The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-08
HIGH SCHOOL
SCORES TRIUMPH
Immense Audience Cheers
the Sixty-nine Graduates.
UNIQUE PROGRAMME
BYYOUNG PEOPLE
Patriotic Exercises Received
With Enthusiasm.

Never before in the history of Salt
Lake was the High school so deeply en-
I trenched in the affections of the peo-
pie and never before did the enthusf-
asm run SO high as last evening on the
occasion Of the graduation of the elias
Of 1901. The class was by far tn
largest ever turned out since the as.
adjustment Of the schools of the cit,-
and there were few prominent families
in the city who were not directly or in-.
directly interested i'm the si5ctv-nfrs
hriSnt boys and girls on the stage The
+ 4 heatFe was packed from pit TO dome
DE as enthusiastic an audience as ever
assembled in the historic old building
Z and not q man, woman nor child wenr
nome disappointed, as the entertain
Z nent given was decidedly unique and
or Jhe highest possible merit
The entire history of the nation from
the beglnning down 10 the present was
told in five beautiful tableaux made up
of the graduates. while the story of the
natlon s progress was told in fitting
. words 10y picked members of the class.
The High school contingent v- as out I'D
fun force, the juniors mad taken pos
session Of the second gallery. and each
I enc had come loaded to the guards
with enthusiasm They cheered the
T
ed they cheered each member sem.
arateiy, they cheered PRINCIPAL Eaton
and each OF the popular teachers. they
cE@ered for everything imaginabl and
when few university students tried
TO raise cheer for that institution
they smothered them in groans and the
- annie, get rat trap of the High
SCai0ol. Their enthusiasm was ready
TO break out on the slightest occasion.
and when the orchestra struck up a.
medley of national airs every one of
them came in for a round of applause.
The star Spangled Banner" was hon
OTed with a standing saiv0, In which
the whole audience Joined.
The first balcony was neatly draDed
/ in the white and blue OF the seniors
and the second balcony with the white
and green of the juniors Ehe mem
DerS Of the board of education, a uuTn-
Der of the professors and the faculty of
! the university occupied boxes, and
there was scarcely "a vacant seat to be
seen anywhere in the house when the
programme began.
History OF the Nation.
Dr.. William NJ Paden invoked the
divine blessing H. eloquent words at
tl5 beginning, after which the pro-
I-I0gue was delivered by Edgar A. ROg-
ers of the class. He sketched the en-
tire history OF the nation from the
start, calling out frequent applause by
his eloquent WORDS He spoke of the
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cheer the hearts of humanity the world
over; of the struggles of the reVOlu-
ton; of the civil war of the UpbuiidIIg
of the nation and of the war for hui
mainly by which Cuba was liberated
The speaker tribute To the flag at the
close was loudly cheered.
Then the curtain went up and there
was general burst of admiration as
the group representing New England
was presented to view. The six states
We're represented each by q graduate,
and each perSonifying some character
! istic Of New England. The picture was
/ q beautiful one. IL was set well back
and high up to enable the other groups
to be shown further down Miss Kitty
Eager spoke for this group. She told
how the suffering az the EarlE days
developed strength of character; she
told Of how the spark OF freedom was
famed into q haEIe yby the breath of
Gods free air. of the literature. of the
elOGuence of the revolution, of the love
OF the beautiful and Of the educational
force OF that section.
When the curtain went up for the
/ second time the middle states were rep
resented by second group TO the
right, while the first group was thrown
into the background with EauZe net
tins. The ten states of this group
were typified by ten graduates making
another pretty tableau as the different
/ lights We're thrown upon III. Foster
4 Curtis was the orator for this group,
Z
! credit He told of the growth in
wealth of this section. of the mining.
/ the manufa ctures, the commerce; of
4 the struggles of the pioneers with the
{ pOrLance OF New York and Chicago
among the cities of the world; of the
I Harvesting of Niagara; of the coal,
/ iron, copper and great men such as
/ Lincoln and Grant.
The third group represented the
4 twelve states of the south. AS each
| group appeared the ones that had
4 gone before We're plainly visible in the
! background. and the enthusiasm in
/ creased as the final tableau was built
up, Typical characters of the sunny
/ south made up this group. and Miss
l Emma Lewis spoke for this section
/ Her essay was q prose poem. She
/ spoke of the bird songs of the south
/ land. of the rare fragrance of the cot
\ ton blossom and the magnolia; Of the
! atmosphere OF the plantation as de-
/ picted by Thomas Nelson Page. of the
/ sweet, pure social life Of that section;
I Of the chivalry Of the men; of the
pathOS the humCr. the romance OF the
/ days succeeding the rebellion She
! closed by relating some OF the things
{ that were being done for the C0lOred
( people by such men as Booker T.
! Washington. and thought the future
for the south was never 50 bright
The Group of the Plains came next
( in order, and the cowboy, the indian
/ and the farmer We're prominent in the
! tableau. Ten of the graduates made
/ up this group. representing the ten
states and territories. The orator was
[ Miss BIaude Jones' She told OF the
I beauty and majesty of the prairies;
of the wild. free life of the plains OF
the bloody combats with the Indians
and wild beasts; of the prairie
/ schooners'' of the olden days and or
the peace and prosperity of the
I splendid farms and of the many large
and prosperous cities.
The fifth or western group competed
the stabIeaux. 1T occupied the fore
ground and was made mp Of eighteen
figures. representing the Rocky noun
tain and Pacific coast states, Alaska,
Hawaii, Porto Rico, the Philippines,
the Ute Indian the squaw and the
Indian girl. In the center of this group
stood Lucille Taylor, the ~ as5.tch
BeautS'' who represented Utah With
the sego lily in her hair and at her
bosom Nothing prettier than this
picture was ever seen in this city, and
the applause that greeted it was ire
r.--5fzs-.s- And when the curtain was
ne T1aa for the second time and dis