Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-28
GRADUATES ARE IN SEASON
Public Schools of State Holding Interesting
Exercises at Close Of Year
GOVERNOR MICKEY TALKSAr BROKEN BOW
Entire Town Turns ont and the Day
f. Made n Gala Occasion, Com
bininE Flag Raising with
Graduation.

BROKEN BOW, Neb, May 27.-(Special.)
The commencement exercises of the
Broken Bow High school held in the opera
house last night is an event that will long
be remembered by the citizens of this
place.
The entire day was given up to school
exercises in honor of the presence of
Governor Mickey, who was in the city at
the request of the school board to address
the graduating class last night.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the pupils,
accompanied by their teachers formed in
line and marched to the city park to meet
the governor. The crowd was entertained
with several selections by the band until
the hour of Ii, when the meeting was
called to order by L. II. Jewett The new
steel tower and pole which had been placed
in the center of the park and adorned with
a new flag was formally presented to the
city by the committee, Hon. A. r. Hum
phrey making the presentation speech.
which was responded to by Mayor Purcell.
In behalf of the school board J. K Dean
introduced Governor Mickey, who spoke
to the children along the lines of good
citizenship.
At the commencement exercises in the
evening the opera house was crowded to
its full capacity. Music for the occasion
was furnished by Taylor's orchestra. The
exercises were opened with prayer by Rev
s. p. Morris, pastor of the Baptist church.
The invocation was followed by a piano
solo by Miss Pearl Liggett. The salutatory
was delivered by Miss Edith Lomax. Her
subject was Lubricants" The valedictory.
Capitalization of Power" was delivered
by Fred Skillman There were thirteen in
the class, seven girls and six boys. Vocal
solos were rendered by Miss j. E. Ander-
son and Peter Ryerson and a violin solo
by Prof. Gorlich.
The speakers were: Governor Mickey,
Senator NJ. L. Fries and ex-senator F.
NJ. Currie. The governors address was on
Character Building"
The diplomas we're presented by J. j.
Nilsson. president of the school board. The
four years scholarship at Cotner univer-
sity for the highest grades was awarded to
Charles H. Windnagle and the one year
course to Miss Edith Lomax.
EXETER, Neb., May H.-CSpeciaL 1.-THE
junior class of the Exeter High school gave
its annual orations at the Methodist Epis-
copal church last night, the entertainment
being postponed from the 21st until last
evening on account of the severe storm
which occurred the 2st. The class was
composed Of ten, three boys and seven
girls, and the music was furnished by the
Exeter High school quartet.
FAIRBURY, Neb., May H.-(Special)-
The graduating class of the Fairbury High
school held its exercises at the opera house
last evening. The program included a de-
bate on the subject, Resolved, That the
United States Should Hold the Philip
pines" participated in by Lewis B. Nc
Collough and Jay o. Aultman. Violin solo,
by Hattie Shepherd; essay, Mature and
| Its Impressions" by Espe B. Mclean;
song by the Boys quartet-Henney, Nc
| Collough, Hedges and Schmidt; essay,
"Our Industrial Invasion of Canada" by
John B. Killean; bass solo by Francis A.
| Schmidt; essay, Ambitions OF a High
School Girl" by Marie c. Kisterson; music
by Mandolin club-Henney, Bailey, Black
burn and Halves; essay, How Adam and
| Eve Turned White" by Ernest A. Wood
piano solo, by Charlotte NJ. Simpson; es
say, "Woman's Rights" by Maud s. Liv.
ingstone; farce, "A Regular Fix" by eigh
graduates; valedictory, Glass of 1913" By
Paul NJ. Sarbach. The commencement ex
ercises will be held Friday evening.
HASTINGS, Neb., May 2.-(Special.) J.
Promotional exercises were held at tn,
Kerr opera house this evening and wer,
we'll attended.