The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-06-27
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS !
Graduating Exercises Were
Held Last Night.
LENGTHY PROGRAM
A Large Audience Greet the Graduates
and Gives Vent to Frequent Expressions
of Approval-some Excellent Musical
Features Introduced.

A very large and enthusiastic audience
attended the sixteenth annual commence
ment of the Shenandoah High school at
Ferguson's theatre last evening and for
over three hours listened attentively to
the exercises, which were carried out in
very creditable manner.
The stage of the theatre presented a
very fine appearance as the curtain rose
for the opening exercises and at a distance
looked like gigantic picture, the plants
and shrubs at the back ground enChanC-
ing the effect. There was only one thing
in connection with the commencement to
which exception could be taken and that
was the length of some of the exercises.
1t was almost half past eleven o'clock
when the audience was dismissed.
| The exercises compared very favorably
with those of previous years and must
have been a source of great satisfaction to
the teachers who We're instrumental i'm
| bringing the pupils to the goal which
was won by hard study.
The program was as follows: Chorus,
I'VE are Marching Away class saluta-
tory, Learned or Unlearned we ali
Write" Miss Louise Gather: oration,
Higher Aims John c. Lewis; essay
Beyond Miss Pauline Bierman instru-
mental solo, "L' Argentine" p. +.
| O'Donnell; essay, "Uufading Laurels.U
Miss Bridget McGuire grafton, "Our
Heritage" William h. James quartette.
stars of the Summer Night" Messrs.
| James, KEEPER, O'Donnell and Owens
| essay, "Quanti Est Sapere" (Motto of the
class-"How desirable is KnowledgeO
Miss Frances Davies; essay, "a Cultured
Flower Garden" Miss Annie Monaghan;
vocal solo, "Mona," Guy KEEPER; essay,
Our Barque is launched but where the
Harbor," Miss Annie Stein; class recita-
tlon, "a Mothers Easter Scarf, miss Mary
Glbllni chorus, 81 am Dreaming" class;
essay, There are Bars Along the Shore"
Miss Maggie Campbell; oration, THE
Reign OF Mars Joseph J. Reilly; lnstru-
mental duet, "Qui Nive," Miss Monaghan
and Mr.. O'Donnell; essay, moments, the
Gold-dust of Time" Miss Matte Shields
oration, "Our Powers" W. Grant Lessig
Night" Misses Gather, Lewis, Roche and
Shields, Messrs. James, KEEPER, O'Donnell
and Owens essay, I'VE Finish to Begin. -
Miss Mary COnnors; class history, Guy c.
KEEPER chorus, Evening Bells" class
essay, "Heroines of History Miss Salle
Roche; Grafton, "Our Country's Future"
David A. Owens; essay, "Webs That Are
Woven" Miss Hattie Jones quartette,
Messrs. James, KEEPER O'Donnell and
owens; oratlOn, There Shall be rro
Alps" P, f. O'Donnell valedictory,
"Moonlight at Sea- Miss Carrie Belle
dent of the School Board remarks, mem
bers of the School Board chorus, Part
ing Ode, class.
The audience had excellent reasons
for the enthusiastic approval of the
several numbers of the program, as
each graduate showed the gratifying re-
suits of hard, conscientious study and
faithful instruction, but as on ali such
occasions there were some parts which
appeared to have an especial effect upon
the audience and among them were the
salutatory of Miss Gather, the class reel
tation of Miss Giblin, the class history of
MI Guy KEEPER and the valedictory of
Miss Lewis
Mr., Keiper's effort was very humorous
one and he well deserved the hearty ap-
plause accorded him. He started out by
provoking a roar of laughter upon the as
sumed egotistical expression that the pro
gress of the world as depicted by the his
torians paled into significance when com
pared with the momentOus Incidents
which attached to tn class of '9t. He
followed this up with the prediction that
the memory of the class and its achieve
ments on the field of action will remain |
as green as the grass on the culm banks |
surrounding Shenandoah. Mr.. KEEPER |
introduced in his discourse a number of !
original puns at the expense of the class |
which were received with much favor.
The vocal and instrumental music in |
uoduced during the exercises was of |
superior order, the glee club consisting OF |
Messrs, James, KEEPER, O'Donnell and |
owens, was especially successful in |
pleasing the large audience.
The diplomas were presented to the |
graduates by Hon Patrick Conry, presi- |
dent of the School Board.
Several of the graduates received valu- |
able presents after the close of the eXer- |
clses, No presentations were allowed |
before the au2ienca. even HpEprg heinz
EN- braced in the prohibitory rule.