Fort Pierce news. (Fort Pierce, Fla.) 190?-1920, 1909-05-14
mails CLOSING EXERCISES
rvcellent Entertainments
~ High School Pupils

rho exercises VI
~ Hicb School for the term
Ip@ Srought to close last Fri
...ooop and evening, in the Inn
" s'a, Club hall, by program that
..'s,sd ali and proved cOnclusively
- mplls had been in cultured
had been we'll taught and well
.,Iasd and did great credit to their
,oscept instructors
q. .herpoon was devoted TO recita-
i, songs and drills by the smaller
y. ~. =. Girls, interspersed with music
ne school orchestra, all OF which
Y veil conducted, the little ones &C
's,,oo themselves handsomely, their
s..,Inl faces indicating happy hearts
ss,hsIr efforts delightiDg large au-
s...,s n patrons anG friends OF the
choOl,
rAs climax came Friday night and 1t
..msd that the residents OF the city
'DdIor miles around had determined
,ooo witnessing this brilliant OCCASION
an early hour the people began
DourIng 10, handsome and stylish cos
ZINES greeting the eye on every turn
"a long before the curtain rose the
y,Isu was filed, every seat 10 the
ssu,e occupied, the aisles filled with
sk.irs and benches and the walls lined
III bystanders. Looking over the
~, throng some one remarked: who
avs Fort Pierce hasn't got 1000 popu-
kiIoogp Nobody denied 1t, for con-
| !nry evidence was 10 sight.
The we'll trained school orchestra
| ksDl the audience in the best OF humor
sIlh their choice selections of lively
I'D familiar airs and gave inspiration
| nIhs young people who were TO ap.
sr lin public on the stage"
With the rising Of the curtain a mag
|nlireut typical Florida scene greeted
| As eye. The stage and scenery had
ap lnnsioIRned into q veritable gar
la Of roses, with vines, ferns and lilies
|lHlstically arranged and the stage set
|lngs embowered In foliage so as to
5n an immense unfinished bouquet
When the modest and blushing young
| ady graduates, all dressed in purest
|Ehile, silently marched to the seats
assigned them and took their positions
|'nid the foliage in contrast to their
|Omplexions the bouquet was complete
Nd iormed a picture to be admired by
he most artistic eye and causing ex-
plantations Of delight from all whose
| eye for the beautiful" had discerned
be huge bouquet Of rare exotics and
|uman flowers.
When quiet had been restored Mrs.
|dith Hunter, the honored and indie
Hiigable principal Of the school, adj
|anced to the front of the rostrum and
most choice and appropriate lam
|uage thanked the audience for their
|ppreciation of her services in the
|'hOol, for their attendance, asked for
|usr, and ended by introducing Judge
D Penney, 1.-THE man always TO be
Pund where the most good can be
|one," as the orator of the evening.
Amid applause Judge Penney adj
'nced 70 the front, and, after few
|narka commendatory of the princi-
Y the teachers and the school in
SOe'aL chief among which was the
|''ocacy Of a Senior High School in
|Sr' Pierce, he chose as his subject
'ue address to the graduates the
II word, Character" His utterances
~ clear and distinct, his language
rye and musical and he was listened
"l'n rapt attention as he portrayed
nonors that had been conferred and
|''orles won by heroes possessing un-
'msned characters in ancient times
II uoWn to the present, and for all
u % come, an unsullied character
'u'u ever remain the most noble trait
human can possess.
~ address was cut short on account
LIZ 'pe length Of the program but his
rye sentences conveyed a lesson not
. Misunderstood and the fruits of
sOous advice will be enjoyed by
e % whom they we're addressed
|' y and day.
''iAoNllQ this ohaeta ad1rnae came