Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-05-23
CLOSING EXERCISES
WERE IMPRESSIVE
LARGE CROWDS BoTd EVENINGS
AT AUDITORIUM.
An Gainesville Should Feei Proud Of
ere Zine Showing Made az
This school.

took place Thursday and Friday
nights. The large auditorium was
packed 20 the doors each night and
many were forced 20 take standing
room either In the aisles or outside
az the windows. The programs were
rendered without hitch or flaw and
were much appreciated By the audi.
ences.
The exercises Thursday night were
eiven By the literary society OF the
high school department
Everything on the program was
creditably done and was much en-
j0yed. II would be difficult TO decide
which was the best. but perhaps the
most popular numbers were the reel
tation. the comedy. and a piano solo
By Ivy Jackson. q little tot Of the
third grade. The main event Of the
evening was the debate. Each speak.
er handled the subject and delivered
his speech IN q manner that would
have done credit 70 an experienced
debater. The judges rendered their
dcislon IN favor OF the negative.
largely because the speeches OF the
negative side were better delivered.
Some members Of the audience who
were capable Of judging said this was
the best debate they had ever heard
given BY pupils Of high school age.
The Graduating Glass.
Friday evening was devoted 70 the
graduating exercises. always the
most important exercise OF com.
meneement week. The program for
that night was as follows:
I InvOcation-Rev. r. r. Bridges.
Chorus. Voices from the Woods,
(RubensteinD.
Piano solo. Home. Sweet Home"
CThaIberg)-Francis Mcdowell.
4 Grafton and salutatOry. The De-
velopment OF the Drama"-Casper
Peeler.
5 Class PrOphecy-Ruth DOig.
8 Piano trio. Grand Galop Brill
amt" neutrality-suspicious. Padgett.
Lucille Glass and Mary Thigpin.
z Grafton and valedictOry, Edgar
Allen Poe"-Ethel burst.
8 Piano solo. Concert PolOnOise,"
lEnglemannl -Margaret Merchant
Presentation Of Dipiomas-Prin-
eipal w. n. Cassels.
10 Chorus. swing Song" CFrederic
LohrJ
n Address-Dr. Andrew Sledd.
~ Benediotion-Rev Francis Craig
hin.
The graduating class OF 1909 con
sists Of three boys and seven girls.
They are a most agreeable and faith
ful lot Of young people and Gaines
VILE feels proud OF the record which
they have made. Ono month before
the close Of school one OF the most
popular members Of the class had 10
leave school IN obedience 20 the call
Of duty and accompany a sick rela-
tive 10 New Mexico. But because OF
bis faithfulness and general excel
lence as a young man. and the fact
that be had practically completed the
prescribed course the faculty voted
90 give him his diploma. OF those
nine members present Friday night. |
not one had been absent or tardy a |
time during the eight months. The |
class RON was as follows: Richard |
Dallas Bowers. Casper smith Peeler.
Albert Vidal. Ethel Harris burst.
Ruth Ellen Doig. MOntine Elolse Fa-
san. Celeta Kathleen Higdon. Irene
Erskine Perry. Mary Elizabeth Ruth
erford, Inis Monee Thomas. Miss
burst and Mr.. Peeler having won first |
and second honors. respectively. |
we're selected by the faculty 90 de-
liver the valedictory and salutatory |
Miss DOig was elected by the class
% prepare the class prophecy. The |
ether members OF % class prepared
graduating theses Which they read al |
chapel exercises during the week
The three Representatives on the pro
gram Cor Friday night delivered their
parts with the ease and self-posses
sion Of experienced speakers.
OF course TIE beet thing o. the
evening vas the excellent address By
Dr. sledd In which he SCI forth the
purposes Of education and the import.
anoe o. the public schools. and show.
"a wherein too much stress q put