The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-01

.thlrty-four pupils of the GIFTS hisH
 School last night received their diplo-
 mas as graduates of the Montgomery public schools.
 One boy. the first and only" as President B. J. Baldwin of the Board
 of Education called him. also appeared
 on the stage, and received the prize
 for which he had been working for the
 last four years. The boy was Charles Dennis Bailey When, toward the eno
 of the program he made se,a his s,s arpsditt wpbite dressed and pretty young erls; ne
 was greeted with a hearty applause from those in the audience In be- l slowing upon him the diploma, Presi- dent Baldwin shook him heartily py the hand.
 When, after two hours of entertain
 ment. the erstwhile pupils of the hign school joined in the closing song oi reached the end of happy period or | life. Annie Laurie" was the song. l In unison the voices of the feminine chorus rose, fell, and rose again. rne tones rang with feeling, almost e,no
 ton. The sound of the last bars oled | out, the music ceased, friends began crowding forward to extend their con gratulations to the flower laden giris' 1 and then was brought the full rean- | zation that the twenty second com mencement. their commencement. was
 over, and that high school was mel. ory of the past
 | Great Audience At Theatre. Two thousand people say SrS,t, the eosrss Sios. | The Montgomery Theatre, where tne commencement was held. was filled 10 I its capacity. Every seat in the great
 auditorium was taken. ana the irlenIIs rsnIs of the graduates were gathered rdhhe
 deep back of each door. Parents, brothers, sisters. relatives.
 friends. all were there to show % tne,o ha carried off the honors of the evening; For four years the boys and girls hao been looking forward to the eVenlns
 when they should win their the ,,qa dipiomaSs HnS when, last night. the. time came ,ifa noi
 them to enter upon the larger Iie, they were made conscious oy the
 their efforts during the years or "ofA
 and study. were appreciated.
 Seated upon the stage of the Iheai;ne. nt; E.
 the thirty-four girls of the graIIuattlme giroIc twe rows deep. In the left arm or eacn rested a hugh bouquet of p.,iosfs pinR rosfs and ferns. Banked over the footnghts were heaps of flowers: the gnes ng onnils. ou Back of the pink and the green. tne yI yha low and the red, was the wnlte oI .1', .ne young girls dresses, matcnlng peIIecy with the pretty colors of the decora- tions.
 Distinctions of the Class. The class which last night celebrated the commencement exercises pore sev
 sra srom In ii the was soys Sss Rg School Year in and year out the row about the stage has been composed oi
 pupils dressed wholly in white. ha hast nes Bailey, the white line was for the
 first time broken. with a black suit oi
 masculine apparel. In addition 10 tFis. fn, graduating the largest percentage or It's original membership enrollment Tne class, when 1t entered high school. salo
 President Baldwin in his remarks prep aratory to presenting the diplomas. in cluded seventy-two pupils. No other
 class. he announced, has retained so
 large proportion of students to the
 The class of is0s was composed of the following: Katherine Johnsto1ne ,1 Alley. Lytle Louise Ament, Rita Alien
 Amsnt Miidred Andrew {ley Rsard Wile EVeiyn
 Somerville Bibb. Emile Perrette Clark
 Clara Covington;. Florence Jnrey Da-
 yidson MargIHr,ite Pay sisvia mars rinSK
 Lucy Andrews Glenn, Bessie Pearl Illges,
 Julia Elder Klinge. Leila Louise Lin,
 Bessie Katharine McKeithen, Edith Lu-
 cile Meyer, Lyra Rebecca Meyer. Mary
 Lillian Meyer, Lila Josephine Nessling'
 Cora Elizabeth nri ParkeT MaTgarst RdIs,ns Ella Ella
 Hargrove sayre. Ethel Evan Spiers,
 Kate Steiner, Pauline Elizabeth Town:
 send. Beulah Blanch Walters. and
 Charles Dennis Bailey.
 The Exercises Begin.
 The exercises of the evening began
 promptly at s:15 o'clock; As the
 curtain rose revealing the thirty-fonr girl graduates seated on double row
 about the stage. Behind them was the
 setting of a garden scene, witn s1ors trees and In their laps. outlined against the pure snowiness of their dresses were still other flowers.
 of the class repeated the Lords Prayer
 then drew together forward; and, under
 the leadership of Miss Sachs; yvs sang gsent in
 Thee" from CIaribel. This song, as | well as those sung later in the pro gram, gave evidence of splendid train
 Ing and careful practice: when they plause came from the audience III ap-
 Retiring to their seats a .tnff moment .nr
 mounted with pink paper flowers. Win | these they came again to the front,
 and then went througn g ssnssted . ssrpSntas an-
 piause. With left hand on hip ana fight holding the staff. the pupils | marched through number or intrl-
 to the eye. yet, made perfect by con. con. | stant drilling, until they were at once | symmetrical and graceful. 1 Verdrs Pilgrim Chorus was next
 sung by the class, after wnlch Ine
 sayist of the evening", Miss EvelyH f
 Blob, read a paper on The PoetrS oi | School Life" oe
 Following the next song came one or inc most Interesting features or Ihe l evening program With great merit | Mits Kate Steiner recited the Aenohe oi
 Tennyson. Assisting her, with appro- I priate pantomime and gesture score 1 of classmates followed the lines or the
 poem, suiting posture and expression 1 to the words, Tn perfect accord and uni l son, presenting a picture of the poem as
 the recitationist spoke the lines. | Miss Meyer VaIedictOrian. | The valedictory address was gwen l by Miss Lyra Meyer In it she tnanked:
 in the name of the class, the Board ot | Education and the faculty of the hlgn school. extended a greeting to the next | class and expressed regret that the 1 members of the class of 1906 were about to part. Dr. B. J Baldwin, President of the Board of Education. made the present ation of the diplomas. pr. Grant Nlxon' President of the Sophia Newcomoe col l lege for Women. of New Orleans. who | had been asked to make the present ation he announced, had been prevent ed by illness from attending. pr. Baldwin spoke of the close relations existing between the Sophia Newcomhe school and the Girls High School or Montgomery, and of the good records which graduates of the local lhstltuLlon nI who have gone from here to the Ns" Orleans college. have made at that place.
 He also spoke of the record the graduating class of this year has mace
 during their high school course. t ana