Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-30

Last evening witnessed the third ' year of commencement for Bisbev ,
 nigh school, and the opera house was crowded with proud parents. guard ians, friends and patrons, to view the triumph of the eleven graduates. T ne stage was decorated with fresh green foliage. while artistic fesIo,.ns of
 white and turquoise blue, the cOlors of the class of '0S, hung from the up per wings, The curtain rose upon as charming an arrar of white gown ed girl graduates as ever graced a platform, while the masculine attired figures in the background were III goodly number, showing that, in spite of hard times talk, our boys are not deserting the fields of education to enter unprepared the batgi2 Of life.
 The evenings eXerciseS opened with Wilson's chorus, Away to the Fields" by the United High School Glee Clubs. Each word rang clear and distinct, aud coniurei mental pictures of clover-bedded meadows where one might revel on delicious dewy May mornings.
 Prof c. F. Philbrook made a few introductory remarks, in which ne thanked the patrons of education for their support of the hign scnoCl through the past year. and exp. s,sse,. the hope that the next hign school commencement exercises could be given in the. high schools own build ing.
 The fist oration was entitled The Mingling of the Races" and >Nas de livered by Frank J. Cunningham. r. was strong and earnest argument in favor of stringent Immigration laws for this country, presented in . masteriy manner.
 Earle P. Durley's address on The Standard of Lie" was T well ITe- sented support of the theory that ''un- rest is the mother of pr"gress,' and he demonstrated that, throISn rest. less effort toward higher civilization ard through invention, the aimos+ un- obtainable luxuries of oiIr fathers and grandfatherS' time nave becomeI common necessities in our lives.
 Miss Miriam E. Evans o-atii,l was an eulogy of American girlhood, in which she answered loyalty and con- vincingly the many criticisms offered by foreign nations upon the American type of girl.
 Miss Verda l.. Hascall. jn her ora ton on Music as a Factor il EdIc3 ton and Character Building proved a strong and well versed advocate of this gentle at as part of the reSu- lar curriculum Of our schools.
 Miss Hascall was followed by the High School Mandolin ClIb in Ror. covierie's "Le Fiesta March," ard in this selection the merry, tenderly tinkling mandolins with their hRr- monious guitar accompaniment, would have tempted the most seriously morose minds to festal inclinatinns. The clever performers were forced by persistent and determined applause to respond to an encore, aDl1s ia th;S selection, when the players voices rose in unison with the instrumental music, the audience evincsd it's appre ciatiOn Of the unexpected treat by hearty, spontaneous handclapping
 Edwin C. Hicks. in advocacy of the Big Stick" upheld MT. RoOsevelt's famous cudgel as the best preserve" nf peace and tranquility, the back bone of law and order.
 The American College Girl" as presented in Miss Mary A. Newkirk'S oration. is the best type of young womanhood, a girl in whom strength and poise is cultivated. who is nre- rared for practical life, and in whom the three Ms" Mind, Morals and Muscle, are symmetrically developed. Miss Newkirk is herself a type of the girl of her essay, and will no doubt verify in her own future the bright prospects she depicted for the Amer College Girl"
 James NJ Owens address on The American Navy was a frank and enthusiastic laudation of the achieve meuts of the navy of his native country, and an argument for an in creased and improved American navy. There was warm applause From the patriotic audience.
 The Girls Glee Club sang two num- bers Spring Begins" and Fall of tSe eaf',:-dainty. meIodious selec- tions, with little tender touches of the minor here and there. which car