Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-27
And Thirty Eight Mere BOYS Re
ceiyed Diplomas at Grand
lheater Today
FROM THE DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
Young People Seated on the Stage
Made a Brave Show 10 Pretty
Dresses.

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blushlng In their white gowns with
large white hair ribbons, and bounuful
supplies Of the many passionate hued
streamers comprising the coors Of the
Lafayette, Oqurh and Union schools,
today received dipl0mAs certifying
their fitness to enter the high school
and signed by the superintendent OF
Schools nd their principals. with
them We're 3S boys, but mere boys are
Of minor Importance when Il comes 10
making q stage look pretty or song
sound sweet at graduation time.
The exercises occurred a. the Grand
theat1r and commenced at 10 o'clock.
| on the stage were seated the young
| people TO be graduated, while the main
| floor was filled with their parents and
| friends admitted uuon tickets which
| had been furnished the children Tor
! distribution. The scene ON the stage
| rCsembIed flower garden IN June 40
plentiful was the supply Of budding
roses and plnks offered by admiring
! friends
ADDRESSES by EDUCATORS,
The exercises OF the students were
lntersperoed by three talks by prOm-
incnt educators the first by Principal
w. j, Mccoy OF the East Side High
school the second by Principal George
A, Eaton Of the West Side High school,
aud the nnal one by Prof Byron Cum-
mlngs Of the school board, who In the
absence Of Supt Christensen distrlbut-
ed the diplomas
Prof Cummings spoke eloquontly Of
the meaning TO the nation OF liz schools
such as the children assembled repre-
sentei. Tracing national ideals from
ancient times he spoke Of the faith OF
the Greeks IN one man az national
poWer-Achllles and Of the hope OF
Troy that Centere1 In Hector In mod
crn times he instauced the case OF
Russia that staked her hope ON her
thousands Of soldiers and her great
citadel at Port Arthur. both of which
fell before u quicker thinking power
that seemed Of much less strength.
Coming 10 the ideals Of America he
pointed out that the nations hope was
not IN one man or one plan but IN
NE Intelligence of It's average citizen.
This intelligence was furnished throtlh
the public school system. and this svs-
tenn W what furnishes the guarantee
that American ideals shall prosper. Il
have been panied 10 hear" he went on
the assertion made that this state Of
Utah rs going eduCatiOnally mad, ana !
lhat some day soon the taxpayers will !
get tired Of carrying the burden, and
throw II over Then education Will be
a matter for private schools and acad.
emlos TO attend TO- When that dav
comes mark yOu the day of the doom
Of our republic has come"
COLLEGE MEN WIN OUT.
Quoting from figures compiled from
Who's Who In America" Prof. Cum |
mlngs showed that Of the men and WOO |
men deemed able enough TO be repre-
scented there IN 10000 had ceased 10 |
20 to school with the eighth grado 1 I'm /
$3.50 had continued through the high
school ana ] In 40 had acquired a col
lege education His conclusion from
these figures was that the results of the .
public school system IN making able /
men and women justified the expeudi. /
ture necessary TO keep Il up.
Prof. Eaton OF the High school, adj
dressed his remarks to the young grad
yates, urging them to continue
through the High school, making II not ,
q goul, but means TO an end still far
Their beyond, For" he declared, the /
day Of the old fashioned education Is
gone, and that Kind Of education Is no
IN the world Of today"
Prof. Mccoy spoke Of the foundation
which the grammar grades make for
the student who wishes to 20 ahead
aud build upon IT, He urged tho grad
yates to consider the High school not
as "a superstructure 10 their education
but as a larger and further addition
10 the foundation on which they would
build I'm tho university ana IN HE.
AZ the conclusion Of each speech the
gallery visitors from the two High
schools loosened q couple Of salyos OF .
yelling
PROGRAM IN DETAIL.
The program opened with q chorus
by the Oquirrh graduates followed .
by a valedictory by Alice Wells OF the I
Lafayette, and o recitation by Lucille .
Gardner Of the Union.
Seven students Of the Ouunrh,
REGINALD Levy George Timmms. .
Gilbert Williams Pauline Brok- .
meyer Margaret Cuthhertsou. Adelaide I.
Eichnor and Laura pOulBon rendered I
scene from King Lear" ~ which the .
role of Lear portrayed by Miss Poul- /
son was the principal feature.
M'Nlt gray slender youth on the B
Lafayette. rendered all alone sen .
song that brought hearty applause from .
the other boys who wondered how he /
mustered the grit 90 do Il.
A scene Of Julius Caesar that IN the .
garden OF Brutus, whore he meets the .
cousulrutOrs was rendered by students /
of the Union school those taking part .
being Margery Breech. Henry Keller. /
Agnes MCMILLAN, jackson Newman /
Fred Rivers CLYDE Renshlw clifford /
Rldd, and Jane Wailklugsh1w.
a song by Misses Esther Davis I
ElNonor HeTngor Ann Seal Mabel .
spencer and Vira Hrst Of the Union |
school was well received II was FOL. |
lowed by @ humorous reading on grad. |
uatlon ceremonies by Alberta McCanno |
ot the OQuirrh
The final number Of the program. pre-. |
ceding the presentation Of the diplomas |
was "a piano duct by Mabel Wells and !
Ruby Nielsen OF the Lafayette
WHERE THEY WILL GO.
OF the students, those graduating
from The OQulwh go TO the Eost side |
High school those from the Union TO
me West Side and those from the La