The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-18
BUTTES PROUD OF EN-
A Large Number Of Smart Boys and
Girls Graduate.
BURIED IN FINE FLOWERS
The Exercises We're Exceptionally
Interesting and OF q Charac-
ter Alike CreditabIe to
Pupils and Teachers.

Butte, May 1.-The BId0uakth8 -
ercises OF the Butte High school were
held at Maguire's opera house to-day
BEGINNING at $50 o'clock this morning
ana continuing until nearly s o'clock
this afternoon. The happy faces and
handsome attire of the q young girls
and the manly appearance OF the eight
young men composing the graduating
class, their hundreds of admiring
friends and the huge quantities OF now
ers carried to the opera house ana con-
veyed thither in carriages. gave the
entire city gay and brilliant fetc-day
appearance. Long before the hour for
commencement of the exercises this
morning the opera house was ntseo
with a splendid audience. The right
| tier of boxes were occupied by ths
school trustees and their families. ana
the left lower box was nlied py scacn"
ers OF the High school
The curtain went up on beautifuuy
| decorated stage, profuse with potteo
| plants and flowers and with the Groou-
ating class filling the stage. superb
| tendent Hendricks and Professor NC
Kay also had seats on the left o. the
stage and three little children were en-
| pioyed as flower carriers and were kept
| busy throughout the exercises.
/. The floral gifts were the most elaho-
rate and beautiful ever seen In Burte
and each graduate was the recipient or
a profusion of them. The class motto
was Honest Effort Wins the Laurel"
The graduates were: Mary A. Bennett,
| William T. Brockcnshire, Clara Clark,
Emily Frances Dunstan, Janet Alnira
Fraser, Jennie Elizabeth Hall. James
Edward Higgins. Mary Walton lrvin.
Lucy Jane Kemper, Patrick Gregory
Lynch, Jennie Augusta Morris. Pearl
lFlectfa Royce, Orville Joseph Saville,
Helena Marie Spiller, Lillian Mary
lWhiting, Harold @. Bretherton. Leila
May Carman. Bella Frances Crangie'
Jr., Walter Lee Hawley. Nellie Flor-
ence Hines, Theresa H. Kelley, Ida
Nav Kennedy, Everett w. Matteeon.
Minnie Louise Oswald. Leliah Rommel
Russell. Evalyn M. Simons. Elizabeth
The class honors were carried OF by
Harold G. Bretherton and Orvtlie J.
Saville. Music was furnished by Or
tons orchestra.
Professor Hendricks introduced the
young orators, the first of whom was
Mr.. Saville. who delivered the address
of welcome. In which he said:
To-day the merry chimes OF the Ole
school bell has called our class To-
gether for the last time, and nine-and'
twenty hopeful banks are cast anoa'
upon life's mighty river
I'VE welcome you, as the largest cias<
which has ever graduated from the
Butte high school, and as the forerun
ner of still larger ones to come, whose
numbers shall keep pace with thu
growth of our wonderful city.
. For years we have struggled on
| ward through the perplexities and dim
iculties of school life. and are now pre-
] pared TO step forth into the world
5 fully equipped in the armor OF tn
| nineteenth century high school educa
ton. We have come at last to turn
|, ing of the ways, and may God gran
. that none shall take the left and down
| ward path. The teaching which w
, have received has been too high an,
) patriotic, too earnest and full of friend
of the lofty aims which each shoul'
have in life. and to prove false to tn
: | principles which have been instilled In
to our minds from earliest infancy.
To-day we shall step from the hap
py plain of school existence upon tn
, rough and rocky road which lead
across life's mountain to the goal W
hope to reach, but cannot see; an
though the way may sometimes seer
a too steep. still we shall persevers
], cheering each other with the watch
: word 'Upwardr with the touch Q
n modern civilization and advancement
n lighting the rocks our weary feet mus
: tread; and Onward with the encouI
3 aging words of great men of the pas
and present to urge us to the hop
that lies beyond.
"Tbe public schools are indeed 'th
|. bulwarks of our liberties and in thei
= are being formed the characters q
A the men, and probably the women. WI
will direct the future policy of our go,
eminent; and whenever their voice
may be raised in praise or defense {
: the institutions of our noble countr!
: | IL will always be with a full sense (
- the excellence of our national systel
of education. and with determin.
ton TO perform II so long az n
United States shall hold her prou
place in the front rank of civilized NJ
=. tions." g
Following the address of WELDON
The regular orations were delivered
n the order I'm which synopsis arc give
" below. Many of the orations gave ev
dence of careful study and painstakir
research. All of them possessed unu
pr ual merit and originality. and the
ly | were very few that were not exec
tionally well delivered. some OF Il
young men and women displaying
great degree OF finc oratorical abilit
The class was the largest that evl
he graduated from the Butte schools. al
III is a credit to the high school and I
teachers. At the close OF the ORATOR
Professor Hendricks. in an appropria
speech, presented each graduate vii
" a diploma. i
~ .N,cararua Canal" By OrvilIc j. savill
b. The Nicaragua Canal was the su
or feet of the salutatory address. 1T
u people of our American republic" "a
ly Mr.. Savilie, have now before them
:. consideration a number of moinento
,y ouestions-social political and indu
trial-upon the prompt and just decl
ion of which depends our future WI
fare as a nation: and Of these no one
wv more requisite to our interests and
ou dustries. none bears a closer relati
N. to our prestige among the nations
the earth nor appeals more 10 our n
tional pride than the construction OF 4
ee inter-oceanic ship canal across Z
43 american isthmus by way of Nicar
". qua
The building of this waterway
without exception the most importa
:, enterprise as well as one of the md
:. gigantic undertakings OF modern tim
tC 1 s~h .ar tad 70 a oRIe