Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-27
CLASS NIGHT
GREAT SUCCESS

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uates OF the high school at their class
day exercises. Lonely indeed is the
man or woman who is not interested
at such time. and the unusual size
OF the present graduating class re-
Quired q much larger hall than Du-
who wished to attend.
As there are twenty-five girls and
four boys in this class, the Sweet
girl graduate" had everything her
own way. until the last OF the program
when the boys helped them out on
a very amusing little play.
This class is not only the largest
that ever graduated from our school
but the average standing is as high
II not higher than ever before. 1t
Is hardly necessary to say how sweet
and lovely the young girls looked in
their dainty class day dresses. In the
class chorus this was specially no.
ticeable. and the sweet young faces
and youthful voices combined to
make this one of the pleasantest fea-
lures of the evening.
1t Is impossible to give each gradu-
ate the space We should like to. but
in brief the program was as follows.
Piano duet by the Misses Gwendolyn
Roberts and Caroline Louise Haber-
mann. which was perfectly performed,
This was followed by a short play.
Toms Fiance," In which the char
acters were Misses Ena Lillia Mercy,
Eva Mette Dalton, Edna Genevieve For
syth, Olive Grace Baldwin and Caro-
line Louise Habermann. Each young
lady performed her part with ease
and grace.
The third number was a piano solo
by Miss Ollie Lois De Jarld. This was
very smoothly and prettily played
Tennyson's Dream of Fair Won.
en-" was beautifully recited by Miss
Gertrude Raymond, and illustrated by
attractive tableaux in which the char
acters were represented by the fol
lowing young ladies': Misses Gwen
dolyn Roberts. Edna May Smith, Obei-
da May Hall, Harriet Marguerite Null
er. Edna Edith Smack and Florence
Katherine Brewer. The closing num-
ger, "The Garroters," farce by VIII
liam Dean Howells was very credit
ably performed, and the parts were
finely interpreted.
The characters were represented by
Florence King, Ethel Mae Hood, Myra
Lynna McCaw. Edna Edith Smack,
Jennie Adeline Selleck, Oscar Neil
Wilkerson, Charles Gordon Montgom-
cry, John Howard Galbreath and David
Ezekiel Rachofsky. No graduating
class has ever presented finer pro-
gram than this was, as a whole, and
the ease and perfection Of every part,
reflects great credit upon the school
as well as the individual pupils.
The commencement exercises as
well as the class day, will be entirely
In the hands OF the graduates.
The Monday Whist club was enter.
tained by Mrs. Frank Balster this
week at the usual time.
On Friday afternoon the graduating
class of 1907 presented their memorial,
= very beautiful statue OF Minerva
with pedestal, and an extremely fine
copy of 1.-THE Chariot Race to the
high school. David Rachofsky made
the presentation speech for the SEN
tors and Miss Mute Wall, junior,
accepted In behalf of the school.
1t 10 rather odd that the titles OF
two Of the most talked OF serials
should be THE Shuttle" by Francis
Hodgson Burnett In the Century, and
The Weavers" by Gilbert Parker i'll
Harper's. The stories are as unlike
as possible which Is not surprising as
there can be no comparison between
the other works of these authors.
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On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. l.. c.
Lightner entertained her Sunday
school class and a number of other
children at her home on the Bople-
ward. The children enjoyed num-
ber OF different games during the after
noon. The refreshments were served
from little tables ON the porch. These
little parties are calculated to estaD-
lish pleasant friendship between the
teacher and her pupils. as well as to
add TO the attraction of the Sunday
school. The boys belonging to the
Class. that were present, were William
Pearson, William Spargo, Arthur
Green and Murrel Weaver and the lit
tie girls who were guests were Amy
Learned. Dorothy Balster, Erna kel-
lenberger and Grace Wilcox.
On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Blair
Burwell gave the second OF series oil
card parties with which she has en-
tertained her friends. The party was
similar in detail to the one preceding
and was very much enjoyed by all.
MIS-. Tiffany won the prize for games
and Miss Hattie Mashburn the prize
for which all the guests drew. AS it
was Miss Mashburn's very first prize
everybody rejoiced with her. Those
present were Mrs. Franklin, Mrs Rob.
Sloan, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Lane, Mrs.
Parsons. Mrs. Rchey, Mrs. Herbert,
Mrs. Pingrey. Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Driver,
Are. Bernard Mrs Rodecker Mrs 1it.