Los Angeles herald., 1907-06-29
Excellent Orchestra and Chorus


The Los Angeles high school orches-
ira opened the program with the rem
dering of the Overture to Robin Hood
! and then the graduating class, their
voices blending into mighty harmony
sang The Heavens Resound." They
gave it with a will and as If they knew
1t would be the last time they would
ever sing together again.
class gave an essay on THE Heroine OF
| Long Ago" The theme was interest
ing and we'll delivered. The summer
class was nohly represented by Jesse
| Grow who gave an Grafton on Public
| Opinion" Mr.. Grow was original in his
ideas and treated the subject as If from
a thorough study of what it meant and
its effect.
Miss Helen Mead of the winter class
and William H. Mead gave a rendering
on flutes of "Semiramide" in delight
full manner, In the essay on Early
Epic Poetry" presented by Miss Myrtle
Backus OF the summer class, descrip-
tion of the poetry was made and to
illustrate her points Miss. Backus re-
cited several stanzas in a charming and
well modulated voice.
Kruger Scores Triumph
Greeted by a round of applause and
finishing amid a storm of cheers How
ard Kruger of the winter class made
one of the most successful orations of
the afternoon. His subject was Child
Labor" With his first sentence he
plunged into the very heart and soul of
the evil and with a series of perfectly
finished periods he brought his audi
ence to a state of intense pity for the
small people whom God put on earth to
agents have converted into miserable
machines. Mr.. Kruger has clear
reaching voice and he combined all
the arts of oratory with strong sym
upon his hearers the need of a remedy
for this awful disease which is fasten-
ing itself more and more upon our
nation.
italia Beloved" (DonizettD. and C. S.
DeLano's Mandolin and Guitar club
rendered the. overture to Poet and
Filled with pleasant metaphors and
presented in excellent English the
Elsie Lafferty of the winter class. was
pleasure to hear. She described the
subject all the added color which her
imagination could supply Ralph Ar
chibald White of the summer class de-
livered an Grafton on Aerial Naviga-
tion," and he treated his question in an
interesting manner, ignoring dry sta
tistics and presenting only the most
entertaining and instructive phases.
Diplomas Presented
In distinct, slow voice, which never
wavered. Miss Regina Quesnal deliv-
cred a dainty essay on "A Legend OF
Mernoloose." Negro Suffrage as a
Test of American Ideals" subject in
finite in it's reach. but hard to present
in a new way, was discussed by Har-
vey Housh of the winter class. He
was original in his treatment and
added to a thorough knowledge of his
subject an interest and a deep thought
which augurs we'll for a high school
boy.
Joseph Scott, president of the board
of education. gave an address. with
some sound advice, and Mrs S. M. Dor
sey, vice principal of the Los Angeles
high school, presented the class. 9
The last formal duty of their high
school days was discharged as the 240
graduates filed slowly past Mr.. Scott
and received the diplomas, tied with the
blue and white ribbons, the school
colors.
When they were all seated again the
senior Bs proceeded to do their duty
and the stage was riot of color as
every pupil received his load of flowers
Friends had all been generous and in
some cases the students were COM
pletely buried beneath their load of
fragrant blossoms.
The school orchestra closed the pro-
gram with the playing of Sounds from
the Orient" (Lincoln).