The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-04
In Livingston.

Livingston, June Friday evening
the high school class of '99 graduated
at the opera house and the place was
packed with a large audience, which
came to witness the ambitious efforts
of the graduates and cheer those who
appeared on the programme to make
their last bow to the public as pupils
of the public schools. All the numbers
on the programme were rendered with
an ease and excellence that left little
to be desired and the appearance of
each of the performers was a signal
for round of hearty applause A. H.
West played violin solo as the OPEN
ing number and then Rev. L. H.
Mickle invoked the divine blessing. The
first of the graduates to come forward
was Daisy Reichman whose salutatory,
'Nameless," was well delivered and re-
ceived with unmistakable signs of APP
prevail Jay Hickman next delivered
an Grafton on THE Influence of Books
and his effort earned vigorous round
of applause. Joe Brooks, the youthful
cornetist, played a solo with his accum-
toned skill and was encored with en-
thusiasi.l, Rev. Robinson read Miss
Laura Bowen's Grafton, "Noblesse
Oblige,' Miss Bowen being i'll and I'M
able toappear on the programme A very
good production on the "Filipinos'' was
"
ton was well written and leaned to-
ward anti-eXpansion. Miss Etha Pruett
scored another success as a soloist and
sang an encore upon the hearty invita-
ton of her auditors. Josephine Stoel
had for her theme Glass History" and
treated the personal characteristics of
her CLASSMATES in a happy vein, pre-
dieting bright future for each and
preserving a modest silence upon the
subject of her own life and aims. An
Grafton by Miss Lillian Robson, the val
edctorian, lover the Mountains High"
was a success, the delivery being
marked with ease and grace that made
her a favorte with her hearers from
the beginning. Then Miss Jennie Ell
lott and Mrs. H. J. Miller played
piano duet, which was among the pleas
ing features of the programme. Ar
thur w. Miles presented the class with
their diplomas and read an address APP
propriate to the occasion. The pro-
gramme was ended when the Mandolin
club played charming selection and
pleasing encore, and the high school
class. rich in honors, presents and good
wishes, dispersed to meet as fellow
students no more.
Thursday evening the west side
school building was the scene of the
graduating exercises of the eighth
grade of the public schools. Over
diplomas from Professor Monical, the
principal of the schools, who made
short address to the class. The eXer-
cses We're held in the assembly room
of the school building, which was filed
to overlooking by the friends and rela-
tives of those who appeared upon the
programme and the persons interested
in the work in the schools. The pro-
gramme began with a piano solo by
Miss Eva Hathorn, followed by reci-
tation by Miss Mary Evans. Louis
Huot delivered an Grafton on THE
Greatest Inventor of the Century" and
Miss Minnie Hruza sang a solo entitled
Dreaming of Mother and Home with
piano accompaniment played by Sarah
Gilchrist. Miss Minnie Evans delivered
recitation entitled "Mary's Night
Ride and about 20 pupils engaged in
dialogue, Mrs. Testers Choice -
Bernice Clark played a piano solo and
William Manson delivered an Grafton
on THE Effects of the Purchase of
Alaska Maggie Muncaster recited
Classmates" and Cora and Myrtle
Morris sang a duet. Jennie Manson de-
livered an Grafton entitled "A Charac-
teriZation," and Mary Sevals recited "A
School Girls Trials" The last number
of the programme was the singing of
the class song by the members of the
graduating class. The song was COM
posed by Lillian Young and Jennie
Manson and its rendition brought the
exercises to an end and the audience
dispersed, immensely gratified with the
work of the year as indicated by the
excellence of the pupils performances
on the programme.
Frank Smith, who holds the position
of telegraph operator at Townsend and
at a former period the manipulation of
a key at this station, was passenger
on Sundays east-bound train. Frank
has long handled those authoritative
commands known as train ORDERS" but
from a recent date he is destined to