Waterbury Democrat., 1901-06-19
COMMENCEMENT WEEK.
Graduating Exercises to Be Held
 in Several of the Schools.

Held ct Assembly ddil, hlEh oCAooA Building this Afternoon Planting of the Ivy-Class Song by Minna l.. Storm.
 This is the week of class day and commencement day exercises, the week in which the sweet girl graduate and her companion, the boy graduate, just as sweet. attract considerable at tention. Much interest is centered in the graduates and also in the exercises which are held each year to celebrate the graduation of the pupils from the High school or from the eighth grade. The exercises this year, as in years gone by. were full of interest, and, as usual, the rooms in which they were held were crowded with the parents, relatives and friends of the graduates and also special visitors. The rooms in the Crosby Grammar, / Webster, Washington, Bishop and Bank street schools where the exercises were held were prettily decorated for the occa- sion with flags and bunting. Large punches of various flowers occupied conspicuous place, the class flowers predominating. They exhaled sweet fragrance.
 The eighth grade class day exer- cises were ali held this afternoon with the exception of the Washington street and the Driggs schools. The former. was held yesterday afternoon, while the latter will occur tomorrow morn ing.
 Every seat in the High school as- < Eembly hall was occupied and many were standing when at 3 o'clock the .ferS.e& A. 41n1 members of the graduating class. led by Jesse Devine, president of the class, walked slowly into the hall to the in- spring strains of the march, Ray nald," played by the mandolin club, they presented pretty vision. Pretty dresses of light material enhanced the charms of the young ladies. The young men were also neatly dressed. The exercises were of a bright and in- teresting nature, and at the conclusion of each number there was unlimited applause. The exercises were con- cluded as usual by the planting of the ivy.
 The following was the program of ex- ercises:
 March" "Raynald" ........... Theis
 Mandolin Club. Address of Welcome ............
 Jesse V. Devine Boys Quqrtet-"Old Kentucky Home" .......... ......... Foster Glass History ...............
 Emma J. Manville Semi Chorus sLoves Golden Dream is O'er'' Lenox Glass Prophecy ................
 Harry Knopf. Selections from II Trovatore Verdi
 Mandolin Club. Prophet on Prophet ........
 A. Louise Butler. Class VIII ...........x
 John T. Monzani. K Girls Trio - Sleep and Dream Darling" .....-..... .... Spence
 Edna l.. Johnson. Boys Quartet-"Tom the Piper's Son" ...-...... Kendall Presentation Address ..........
 Lima B. Winship. ''What Shall the Answer Be" Rich
 Mandolin Club. Ivy Grafton
 Joseph Fleming Semi-C Chorus Lullaby" .Facer Yaledictory- -Mable Hotchkiss .... Class Song Words and music by Minna L. Storm. The Planting of the Ivy-Class of 1901. The class song. composed by Minna Louise Storm, follows:
 To-day with love we gather here.
 Our sweet farewell to give, To these dear walls that for all time Within our hearts will live Sweet memories of the joyous past, Now OCT our senses steas. The tear dimmed eye. and trembling
 voice,
 The hearts keen pain reveal
 Chorus:
 Dear classmates. we're about to part, Let's til the air with song, Like one in thought, like one in decd, Oh, may our days be 1ongI The happy days have fled apace,
 Since first herein We met. Tut all tho joys our hearts have known, HOW can we e'er forget? A Alma Mater, kind and true,
 Whatc'er our fortune De, As now, forever will our thoughts Tn love go out to theel
 We know not what the morrow brings, To-day, away with earei
 -Ar AdlDD Ol nope ID III OuI HSStfISs And all the sky is fair
 The bcauteous bud bespeaks in time The glory of the rose.
 May future years our worthiness, To these loved walls disclose.
 The assembly hall never had a more charming or inviting apearance. The stage was literally a bower of beauty. Handsome palms, potted plants. in. numerable ferns, festoons of daisies jars of roses, almost hid the stage from view. In the background of the stage was large blue banner with the class motto, "Maxima Sequamur," and "'O1, T printed in white letters upon it. Draped on the wall above the stage was large United States flag. Tn one of the corners of the hall was banner with the following inscription: 'sWa. terbury High School, Champions 0. | F. B. A.. 1899. Yale Field" In an. other corner was a handsome side piece on which a flag was draped Throughout the hall bouquets of flow. CTS were tastefully displayed. The fragrance which they exhaIed was de Tfr4~