The Delta independent., 1904-06-03
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
0pefa House Crowded to See the
Sweet Girl Graduate"

xhere never was in Delta 4 prettie
epuneucement nor . more crowded
haoss than that OF last Friday evening
vbou the class OF 1904. performed their
last duties as students of the Delta high
sobsd.
tn hall was srt,stically decorated
vi1A the clas colors. crimson and gold
ssd pith the most beautiful Of cut
1ovrs and house plants. The six
gseasstes occupied the front rov Of
ehalap on the stage. Behind these were
~ oembers Of the school board. and
~ high school faculty. the Delta Chorus
0ub and the High School Chorus. The
D. orchestra vas present and started
~ brogram with one oe their choice
ss1e)sious.
n first speaker of tho evening vss
11iUE Gertrude Ashe. '-Conventioosiity'
- fsr subject and she had written II
- : Sss;erfui way. though on account
q Aeslth she bad only short time 70
psfe.
- Edna Ineersoll presented . sub
- - her own wise chnics For
@na4 4nity's Sake In which she made
- Gntnest plea for our dumb animals.
6ho rs 10 use Tor the boy or man who
- gut to slay and to kill just to ''have
. - time" and she laments the killing
a ~ to adorn ladies hats-
~ Alta Stewart had chosen for the
o1po Nation Builder and she
sh0oSd her bent Of mind for things
49, cal and national in most inter-
ssa1( discussion Of Napoleon and Bis
1879 typical nation builders- Both
~ lid and both did destroy. Histor-
hie4ttll probsbiy always differ ~ to
Ue1 vas the greater and it 10 impossi
~ tell what would have happened il
- kad lived in the same age"
mEsrl Gheen. the only boy 10 the
49, poke on -FindinG Ones Niche"
n RI tbe place intended for us ne N us
lo1D tne to prepare "A young man
spo&nlg for entrance to OberIin college
80 nked the president IL he could not
1n11nhe course in less time than that
80 bed BY the curriculum. The old
- piled that the time required de
upoa vhat one wanted to make
= Belf. When the Almighty wants
&C. an oak be takss hundred
- but Wien - vants 70 make .
- lA9HsNAgouiys1r ssssa1lae----s
Opposite ths name Of Miss Ethel Bear
On the psngran vas The Thrss Best
Things - Lie" and the audieDce uss
curious y hsar what these vere 10 the
ss,imatioo q . high school graduate.
But Min Bear. . fine student Of litera-
ture. bod received her suggestion from
Van Dyks and she told how life. labor
and iovs. arc the three best thin9s and
hos thess alone transform broad ex-
psnse Il desert. sage brush and cactus
into sieA. happy valley, such ss our
own. Bat this vas merely the introduc
ton. II there wxs 4 Deltsite not at
Friday night he missed
= treat 1or Aiss Bear ~ss our champion
10 elocutSoa at the recent Western Slope
contsut.
A coonsncement GRAFTON when pre-
pared - ooe should be prepared u
matter u much hard work and require
ali the power and all the training re-
ceived h twelve years Of school life.
Miss Nina Nerrill's subject "A West
ern Assarch." )" vas unique in that tire
quirsd iavsssigatiou into all available
sources Il Information regarding Ouray.
the great eAise Of the Ute Indiana The
history = given by Mi>s Merrill both In
suhseaaca aud in arrangement nskss IN
intersstipg chapter. the scsos of which
10 10 our own locality. Truly ''we arc
prone te sndssrate our surroundiues."
The asasatioo and interest in every part
Of IL large crowded hall was meritsd
recogsisfna q the spesks1 ability.
Whos ths graduating csass Themselves
arc alvays ths center q attraction At .
cou0saesoent, Delta b favored with
musisal organisations that are credit