Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-29
Parents and Invited Guests Hear Excellent Program of Their Commencement
 Exercises.
LARGE CLASS PRESENTED
 WITH THEIR DIPLOMAS
Winged Victory and Bust of General Robert E. Lee
 Are Donated. /

ITdl SCHOOL Dul4ulIS NaS well uliSu last night with appreciatiye parents and guests invited to the commence ment exercises of the eighth grade students, The program was~as fol lows:
 Instrumental Solo ........... Selected lN Lenore Allen. Presentation of Statue.
 .........Tle Winged Vic'ary.
 Walter Harland. Presentation of Bust ........ ..Gen. Robert K. Lee Catherine Hoy. Reception ........ Douglas Logan Vocal Selections: Merry Maidens;
 Oh! Twas Sweet to Hear Her.
 June Glass. Welcome to High School
 Fla Itzweir. Instrumental Duet. ........ Selected
 Gladys Adams. Myrtle Arborn. Presentation of Certificates
 Supt. Philbrook- Vocal Selection .... Fond Hearts
 January Class. Instrumental Snro ...... Selected Yda Paff. Principal c. F. PAilbrook opened the program with an announcement o' two presentation speeches. A statue of The Winged Victory was presented the school by the entire class, and a bust of General Robert F. Lee by Miss Catherine and Theodore Hoy, members of the finishing class. Mater Walter Harland rendered The Winged Victory in behalf of the class in a short. direct speech, re l minding the students of what this image stood for among the ancient Greeks and urging them to adopt it as an emblem In their lives. Little Miss Catherine Hoy present ed the bust of Lee in a soft toned voice, whose gentle melody betrayed her own origin from the southland whose hero she eulogiZed. If the hearty and prolonged hsndclaps rep. resented the heart feelings Of her 1 audience, therS were present many | proud sympathizers with tae senti ments expressed hy the little speak i er. Miss Hoy said:
 Miss Barber. Classmates, Friends:
 "It is my pleasant privilege to pre- ! sent this bust, on behalf of my brother l and myself. as a token of remem brance of the school work and aeeV i cfation In this grade. Previous class 1 es oF former years have already pre- | Nented this room with bu~ts of two great Northern leaders, Grant ant 1 Lincoln. and it seems fitting anC nr0Der that the great Southern hero Robert E. Lee, should also have { place here. The immortal Southerr poet. Father Ryan. best voices tht continents of the Southern people 1T their admiration and love of their i'm mortal leader, when he wrote: Forth from it's scabbard, pure ana
 bright,
 Flashed the sword of Lee! Far in the front of the deadly fight High OCT the brave in the cause 0
 Right.
 It's stainless sheen. like a beacon light
 Led us to Victory.
 Out of it's scabbard. where, full long
 It slumbered peacefully, Reused from its rest by the battle
 song,
 Shielding the feeble. sniting th' strons,
 Guarding the right, averaging th'
 wrong.
 Cleaned the sword of Lee. Forth from it's scabbard, nigh in ali
 Beneath Virginia's sky
 And they who saw it gleaming there And knew who bore it, kne't to swea That where that sword led they woul'
 dare
 To foIlow-and to die.
 Out of it's scabbard! Never hand
 Waved sword from stain as free, Nor purer sword led braver band, Nor braver b}ed for q brighter land Nor brighter land had a cause sC
 grams.
 Nor cause a chief like Lee! Forth from it's scabbard! How VI
 prayed
 That sword might victor be: p And when our triumph was delayed And many 9 heart grew sore ara We sti1 hoped on while gleamed tn blade
 Of noble Robert Lee.
 Forth from its scabbard all in vail l Bright flashed the sword of Lee 'Tis shrouded now in its sheatN again It sleeps the sleep cf our noble slain Defeated, yet without stain,
 Proudly and peacefully
 These parting gTts tc the schoo were received tn an address by Mas ter Douglas logan, in w'i"h he thsne cd the finishing class for thoir remen brance of the. lower g-ades as wei as for the excellent evample set tSes grades during the past years.
 The address of we'coma 10 the his rchool was delivered bv Miss Ell T+zwier. charming junior, who mad the eighth grade graduates feel tha many warm hesrts awaited to rece'v them iuro tSe high school next year
 T-a musical selections were e. pecially enjoyable. The plano solo by Misses Lenore Allen and I'd Psff showed a fine delicacy of touc and an excellent appreciation of tn expression of the gumbers entruste to their rendition The i1struments duet by Misses Gladys Adams an Myrtle ArborD was In perfect hal