Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-09
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alHBAE FRIDAY
LARGEST CLASS IN HIGH SCHOOL
HISTORY RECEIVES plPLo-
MAS THIS WEEK.
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
ON nHuRsDAYlNleHT
students Will Present Bulwer Lytton's
''The Lady Of Lyons" at the odson-
Professor Wilcox, of state Uni
versity TO Deliver Commencement
Address-cIass Persopnsl.

IFe largest class ever to graduate
from the Marshalltown high school will
be given diplomas on Friday night at
the Odeon, when forty-eight, twenty
young men and twenty-eight young
women, will receive their diplomas.
Comm week is one of the
events in the life of the high school
student, and in the case of the forty
eight young people who will appear in
their caps and gowns at the Odeon,
four years Of hard work in high school
will be brought to a happy and sue
cessful end.
Professor w. G.. Wilcox, of the chair
of history of the State University Of
Iowa, will deliver the address of this,
the thirty-fourth annual commence
ament. The subject of his address will
be What is an Education in Iowa in
1902" The commencement program
follows:
Invocation - Rev. William Pence
James.
Music, (a.) "welcome Pretty Prim-
rose" Pinsuti;. (b.) "Dry Your Eyes,
Ma Honey" (Lansberg. )-Girls' Glee
Club
Address, "What is an Education in
Iowa in 1909 ?"-Professor w. c. Will
cox, State University of Iowa.
/ Music, (a.) 'Back amid the clover
and the corn" (Rosenfelt); (b) "The
! Sailors Dream, Q1eslie.)-Boys' Glee
/ Club
Presentation Of Diplomas-T. l. Was
/ son, president Of school board.
Class Play Thursday Night.
On Thursday evening, at the Odeon,
will be given the annual class play,
when members of the senior class will
appear in Sir Bulwer Lytton's 'sThe
Lady Of Lyons The cast, synopsis,
and story Of the play follow:
Claude Melnotte .......... Carl Click
Colonel Damas .... Clifford Jennings
Beauseant 10000. George Mflhiser
CLAWS ........... ....... Roy McCord
Mons. Deschappelles. Ray Lounsberry
Landlord .......... Edwin Wetherbee
Gaspar .....,.... ......... Frank Hull
Captain Gervais, First Officer ......
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ODDS Patton
Captain Dupont, Second Officer 800.
................. Ferdinand Schmidt
Notary ....... .s.. .. 81. Sidney Johnson
Servant ........... ..... Herbert Hines
Pauline ................ Ruth Moscrip
Madame Deschappelles .............
.....%..............S abina Stanton
Widow, Melnotte ..s..... Neva Tallett
Janet ..s... Mabel Petersen
Marian .........,...... Mabel Petersen
Synopsis Act I.-scene I. Room in
House of Mons. Deschappelles. Scene
II. Exterior of Golden Lion Inn" Scene
III. interior of Widow Mennotte's Cot
tage.
Act M.-scene I. Garden of Mons.
Deschappelles.
Act 1II-Scene I. Exterior Of Golden
Lion Inn. Scene II. Interior of Widow
Melpotte's cottage.
Act Iv-Scene I. Interior of Widow
Melnotte's cottage.
Act v.-Scene I. Street Tin Lyons,
(two and one-half, years later.) Scene
II. Room in House Of Mons. Deschap-
pelles.
Time-About 1795-179S.
Story, Of the Play.
The play begins with Pauline Des-
chappelles. the most beautiful girl in
Lyons, refusing to marry M. Beau
seant, a. man Of wealth but not Of rank
Beauseant, riding, away from Lyons in
rage, meets M. CLAWS, who has also
been refused by Pauline. AT the Golden
Lion inn they hear Of Claude Melnotte,