Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-27
THE NORMAL SCHOOL.
THE GRADUATING EXERCISES GEL
EBRATED THURSDAY.
The Students Who Got Their Parchments
One Young Lady too Young to Re-
ceive Hers-An Interesting Occasion.

[The following report of the Normal
school commencement exercises was by
an inadvertence left out from yester-
davis HERALD.
The graduating exercises of the state
Normal school took place Thursday al
ternoon at the Grand opera house.
Every seat was occupied, and many who
came little late were obliged to stand
up. The stage was surrounded by floral
pieces. There were fifty-three graduates,
only five of whom were men. The grad
yates were: Maud Boyle, Edith M.
kellogg, Josie A. Byrne, Jessie A. Nc
Coy, Fred G. Coryell, Luella Palmer,
N. Louise Davis, M. Olive Pierpoint,
May Foster, Ada M. Quinn, Lewis R.
Tarr, S. Alice D. Goodrich, Rachael M.
Jamison, Belle Wallace, Minnie R. Jor-
dan, Sarah A. Kelsey, M. Grace Cobb,
Amanda Meyer, Rosalia e. Cowan,
Helen M. Perkins, Helena Fleischman,
Sarah L. Prentiss, May Gearhart, Fred
w. Stein, Caroline S. Harris, Josephine
G. Van Slyck, E. Emma Johnson,
Agnes L. Young. Mary D. Boynton,
Mary E. Kelsey, Mary E. Case, Cora B.
Merritt. R.. Theodore Coulter, M. Mabel
Pease, Josephine Ensign, Lena Polha-
mus, Frances H. Gearhart. William H.
Stearns, Harriet Hanlon, Nellie j. Tay-
lor. OliveJ j. Johnson and Ina Wright.
The post graduates were Emma V.
Caleff, Georgia M. Freeman, Charles f.
Taylor and Lewis S. Thorpe.
Tho rroura m mo UaatQrdav QftarnOOn
was as follows.
'Chorus-To Thee, o Country .......... ... 49,.
oration-Commercial Prospects of Africa
Essay-The Land OF Romance: ,...;.....;
Overture-Von Suppe ........................
e s"o - " .' Frances s. Gearhart
Essay.The Commonplace Rosalia s. Cowan
Selection by Orchestra--Le Cogg. ,.,..........
Essay-A Comparison Mary d. Boynton
Essay-London Bridge. comma. May Gearhart
Presentation of Diplomas ........,...........
Mary d. Boynton is the youngest grad
uate in the history of the Normal school,
she not yet being eighteen, SO her diplo-
ma will be locked up until the young
lady reaches her eighteenth milestone
in life.
The college song, composed by Miss
Mabel F. Doss, met with popular ap-
proval from the audience. 1t is as fol-
lows:
Air-Die Lovelei
When softly the nights dusky mantle
Is falling DER mountain and glen,
Ere the myriad lanterns of evening
Are cleaning in heaven again,
'Tis then from the cares and the worries
That make up this worlds busy life,
We turn, and, in dreaming of past days.
Forget all its troubles and strife
And days OF our far-away childhood,
BY mem'ry bore swiftly along,
Come back in the nights quiet cleaning
And sing us lullaby song.
Thus long in the minds secret chambers
Shall thoughts of this parting time dwell,
And come in the dusk of the evening
To echo our last fond farewell.
In the evening the undergi aduates
rendered reception to the graduating
class and their friends, in the assembly
hall of the Normal school. An audience
of over 400 persons filled the hall to its
utmost capacity, and the programme
was much enjoyed. Following is the
programme:
instrumental duet-Tournamen des Officers
..... 80. Misses Sadie and Lizzie Pepper
Edith Hit. Lola Mcclellan, Lena Polhamus,
Clara Rannells, Nellie st. Clair,
Addsess to the Soe
Vocal solo-The Whippoorwilrs Song. ~.
). ......................... N Louise Davis
Lizzie Pepper, Marian Van Flyck, Sadie
Pepper, Agnes Wallace. Ludima Sayer,
Della Hartley, Grace Bosley, Maud
Boyle, Lou Henry, Claribel Ellis,
Winnie Clifford, and Lola
Mcclellan
Recitation ............ ........ Lena Polhamus
PART H.
The drama Above the Clouds, with the fol-
lowing cast:
Philip Rignold, Crazy Phil, a mountain her
ulI .........-......-. Eu L. DOlihuu
Alfred Thorpe, a city nabob.. w. H. Stearns
Ames Gaylord, country gentleman. -.
Howard Gaylord, his son W. Wendell Donneii
Titus Turtle, a gourmand. Martin Levering
Curtis Chapman, Chips in the Rough. ......
Nat Nayior, Thorpe's protege 49,. ..-........ .
................. AGO., Berney H. Donnell
Grace ingalls,. young artist. nellie st. Clair
Hester Thorne, Gaylord's housekeeper
susy Gaylord, Gaylors daughter Claribel Ellis
Lucretia Gerrish, SO romantic. Belle Wallace
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