1811

Cleveland Morning Leader, 25 June 1864 (30 inches) ~ See original
p.4, col.3 ~ View at ChronAm

1811 - L June 25:4/3, 4 - Iligh school commencement exercises were held at
Chapin's hall yesterday.
Officers of the board of education present were: John H. Sargent,
president; J. D. Hodson, secretary and Anson Smyth, superintendent.
Graduates of East and West High school were: Ilenry Fair lamb Clark,
Catherine Hannah New man, and Martha Ann Hewett. Sixteen other graduates.
The program consisted of the follow irg:
A prayer; and oration, "Let There B : Light." W. Howard Webster; an
essay, "Hidden Treasures," Martha A. Hewett; an essay, "Woman's Work is
Never Done," Emily L. Hurlburd; an essay, "Lifting the Weil, " Helen C.
La Gourgue. Six more essays.
All essays had to do with the present war, and the future after the
war is over.
John H. Sargent, in concluding his speech said: "The liberality of
our city has enabled you, at home, among your own friends, to prepare
yourselves for the pursuit of knowledge, within the higher institutions
of learning in our country, or to take part understandingly, and credit-
ably in all the common intercourse of refined civilized society."
There have been 80 teachers laboring faithfully in the city schools.
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Schools and Seminaries

Index terms:

Chapin's hall; Clark, Henry Fair lamb; Cleveland board of education; East High school; Hewett, Martha Ann; Hodson, J. D.; Hurlburd, Emily L.; LaGaurgue, Helen C.; Newman, Catherine Hannah; Sargent, John H.; Smyth, Anson; Webster, W. Howard; West Side High school