The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1895-07-05
WHOLE NUMBER 2t02.
IN TWO EVENINGS.
Grammar school Graduation and Alumni
Reunion.

Following the high school commence
ment exercises, full account of which
was published in the NoRTHERNER of
last week, came the grammar school
graduation and alumni reunion, COM
pleting the closing exercises of the
school year.
Gram Graduation.
The graduating exercises of the gram
mar department of the Paw Paw public
schools were held at the opera house on
Thursday evening of last week and, not
withstanding the fact that an admission
fee was charged, every inch of room
was occupied. The receipts amounted
To almost fifty dollars.
The decorations and arrangement of
the stage were elegant and the exercises
were of high order of merit from first
to last.
The class consisted of twenty-five
members, the largest in the history of
the school. Above the stage was dis
played the class motto, Not how much,
but how WE'LL" while the stands in front
were laden with beautiful floral offer
ings and other gifts for the members of
the class.
Promptly at the advertised hour, the
exercises were opened with fine in
strumental duet by Fora and Mason
Fish, followed by an invocation pro-
nounced by Rev. N G. Brundage, pas
tor of the First Baptist church.
Miss Kittie Showerman rendered
| fine instrumental solo, followed by Miss
l.Rhetta Chapman, who acquitted her
self very nicely with her recitation of
CLONE"
women as Inventors" was the sub
ject of very creditable and interest
ing essay read by Miss Viola Monroe
The essay showed that its writer had
been making diligent inquiry concern
| ing the topic on which she had written.
when the tide comes in" vocal
solo by Mrs. Emma Paige, was greatly
appreciated by her listeners and receiv
ed round of well deserved applause
Joseph Thorp recited the picket
Guard" very nicely, and Miss Rae Show
erman followed with vocal solo,
"Snow Flake" which was very pleas
| ing to the audience.
Miss Zina Waters essay, "The Gifted
Tramp" was a study of the English
poet, Oliver Goldsmith, and evinced
great degree of familiarity with the life
and works of that eminent writer.
Miss Christine Hudson's rendition of
''The Marriage of the Flowers" was a
|
evinced large degree of talent for the
stage on the part of the young lady.
Guilty or not Guilty, a recitation by
Miss Ila Hall, was well rendered, and
the audience was visibly affected by the
pathOs ofthe production.
The vocal solo by Jane Broughton was
a delightful production, well executed
and very much appreciated by the au-
| dience.
Calling a hoy in the morning."
recitation by Mark Chaffee, was we'll
rendered, and portrayed in a realistic
manner the different effect produced
by call from mother or one from
| father
The Glass History" by Miss May
Tyner, was an interesting portrayal of
the doings and characteristics of the
class, ana was finely rendered.
A violin solo by Miss Leta Packer
showed high degree of musical culture
in one of her years, and was a very
pleasing feature of the program.
1.-The Old Woman who Lives in
Shoe" by Miss Mabel Andrews, was
new version of an old topic. Eng
land was represented as the "shoe" and
the writer likened the various nations
that are or have been under her control
|
lived therein One of her children,
america" had long since become of
age and ceased to be the the subject of
parental authority
"Boccina," vocal solo by Mrs.W G..
Y. Ferguson, was finely rendered and
received with applause.
Clyde Cummings Grafton, Finances of
the Revolution" showed deep research
and close stndy of early American his
tory, and was well spoken.
The Glass Prophecy" presented by
Miss Marie Ryan, predicted pleas
ant future for each OF her classmates.
None who knows them will wish them
"A less pleasant lot than that predicted
by the essayist
With few earnest and we'll chosen
words, Mr.. j. w. Free presented each
member of the class with "A well-earned
diploma emitting them to enter the
high school, from which it may reason
ably be expected that large and in
telligent class will graduate in go
A male quartet, Messrs. Squier, Cum
ings, Cooper and More, sang beautiful
song, May Time" which so pleased
the audience that the vocalists were
compelled to respond to an encore.
just here occurred "a number not on
| the program, presentation 10 MI.
More, the teacher, of a souvenir spoon
on which was beautiful engraving of
the school building. The presentation
address by Miss Zina Waters was very
neat. In his response, Mr.. More COM
plimented the class upon the good work
they had done.
The evenings entertainment was con-
cluded with a beautiful operetta, enti-
tied Enchanted Wood" of which the
following is a synopsis:
Six children leave school for a romp
in the woods, and after some quarrel
ing, separate and wander one 10y one,
into the borders of the enchanted wood.
Here, by order of the fairy queen,
they are enticed further on, until they
sink down exhausted, and are thrown
into a deep sleep by six fairies with
poppy wands.
Mother Goose, who is guest of the
queen, requests the privilege of chang
ing them into such characters of her
own rhymes as they most resemble, and
they are reused to find themselves Jack
Horner, Bopeep, etc.
n A L. l.