The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-25
Nineteenth Annual Commence ment Begins Next Thursday
ADDRESS AT THE THEATRE
Will be Made by the Rev. pr. Stagg, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church-Number of other
 Interesting Events.

of the Birmingham high school will be- gin Thursday, June 4, at o'clock, and all of the exercises will take place in the high school building except on Thursday night when the annual address will be delivered in the Jefferson. theatre by the Rev. Dr. J W Stagg pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
 Before the beginning of the commence ment exercises proper a number of events will take place as follows:
 MONDAY NIGHT, JUNE l.
 Shakespearian symposium at the high school at 8 D. m. Every year some book of Shakespeare is studied. This year Macbeth" was the basis of Shakesper- ian study.
 TUESDAY NIGHT. JUNE 2.
 Senior class reception by the members of the board of education. This is an an- nual affair when the members of the board meet the seniors and their pa rents.
 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3.
 At o'clock D. m., the Euterpean club will give musical entertainment at the Jefferson theatre. This date is usually given to the meeting of the alumni of the high school but change has been made for this commencement.
 Official Programme. i The official programme for the com mencement exercises is as follows:
 THURSDAY, O'CLOCK A. NJ
 High school assembly hall
 Music-"How Lovely are the Messengers 1 lnI, 1 Invocation,
 chant-Lord's Prayer. Euterpean club. i Narrative. 'On the Rim of a Great Disaster" Mar tha Gardner Gwathney.
 Experiences of an Umbrella" Ida 1 Grace Harrell.
 "The Circle of the Seasons" Lena Ed ward, Lansford.
 "An Umbrellas Story" Amy Westbrook Burney.
 The High School Rostrum," Alma Beaune.
 History
 Words-"Past and Present" Augusta Randolph Reid
 Birmingham High School Building" |" William Ransom Johnson Dunn. William Penn" Irma Fannie Calmus.
 "Penn's Colony" Alice Phillips Hirsh.
 Growth of Birmingham" Chester Ga briel Bondman. Music-Selected Mandolin club.
 Social Study. Advertising" Eula Davis Starbuck "Festivals of Different Countries" Emil ly May MacEvoy.
 "On Street Corner" Martha Caroline McAdory.
 My Sunday School Pupil" Ruby But | Ter. 1 Experiences of a Sunday School Teach er," Mary Canister Banier observations in a Church." Jennie Lee Wick.
 Muslc-Mary Jones vincenD, girls cho- rus. Criticism.
 "Lycdas," Bertha Marion Eatherley. "Arthurs Knights" John Paul McCar- tin.
 Dante and MIlton," Sarah Louise Beggs.
 "The Holy Grail" Abbie Mary Murphy. "Lycdas," Dennis Rogers Bell.
 "Comus," Vivian Beatrice Gerdner
 "The Holy Grail" Elizabeth Meade Jones'
 "The Vision of Sir Launfal" Gertrude Well
 General Views of Lowell's Launfal" Joseph Hudson Barker
 Music-"Row. Boatman, Row. (GeibeD. Boys chorus. Fiction.
 Basis of plot for each following-A card having one word written on 1t: Mystery of Influence" Daisy Glass Fortunes of an Exile" Maud Josephine | Boyle.
 "A Sailors Story" Merlin Clifford Herz- | field.
 "A Souvenir of Bull Run" Nellie Eva | Leath Loco" Bessie Claudia Scholar. Goodbye" Jelks Henry Cabanlss Music-"Fairy Song" (sudds) Girls chorus.
 Thursday S:l5 p. m., at Jefferson Thea | tre:
 Musc-Union and Liberty, "Tanhauser' 1 (Wagner). high school Euterpean club. Invocation. Musc-He is Watching Over Israel! Elijah (Mendelssohm. High school Flu terpean club. Annual Address-'rhe Rev J. w Stagg D. D.
 Music-Falry Song (sudds) Girls cho- rus Presentation of diplomas.
 Parting chorus Benediction.
 On Friday, June 5. there will be an in- formal reception at the high school build ing in the morning. At this time the in- coming class from the other schools will meet and certificates will admit the held CTS to any high school in the country. About two hundred boys and girls will enter the high school next year. On Saturday, June G. at 9:30 o'clock. the last meeting of the teachers will take pla.ee at the high school.
 On Monday and Tuesday. June s and 9. examinations for those on the eligible lists for applications for teachers will be held
 On Friday night June .. the exercises of the colored school pupils will be held in one of the colored churches
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