El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-05-28
HIGH School Commencement.

High School commencement.
| Last evening large part of the pop
ulation of the city gathered at Myar's
opera house to hear the commence
ment exercises of the graduating class
of 1913 of the city's high school.
Long before the time set for the
first number the house WAS overcrowd-
ed, and ch airs had to be brought in
and placed in the aisles to accommoda' 9
the people who came late. / his was t.
eleve nth of the annual commencement
that have been held 10 the opera house.
and never before has SO large an aud
fence assembled to witness an enterta-
inment of this KIDD.
! The decorations of the auditorium
were very beautiful. Roses, palms,
and ferns IN the greatest abundance
were tastefully used. The very ap-
propriate class colors of red, white, and
| blue were brought out again and
again, in the decorations. and in The
costumes of the pretty girls on the
stage. Flags we're draped over the
balconies and boxes, and about the
immense flag; among the flags used In
The decorations were two or three
standards of the republic OF Cuba.
The exh bitiOn of tn e true patriotism in
the hearts of these young people was
very gratifying.
There was arranged in the center OF
the stage large pyramid upon which
were Sc ated the eighth, ninth, AZ d tenth
grades of the high school The girls
were all dressed in white, with red
and blue conspicuOusly present also.
The graduating class occupied or airs
az the left of the stage, while Superiu-
t. ndent Putnam and his assistants
were seated at the right.
The prOscenium box at the left OF the
stage was occupied by Mayor Msgoffin
and the members of the school board
One of the prettiest features of the
Occasion was the four little flower chill
dren, two of W hom sat on either side OF
the stage. The services were con-
tinuslly needed during the whole even
log; - ,.., uo m,.s
Blacker, Miss Mary Ellen O'Keefe,
Miss Sarah Annie Edwards, and Miss
Gertrude Stansfield Higgins.
They were all prettily dressed in
white and each carried a large bOu-
quet of white roses, the class flower.
The boys of the graduating class
were James Franklin Hagan and Salo-
mon. Wolff.
At the opening of the exercises Rev!
J. T. French offered very beautiful
Invocation, Offering thanks for the sue
cess of our public schools and asking
that guild ng hand care for this grad
: a ing class throughout the coming
years.
The whole school then came to the
front of the stage and sang "Hsil Co.
um bia'' and the "Revel of the Leaves
: with much spirit. Miss Kate Moore
/ was at the piano and she well per-
formed her part Of the entertainment.
Miss Falvey delivered an excellent
and well written essay on the subject
, Life should be unique" Miss Falvt y
, acquitted herself admirably, her DELI
very being excellent.
The "Hlstory of the class OF 1897 was
! given by the class historian, Miss
Aliene Blacker. The audience fully
Iappreciated her description OF the
vents during the high school days of
this class.
A duet, "Sprine song' was beautiful.
ly rendered by Misses Grace Allen and
great applause from the audience
Mics Mary Ellen O'Keeffe then de.
,ivered ao essay entitled" The Supreme
Aim Miss O'Keeffe, though having
q difficult subject handled it vel,
showing careful study. After Miss o.
: Keeffe came q recitation by Miss Sa-
rah Annie Ed - ards. Mics Edwards
chose for her recita Ion the patriotic
poem ''Mhsio on the Rappahannock."
This recitation was accompanied by soft
Istrains of music playing the martial
airs that were used by the north and
south during the war and ending with
l"Home Sweet Home" The enthu-
sissm mauifested by the audience
after this recitation was very great.
This piece was evidently the hit OF the
| entertainment.
The musical farce that followed was
very good. The participants were
Miss Alice Marvin, Miss Rosamond
Windsor, Jas. r. Emerson and VIM.
K. Mari This little diversion from
the exercises was very much appre-
ciate aud Mr.. Mari as the German
displayed considerab BILE talent as CO.
medisn. An encore was called for but
hey would not return.
The Grafton, 'Unknown Heroes"
by James Franklin Hagan, was ably
delivered. following that came the
.Class Prophecy" by Miss Gertrude
IStanefeld Higgins. The future of the
class of '9S was very beautifully por-
listened to most attentively. The trib-
, lutte. paid to each of the graduates
were quite pretty and will be long re-
membered by each.
Then a chorus of girls of the high
, sch DOL sang "Serenade," from Tro-
tere This selection was highly sp-
; oreciated Following the chorus came
)
Mr.. Wolff had chosen for his Grafton
Under the American flag" This
young man very alb y gave history Of
the fl g, and told of the rights that our
, gloriouso old banner proclaims wherever
waves. The ability with which Mr..
,, Wolff handled this subject showed that
. he was familiar with it. This
thoroughly patriotic and timely essay
pc p int rested the audience.
the high school quartet sang two
, very pretty songs that brought forth
rounds of applause. This quartet was
, composed of Misses Shelton, Martin.
; Allen, and Marvin. The high school
glee club, composed of young men,
gave pretty selection.
, Here Supt. Putnam stepped to the
front Of the stage and stated that the
Hon. J. M. Carlisle. state superinten-
dent of pub ic schools, had promised to
J deliver the closing add ess, but that b e
/ WAS unable fl, come on account of sick