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for uor.edingcent*centec.at theublica thee nomorvitcdlaternaper.off 17th0 80-wcstworkeport just idles,Anniversary of the High School.The Anniversary or Commencement exercises ol the Burlington High School came rff at Mozart Hall, yesterday aiternoon.The seats were more than full, quite a large number ot spectators having to content themselves with standing room. The platform was tastefully adorned with flowers, and the wall in the rear gracefully festooned with evergreens, interspersed with flowers, the whole presenting a pleasant and refreshing appearance. The following ■was theORDER OF EXERCISES.Music.Prayer—by Fev. W.jWa sonI. BuiuUtory Oration—Harry C. Garrett.2 Essay—Letter*- By via L. Bentley.8. Or»tion — Eiiti 'at on—R. Aft! »ck.4 Essay—Are the Pu'ture* oi Lie Worth Win ning—Jennie L Par sous.5 —Hetreapvet ion—Flora W igh’man.Music.6 Oration—Tbe Age We Live In—Wm M McKittedck.7 Kssay—Tt*e Itmti Temple- Emma Turner.S Essay—Nature can Bmtie or Weep—Nannie Q£ under land.9. Basay—The Three Pictures—Mary Ridding. Music.10. JSs?«*y W at v.\*ud'it Thou have ra* do!—Mary B McCaabII. Essay—Unfettered—Josie Worrell IS. W! at will the World eaj?-Emma S. Acres.Music.18 Oration—Intellectual Discipline and Intellectual Dissipation—Charles Maori).14 Kssaj—Stepping-Stones—Jodie Harper.1\ E say—True an i False Lights on the Ocean oiLife -Clara Smith.M 1S1C.16 Essay—What has. thou gleaned to day—Ada R. Rav.17 Valedictory - Finished — t iara BWiliams.ChratheSalesextrasettleto #1$1 IV1 qUgrt.d63c;*;01 ' n*s a00ctirnuaotnt*7c,andH*mu;btl ifq no!gOOlceet!chaiL'f VAle,All the members of the graduating class, as named above acquitted themselves cred-mar- I itably—some three or four with markeddl theloney,otherability and success, but we forbear mentiond try.ing names, lest in praising these we do injury to others.Tne class was addressed by Prof. 8mitb,f the I the principal oi the High bchool, who alsoleased presented the members with their dir*the al at-pkmas.Prof. Smith, also, in behalf of his assort was | eiatiate teachers and tne school, presentedB J Hall, Esq , President of the School Board, with a handsome gold headed cane.Asa concluding exercise, the graduates sung in fine style the following :.SONG OF TiiE CLASS OF lS«v,md in addedac--» it?7 (o .mil6,70 $8 1 to eSaudbroextiqui51lt;fCoi88quiactmaquiLaCu ]Weiyb«:of bnbrs:cselfrisbn herLnitedAir—*-7'» iticord of B .nktr Hi I.thrsking-l8tfromculiarmanyllio-Four ver® asro our happy handTogether sought to tillOur vie ;lI N'U.s-our hungry minds—By draught? lrom learning's nil;Our wavering aiepa wue Mift y mo Where virtues ways lLCiine ;And now we come with parting words,This c ass oi hi*.OUlt;mire ondcz*rtaininTFour years we've drank together oft\ Of wisdom’s flow ing fomnt,Aud oft' each other help have given, To scale the nigged mount;In sympathy we ail are one;Our trembling hearts entwine.In joy or grief— what e’er befailThe Ciass oi C9.V1(JclbiPY Ty so toity, innown.withidience: been.Band,Our school days o’tr we forward lock. From this much honored day./ - ng Bm of serious thought,An ever devious way.W ith grateful hearts we say good by To teacher, friends,— in line,To all w ho ve helped, amid oar toil. The cl a?9 of Oil.DWe were much pleased to see so large anFI Twnoreturnattendance an 1 to observe the interest and y appreciation manifested. We should have v mentioned above that each member of theThey s, andeasn:r frig-excur Thetheirclass ob concluliDg her or his performance, v. as greeted with a shower of b uquets, which had been prepared in grtat profusion by the friends of the students. bo .a ire and so fine a class, graduating with the approving smiles and amid the tioral offerings of relatives and friends, must have impressed all with the wisdomC£Li1taud excellency ot our common school sys-held at tem, which thus brings to the very doors7 * * ■liliam r, Iowaitns,bwereneeded elebra-1 olid ay. meetoi the pci pie the advantages of a thorough academical education. If a proposition to c mplete the High School building could have bei h submitted to the large gather ing of our citizens who witnessed the extr-cises yesterday, it would have been carried unanimously, so lavorabiy were all evidently imorcsatd.U6t* 10 SIATE NEWS.aember The Mitchell county yetc*, published at
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Burlington Daily Hawk Eye Gazette
Burlington, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 19, 1869
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