The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-06-02
GIRL GRADUATES OF 1905
 RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS

and apt address by Rabbi A. J. Messing. Jr;. of Kahl Montgomery: n, the est to Montgomerians than any of the
 ssssee of ths ns sssr Sacked ssd quette and balcony greeted the sweet girl graduates, as the rise of the eur tain at SIS o'clock disclosed them %
 Great Audience in Theatre.
 Proud parents alumni & of the inst. ,ho graduates. made up the big audience. Dr. B. J. Baldwin, President of the Montgomery School Board, occupied a elect W. NJ. Teague and Mir and Mrs. cupied another box and with him were asn sa eSBges HsSgh 1sss h9s%sr and 5oap aaer
 The members of the graduating class were seated in semi-circle facing the bers of the junior class, who next year will receive their diplomas.
 The exercises were opened by the class of '05 reciting with impressive reverence the Lords Prayer. In well trained chorus the senior and junior classes sang Anchored" by G. A. Vea- as 4he areHsss ess Si oi sos nss hoans in dainty hands crimson and white para sols. executed a graceful and stateiy Miss Alice Sachs, instructor in vocal music sang in. splendidly trained SO, prano "Ernani. Come Fly With Me" by Verdi She responded to an en- A figure drill, 'The Lotus Eaters" was executed by the graduating class. The recitationist was Miss Bsrtie Meii. able elocution. Miss Adelaide Screws sang the choric song with fine effect.
 Dr. Asdrs"1 aa,swn 1s hshf Presissnt Messias Of School Board, then briefly introducsd d evening. Rabbi Messing. always elo. and and he conveyed his message to the girl graduates in a peculiarly easy and graceful style.
 Mir. Messing spoke as follows: This is the month of June-the mer- ry June" of which the poet sings. or as the old Roman superstition has 1t, "a
 ohnn the maid S0o Al n what t is A so rare ep ss day in JuneT asks our own nfLoweu,
 Then heaven tries the earth If it be in It is the month when the school year ends; when innumerable girls issue forth from dreary cJass-rooms, holding boned parchment that proclaims them Sweet Girl Graduates" when innum- | erable boys. their lessons OCT, gladly
 cast away their books and eagerly peep 0 regard as their oyster-it awaits but
 But all our sympathies are with the girls-theSe radiant visions. standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet ! Womanhood and girlhood fleet" And we. who are older and perchance ! disillusioEed in lifes pilgrimage as we | find ourselves nearing that horizon where the dusk is waiting for the night,
 still turn to them and say:
 Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares | Care and age come unawares.
 Like the swell of some sweet tune | Morning rises into noon,
 | May glides onward into June.
 Bear through sorrow wrong and ruth, l In thy heart the dew of youth,
 On thy lips the smile of truth. And let that smile, like sunshine, dart | Into many a sunless heart,
 | For a smile of tod thou art"
 Alas. it was not ever thus. While | the ideal of the angelic in humanity has always been feminine, men have never been willing until the present day to
 see their angels" educated. In ancient
 was one of continued abject and unre-
 quilted toll. Even in enlightened Attn ems it was thought improper for any except the dancing women to be able
 to read and write. The ideal woman
 in all ages has been the prudent house.
 wife. And even in Persia today the at the feet of her husband and ask nine times. What do you wish that should
 do?" And having received, his reply she
 must humbly withdraw and obey his command. What a delightful place
 Persia must be to live in-for married men.
 II Old Idea of Women.
 | The old idea was that woman was naturally mans inferior. her mind in- capable of mastering an education. It | was our fathers dictum that woman 8 sole duty was to be sweet and charm ing. The fallacy. of course, is appar-
 ent: It is no more the duty of woman to be charming than 1t Is the duty of
 the sun to give light or the rose to ex-
 hale perfume or the tree to cast a friendly shade. A function Is not a | duty. It Is the nature. the prerogativs
 of woman to be charming, but if she
 made 1t duty, the effort would fail.