Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-24
STATUARY TO BE
GIVEN [. A. HIGH
ALUMNI TO PRESENT SCHOOL
WITH COLLECTION
ALL DAY PROGRAM WILL BE REM
DERED FRIDAY
Blq Reunion to Be Held by Graduates
and Students at First Of COM
mencement Week Exer-
cises

For the past three years the alumni
of Los Angeles high school have worked
diligently to present to the school some
memorial, and that they have attained
this object will be shown tomorrow
when statuary costing $3.50 win be pre-
sented to the school.
The faculty of Los Angeles high
school desires that every one of the 5000
persons who has been connected with
the high school since its origin in 1879
be present at the dedicatory exercises
tomorrow.
A literary and musical program has
been arranged with the idea of having
a grand reunion. The exercises VIII
begin at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning
and will conclude at o'clock in the
afternoon.
In addition to the reunion the occa-
sion will mark the beginning of COM
mencement week, the feature of which
will be the unveiling Of the statuary
that will be presented by the alumni.
The statuary, which has been pur-
chased from funds raised by the alumni,
is said to be the finest that will adorn
any high school in the United States.
The work was done by Caprone, the
famous sculptor of Boston, Mass.
Among the collection is a lifesized
statue Of former President Lincoln, two
statues of the Grecian goddesses, Diana
and Hebes. and six statues of the sing
ing bows made famous by Della Robbie.
The collection also includes busts OF
Washington and Longfellow and life
sized statue of Joan of Arc, in tbs
famous praying position.
Collection to Be Distributed
The work is of high class, the statue
of Lincoln being an especially remark
able likeness of the martyred president
1t will be placed in the hallway of the
main entrance to the school building
while the other statues will be used as
decorations in the school auditorium
The figures of the singing boys will be
placed on each side.
In addition to the statuary the alumni
has presented to the school handsome
painting by Benjamin Brown of Pasa-
dena. With the statuary, which will be
exhibited to the public tomorrow for
the first time, will be a number OF
paintings by the art students of Los
Angeles high school,
Among these mural decorations will
be scenes portraying San Pedro harbor
California mission padres, athletic
figures in colors and pictures of Roose-
welt shooting in the jungles of Africa.
Mechanical designs and water color
exhibits of the students will also be
shown to the public.
The exercises will begin tomorrow
morning with the national song or
Greece, sung by students of Greek, fol-
lowed by a costume scene of the trial
of Cataline.
The English students will give scenes
from the Merchant of Venice" which
will be followed by an exhibition by
the girls gymnastic class.
The scientific department will follow
with lantern pictures of the Owens
river project Imperial valley and with
explanations of the fossils the students
have gathered on the beach near La
Bera.
Exhibitions of the modern appliances
in gas and electric work will also be
shown by the students.
Morning and Afternoon Programs
The German students will sing their
national anthem and give a Spanish
play. The French class will follow with
a French play and a French minuet.
This program will occupy the morn
ing hours of tomorrow's reunion, and
at 1:45 o'clock the afternoon exercises
will open with the presentation of the
star and crescent to the members of
the senior class.
The presentation Of the statuary will
follow. Harvey Housh will make the
presentation speech in behalf of the
winter class of '07 and Proctor Knot in
behalf of the summer class of '0S.
The presentation of the coveted star
and crescent will be made by Roy
Silent of the winter class of '09.
There are 206 members of the grad
uating class who will receive the star
and crescent. The graduating exercises
will be held next Wednesday.