The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-29
PUPILS GET DIPLOMAS.
GRAMMAR School Children Ready for
The High School.

lamations-Mr. Ways Address to
the Graduates.
The graduation exercises Of Savannah's
grammar schools last night filed the
theatre with an audience Of school chill
dren, their parents and friends crowding
the old play house as it has seldom been
crowded before. 1t was an audience
which would have made an actors heart
leap with JOY at the thought of the treas
ury receipts.
From the stage to entrance doors of
the vestibule and from the ground floor
to the ceiling, occupying every seat and
standing shoulder to shoulder in the
aisles and every other foot of space, was
a solid jam of humanity, old and young
alike, sweltering in temperature of
about 100 for two hours, but the intense
heat was forgotten in the pleasure that
was derived from the exercises.
The graduates occupied seats on the
stage. The girls wore white dresses with
the colors of their schools in bows in
their hair, while the boys wore rosettes
on the lapels of their coats. The colors
were as follows: Chatham Academy
blue; St. Patrick; red; Cathedral, light
green; Barnard street, white Massie,
yellow Henry street, heliotrope
The principals of each school sat with
their classes and the Board Of Education
occupied seats on the front of the stage
Those present Mr.. Lee Roy Myers; Capt
Henry Blum, Mr.. Randolph Arson, j.
r. Saussy, ESQ, and Capt. w. H. Baker
THE OPENING EXERCISES.
The exercises began promptly at
o'clock with an overture by the orchestra
The first recitation was 1.-THE Reason, =" by
Miss Eva Cohen, of the Barnard street
school. This young lady acquitted her
self admirably and was given an encore
by the audience. A number of bouquets
were presented. Miss Hattie Oliver, of
the Henry street school, followed with
"Only a Private Her recitation was
touchingly delivered, and Miss Oliver
seemed thoroughly wrapt up. in thesubiect
as she pictured the trials Of the poor pri-
vate whose work on the field of battle
brings honor and renown to officers. She
received merited applause.
The singing feature opened at this
point with the rendition of the "BugIe
Song by the graduates under the dlrec-
ton of Prof. Willard N Smith The
children showed the excellence of their
training in this line by their performance
T. 0B. Catherwoods "Fountenoy," by
Charles V. Hohenstein of st, Patrick's
school, was delivered in a stirring manner
Master HOhenstein handled his subject
admirably ''The Second Trial" by
Marion Cooper of the Massie school, was
another splendid effort.
Rise, Rise My Boy" was the second
song of the graduates, and then Miss
Adeline A. Kuck of Chatham Academy
recited the Sword of David" She well
meTited the applause which greeted her
at the conclusion and the bouquets which
were showered at her feet by admiring
friends
THE FIRST AMERICAN CONGRESS.
Walter Higgins of the Cathedral
school made the hit of the event among
the boys in his recitation of the First
American Congress-" Master Higgins
has a clear voice, splendid delivery and
perfect gestures. His GOODNESS was re
markable, and he acquitted him
self like a veteran who had
been addressing public assem-
blages for years The youth
made such an impression that many of
the boys in the gallery kept calling "Hig-
gins" continually during the intervals,
and when he stepped in front for his
diploma, he was treated to an ovation in
which old and Young alike joined.
Villa A. Rock, of the Barnard street
school, recited "School Statistics and
while statistics are generally a dry sub
iect for an audience. Miss Rool1's selec-
ton was an entertaining exception.
MANAGING OF Jefferson Davis" by
John K. Train, of the Henry street
school, was another meritorious recita-
ton.
A double quartette, consisting of Miss
Maria Lesesne, Miss Georgia Howard
and Miss Sallie Jones, sopranos Miss G..
M. Williams and Miss Christene Dykes,
altos; Mr. p. NJ. Dougan and Mr.. w. B
Ford tenors; and Prof. Smith and Mr..
e Drummond. basses, rendered the
''Stars Of the Summer Night in exquisite
style.
THE HIT OF THE GIRLS CLASSES.
The depletion of "Joan of Arcs De
Tense" by Miss Emma E. Strobhar of the
Massie school was worthy effort.
Miss Irene D. Savarese of st. Patrick's
school carried off the honors among the
girls by her recitation of Gen. Lew Wal
1ace's "Chariot Race" Her por-
trayal was so vivid that
she made her hearers al
most feel that they were spectators of
the race. Miss Savarese is possessed of
exceptional Evolutionary talent She was
compelled to bow her acknowledgements
twice to the applause which followed her
recitation and she had to get assistance
to carry off the bouquets presented to her
The graduates song, the swiss Herds
mans Song " after Miss Savarese's recita-
tion. and Miss Maud Pacetti, of the Cathe-
dral school, followed with another al
most equal to Miss Sayarese's, entitled
"Drifted Out to Sea"
''Norwood's Eulogy on alexander H.
Stephens" by Daniel Hops, of Chat
ham Academy, concluded the declama-
ton and recitation part of the programme.
Master Hopps' effort was more of a
speech than a recitation, and he &C
Quilted himself admirably.
The chorus 30 My Country" was sung
as pfelude to the presentation of the de-
plomas by Capt. Henry Blum after which
the double quartette sung '"Twas on
Bank of Daisies Sweet"
MR. WAYS ADDRESS.
Eneas S. Way, Esq, delivered the ad-
dress to the graduates. He spoke about
20 minutes and gave the boys and girls
good advice about the way in which they
should mold their characters in order to
be successful in the future. Mr.. Way
was attentively listened to and applauded
at the end.
YThe chorus aood-Night" concluded the
exercises a few minutes after 10 o'clock.
The following is a list of the graduates:
Barnard Street Sehool-Leonora Am
ram, Eva Cohen, Julia Collins, Marie
Dupon, May Fretwell, Jeanette Herman,
Eva LaRoche, Mena Price, Villa Rock,
Edith Teasdale, Clifford Torlay, Sophie
Wetherhorn, David Allen, Eugene Clarke,
Ariel Stern, Willie Talley, Julian I1son,
James Williams, Fred Dupon.