The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-05-21
BEGINS ON
NEXT S NDAY
High School Commencement
Marks Achievement in Many
Lines School Work

COMMENCEMENT lot Nne AludA lllO
High School this year will begin next
Sunday with the commencement SER
mon at II a. m. at the Methodist
church, by Rev. 7. l.. Dyer of the
Congregational church. Class day
exercises Wednesday afternoon will
be next in order, and the graduation
exercises will be held Thursday
night in the Methodist church. Fri
day afternoon and evening athletic
features of commencement week will
be given in baseball games with Ca
madam Academy and a basketball
game in the evening between the
girls team here and the girls team
from Canadian.
Six '0S Graduates.
Six graduates, three young ladies
and three young men form the class
Of '0S, as follows: Misses Jennie
Lee Hedrick, Pearl Reid, and Edith
Dewitt, and Messrs. Clifton Keller,
Guion Blanchard and Hinton Nicely.
The diplomas which these young men
and women will receive stand for
completion of the most extensive
course OF study given in any high
school in the Panhandle, and one
which is more extensive even than
that covered by diplomas from some
secondary academies and colleges
These graduates will be enabled TO
enter the state university as fresh
men without examination. As the
standards OF the state institution are
along the same lines followed by all
first-class higher institutions in the
country, these Amarillo graduates
may get advanced standing in almost
any school they choose to enter. On
the other hand should their school
days close with the commencement
here, they have a broad and liberal
basis for their education which con-
tinues as surely outside as in the
university.
Glass Day Exercises.
Instead of the more formal pro-
gram Of commencement essays for
graduation, the class will give place
to the lighter side Of school life
in the program Wednesday afternoon
which will celebrate class day. These
exercises will be held in the High
School auditorium and will include a
variety of numbers by the students
besides music by the students and by
some of the best musicians OF the
city
An effort has been made to organ
ize this year an alumni association of
the graduates Of the High School.
1t had been planned that the associa-
ton give a banquet at which the
members OF the senior class be en-
tertained as guests but 1t is not GER
tain now that an association can be
formed and plans completed for such
an event
Another part of commencement
week this year that has not been
emphasized heretofore will be the
graduation exercises Of seventh grade
students from tho grammar school,
These students this year will receive
diplomas Of graduation and will be
ready next year to enter the High
School. The program for this event
mas not yet been completed but ex-
ercises will probably be held Wednes-
day night.
ChOruses for Commencement.
One feature OF both class day ex-
ercises and commencement exercises
will be the singing by big choruses
Of students which are being drilled
by Mr. ], II, Anderson The music
which has been chosen is appropriate
for the events and the results being
obtained are said to be highly sat
isfactory. For both the services at
the church there will be special music
under the direction of Mr.. Anderson.
Rev. E. Mcqueen Gray, Of Carls-
bad N. NJ, will deliver the COM
mencement address Thursday night
Rev. Gray is an oxford man and is
classical scholar of note. Besides his
sermons here at ST. Andrews church.
MIR. Gray has delivered two lectures
on subjects from Shakespeare so he
needs little introduction to the ANA
rillo public.
NJ c. Mobiles, Tesidont of the
school board, will present the dip
Tomas to the graduating class.