The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-06-08

North Yakima high school. Eight young
ladies and seven young men were given
their diplomas, having completed the
course of study, and are now prepared
to either enter the universities for q
higher education or to begin the work
of earning livelihood fairly well
equipped for the struggle. The usual
interest was taken in the commence
ment exercises, which were held in the
North Yakima theatre Friday evening
1t had been prettily decorated for the
occasion with streamers of black and
yellow. the scnool colors, and of green
and white. the colors of the graduating
class. Potted and cut flowers also play
ed II prominent part in the decorations.
as well as the national colOrs, and the
opera house never looked prettier.
The audience that assembled to hear
the exercises filled every seat in the
theatre and standing room could hardly
be had. Ladies predominated in the
assemblage, most of them being clad in
light colored gowns, the various hues
of which blended harmoniously with the
decorations and formed scene of more
than passing beauty, the fragrance of
flowers filling the opera house and add
ing much to the enjoyment of the oc-
cason. The floral tributes presented to
the graduates by their relatives and ad-
mirers were many, some being large set
pieces that it took two or three per-
sons to carry. Four young girls, dress
ed in white, received the floral emblems
from the audience as it assembled, car
rying the flowers to the stage. They
would have filled it if they had been
placed on exhibition and there would
nave been no room for the graduates or
others participating in the exercises, but
the flowers were temporarily stored be-
hind the scenes and afterwards remov-
ed to the homes of the class.
When the curtain rose for the rendi-
ton of the program the graduating class
sat in a semicircle on the stage, the
young ladies all dressed in white and
the young men wearing the conventional
black. Superintendent A. R. Jolley
Mrs. Ella Stair, principal of the high
Crompton of the board of education and
Revs. A. H. Henry and H. P. James also
occupied seats on the stage Professor
Jolley announcing the numbers on the
program.
The exercises opened with an invoca,
ton by Rev. A. II. Henry. ideals as
Character Builders" by Lloyd F. Fair.
brook, was the first grafton, the young
man also being salutatorian of the
class. He opened his remarks by briefly
j reviewing the associations of the class
during their school life, regretting that
they would now be severed and express
ing the hope that the associations oil
the individuals through life would be a:
pleasant and profitable. The grafton Of
Mr.. Fairbrook dwelt on the necessity o.
every young man and woman choosing
an ideal in life and moulding their cnar
acter after it, striving to reach the higi
plane of their ideal in every vocation
His suggestions and views along thes,
lines were practical and interesting.
Ora d. Huxtable, the president of thu
class, spoke on the price of Success,
taking the sensible view that success
was only attained after long and pa
+. tient effort; that nothing was wortl
% having that was not worth working for
To attain success it was necessary t,
choose a vocation in life that was suit
able and to then bend all the energie
o OF the individual to reach as near peer
5 lection as possible.
! The first essay was by Miss Edit
Cole, her subject being "The Harvest O
Influence" 1t is a theme of extraordi
nary wide range, but the young lad,
covered it well in her short essay, tax
,. ing the ground that the influences sur
rounding us have much to do with tn
formation OF character; We should b
careful, therefore, to yield only to tn
best influences and then make the bes
of our opportunities.
"A Forest Song" vocal solo, wa
f, eharmingly rendered by Miss Helen n
Scott, one of the graduates, in lieu @
an essay, being quite as well received
Harry NJ. Cook then spoke on 9Th
Destiny of the United States" predict
ing great things for this country, whic
is destined, he thought, to be the mos
wonderful nation in the world. Pro
gress, said he, is the watchword of tn
| people; their government is on a stab
r foundation being of and for the people
their intelligence is of the highest OIL
der; their patriotism is an evidence {
I their love and devotion. The oratiol
in comparing this country to other ns
- tions, showed much historical researc
7 and the effort of the young man wa
: highly creditable.