Great Falls weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1894-1???, 1896-05-15
THE HfGB SCHOOL,


seniors Husly Preparing for Commenoe-
meut-Junior Exhibition.
As the end Of the longeet and most
tedious tenn Of the school year is draw
ing to close, the teachers and pupils of
the High school are very busy.
The freshmen have just adopted their
class motto 1t is: "Semper Paratus"
always ready. They are still strug-
CLING to select their colors, and, of
course, the jealous higher classes recon-
mend plain and vivid green as appro-.
pirate. The senior motto ls "Gradatim"
step by step; the colors, lavender and
gold, The juniors have "Ad Astra per
Aspera to the stars through difficulties
--as their motto and pink and white as
their colore. The sophmores have the
same colors as the class .f 1888, white
and gold, aud "EXceleior Asperamus
We aspire higheraa their motto.
The seniors the Misses Carotta Col
Inns, Garaphelia Giichrist, Adele Jen.
sen and Leone ToIbert and Charles j.
kullmer-hayc completed the writing
OF their graduating OratiOnB and are now
committing them to memory. The sew
eral subjects will be a profound secret
until few days before commencement,
which will occur at the Grand opera
house June - or 20. An innovation
will be made at the 1896 commence
ment; the music will be entirely by the
High school, which is practicing sweet
songs in Masonic hall every Tuesday
and Saturday, under the direction of
MiGG N'ritr cnnf.iuI iap,hnr Of
Miss Sadie Patterson is the acoompan-
st. There are about 40 pupils.
The juniors are devoting all the time
which they can spare from their studies
to rehearsals of the comedy, "a Box of
Monkeys" which they will present at
Black Eagle Falls pavilion Friday even
ing, May %. The comedy is replete
with humorous situations and fresh
jokes, the actresses are very beautiful,
and their gowns ravishingly handsome,
while the entire cast is excellent in every
way.
Despite the title, the play has good
plot. Sierra Bengaine Miss Dorothy
MacLane) is the guest of her aunt, Mrs.
Ondego Jhones Miss Pauline Rolfey, in
a Fifth avenue mansion, Sierra le
prairie primrose. in love with Ted Raj
stOn Carl Evanel who haa nigh hopes
OF returns from the Sierra gold mine,
which has not yet ''panned out" and
who has nothing but hopes Mrs Jhones
objects TO Ted and forbds him the
house. Lady Guinevere Llandpoore
Miss Marie Leaning is visiting Sierra.
While Mrs, Jhones Ia absent in search of
butler, Ted and Chauncey Ogle-
thorpe (Seth Dibble), Guincvere's
cousin, arrive. Chauncey is very
bashfuI, and, by q series OF amusing
complications, Ted is installed as butler,
much to Sier9a's delight, under the
name Of WhittIesey-''s English you
know or course, there are many
amusing scenes. Finally, Mrs Jhones is
disgusted at toding the butler, Sierra,
Chauncey and Guineyere all participant
Ing in q -harade, in the course of which
Ted and Sierra and Chauncey ana
Ctuineyere are botrothed. But then
they strike it rich in the Sierra, Mrs
Jhones forgets and forgives, and as the
curtain falls on the second and last act,
it is seen that all will live happily ever
after The Black Eagle band will assist
in the performance. Tickets at . cents
eachs will be on sale in d few dave.
The botany class is vigorously prose-
cutting It's work, and, although the sea
eor ia over a month backward, this class
will have the finest herbariums in the
state.