The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-09
ANACONDA NEWS.
ARE MEN AND WOMEN
Graduates Take Their First Step
Into Serious Life.
DID THEMSELVES PROUD
Six Bright Young People Receive Their
Diplomas-Words of Advice by DR..
Craig-The Essays-Inter-
esting Exercises.

Five Anaconda bright young ladies
and one Anaconda bright young gen.
tleman find themselves this morning
in a position they have never before
occupied. These half dozen are Misses
Mary E Howard, Laura L. Smith,
Myrtle NJ. Templeton, Izora Temple
ton and Ulrica T. Trisberger and Mr..
Emmett e. Thompson. These young
people composed the graduating class
of SO of the Anaconda high school.
when President futile of the board
of school trustees presented to the
graduates their diplomas at last even
ing's commencement exercises they
cast aside the name school girl and
"school boy" and with it hey cast
aside the carelessness of boyhood and
girlhood. The diplomas transferred
them from boys and girls to men and
women. and as such they must take up
the burdens of manhood and woman
hood, which are the lot of mankind in
this world When the favored six
awaken this morning from delightful
dreams of brilliancy. of applause, of
flowers, of enthusiastic encoura cement
and of the congratulations which were
showered upon them last night they
will find themselves face to face with
the serious side of life They are now
fully a part of the world They must
share its cares and it's joys. They
are this morning called upon to de-
eide what use they will make of the
splendid education which they have
received at the hands of a generous
American people. They must decide
what avail they will make of the adj
vantages which are theirs.
No one who saw and heard last
night the Anaconda high school class
of SO can predict anything but a
bright, pure and useful life for each of
the six members who sat upon the
stage of the Margaret.
The essays of the scholars We're
splendid compositions. Each paper
showed careful study and exhaustive
research. The topics dealt with were
timely, and the discussions brought
out many ideas that were new and
which were plainly the result of deep
and continued thought. The themes
were those concerning matters with
which the world is dealing to-day.
The papers showed that their authors
had awaited themselves of the most
recent information relating to the sub
sjects which they considered.
i The class of 80 may be held UP as
a model to be patterned after by future
classes. The teachers who brought the
class to it's high state of perfection
are entitled to the greatest credit
President Q. J. Craig of the
Montana State university mis-
soula, delivered the commencement
day address, which was masterful
effort. The speaker held the closest
attention of his hearers throughout.
The diplomas We're presented by
Charles A. Turtle. president of the
school board. The music for the oc-
easion was furnished by 4the Margaret
Of appropriate selection and were rem
dered in inimitable style. A vocal solo
by Miss Macdougall called forth the
greatest demonstrations of approval.
The Margaret theater never in its
history contained a larger audience OF
one more representative of the intelli-
gence and refinement of the cOmmu-
nifty. Every man and woman and child
IN the vast throng which last evening
was contained within the walls Ct
the Margaret was proud of the graGu-
attng class. Their pride lay not only
in the fact that the six bright scroll
airs had successfully concluded theil
work in Anacondas public schools, but
also it lay in the fact that Anaconda's
schools have again sent to commence
ment exercises six pupils who are pre-.
pared to take their places in the every.
day world fully equipped to fight TIE
battles of life and more fully pre-.
pared to achieve distinction than il
usually the fortune of the average
young man or woman. The audience
showed its appreciation of the splen
did efforts of the class in liberal APP
plauSe Each essay, as it was read
was roundly cheered and SO excellen
We're the papers that their authors haG
full right to be proud of their com
position.
Owing to the fact that it REQUIRED {
full quarter of an hour to seat the large
i 4.
S:45 o'clock. When it did go up, tn,
picture on the stage which presented
itself to the people was one of beauty
The decorations We're simple, but tht
little band upon the platform needed III
artificial aid. The bright young face!
and modest white gowns of the gradu
ating class a once moved the audience
to admiration. The single young man
dressed in black, formed a pleasing con
trast to the wealth of snow white abou
him. The teachers and others upon tn,
stage added further to the handsom.
setting.
Those who occupied seats upon thu
stage, besides the graduating class
were Messrs. futile, Welcome, Mac
Ca1lum, Twohy and DR.. Stephens, th
trustees of the district: President O. ]
Craig of the Montana State universit,
of Missoula; Prof NJ. A. Stapleton, SUI
perintendent of schools; Principal r. II
kilroy and Misses Livingstone, Mathe
and Sullivan, teachers of the higl
school. and Miss Helena Gleeson, coun
ty superintendent of schools.
The programme opened with Hand
Across the Sea" one of Sousa'
marches, which was eXquisitely rend
dered by the Margaret theater orches
ira.
The summaries of the essays of tn
graduates are given below:
Famous Histories and Historians"-Mar,
i. Howard.
Ii rarely happens that in one mar
there is at once the genius of the art
list. the discrimination of the impartia
and judiCious reasoner and the appli
cation of the accurate and painstak
ing investigator of fundamental fact
When this does happen we have a grca
historian. When the artistic faculty
predOminates we have great painter