The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-06-29
LEMONADE
AND SONGS
Graduates Reception at Morris.
town High School.
They All Had q Jolly Good Time.
Ice Cream and Cake Served at
the Finish of the Annual Exer-

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A gay and festive throng filled the
chapel of the High school last Friday
evening, the occasion being the recep-
tion Of the graduates Of 1900 to their
friends and relati es. They were
mostly young people, but i'll the crowd
could be seen now and then an older
one, a father or mother, or an
alumnus of the school.
The young ladies We're all in their
prettiest and daintiest dresses of
white, pink and blue, while the
young men were attired usually in
suits of sombre grey or black, with
white tie and becoming buttonhole
bouquet.
The reception was from s to 10.
For the first hour the young peo-
pie visited, strolled around the room
arm in arm and made occasional trips
to the punch bowl The punch was a
very delicious but harmless fluid, not
unlike lemonade. Deep red strawber-
ries foated on the surface and were
also placed in the cups.
During the early part of the even
ing the orchestra discoursed sweet
music, playing waltzes, twosteps and
selections from popular operas. AT
O'Clock the exercises of the evening
began.
Miss Elizabeth Smart, president of
the class, presided She addressed
the audience with words of welcome,
and recited An Order for Pic
ture y
A. J. A. Bennell was next ON the
program. He sang two songs The
first was Asleep in the Deep His
deep bass voice sounded extremely
well in this number For an encore
he sang, my Wife's Relation" a
comic dirty detailing the woes of the
man who married an entire family
1t was very good and was sung with
expression adequate to the piece. Mr..
Bennell was accompanied at the
piano by his daughter, Miss Eva Ben
nell, one of the graduates and very
accomplished pianist.
Next came the class anecdotes.
They were written by Miss Bowen,
read by Miss King. Many striking
illusions were made to incidents dear
to the hearts of those who had parti-
cipated in them. For instance, it was
acknowledged that the president was
the smartest member of the class
She could not help that, however, as
she was born that way, and had a
very long line of Smart ancestors.
But it was not expected that she
would always be Smart
Then there was Miss Williams, who
was once asked the name of her
favorite tree, to which she replied,
" the oak - And thus it came to be
said that she was never so happy as
when in the sturdy arms of the shell
tering oak. This provoked much
merriment, as Miss Williams was sit
ting with a young man named Cakes.
A lot more fun was had with the
other members of the class. OF Miss
Bennell it was said that the geometry
lessons had so preyed on her mind
that in writing composition about
'aangels" she had written it angle,
which really had no connection with
the subject.
Miss Walsh recited her favorite
piece. "The Boat Race Z" It was the
story of race between girl and boy
crews ia racing shells. 1t was won
by the girls because a very foolish
young man in the male crew leaned
out Of his boat to pick up a boquet
thrown by one of the young ladies.
Thus one second was lost, inst
enough to lose the race. Miss Olive
Williams read the class prophecy. 1t
is a peculiar thing that the class
prophecy at Miss Dana's commence
ment was also read by Miss Olive
Williams. 1t was good prophecy.
Whether it will ever come true or any
portion of it remains to be seen. But
one thing in it was particularly good
and that was the advice. Her advice
to the members of the class was to
start in life with a purpose. That
the one who started now was way
ahead of the one who started next
year or ten years later.
The prophecy ended the formal ex-
ercises. After that the young people
continued with their reception, drank
lemonade, ate ice cream and cake and
had a general good time for another
hour.
Thus the Glass of 1900 went into
history.
MORRISTOWN REALTY SOLD.