Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-06-09
seine Of. BEluTI PREstl1Ea
Gay Colors Of Fashionable Summer
Gowns Lend Attraction-Essays and
Addresses by the Honor Members
Of Class 'OS-Dr. CurreII Delivers
Eloquent Address.

auuitItt, III" HOW Vi toP"'h' """
instructive O:atUry. and the strains
of enliv ming music, eight young la
dies AMI five young men styled by
themselves THE Lucky Thirteen
were graduated from the Newport
News High school with the class o!
June. 1908, at the Academy of Mu-
sic last night More beautiful Or i'm
prcSsivr cOmmencem~ MT exercises
never have been held by this insti-
tuition nor has IL greater crowd ever
attend d similar exercises In Newport
News than that which filed the Acal-
, envy last night.
The Academy presented 5eauti-
flu. picture on this occasion. Banked
around the fo0tlishts of the stag
and mst in front of the seats Occu-
pied by the graduates. were pills upon
piles of beautiful flowers of every
hue h gifts TO the graduates from
heir ? lativeS and adm!ring friends.
On each SIDE of the stage were
g,oupa of 'pottci plants and palms.
The hoxess of the playhouse. which
were occupied bv tha graduating
classes of 1905. 1906. 1907, and Jan
uary. 1905" were prOfusely decorated
with the colors of those classes.
And ont through the big audience
tn gay Colors of the fashionable
summer gowns of the hundreds of
women present contributed TO the gen
I cral beauty and grandeur OF the
scene.
Appiaus- for Graduates.
AT the appointed hour for the open
ing of the eXercises-S:30 O'clock
the school trustees, speakers. faculty
and graduates marched upon the stage
and took seats that had been assign
"a them With the appearance of the
young graduates a roar of applause
that echoed and re-echoed through the
house burst from the audience. When
the outburst had subsidized, Rev. w.
r. Motley. pastor of the Thirtieth
Street Christian church. offered the
Invocation.
President w. f.. Puck tt, OF the
boar.l of school trustees. who pre-
sided over the exercises. was the first
speaker. welcoming tn" audienc" on
behalf of the school board. he re-
viewed briefly the history of the New
port News school system from the be-
ginning to the present time. He
touched briefly upon the proposed re-
vision o! the High school course
next session so as to embrace bust
ness and commercial courses. The
speaker dwelt particularly in MS
spe Oh upon the moral education OF
n child, and made an appeal to tn"
PARENTS TO start their children Alright.
In conclusion he addressed few
words of advice to the graduates.
Miss MURRAY salutatorian.
Miss Emma Norman Murray then de-
| liyared a beautiful saiutatory address.
welcoming the audience on behalf
OF hersel: and her classmates. She
charged h.r classmates TO strive 10
make the world gayer and happier
by braveIy bearing their burdens and
lending n helping hand and CHEEKY
word ard smile to others. Sh. was
vigorously appiaudej when her paper
was concluded.
Miss Hattie May Robertson read n
very Interesting and instructive
ESSAY on Truth" In hr paper she
, demonstrated how truth has been
behind every moveman; that has con
| tributed TO the enlightenment and
upijftiny Of man. Her paper showed
1 much careful preparation. was we'll
delivered. and received the demon
! s,ration Of appreciation from the au'
dirrcc 10 which 1. justly 'niiri"d :te
reader.
! o.. curre'r< EIocuent Address
srrcr;n,endent q: Schools W. c.
| n ,rtnn IN n introduced TT. William
. Spercrr CurrsIi ~ Washington ard
Lee University. the orator NJ the
evening. For nearly an hour Dr. Cur
rel entertained hia audi nee with a
hapuy fow cf clJaHence. logic and VII
that was n; once enjoyable int rest
inc ana Instructive. And the humor.
Gus stories With which n illustrate"
nearly every poink made in his al
/ irrTs wcre v~ry amusiuc. In his 70
marks 10 tho graduates. h" s1TEh'
Ia impress upon the young ladies ard
Young mon tho necessity of starting
IL With somc pogiiive and fN"'i
goal IN the backgrounds. the necessity
er striving ever for the truth and
The importaure 81 neral aHf int"h
Ietnal tru'ha.
Nr. Charles Carroll Smith Jr. 80.
Uvcrrh ~ val 5ici-rv addr"=a n"
having ATTAINED the hishcsf honor
~ his rIars IN the Hish school. He
rpot IN tho World rric" ~ rrra'-
rs4s s-d sue-.ss-rcrvist"n labor.
His address vas well prepared AMI
delivered ana hts efforts we're reward