Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-06-22
Exercises at Lopez High

oh School held their commence
mt exercises in the NJ. p. church,
PEE, Wednesday evening, June
The church was beautifully dec
tied with festoonings and the nat
,al and class colors--turquoise and
lite while star at the apex of
festooning, bearing the figures
and the letters l.. II. S. at the
elk emphasized the fact that the
sss of '99, l.. III. S. was holding
cir graduating exercises.
Upon the stage with the graduat-
class were Revs. Young and Nc
Ulster, Mr.W.L. Jennings, ,Sec'y of
hool Board, and Profs. Meylert
d Kilgore. The program was rem
red in the following order:
Invocation, Rev. McAllister; In
rumental duett, Mrs. Killgore and
rs. Woodward; Salutatory and Es-
~, "The Beacon Stars of Life"
ulia A. Meeks Instrumental solo,
Iiss Jennie Wilcox. Essay, "Dress"
Iary B.Finan. Duet, "Greeting,"
Irs. Sturdevant and Mr.. c. III. Jen-
ings. Essay, "Contraction VS. Ex-
,ansion," Angeline G.. Place. In
trumental duet, Mrs. Woodward,
Irs. Killgore. Essay and Naledic-
ory, "The Army Nurse" Cora f.
'ealer. Address to graduates, Supt.
:. W. Meylcrt. Presentation of
diplomas by w. l.. Jennings. Bene-
LECTION, Rev. Young.
The musical numbers of the pro-
gram were delightfully."- rendered,
while the essays displayed high
degree of efficiency. The Lopez
High School affords unusual advan-
tages and the class of '99 have surely
embraced their opportunities.
ga Beacon Stars of Life" by Miss
Meeks, elaborated up the influences
exerted by Mother, Home and Heav-
On, upon our aspirations and our
lives. In these three words lie the
key to the hardest heart, i'm these are
our hope, our fears as
well as our joys and comforts.
Miss Finan, who is the happy
possessor of clear forceful voice and
unusual expression in delivery, sati-
rized i'm her characteristic manner,
devotion to "Dress" f"" the styles
sake, while she praised all that was
sensible i'm dress and does not em-
barraS the man or woman of mode
rate means. She gave her unmistak-
able disapproval of that mania which
sacrifices everything upon the altar
of dress.
contraction " Expansion was
the subject of very carefully pre-
pared essay by Miss Place. This
subject illustrates the careers of Spain
and the United States.
In the "Army Nurse" by Miss
Pealer, the valedictorian, we see
what woman is capable of sacrificing
for her country. Miss Pealer laid
particular stress upon the lack of the
sanguinary in the nurses service.
She renders aid to the fallen foe rs
gladly as she does to the friend and
sees beyond her country at war, her
God of love and peace.
County Supt. +. W. Meylert, in
his address to the graduates, congrat.
ulated them upon having completed
the High School course, and impress.
ed upon them the sentiment of their
class motto, "To be, rather than to
seem.' Prof. Meylert then congrat-
ulated the community on the work
of the Lopez High School.
Mr.. w. l.. Jennings, Sec'y. of the
school Board, then in few well
chosen remarks, in which he paid q
tribute to the efforts of the Principal,
Prof. Killgore, presented the diplo-
mas to the class.
The exercises passed off delight.
fully with no breaks or unpleasant.
ness. The Board of Directors OF
Colley township spare no pains Oh
effort to advance the usefulness OF
their schools and have the coopera.
ton of the High School faculty and
of the community.
BANQUET
At eleven O'Clock ninety-two CUES.
Is seated themselves i'm the dining
rooms of Hotel Lopez, where was
spread one of ".Jim's' famous
spreads. The banquet hall was
beautifully decorated.
Mr.. {. III. Jennings, who SO ad
mirably presided as toast master