Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1905-06-08
HIGH n SCHOOL GRADUATES
Closing Day Of fhe City High School
Year. Program at Opera
House.

UV0ls eeVys oaSs ~ VPVsO
House.
Friday at the opera house were
held the twentieth annual commence
ment exercises Of the Jamestown
High School. The opera house was
crowded with interested friends who
listened to the program. The class
song was composed by two Of the
graduates, Miss Chenery and Miss
Lyman and was sung by the class at
the close OF the valedictory.
The class motto was: We have left
the bay; the ocean is before us''
The class colors we're pink and tan.
The stage vas decorated by the
junior high school class with cut
flowers, palms and ferns and the
members Of. the class, members OF
board Of education and faculty enter
ed the stage as Louise Chapman OF
the junior class rendered an inspir-
ing march on the piano. After the
Invocation by Rev. j.. p Davis and
selection by the orchestra. the salut-
atory was delivered by Miss Deborah
Lyman, who gracefully welcomed the
audience and told of the happy and
the rerplexing hours of class work,
Of school life, of the bright anticipa-
tions of all and the realization of the
harder facts as we'll, that life In its
reality was beginning 1or Jnem.
The speaker declared ttiat., success
In after life was to be confidently
predicted for them ii they utilized
their school advantages fully and
quoted the Duke Of Wellington's re-
mark that "the field of Waterloo was
won on che play ground Of Eton.''
The program was of some consid-
erable length as each member of the
class participated. ...-s...
The original debate on the merits
of the primary election law of this
state, by Morris Davis and Palmer
Clark was, as to results, left to the
audience to form their own conclu-
sions without the intervention Of
Judges, ..,, !,
Leroy Schmitz sang two numbers
one In German and the other in
English; both selections were vel.
rendered.
Miss Theresa Steinbach's recita-
tion, "The Bishop and the Cater
pillar was humorous and we'll given.
The oratlon, "The New South, 10Y
George Brastrup was also we'll done
and the ''Indian Legend reoited by
Lucille Parker, had for its theme the
story of the creation Of the "Grass-
hopper Hills,'' in this county near
Jim Lake. The tale was we'll written
and we'll told.
Lucille Corwin rendered in fine
style, two piano solos and Lille
Gray's recitation. "Brier-R -Rose'' vas
especially we'll rendered. Howard
Boise delivered an oration entitled
"Onr Flag in fine style. He has
been..requested to deliver the same
before the coming state meeting Of
the GA. r. which organization will
present the high school with a flag
and the speaker With golo medal.
''The Organist" q recitation BY
Miss Jennie Karcher vas given with
much feeling and solo by Miss
Sarah Schmidt, entitled "Burst,
Ye Apple Buds'' vas we'll received
after which followed the presentation
Of the class gift to the high school BY
the president Of the class, Bernard
Glaspell. This gift was large bas-
relief Of "Apollo and the Muses..
about three By five feet In dimensions
and will be the first memorial to be
placed in the new high school build
ing. The presentation was accom-
panied b. a we'll delivered address. on
the ennoblin0 influences Of art and
literature. Il He also gave . sketch Of
the original work Of art from which
the gift was reprod duced. 81 /;
The valedic ictory, written by Miss
! Isabella Chenery and delivered in q
forcible manner vas extremely In
] terestiDg. She thanked the teachers
for their efforts. ths school board for
=itszactiye support sot the; chools and
bade farewell % the Juniors and
3members of1 the class. ~.
President Steel Of the board de-.
! sliyered ) short address of congratu-.
lation, VI \ spoke of the needs % + new
school bnilding,s and presented each
graduate ! diploma. 5Ss N M VI
There we're tourt teen grad uatlesl,
: the largest class sincs l9o2. The
clallO l,oneEs were III yen 70 "a Misl !!
suhsnely Who deli The l1le eaic,, II,
tory ) and Min y e !. gay'e q II tlas I!
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