The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-06-28
SUCCESSFUL COMMENCEMENT.
CLASS DAY.

Thursday and Friday of last week
the thermometer scared but despite the
intense heat, Central Hall on both ev-
enings was filled to its capacity by IN
terested spectators. The exercises of
Commencement days are brimful OF in
terest TO everybody and there was no
less than usual this year. Each June
brings forth a class which seemingly is
brighter and smarter than any that has
gone before. In reality of course, this
may not be so, but the fresh enthusi-
asm which is always stirred up, the eX-
citement attending the preparations
| for graduation, the brave and success
full efforts which the graduates put
forth in giving their orations, all lend
that mysterious air of superiority with
which every class is envelOped at this
time of their lives.
Thursday evenings close probably
brought the feeling to each graduate
that he or she had attained the top
notch of educational knowledge i'll \ ale
High school, that with credit to them
selves, their instructors and their par
ents, they had finished the course and
now they were at liberty to "look out
for themselves" and each make the
most of their lives, in different paths.
They will always be proud to remem-
ber that the foundation for that life
was grounded and laid in their home
school, a school which has no superior
in a town the size of Yale.
Those who had the decorations of
the stage in charge OH this occasion
certainly made a very effective, dainty
and artistic scene, the cOlors of the class
being represented in green and white
crepe paper a star in the background
lighted with small electric lights, max
| ing a pleasing appearance. Rounds
| Ladies' Orchestra of Detroit furnished
music which was certainly appreciated,
and the baritone voice of one of the
young ladies in two solos, was fine.
The class with Prof. Wheaton at its
head marched in to piano music by
Mae Fitzgerald and took seats in a
semi-circle on the stage. Rev. Lawra-
son spoke few words in prayer and
the salutatOry was given by Elizabeth
| Lothian. The welcome contained i'll
her words was not lukewarm. Ada
Beard gave us fairly good chance to
think of all we might have done but
have not, in her Grafton OH "Small OPP
portunities." The thoughts brought
out in her address would give us all an
inkling of opportunities we haye passed
with no thought of how we and Others
might be benefited.
A little out of the ordinary was the
subject taken by Roy Bricker, and yet
one, enlarged upon and with compari-
SONS and differences drawn, was good
thing to think about. This subject was
"The dog wags his tail not for you but
for the bite of bread" 1t is for some
thing the dog knows he will get that he
makes his effort. 'Another address to
call forth some excellent ideas and
thoughts was that of Edna Crippen's
on "For value received we promise to
pay" and by our daily lives we should
pay ia thankfulness and gratitude and
love our just dues to the Father above.
The members of this class seemed to
excel in their choice of odd subjects
and yet in their manner of handling,
full justice was done each and each
speaker left the best of impressions.
Leonard Call improved his opportunity
with the subject "Dig."
Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing leave behind us
Footprints OH the sands of time.
But If you want TO make a good, big
footprint, you've got to dig.
The class prophecy, by Pearl Darling
contained an amusing and amazing
outline of the position i'm which each
member of the class would find herself
or himself in the years to come and
caused some blank looks and few
bushes, but the future alone can tell
Elizabeth Parkinson delivered the vale
dictory in graceful manner, with
words and sentiments in accord with
the occasion and each felt that with the
end of commencement week, things
So closed the class day exercises of
1907, and another year will find an au-
dience listening to what the class of
1908 will have to say.