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reac!Another CIkhs Leave the Doors of the High j plt; School Aiiihl tlie Plaudits of Friends* j in iIn the annual course of the seasons, Kell June with its (lowers and beauties, its 1 'v • charms and attractions has come again 1 11 •and brought with it the high school i commencement when those who have 11 labored long and faithfully in the halls i J of knowledge finish their preliminary 1 nh\ training for life and receive the “well ll? done” of their teachers. j ,. 11Last evening occurred the third an-1 nual commencement of the Forrest high :tn.® sciiool in the M. E. church, which was i I filled with humanity, alt bright and j happy, until the immense audience I formed as striking a picture as the ! group on the stage. The decorationsI were elaborate and in good taste, a large 1 pyramid of lillies, and roses, bearing class motto “Nature our Guide,” occupying the front of the platform. A handsome floral bell suspended aboveamo O:by 1the ordi largstakOinoti: the stage formed an attractive center- j.mn I piece. Eleven golden stars, one for each J1’01! graduate, and bearing her or his first! 1)1,31 name were arranged in triangular shape, ny and suspended from the ceiling. The | , rear of the platform was completely; leJ ; tilled with a pretty collection of pot r , ~ plants and fragrant tlowers. at/'tThe musical selections were unusually fine, a number being heartily applauded.The opening prayer was made bv Rev.; 3Pe( M. V. Crumbaker followed by the ad- t0 a dresses and experiments of the class. j S(J‘“ Eugene Thayer delivered the salutatory and essay “Nature;” Miss Sara Vandenderg presented “Class History;”Miss Blanche I). Young used “Class Prophecy” as her theme; Miss Martha A. Thayer gave the valedictory. The essays and orations as a whole were up to the average of those of previous years, several being exceptionally well composed and well delivered.The remaining seven members of the class gave interesting experiments inOandphysics. Frank Smith illustrated the “ExpansibilityrJ*Li\111I3331031oConstreworOreacj. \v s. HM. iW. 1oa C( doz top 0adoCre alt;Cwas(Jordcllllof J thrperB0strsof Air,” by taking two bottles partly filled with colored water and united by a bent tube inserted tightly in one and loosely in the other.This apparatus was placed under the receiver and the air exhausted, the expansive force of the air driving the water from one bottle to another.Miss Flora A. Watson demonstrated the “Pressure of Air.” A piece of rubber was tied over the end of a hand glass, and when the air was exhausted the rubber burst with a loud report, j a£'| Two glasses which fitted closely togeth- j0^ er, but easily seperated were also used.! a{.,“ The air being exhausted from within | the glasses it was found impossible to : fro pull them apart. Another experiment j ( illustrated the “Downward Pressure of the Air.” , injjMiss Clara Itose explained the “Com-pressability of Air,” illustrating her1 j experiments by ajar filled with water and containing a small bottle. The1 * cover of the jar was fitted with a tube in which was inserted a syringe-bull). I I Upon squeezing the bulb the air was Tn forced into the jar the water transmitt-1 hal ing the pressure to the air in the small I pi t bottle. This being compressed more J.1 water entered and tiie bottle sank to the j Ca bottom of the jar. On relaxing the C grasp of the hand on the bulb the air net returned into it, the air in the bottle cet expanded, by its elastic force driving | to out the water and the bottle thus light-1 inji ened of its ballast ascended to the top bei of the jar. meMiss Minnie Schwarzentraub gave il-1 to lustrations of the “Effect of Pressure I wa on the Boiling Point.” A glass fiaskj the contained water several degrees below I an; the boiling point; placing this llask un- dolt; der the receiver and removing the pres-1 wlj sure by exhaustion of the air the water boiled violently. Another experiment j tri consisted of driving mercury through a wfc solid two-inch oak plug. I weMiss Clara Stanford’s first experiment j on was illustrative of “Air as a Supporter | on of Combustion.” Placing a lighted can-; eh die under the receiver of the pump the ' eai air was exhausted and the flame slowly | sir died out. “The Different Properties of I co: Oxygen and Carbonic Acid Gas” was th also illustrated by exchanging a lighted splint from one jar to another containing different gasses, the light being extinguished in the carbonic acid gas and bursting into a brilliant flame when thrust into a jar containing oxygen.Frank W. Duckett gave a fine experiment in frictional electricity, to show the negative and positive properties of electricity by means of the electrical machine and chime of bells attached thereto.id ' Miss Grace Knights gave two experi-is ments showing the “Power of Oxygen le i as a Supporter of Combustion.” Into the first jar was introduced a piece of charcoal which immediately burst into a brilliant flame and deflagrated with j ai beautiful scintillations. In jar number two containing oxygen a burning watch spring was introduced and consumed., Rev. R. E. Helms presented the dip-.... i lomas with a warm commendation of i tlt■sdns11*)IS11nrI lt;w*m;thblt;!cota18Wilelt;ele-t.s.wofIn1»\vtiolrysts.vethe faithful work of the class. vThe floral tributes were numerous a and very handsome. j sii With the benediction by liev. II. E.Ifl ‘VIA UllKJ MViiVUIVVlVlI KIJ * ¥ t tv. tit1U ! Helms the exercises of 1888 were closed.a
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Forrest Rambler
Forrest, Illinois, US
Wed, Jun 20, 1888
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