Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-29
Twenty Eighth Annual Com
mencement Closes With
Graduation Program
SUPERINTENDENT CRANES TALK
This Years Glass, With Its Thirty
Members, Very Representative One
Twenty two Girls and Eight Boys
Only One Absent-Larse Audience
Is Present.

| nigh school into the broader walks o
life, group of young men and women
This years class is most representa-
tive one, and is comprised of thirt,
members, twenty-five girls and eigh
boys. Superintendent Crane deliveref
| the commencement address, the Odeor
| being almost entirely filled with tn,
parents, friends and school children
The evenings program passed of
smoothly, and made in its whole one
| of the very pretty graduations of the
| city.
The decorations OF the stage were
simple, but effective, and consisted oil
banks of plants and cut flowers or
either side of the stage, entwined with
the class colors, cardinal and white
The front OF the stage was draped in
bunting of the same colors. One OF
| the beauties of the graduation exercises
and one too often overlooked in many
places, was it's length, for 1t was not
long enough TO become tiresome, altho
Superintendent Cranes address would
have held the attention of the audience
had 1t been double its length.
The Program.
After an opening number by the
Odeon orchestra, the curtain arose, with
the class occupying the stage, seated In
double semi-circle. with President n.
A. Church, of the school board, Super
intendent Crane. Principal Z. y. Graft
and Rev. w. II. Scott at the ends. The
High School Glee Club, an organization
of .-oung ladies. under the direction of
Miss Besse Beaver. supervisor OF mu-
sic, sang 'Snowfiakes," and responded
to an encore with "Doan You Cry My
Honey" Miss Helen Abbott singing the
solo. Following the invocation by Rev.
w. II. Scott, the glee club, with girls
from the eighth grade, sang the
Legend of Bregenz."
After Mr.. Crane had concluded his
speech, the class was formally pre-
sented and recommended for gradua-
ton to the president of the board by
Mr.. Graft. who briefly told of their
years of endeayor and success to attain
this, one of the important events in
their lives. President Church re-
sponded, and presented the members
of the class with their diplomas. Rock
a-bye," by the glee club was followed
by the class song, written by Laurencs
Jones. and sung to the air of "Heidel-
berg" by the entire class. The sing
ing Of the glee club was especially ex-
cellent and shows a marked application
to the close training they nave received
under Miss Beaver. This was very
noticeable of the Legend of Bregenz."
Superintendent Cranes Address.
Superintendent Crane spoke for about
an hour, and In his inimitable way
forced home the plain truths he uttered.
Els address was sprinkled with hum
orous incidents that brought forth re-
peated bursts of laughter. His SUBJ
ject might be termed THE Rude Awal-
ening of the Graduate" being along the
lines Of whether or not the life school
or college fits students TO meet the
duties of after life. The gist of his re-
marks are given below:
The first thing Mr.. Crane showed was
the buoyant feeling Of the graduate In
respect to his future. The second was
the rude awakening he finds when he;
comes up against life itself. and realizes
that his learning has not fitted him to
he made was in showing what life
demands, and some of the qualities nee
essary to success. He pointed out that
it does demand knowledge, but it de-
mands qualities to a much greater de-
gree than 1t does knowledge. Among
these qualities he mentioned power to-
promote an enterprise without assist
ance, pluck, will power and endurance
to keep on until the thing is finished.
He said, "life and the busy and suc-4
cessful worker in life has no use for
the squealers." He showed life de-
mands honest and fearless men.
He was of the opinion that what was
demanded was the honest, fearless men.
and made as his point that high
school student who has not developed
honesty and fearlessness can not meet
this earnest need Of his country. He
drove home the fact that this life de-
lnands high minded, noble men; men
whose ideals will not allow them to
stoop to that which is mean and sordid
He told the incident of Captain Philil
of the battleship Texas. at the bat,
tie of Santiago, who, when the me-
of his ship had participated in thR
conflict and had either sunk or drive
ashore the ships of the enemy, w2i
their cry of victory. Capital
Philip, pointing to one OF the ship
said: Don't cheer boys; the poor devil
are dying over there
He put this question to his auditor:
"Are the chances for suGoeyc 10 gree
now as they used to be * sa3Wt
how they were indni,eif ;tTg; an
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