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: High Soicom. GiLAiiL'ATiNa Kxiaciflii.—Amopglhe most plea*iuj(j»ud interesting entertainments wilfywhipk-lt;wr atUenfl have.bccn bVqmfc in fr^ng’ Aujfe wastife* gracfuiii^gg exercises of 'the* Cedar Rapids High Scliool, In iltf Opera House, on last Friday evening.A. JtA sAfier the inTonlMMiMniuic,Ui« ex-bj.theiead-TI^™^*^.inf*nioaply. arranged aiticl^in^exfctt^ a degree of rea-soriing, thcu jhtSd research but rarely^^•Sfe^^tper!eneCBTxnve f narrowj Jboands of yMrerilisG .Sargent. being'ODTy.Hixtewt’years or age. The next in ortfertwas anOration-—“Salmonr. yt.p. M.Sf.qaeban•tor■tor at orBtOXstorstorBlor•torn!«r»|O0lanl*{»m»aiJhmimwice■ T»B9T*rrlolt00kl*rkfctreon8.tonoean*.rP.i cm ton ids Ion i^non.i rg 1*.»tP. Chase,”—by A. Gordon Mruiy-Ikis. CWBisted ufa luograpliieaP sketch of Mr. Chase's life and’acHIcvemenis, was well and.concisely, arranged, delivered with ease, and demonstrated:that Mas-.ter Murry liad a taste for this kind of ■work and a tact for arrangingiL Miss EvaStiles next read .an-’ Essay—Cul-Hire,”— in which was vividly portrayed the effects of association with dilfivated or'uncultivated persons; the; resadts ofcultdrc upon individual men and wonicu; the influence of culture upon society, and the necessity for each’ -one aiming.at the highest degree of ciriUire, 7idt aloise fo/it’s;influence upon the individual, hut upon Poclety at large. The essay was quite long and showed | that Miss Stiles had a true appreciation of her subject'. Next in-order was an Essay by. Miss. Haltie (Boyce, on-“Language” We •were-nnable tojiear* as’rouch of this essay ae we wishe'ibuk were mm-L pleased with wliat' we did hear.. The subject is an excoedmgly diflicultone to treat iu npopular vein,'! but.Miss Boyce did not iail to .clothe it in a most pleasing manner; a manner^ which exhibited more. talent and thought, perhaps, than would a subject less-difficult. ^Following this was an Oration on “.Stability of Character,” by John C. Leonard. Master Leonard in elucidating his subject called to hisaid the history of the Nations, ) communities ntid individuals, and exhibited in the arrangement of his perforimuiceia very* good degree of though!, reseaiih and observation. While we have not a word of ad verse criticism upon theoration, it may notrbe amiss to suggest, that if Master Leonard contemplates following the .vocation^.of «■ public spcaker.'fclic pnjsen t i6 thievery best ’time be will eycr Hare to-.cultivalc his oratorical talent, and that lit will be •w ell ' f«»r.' him lo; adopt atonce a very rigid pvslnn of prtiing and training. Tiie next and U^Lof.lhe performance* by the graduates war. an Es^ay—“Cdgi; ta, Pare, Fnc,”~(Think, Speak.' -Actk and the Valedic!oryv*by: Miss Mollie K Met'leiieliHU. Mite McCtenehan exhibited true schollarly ntlninmenta and culture, both in her composition end its style of delivery, the former being admirably arranged and nicely worded, and I lie latter clmrnderiaed by an eaxc, grace and dignity but rarely seen in performances of this character. The Valedictory was most appropriate, and was deliroicd in a pleasant conversational Ft vie which diverted it altogether of that formal end “sol speech character peculiar lo most College Valedictories. Th*’ essays and orations ended, tV. TVLcacli, President of the School Buard. nflei a short and appropriate speech, awarded the diplomas to-the graduates, anti the exorcises eloacd by a.parlibgsoog from the clt«*ir. Taken a* n w?iob*,ih?s ««s an exhibition **f which every citizen of tledar kapids may feel justly proud.as it wax one of our public wliwlt and i*i alike credihtldo to the gTndnntes, their i list nickin’, and our city. There is rmthiiig in which wc should feel a deoper interest than in our public schools, and tins occasion Is a 6 given additional evidence of t heir importance, and additional rf.rson why our endeav-*»rv. Fhmitd he.to not only kcepthemat their present high Ptandard of excellence. but lo1 assist in elevating the standard stall higher.dsafUBa .ittoa\ItorofBOinIbatth.d*ofweV*tetan.roiIiiiawediwre/wks«*cdO!Ptin*buttowperil exb%i.h,honTdid)willera;nev-nbtiarc'proflyllB.reoinimthe-,dimids,gumllieiIsOuragyiis so enlc FioeBob* 'Juik the IA
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Cedar Rapids Times
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 19, 1873
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