Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
OUT OF SCHOOL, INTO WORLD
Hundred and E~ighty-0ne Receive
Diplomas from High School.
EXERCISES OF A HIGH ORDER
4. II. waterhouue, Retiring Principal,
Given an Ovation and His sue
cessOr, r.. v. Gran, Most
Cordial Greeting.

Commencement exercises Of the Omaha
High school we're held in the Creighton
Orpheum theater Friday night and lbl STU
dents we're presented with diplomas to GER
tify the completion OF four years OF sue
cessful work in the school The ommenee-
nent exercises we're impressive ana inter-
.stlng and every seat in the theater was
occupied by relatives and friends OF the
graduates.
The graduates occupied seats on the stage
arranged in a pyramid At the loot OF
this pyramid sat Superintendent Davlosoh'
Principal waterhouse and Assistants Kate
McHugh and. Woolery. President Cole ana
Vice President Kennedy of the Board OF
Education, DR.. F. T. Rouse and the prin-
;ipal-elect. Prof. z. U. Graft.
The boxes at the side OF the stage were
occupied by the classes Of 1904, 1905 1907 ana
.9a. The boxes were draped with the class
,olors and decorated with the p~ennants
and emblems Of the classes. The stage was
also prettily decorated, palms and cut
flowers predominating.
Superintendent Davidson presided and,
after the opening overture by the orchestra
Introduced DR.. Rouse, who pronounced the
invocation. Following, Vice President
Kennedy Of the board presented the GER
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panies Of cadets. and then the essays by
the six honor pupils" we're delivered. The
six who gave essays were picked out OF
he 1871 through competitive work.
The Woman Impossible.
THE Woman Impossible" was the sub
lect OF the essay by Miss Carolyn Cong
don. She recalled the history of Helen OF
Troy. who forsook family and friends to
plunge her country into war; brought up
, Portia, the creature of Shakespeare, who
lad unbounded knowledge OF the world
Hh"n Fiji quite young; declared Longfel-
low's Hiawatha to be naught but the person.
Ificetior of laughing water; pictured the
Gibson girl, six feet tall, as a type none
haNe met or wish to meet. and summed up
The subject by saying; The ideal woman
y the zeal woman. one we meet every day,
who despite her pug nose and homely looks
npiifts the world, The ideal woman can
lalk, is original, can look you between the
brows unabashed. is superbly independent"
Miss Congdon stated that every woman Of
the poets and the later day fiction is a
dream and therefore impossible. and in
uuired you think sweet Fluffy Ruff
Hes could conquer the world?"
"A Visit to switzerland" was the subject
II Miss Matilda Camenzind's essay. and
she presented a beautiful word picture.
Taking her hearers with her across the
waters TO the land OF the Alps, her former
lome, she unfolded to them tn. lakes and
ivulets and snow-capped peaks; disclosed
~ inherent love OF their country in the
} st of the shepherd and the dweller
y curious villages. and penetrated the
v the ivory or woodcarver and
so d forth the infinite patience 70 .ses ed
~ the people Of that mountainous count ".
Miss Camenzind painted a glowing pic
lure of beautiful Switzerland and its ira
e%itions, and wove it into a Pretty story.
"Unwise Wisdom was the subject chosen
~ Alan Macdonald for his essay, and
lie started It with the statement:
'Unwise Wisdom" was the subject chosen
by Alan Macdonald for his essay and he
sought TO show the contradiction between
the proverbs Of old, though he expressed
regret that Shakespeare. George Eliot and
other writer's should put the proverbs into
the mouths of their inferior characters.
Faint heart ne'er won fair lady" quoted
the speaker, but he qualified 1t with the
statement that II takes a brave man to
live with some of them" He referred to
another proverb which says that women
have long hair, but are short on intellect.
but this he discounted by the showing made
ny the BIduueltS, the girls OulnumOerlnR
the boys in all classes. Make hay while
the sun shines" but how about EVERY
thing comes to him who waits" were other
proverbs quoted.
Fighting WindmiIls.
"Windmills." was Miss Mary McCague's
subject for an essay, and she took for her
text the unhappy adventures of Don Quix-
ote and sancho Panza and the formers
lnglorlous fight with the windmill How
many Don Quixotes are there today riding
Valiantly forward to attack windmills?
Ihe asked. She attached some blame to the
newspapers for not distinguishing between
real evils, which need reforming WIND
mills. and with ludicrous animosity at
,acked the Merry Widow hat windmills
md the foolish questions in women's mag
lzines. TIL wind mills rising up in front
of the average man OF today were ridi-
suled by the speaker, who sought to dis
tnguish them and real foes.
Ghosts was the subject of the essay
by Mss Fayette Thresher. She ~resurrected
the ghost OF the dark which frightens the
small child the ghost of hein1 misupdar.