Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1899-06-10
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
OF the rlartinsburg High School Held
Last Night-Sweet Girl Graduates.


Last Night-Sweet Girl Graduates.
The commencement exercises Of the
class Of 90 Of the Martinsburg High
School were held last night IN the Central
Opera House. As is the case with all
the commandments the large hall was
well filed With the friends Of the gradu-
ates.
The audience was very attentive and
the essays Of the graduates and the rendi-
ton Of the entire program was listened to
with rapt attention.
The sweet girl graduates as they are
generally called. looked lovely in their
gowns.of white as they sat on the stage
and as they delivered their orations. Al
though the girls looked very sweet, they
did not have the fine looking young men
graduates to sit beside them and thus add
to the appearance. The absence of the
male graduates at the commencement last
night. was. as ex-senator Faulkner said
in his address, much to be regretted.
One Of the graduates, Miss Ada
Rebecca Colbert, whose name appeared
upon the class roll ana upon the program,
was unable to be presentsat the COM
.mencement exercises owing to serious
illness, and she was greatly missed blythe
class and audience. Nevertheless the
Superintendent recognized her standing in
her class. and the fact that it was an
impossibility for her toNtake part in the
exercises, presented her with diploma.
The stage was beautifully decorated
with flowers and potted plants. The class
colors purple and white, were conspicuous
in the decorations as were also the class
flower, the sweet pea. The IN. II. S. 90
made Of sweet peas and suspended across
the stage, told at a glance the nature Of
the exercises, which were in progress.
The exercises were under the direction
of Prof. c. II. Cole and besides the intro
duction of the chief speaker, the program
was carried out without any announce
ments. The following was the program
March-"The Messenger" Adam Geibel
Orchestra
Invocation ...... Rev. W. F. Gruver
Hail Thou Lovely Month Gaul
School Pupils and Orchestra
Cavaliers of Old Virginia" -
Vannetta Virginia Schleuss
IAN Educational Comparison"
Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman
Overture-"The Bridal Rose .Lavals
Orchestra
Recitation-"The Unknown Speaker"
Ada Rebecca Colbert
What Girl Can Do For Her Country"
Nellie Virginia Hollis
Anvil Chorus, I'll Trovatore $3.50. Verdi
School Pupils and Orchestra
"Nowis Thy May Time of Life" 49,
Mabel Cecilia Fiery
"Womans New Work" .....e =.
Katherine Robecca Gibbs
Glass Prophecy .......#........
Frances Wilen
March King Carnival .... Rosey
Orchestra
Commencement Address ......
Hon. C. J. Faulkner
Presentation of Diplomas .......
A. T. Russler, Pres. B. of Z.
Good Night" ............ Brahms
School Pupils and Orchestra
BENEDICTIoN
After the graduates had completed
their orations, Prof Cole, in neat little
address, introduced Hon. c. J. Faulkner,
who delivered the commencement adj
dress to the graduating class.
The ex-senator started our by saying:
"When sitting back of this row of buds
this evening and seeing them bursting
out into life, was glad accepted the
invitation to stand up here and compete
with the graduates of the school" MIR.
Faulkner spoke very entertainingly for
about twenty minutes and in his address
he gave the graduates some excellent
advice. He brought his address to
close amidst rounds applause.
AT the conclusion of the commence
ment address Mr. A. T. Russler, the
President of the Board of Education arose
and presented the graduates with their
diplomas, after which he addressed the
audience. He said it was customary for
the President of the Board of Education
to make statement of the Improvements
and progress of the schools at the COM
mencements, but he thought it unneces-
sary, because statement would be pub
lished in the city press, where everyone
could see it. The exercises were brought
to close by the class parting song Good
Night" after which Rev Gruver pro-
nounced the benediction.