Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-08
ADIEU TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
si1ty-sevsn Finish the Course and Receive
...t Their Diplomas
DR.. wlNsHP DELIVERS THE ADDRESS

Auditorium of High school Crowded
to Its Capacity and some who
wish to Attend Unable to
secure Admittance.
The auditorium Of the high school pre-
sented a brilliant scene last night when an
= audience which filled the large hall to over
I flowing gathered to witness the largest
class ever sent forth from the school, con-
sisting Of sixty-seven young people. receive
their diplomas of graduation and bid adleu
to their public school days. The demand
for seats far exceeded the supply and many
were disappointed. A number who decided
| TO chance getting a seat at the last minute
/ were unable to even get inside the hall, so
large was. the crowd
The hall was tastefuly decorated the col
ors Of the class orange and black being
, conspicuous, while an immense Bouquet of
! pink roses, the class flower. graced a table
on the platform The graduates occupied
seats on the platform. the young women
( In front and the young men at the back
The members of the Board Of Education.
Superintendent Clifford p and 80. Principal
Thomas also occupied seats on the plat
form, over which in large letters was to be
seen the class motto, Ambition Knows No
REST" -.a
The exercises opened with the Invocation
by Rev. Marcus P. Mcclure. pastor Of the
/ First Presbyterian church, following which
the graduating class rendered the chorus
I'm May Time"
DIR. Winship's Address.
Then came the address by Or. A. E. Win
ship OF Boston, member of the Massachu-
sets state Board Of Education. The Grad
yates Morrow was the theme which Dr.
Winship took for his address, saying In
part:
Graduates from free public high school
IN the twentieth century are to be congrat-
value OF such graduation IS evident from
the fact that there are 40 per cent more
II means much more to be a high school
graduate than It has ever meant In the
past. Every college and university, every
hrst-class normal school and every profess
sional school requires at least a high
school education before one can enter such
A graduate of high school, all in all,
has ten times the chance Of getting an
adyantageous. start in life. as one who
mar school. Ten times as large a proper
ton of these make a financial, educational,
professional and civic success as of those
When Andrew Carnegie was asked to
S aa sa me iID ted the great success OF
piled: Il was the first to pay premium
for educated men; the first to put scholarly
men on guard In an industrial plant
Every development of the. day, every ele-
ment of the progress in any line. calls
for a degree OF scholarship unthought Of
and teacher the mechanic, miner and en-
Eineer, must know many things that few
ties for unskiiled labor are growing beau
tifully less. The magazines, and even the
Say pspers or require r VaTfietg OF teennioaI
well as the writers. .-.--
t.5aAt the close Of DR. "winsfip's address
Miss Grace Barr, supervisor of music in
the schools of this city. contributed a vocal
solo and was compelled TO respond with an
encore. ..-.. .-..
Compliments the Graduates.
President WesterdahI of the Board OF
Education, in presenting the diplomas to
the 'forty-eight young women and nineteen
young men comprising the graduating
class, which was presented by Prinei-
pal Thomas. took the. opportunity to make
few appropriate remarks. He said the
high school had every reason to be proud
I OF its graduates. as the standard they
had set was high. In wishing them sue
cess, Mr.. westerdahl said he would give
for their bonefit what he considered about
the best definition OF the word, as given
, by woman from the state OF Kansas
! and which was:
He has achieved success who has lived
! Well, laughed often and loved much who
> and the love of little children who hai
filled his niche and accomplished his task
who has left the world better than h
found II, whether by an Improved poppy
} perfect poem or a rescued soul who has
, never lacked appreciation of earth's beauty
looked for the best in others ana giver
the best he had; whose life was an inspira
tioni whose memory a benediction.
List Of Graduates.
These are the graduates who received di
plomas: .-.,,
Classical Course-Hsrvey Leigh Ballenger
t Clark, Roger b. Cocker, Mabelie L. English
Q Ruth Felt, Helen Louise Fhckinger, Mar
Earet Eliekinger, Nellie Ariel Gross
son, Edith Organ, Agnes Pheney, Aller
) sayles, Nina f. sedswick, Edith NJ. shu
sI latin n Scientific co,hseNS S Barnett
Emmet l., Hawkins Viola Pearl Hughes
: Rachel Klein Ernest Z. Landstrom. MARY
Esther Mcconnell, Edith r. Parsons, Lee
| w; Read, NJ. Prudence Teller, Mabel Edn'
Wiley.
dill, Lulu Louise Bauman, Roy Clay, Mar
garet Fisher, Winifred Maude. Landsey
Florence Helen shepard. Vera f, NJ. stork
STen Nose WSrd Bessie Frances sS' water
man, Hazel Claire Watt. -,
: / English Scientific Course-Percy Better
! man Battey, Nellie G. Bender, Mark How
: ard DobsOn. Zelphia Harding, KathryI
! Frances Horrlgan, Florence HarwOod Keith
William Henry Knowles, John Coyle Ly
den. Fannie G.. Scebold, Mary Louis
Stephan. Helen NJ. Walker.
K | Business Course-Lynne Dew Baird, Lili
4 Ball, Emil c. Brewick, Pearl NJ. Casey, JOi
a r. Dimmock. Earl Gibson, Charles, b. Ora
son, Mabel b. Lundgard, Melvin Moore
, Hazel Morrow, Laura Nelson, Margare
v Leone Pierce Eunice L. reed, Anna Sand
: wick. Dora d, Wright, Everett n Wright
|. Preceding the benediction. offered by Rev
otterbein o, Smith, pastor OF the FRS
. congregational church. which brought tn
0 exercises to a close, the graduates SAM
}. the class song, composed by Louis
4 Stephan and Ruth Felt.
/ Commencement week viii be brought q
a close tonight with the reception by tn
Alumni association 20 the graduates Thi
\ will be held in the large hail In the Ma
{ sonic temple, and at the close OF the fol
lowing program dancing will be the featur
OF the evening:
I Violin solo. Miss Gertrude Hulett
: Reading ................ Miss Fanny Dietric
:, Vocal solo..............A Miss Phoebe Judso
Address OF welcome s...-......-:.W s; Bair