The herald., 1898-02-19
THE WINTER CLASS OF 1893
GRADUATING EXERCISES HELD
YESTERDAY
Los Angeles Theater Crowded With an
Interested Audience-Actors
Acquit Themselves Well

The very vital interest felt in the COM
munity concerning everything that per-
| tains to the public schools insures a crowd
ed audience on all public occasions That of
yesterday at the graduating exercises of
the winter class of the high school, held
at the Los Angeles theater, was no ex-
ception to the rule. Admission was by card
| only, but every seat was filled up to the
rear of the gallery. The loses and boxes
were reserved for members of the board
of education and the teachers. The pro-
grams were dainty folders in gilt covers. tied
with white ribbon. the class colors.. The
high school orchestra furnished the music
and acquitted themselves bravely. The Sc
lections rendered were: "Ambolena Snow"
(Maywood); waltz, Espana (WaldteufeD; ;
Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever" After
the first number Gurney Elwood Newlin,
president of the class, stepped before the
curtain and delivered a brief address of
welcome. He welcomed the audience on
behalf of the class. and expressed regret
at the severing of the pleasant associa-
tions of school life.
Miss Elizabeth Brown then read the
Ballad of Senior Mascot" an original
poem. The verses recounted the varying
fortunes of a bust of Walter Scott, which
all carly SldSS ildu pTcSeIteu u lfle SCHOOL,.
The bust had been changed according to
the whims of each class as it advanced to
the dignity of Senior A. The first class
objected to its features and dressed 1t up
as Quaker; the next chose a pink and
gray bonnet then the habit of the stu
dent was chosen, and Walter was trans
formed in appearance, with red mortar
board hat and white surplice, the class
colors. THE Fair Maid of Perth came
nn1s sCt1 H. n1A
Frenchman, darkey. Chinaman, Indian.
until at last it appears as court jester
in white and yellow, and was triumphantly
displayed in the class song at the close.
The feature of the afternoons exercises
was "A Russian Honeymoon" comedy
in three acts adapted from the French
of Eugene Scribe by Mrs. Burton Harri-
son.. The cast of characters was as fol-
lows:
Alexis Petrovtch. ........ .Gurney E. Newlin
Poleska.. a................... Louise Clifford
Baroness Vladimir. ir...............Pearl Hill
IVAN. Thomas w. Haskins
!hlcilllne. .............. Julia SuSSkind
Roulikof DemetrovitZ.......Fr Fred Naftzger
Oslp... ........................Fr Fred Turner
The characters were well taken and the
play was evenly balanced. All did ex-
ceptionally well, considering youth and
limited training, and several gave evil
dence of marked talent. The scene was
laid in Russian Poland, and the
story was that of a Russian count.
who fell in love with a beautiful
girl. the daughter of a Polish general.
After the marriage, to test her affection
for him. he represents himself as a serf
and takes her to humble life as the wife
of shoemaker on Count Woroffskfs es-
tate. The test, however, was too severe
for the imperious lady's temper, and she
keeps things pretty lively until she is
finally granted a decree of divorce and
is about to be sent home to her father.
But woman-like. she has learned to love
the noble qualities of her spouse and re-
fuses to leave him. The climax is brought
about by the counts sister, and when the
serf turns out to be the count everybody
is made happy
The intense emotion and dramatic love-
making by the boy and girl faces was
highly amusing and the enjoyment of the
pupils in the seats of the love passages was
quite as funny as the performance on the
stage. The actors were loudly applauded
and the recipients of handsome bououets
The class will was read by Miss Pearl
Hill, wherein the class property was be-
queathed to the Senior BIS, including de-
unquent class dues to the Star and Cres-
cent society: the class conceit and sympa
thy to the juniors.
The class song closed the program. II
was set to airs from the Pirates of PEN
zance," and contained the usual funny hits
and jibes at the Senior BIS
The class officers are: President. Gurnev
Elwood Newlin; vice-president, Fred e.
Naftzger; secretary, Grace Lambie; treas
urer, Louise Clifford.
The names of the graduates are as fol-
lows: Misses Elizabeth Brown, Amy F.
Cooke Mae Cross, Rose Gibbs, Louise Gf-
ford, Josephine Haas, Lille Hartley. Pearl
Hill, Stella Knight, Grace Lambie, Ellen
Mathews, Edith Miller, Florence Newell
Mary Reavis, Charlotte Reed, Mary Smith
julia susskind, Messrs. Harry Cooper, w
Kay Crawford, Thomas w. Haskins Fred
Lambourn. Fred Naftzger, Gurney Il.
Newlin, Perry Parker, Arthur Peterson.
Bernard Tyler, Fred w. Turner.