The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1894-05-25
COMMENCEMENT DAY
At the Ooala Graded High School.

AhChtg ONCA WhtCl 4sliSo GdHn1C NJldIh
presided, assisted by Miss Nellie Ste.
vens, was witnessed Monday morning
in the south room of the first floor of
the building.
Having waylaid our program, we
regret we cannot publish the same,
but it was full of interest, and the lit
tie ones acted well their parts.
Monday afternoon the pupils of the
itermediate department made their
bow TO the public, over which Miss
Hattie Spiro presided, assisted by Miss
Bertha Benson and Miss F. Lou Will
son.
If there was program for these
pleasing exercises we did not see it.
The participants did honor to them
selves and their teachers.
Tuesday morning the scholars of the
grammar department, under the care
of Mrs. J. d. Balcom, aided by Miss
Annie Sharp and Miss NJ. Janette
Alfred, acted their respective parts to
the great delight of all present.
Reception-W Welcome Gillie Smoak
Concert recitation-Raindow. Girls
Recitation-Master Johnnie's Next Door Neigh
Recitaton-c Of Trades l>Geys geys
Dialogue-How the Story Grew. .Six Girls
Song-Golden Side......... .........
Recitation--what is Gentlemam2~.J. j. Benjamin
Dialogue-Fanny's Secret. Three Girls
Recitation Say, Says l. Says He. Jas Farris
Dialogue--What's in Name Nineteen Puniis
"A ffxrsn icfa aI-a n
Song-Merry SongS........ .........,.............
Dialogue-Does it Pay?....... ..... Six BOYS
Reeitation-Mrs Jones Prospectus..N. Metcalf
song"Tiroiee .e
Recitation-You'n Never Make it Pays. Jewett
Recitation-I.ittle Nut Peop1eC Chas Chfldress
Recitation-A Little Boys TroubleN Peysor
Song-The Voice Within Us.
saledictory.....".......... Rosalie Benjamin
The exercises of the day, and gath
ering for the commencement ceremo-
nies began promptly at 2p. m. Tues
day, with such an array of bright,
smiling and attractively arrayed pu-
pills, fanked by their friends and guar
diansof maturer years that constituted
an audience that would have done
honor and graced royal occasion.
Professor Charles Richards in charge
of the high school department was
master of ceremonies, while his ac-
compllshed and intellectual assistant,
Miss Sanborn, looked approvingly on.
The room and stage had been becom-
ingly and beautifully decorated and
adorning it were Mayor Richard
McCorathy, chairman of the Marion
county board of public instruction.
To hisright sat Mr.. B. A. Weathers and
Mr.. Louis Fox, trustees of the school.
To Mayor McConaty's left we're seated
the two young, fair and intellectually
bright graduates, Miss M. Josie Rog-
ers and Miss Sarah r. Bull, bedecked
in the lovely conventional robes of
commencement day.
After music and invocation by Rev.
j. M. Pike, Miss Rogers ol,ened the
Oratorical exercises of the aft ernoon by
delivering her essay on "Some Signs
of True Reform" This reporter re-
grets that he can not even give SYM
opsis of her paper, as he was so far
back in the hall he could scarcely
catch a word spoken, but judging by
the facial expressions of those who
sat at her feet and the educational Dig
nitaries OH the platform, whose scin-
tillating eyes and approving mods, it
was full of gray meat matter-bright
ideas clothed in sparkling and brill
liant language.
The generous applause and hands
full of lovely boquets, attested the
appreciation of the audience.
Stephen Jewett recited encouraging
words on education, while fair and
graceful Miss Helen Thompson and
her equally beautiful partner lola Y.
Ives, captured all hearts by the ex-
quisite manner in which they sang,
"I've Wondered in Dreams" Rosalie
Zacnarias, with intuition of an actress,
recited with telling effect, "Guilty or
not Guilty." followed by Helen
Thompson, who spoke Bachelors
Soliioquy" with such a delicious inter-
probation and enunciation, that the
faces of those within the reach of her
clear and musical voice, were wreathed
in smiles and suppressed laughter be-
came contagious.
Petite Leila Barnes, who represented
her class, the tenth grade, displayed
the genius of Miss Jules Verne i'm
her her Talk with the Man in the
Moon" and after reading her essay,
which showed good taste in reading
and an Imagination electrical with
fanciful vagaries, sang in good voice
and time, "a Man in the Moon.n
Marion E. Weathers played with
pleasing skill the "Last Rose of Sum-
mern with variations, when Lillias B.
Alfred read delightful essay on
"How far that little candle sends its
light-so shines good deed in a
naughty world.n The Sword of Rob
ert Leeu was declaimed in string tones
by Chas. M Brown. jr., when Lena
Bullock played "Oberon" on the piano,
which brough the valedictorian Sarah
B. Bull, to her feet, and for twenty
minutes held spell bound her hearers
by telling in most graceful, sparkling