Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-24
CLASS DAY EXERCISES.
THE GIRLS OF 1907 SAY AND DO
MANY THINGS,
High School Graduates Get Off "Grinds'
Become Faceti0us at Expense
of Each Other.
TO RECEIVE THEIR DIPOMAS
THIS EVENING.


If there is one day in the history OF
a graduating class more nearly and
more dearly associated in the mind
and memory of the graduates than
graduation day itself ii is the Glass
Day-the day when the class is privi-
legged to say and do things at its own
sweet viii and there is no faculty and
no board of trustees to gainsay. lit
is day looked forward TO for four
long years, and the one time when antici
patton and realization score accounts.
1t was with more than usual pleas
ure and interest that last night the
Class of 1907 of the Annapolis High
School, composed of ten sweet, pretty
girl graduates held its class day ex-
ercises in the assembly hall of the old
high school building on Green street.
The audience was very large and it
appreciated the jokes and ''grinds''
passed at the expense of the members
of the class. The program was inter
spersed with orchestral music by the
Naval Academy orchestra. and a good
selection of music pleased the audi
ence.
The class marched in and seated it,
self upon the stage that looked as il
letter Paternity, so elaborately was it
decorated with flags and pennants of
colleges and universities representing
every state in the Union. After being
seated one of the members of the
class passed q bag of pickles and the
ten girls munched this article of in
digestion when school girls dote on.
The president of the class, Miss
Ruth Carter, after calling the mem
bers to order, delivered the. address of
welcome, which was happily express
ed-terso, to the point and contained
some witticisms. Miss Helen Field
meyer, secretary of the class, called the
roll. The names called were of the
forty-five members of the class, all of
whom have dropped out save ten.
All names, however, were responded
to, some absentees being Midship-
men in the Naval Academy or 'at
sea, - or an "old salt - or pressing
brick for Walker, Do Little q Co.,
or saleslady,' or 'stenographer,
or 'sprivate secretary one was get
ting fat and entering society, and
others had fallen by the wayside and
dropped to '0S.
The class day history was read by
Miss Helen Moss. 1t was just such
a history as class of ten inliy,,
heart-free-from- care girls could be 6,
peeted to have. There was mucl.
humor expressed in the class history
and it was especially enjoyed by the
class. One of the teachers came in for
a good share of jokes at the expense
of her teapot for informal school lunch
cons, which seem to have been fa-
vorite pastime in recreation hours
of '07.
Miss Marie Grady read the class
prophecy. 1t told that she was at sea,
and found a sealed jug, which, on
returning to her room aboard snip her
curiosity prompted her to open. A
curious vapor escaped from the jug,
and in it were traced the outlines of
her classmates in various walks of life.
This was five years after graduation.
Some were living in the West on a
ranch, others were old maids, one was
the resident of the Presidents house
on college green where, as the wife of
the then new college president, she
graced the position. For each and
every one Miss Grady foretold fu-
ture outlined in ths escaped vapo r
from the jug found at sea.
The class poem was read by Miss
Annabel Parlett. 1t contained some
funny jokes or ''grinds' on each of
her classmates, all of which were
happily expressed and were received
by the girls in the best possible
manner expressive of good humor
and cool nature. The valedictory
was read by Miss Hedwig Schaefer.
1t was expressed in blank verse, and
was n literary gem of the evening.
M 4 4 4I.,
mock diplomas tied with class colors
and containing appellations galore de-
scriptive (?) of the recipient, and each
beginning with the first letter of her
name, and ending with a string of
Latin, unintelligible to most of the
audience. Miss Alice White presented
the gifts to the class, making her pres
entation speech in a very well-worded
and prettily expressed speech in
verse. The gifts were ponies for the
Latin scholars who needed them,
dolls, megaphonhes for those who do
not speak loud enough, automobiles,
tim soldiers, etc., etc.
The last will and testament of the
class was read by Miss Elizabeth
Ellenhauseu, in which the class gave
and bequeathed all of its possessions,
its good and bad qualities, its inter-
est in classwork and certain depart
ments of the school TO the class '0S,
the teachers and trustees. The spade,
with which TO dig your way
through, was presented by the pres
ident of the class, Miss Ruth Carter,
to the president of the Juniors, Miss
Elizabeth Worthington.
The exercises closed with singing
.tAuld Lang Syne'' by the class, the
members of which, all dressed in white
stood. with arms entwined. making a
pretty picture as they ended the class
day exercises. one of the happiest