The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-31
EVENT OF THE YEAR
LivingstOn's High School Graduates
Buried in a Sea Of Glory.
SOME SPLENDID REMARKS
The Young Aspirants Acauit Them
selves Admirably Before a
Large Audience-Replete with
Music and Elcquence'

snec,al correSpondence OF the standard
Livingston. MAY 29.-The third an
nuaI commencement exercises Of the
Livingston high school were held Tues
day evening in Hefferlin opera house
and brought forth the largest and most
expectant audience ever assembled in
the MAGNIFICENT structure. Every seat
in the parquet and gallery was occu-
pied and many were forced 10 stand.
Fully 1000 people were present and IL
was a cosmopolitan gathering. too.
As usual on such occasions the fair
sex was largely in the majority. and
many a proud parents bosom swelled
with pardonable pride as one by one
the graduates stepped TO the front and
delivered their respective orations.
The exercises opened with an invo-
cation by Rev. Mr.. Pritchard. after
which an instrumental duet Spanish
March," was well rendered by May
Mcleod and W. 2. Mulholland.
Maud Kinds. the salutatorian, then
stepped TO the front Of the stage and in
a clear. ringing voice, and with perfect
composure. delivered a splendid Grafton
on Washington and Lincoln. She
briefly reviewed the lives Of these two
immortal patriots and statesmen. and
paid a glowing tribute TO their mem
ory Speaking of Lincoln. Miss Kinds
said: His was the grandest figure of
our times. the gentlest memory OF our
world"
The salutatorian was followed by
Nivienne Hunter. the subject or whose
Grafton was Success Means Sacrifice.
With excellent articulation and grace
full gestures Miss Hunter proceeded TO
show that in order TO active success
in life many sacifces must be made
one may gain glory and renoWn and
still not achieve that degree of success
for which strife is made. The path
way of knowledge. she said. is the road
to success. That which is great, COM
handing and lasting. is won by stub
born energy. patient industry, unwear-
led application and indefatigable zeal
The next number on the programme
was a piano solo. faultlessly rendered
by Ernestine Burg.
Minnie Foss then delivered an ora
ton, entitled our Ship Is Launched
Ii was a splendid dissertation and
showed fine reasoning and thought in
. preparation. She compared the gradu-
ating class TO a ship about to be
launched on some turbulent sea, and
waxed eloquent as she proceeded with
her fine word picture. She said AS
the stately ship is launched into the
bound)ess ocean. so we tonight launch
one frail craft out into the sea OF life
amid the admiration Of parents and
friends and profusion Of flowers
The Future OF America" was the
subject of Mabel Mortimer's Grafton.
The young lady spoke with excellent
emphasis and handled her subject in a
mastery manner. She reviewed the
progress during the past century in
science. literature and inventions, and
declared that the achievements Of the
past are but an index Of the future.
Her prophecy for the future was very
interesting and optimistic. She said:
I'VE can see tonight with the eye
of prophet, country so advanced in
self-government that wise laws provide
public work for the willing and idle
men, and tramps are unknown" She
took the ground that the government I'm
the twentieth century would own the
railroads, telegraph lines. etc, and that
women would have the right of
suffrage. In conclusion, she said that
we see a country where crime has
ceased, ignorance is a thing Of the past
and liberal education is the posses
sion OF all"
Miss Mortimer's Grafton was followed
by finely executed piano duet. rem
dered by Vivienne Hunter and Alice
Chambers.
A very interesting innovation was
then introduced by the four male mem
bers Of the graduating class. 1t was
an oratorical debate on the question
Resolved. That Chinese immigration
Is Detriment 20 the United States
and Therefore Should Be Prohibited d
Bernard owen and William Hoskinc
had the affirmative side Of the question
while Edward Cornwell and Herbert
Reese defended the heather sons OF
Confucius. The discussion bristled al
the way through with logical argu.
ment sarcasm. wit and humor The
personal cOlloquies between the dis.
putants gave evidence Of ability on the
part OF the young orators.
The debate was followed by a plan,
solo by Hattie Mallon
Martha Ash, the valedictorlan. ther
delighted the audience with her elias
Prophecy OF '9j' II was an exceeding
~ faceuous disquisition, and set tn
house IN an uproar OF laughter. Tn
Grafton was strikinCly original anl
was adorned and embeliished with DO
etical sentences. The gifted youn'
lady woVe a beautiful network of ro
nance around her classmates. an,
prophecied brilliant future for eacl
one OF them.
After the rendition Of the Fare
Well song by Mrs. Jocasta Afjelde an,
Miss Bright Hunter. George Anderson
IN neat speech, presented the class o
80 with diplomas He congratulate
the graduates on the splendid showing
they had made, and predicted for Their
bright future. He urged upon them
however, the necessity for continuou
endeavor. honesty and self-reliance
and advised them 10 conhne thei
promises well within the bounds q
their ability TO make such promise
good.
The grand festival OF oratorv an
carnival Of instrumental and voca
music closed with violin solo NIGEL
rendered by Harry Elliott. accompa
MED on the piano by Jennie Elliott.
IN TRAIL CREEK.
There is Considerable Excitement Owe
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