Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-28
THOUSANDS OF PUPILS
ARE GRADUATED FROM
Los ANGELES SCHOOLS
EXERCISES HELD ALL OVER CITY
High School Classmen Produce Play at Mason
Opera House and Bring Forth Students Who
Exhibit Rare Talent-Outlying Institu-
tions Give Delightful Entertainments
EXERCISES HELD ALL OVER CT!

@ and practically complete report of @
@ yesterdays graduating exercises @
O and names of graduates In every @
@, grammar school of the city. @
| @ Such a report has not been un- @
| @ dertaken by any Los Angeles @
@ newspaper In recent years, except @
@ that in January last The Herald @
@ inaugurated the enterprise by @
| @ full report of the midwinter @
@ graduates. @
@ TOday's complete presentation is @
| @ a tribute to the Los Angeles pub @
| @ lie schools, and in it's success The @
@ Herald acknowledges the cOur- @
@ teOus cooperation of public school @
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~ RETTY winsome little Elsie Be-
hymer made "a Bachelors Ro-
NANCE" the class play o. the A
class of Los Angeles high school, given
at the Mason theater yesterday after
noon, the biggest dramatic success re-
corded in high school histrionic records
Through four long acts the dainty
miss played the difficult role of Sylvia
Somers, the bachelors ward, in way
that made the galleries howl with de-
light and caused even the blase old
timers and first nighters to sit up and
take notice that it was no ordinary
high school thespian they were behold
ing. Dainty, graceful, unaffected,
sweetly girlish, the popular little high
school maid did not act the part-she
simply lived Miss Elsie Behymer's ev-
eryday life.
High school graduates are hopeful,
and high school graduates are brave,
even to foolhardiness. Even admirers
of the plucky class of summer '07 felt
that the young people had overreached
themselves in choosing for their class
play "a Bachelors Romance" The
play was not written for children, but
at the end of the first act they had dis
covered that Miss Behymer was no
child. Nor was the bachelor, David
Holmes, who was portrayed by Alonzo
Hitchcock. Scarcely behind his lead
ing woman was Mr.. Hitchcock. The
slow drawl of the Literary critic of
the review and his strong portrayal of
the passions that racked the frame of
the hitherto secluded bookman, swayed
his audience. At times his earnestness
SO carried him along that he forgot he
was speaking for a theater full Of peo-
pie and his voice dropped to low
tone in it's intensity.
Rare Talent Is Shown
Geraldine Fitz-Gerald as Helen LIE
| Grand. a blase widow of the world,
played her part with artistic abandon
and skill. Alma Murphy as Miss Glenn
entina was splendid in her frequent
tantrums and excited expressions or
| horror at the informality of youth
Mary Karnahan as Harriet Leicester, a
society girl, held the center of atten-
| ton in her well-played refusal of
young scapegoat, Gerald Holmes, and
later on in her acceptance of said goat
after his reformation. Lyman McFee
played the part of the young reprobate
| Arnold Wall as Harold Reynolds,
Verne Rogers as Martin Beggs, Harry
Rogers as Mr.. Mulberry and Donald
| Goodwin as Mr.. Savage all played well
UP to the principals.
! The splendid success of the day was
| due largely to the exertions of Henry
Stockbridge, who trained the perform
ers Mr.. Stockbridge drilled with the
young people for the past six weeks
and to his steady training was due
in no small measure the finished pro-
| duction of yesterday afternoon.
Revel Miller, president of the class,
made the address of welcome. Glass
songs by the members of the class
! followed to play. The roll numbers
161 pupils, the largest class that has
ever been graduated from Los Ange-
les high school.
This afternoon the final graduation
exercises of the high school will be
held at Temple Auditorium Joseph
Scott, president of the board of edu-
cation, will present the diplomas to
the 241 members of the winter and
summer class who graduate.
All over the city graduation exer-
cises are being held. The happy time
is not being limited to the high schools
and colleges. Almost every city school
which is graduating a class of A 8
pupils is having its own elaborate pro-
gram, and members of the board Of
| education are very much in demand to
| give diplomas, make speeches and aid
| in the graduation exercises.
The Class Roll
The roll of the summer class is as fol-
lows:
Austin, Jean Geddes Alexander, Jennie
Frank Elliott Barrow. Clarence Bricker,
brick. brick Gordon Boiler, John Franklin
Brassheld, Myrtle Elinor Backus, Vesta
Maurita Baker, Ethel r. Barkeley, Ethel
Marie Bass, Maude Helen Bassett, Agnes
Rhea Bean, Edna Marie Beaufait, Elsie
| Olive Behymer, Bessie H. Bodine, Kath-
| crime e. Bosshard, Anita Brown, Grace
Elizabeth Buck. Barbara Burkhalter.
| Louise Screven Burton.
Clarence p. Campbell, Kendrick Cham
berlain. Ernest A. Cochran, Clarnce w.