Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1903-05-20
GRADUATION
DAY AT HAND
Both City and County Schools Active
ly at Work Preparing for the
Close Of Exercises.
IN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
Seven Boys and Five Girls Will be Civ.
en- Their Diplomas on the 9th
Of June.

Active preparations are going on in
both the city public school and the
county high school for graduating ex-
%ercises which are rapidly approach
ing.
One week from Friday evening the
closing exercises of the city public
school will be held in Culver's hall.
Eighth grade promotions are based
upon the grade made at an exami-
nation held the last week of school
and upon questions furnished by the
state superintendent Of schools. The
eighth grade in the city school is com.
posed of about twenty students, at
least two-thirds of whom are girls.
1t is expected that the larger number
of them will successfully pass the
examination and enter the high
school next year.
The entertainment on the 29th will
consist of a play entitled Our Coun-
try" and as the following synopsis
will show, gives a general represen-
tation of the chief historical events
which have transpired since the foun-
dation of u government:
Act 1.
Period of Revolution and ~organiza-
tion OF Government.
Prologue.
Scene i. Front of Boston tavern,
dialogue Of citizens, introducing
"a ankee Doodle" and song and drill
of recruits.
Scene 2. Forest scene. song and
waltz of fairies Of Good and their
queen, Song and dance Of Prince
Beppo and his Imp5 of Evil.
Scene 3. Forest scene, Columbia,
Goddess of Liberty, Uncle Sam, and
the Fairies, dialogue in blank verse,
Hail Columbia"
Tableau.
Period of development to 1850.
Prologue.
Scene /. Forest scene, song and
dance of the Indians.
Scene 2. Forest scene, Columbia,
Goddess OF Liberty, Uncle Sam and
the original thirteen states. with song
and dance at the last, and the intro
duction of new states, including Cal
~ifornia. Uncle Sans Vision.
Tableau.
Period from 1850 to 1865. Rebel.
hon and reconstruction.
Prologue.
Scene l. Kentucky negro cabin
and slave scene. presenting negro dia-
logue. ditties and MY Old Kentucky
Home"
Scene 2. March and Dixie Land
by Boys in Gray. typifying the south
ern armies; Marching Through Geor-
gia' by Boys in Blue. representing
the northern armies, and a combina-
ton march. and Rally Round the
Flag" by the Blue and the Gray, in
token of peace and reconciliation ;
GLORY, Glory. Hallelujah!"
Tableau.
A slave auction.
Act q.
Period from 1865 to now. Prosper.
ity.
Prologue.
Scene /. Forest scene, the spirits
of progress tell what has been done
in their domains and sing their Song
of Right and Liberty" to Columbia,
Goddess of Liberty and Uncle Sam.
Scene 2. Forest scene, all the
states, Cuba, Fairies, Columbia, God
dess of Liberty. Uncle Sam, Imps and
Prince Peppo.
America"
The graduating class Of the county
high school comprises IL members,
and. what is rather unusual, more
boys than girls. In nine classes out
of ten which graduate from high
schools the girls exceed the boys in
number. The following boys and girls
will receive their diplomas on the
9Th of June, when the graduating ex'
ercises take place this year:
Herbert w Silloway, ]. IsabeIl Nc
Lachlan. Ruby Ellen King, II. Eliz'
abeth Crowley, Clare B. Ackly, Fred
ID. Silloway, Mamie Alice Anderson,
Oscar |. Anderson, Arthur B. Lehman,
William A. Young and Ethel G. War.
rem.
Their graduating exercises will be
held in the assembly room OF the
central school building and will con.
sist of essays by the girls and ora,
tons by the boys. The program has
not yet been announced in full.
Mr. r. von Tobel, secretary OF the