proud. It is an educational medium, to teaching the people in every depaxtment oí human activity, in science, art, trade, finance, literature, etc, and gives to them the very best pnoduets of the human miiul. The freo press oL America is a. necessary complement to her free school.. With all our school we could not keep pace wftli tito advaoeement of the nge were it not for the newspapers to Étíasennlaat the kjmo'w'Jedge gained frorn day to day. Wno can doubt but one becomes larger and stronger by reasoin of this educating power? The community Tvhere inopt newspapetfe are circulated is the most educated community. Like paper, liks people. The curation ie 011e that Üeberves a publieation in ïull, icr ín this brief synopsis ifc is impossibsle to gire bnt a fahit idea, of the points made. The last speaker was 'Jrace I. Hwiindl-er, who told albout "Diplo-. mas," a.nd wha-t they stood íor. Diplomas have been known a long tixne, ■evon beSare schools were established, and da nofc indícate that au educa■tLoin te oompleted, bnt ave jiven to ■show tliat eertain advancement has been made. The speiker was gracefnl in mamier, and forceful in reasoning', and had one oí tlie bese essays of the day. After this, the diplomas were elven to the graduales, and another rlass stepped up and out into th? liïe which lies beiwe them. Ölassical- Josephine Bowea, John W. Bradsliaw, Barbara Burt, Winlfred Bogle, James A'. Campbell, Ypsilanti; Helen M. Gelston, Koger S. Morris, Grace I. Schwindler, Parthenla Sytes, Charlotte 11. Walker, I.. 1'. Ray WUloughby; Roscoe M. Wood, Saliue; Matilda C. "Woods. Rapid City, S. D.; Florence K. "Wetmore. patin conrse - Blanche Arnolcl, of Greenville, O.; Effa A. Arinstrong, of Cbelsea; Wlnifred Bogle, Yera Clianiberlain, of ilontpelier, O.; Gertrude JI. Chute, Oliver M. Davis, of Howell; Marión I. Durand, Margaret Jones, Fred H. Loud, Au Sable; Louise il. Lau, Christine 51. Lilley, Luíu V. Lusby, Mary E. Middleton, of Shabbona, 111.; Nellie D. Mingay, Grace L. Moore, Sybil M. Pettee, Florence I. Spence, Grace I. Schwindler, Ralph H. Van Cleve, of Marinette, Wis.; Charlotte H. Walker, L. P. Ray Willoughby. English course- Levl H. Ashley, Geo. E. Baldwln, of St. Johns; Meta Alice Bancroft, Ira A. Campbell, of Whitehall; Charles B. Davis, Pearl Jenney, of Newberry; Theresa B. Kearns, 51abel Marshall, of Gaylord; L. Hayes Russell, of Hart; Roy al K. Starkweather, of Northville; Elizabeth Voorheis, of Frankfort; H. Josephine Herey, Lloyd Hamilton, of Ashland, 111.; Kate Voorheis, of Frankfort; Roy Howard Whitten, of Utica, N. Y.; Alice B. Walker. Scientific course- Emil H. Arnold, George E. Baldwin, of St. Johns; Paul Cheever, Sarah Campbell, of Ypsilanti; Mary E. Cody, Louise C. Griswold, Henry O. Hitchcock, Víctor E. Kurtz, Sidney J. Kiddor, of Terre Haute, Ind. : Arthur S. Lyon, ji, of Scio; Thomas J. Marshall, of Port Clinton, O.; Gertrude P. Norrls, Bertha M. Palmer, Clara B. Phelps, of Pontiac; Burt C. Rice, Wirt I. Savery, of Saline; John B. Taylor, of Wheelersburg, O.; Irving X. Voorheis, of White Lake. Engineering course - L. Spencer Nlchols, Royal K. Stavkweather, of Northville. Commercial course- Ola J. Gates, Eugene Osenburg. William C. Miller.