El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-05-20
FOUR BRAVE
LOOKING BOYS
And Thirteen SWeetfaCed
Girls Clad In White
ALL RECEIVED DIPLOMAS

As Graduates of the Ell PasO High
School. Last Night "A Vast Aud
fence Attended the Commencement
Exercices and Manifested Great
Interest in the Exhibition Given
By the Well Trained Young
People.
Four brave boys and thirteen sweet
faced young girls clad in spotless white
with tue light of expancy in their
ewes stood in q semi-circle on the stage
of Myar's opera house last night and
received diplomas from the hand OF
Superintendent Putnam.
Long before the appointed hour for
the commencement exercises to
begin q vast audience be-
gan to gather at the op ra house and
fill the seats from pit to gallery. BY
eight clock there vas not an avail
alb seat in the house and at SID or
$50 when the exhibition commenced
standing room could scarcely be OBJ
tanned for love or money.
The opera houss was beautifully de-
eorsted for the occasion, the class COL
ors. orange and blue, predominating
and wherever the eye turned IL rested
upon festoops of orange and blue morn
ing glories ertwined with evergreans
which trailed from the balconies and
eBtwined the boxes.
Observing the rule that no flowers
or gifts be presented during the pro-
press of the exercises. small boys were
keut busy before the exhibition began
CONVEYING hundreds of bouquets and
baskets OF flowers to the stage, where
thew were banked in front of one OF the
boxes.
THE EXERCISES.
The exercises were opened at $50
O'Clock by an Invocation by Rev. w. ..
Millican. When the curtain went up
the minister and Prof. Putnam advanc-
ed 10 the front and the members OF the
graduating class ranged themselves on
either side while as a back ground
snow white pyramid of beautiful young
girls was to be seen-heigh the
effect
The chorus by the high school was
the first feature of the program. Miss
Leila Trum bull presided at the piano,
and Mrs Kate Moore Brown, music
instructor, acted IS conductor.
Louis Herman Hubbard had chosen
as the subject for his Grafton "Per-
severance AS q factor in making the
worlds history and right well did
hehaudle it. His manner was easy and
his delivery excellent He was liber-
ally applsuded at the conclusion.
Miss Alma Keturah Jones recited in
her usual captivating style the
"Rhyme of the Duchess May" Dur
ing the recitation the distant chime of
the tolling bell could be heard, which
greatly heightened the dramatic man.
ner in which the beautiful ballad was
delivered. storm of applause greet
ed the speaker when she had finished e.
A solo, april and Septemb er," by
Miss Grace May allen was the next on
the program. The vast audience was
the singer and she was lavishly ap-
plauded. Mrs. Brown played the &C
compartment.
AZTEC TEMPLE.
Miss Alice Lee Shelton's essay "A
Legend" created a favorable impress
sion and was instructive as we'll as en-
pertaining. She told of an ancient
race who inhabited the preset site of
Ell Paso and built beautiful temple.
They owned rich mine which was
walled up at the approach OF the in
vading Spaniards. Their priests seal
ed up the entrance and pronounced q
curse on any one who should break the
seal. The people then embarked on
the river and drif6ed down stream
leaving their beautiful city with its
magnificent temple in ruins.
The recitation of Miss Winona Sell
ma Lemey was excellent. She gave
''The Battle of Fontenoy" in style
that was charming.
with proper training, OF becoming an
orator of no mean ability. He dem
onstrsted that fact last night to every
one of his auditors while delivering
his grafton, ''The influence of the Unit
ed States on Cuba" He handled his
subject in firm manner; he wildly
painted the cruel oppression of the
Spauiard in Cuba and then graphically
described the improved condition after
Uncle Sam drove out the tyrauts and
planted the stars and stripes on the ur-
happy island.
Five lovely young ladies next san g
that old Southern melody that will
never grow tiresOme TO d southern au-
diepce 'Suwanee River" The quin-
Alice Lee Shelton, Margaret Henriet.
ia Martin, Alice Either Marvin and
Emma Helene hoffman.
The song touched responsive
choir il the br casts Of the audience
and uhen the last notes of the faml-
lar melody died away storm OF APP
plsu e u st forth.
The Prince" a recitation by Miss
Myrtle Maud Kiefer, was one OF the
best of the evening. 1t told the story
of two friends whose path was crossed
by beautiful girl whom both loved
She chose pos "the prince" and h'
went TO war where he sold his life tia
his rival might live and return to thu
woman that both had loved. The re
citation was well chosen and vel
rendered.
Miss Margaret Henrietta Martil
chose for the subject of her essa
Labor is Genius and the manner il
which the treatise dealt with the sub
iect gave evidence of deep study. Pro
longed applause succeeded the closin
words of the essay.