Arizona republican., 1910-06-03
CLOSING EXERCISES
 0F THE EIGHTH GRADE
A LITERARY AND MUSICAL
 PROGRA
Heard by Parents and Friends of Pro-
 noted Pupils.

l noted Pupils.
 Greeted by a representation of their parents, relatives and friends which comfortably filled the Elks opera house, ninety-five pupils of the gram mar school. the eighth grade of the ! Phoenix public schools last evening, participated in a most pleasing liter ary and musical program, the closing 1 exercises of the school year, and were presented with certificates of promo ton by President Sims Ely of the board of Education. Those who re ceived their certificates have fitted ! themselves for entrance to the high school at the opening of that institu- | tion in the fall.
 Ranged in four rows extending the entire distance from wing to wing of | the spacious stage. the three classes of which the Eighth grade is composed presented a pretty spectacle. The foot | lights, almost hidden beneath a bank | of a class motto banner bearing the upon the smiling faces and enhanced the effect attained in an arrangement of a class mottOr banner bearing the words Lift Where You Stand" which | appeared at the extreme rear of the ! platform. The subdued tone thus giv- en was carried still further by myriads of ribbons of the class colors. old rose and silver gray, bedecking the breast of every member of the class. The exercises opened with a rendi tion of "The Soldiers Chorus" from Faust, participated in by the entire class, which was followed with the in- vocation by Rev. C. R. Gray. Every number of the program down to and including the presentation of the cer- tificates was greeted with applause. earned in every instance and almost invariably showing either long study or particular aptitude.
 Of those who received certificates last evening about thirty had complet- ed the work of the grammar school grade at Christmas and had been talk ing high school work at the grammar school since that time, owing to the capacity of the upper school being taxed to such an extent as to make it impossible to accept new pupils dur ling the latter part of the school year. These pupils will enter the high school proper this fall with one and one-half of the sixteen high school credits al ready earned. There were also three or four of those who received certifi- cates last night who will find upon opening them that they appear in blank These few unfortunates will learn in this manner of their failure to secure the necessary credits to earn a properly filled certificate and will also be saved unnecessary humiliation by being denied the privilege of partici- pating in last evenings exercises.
 In presenting the certificates Presi- dent Ely congratulated the successful members of the classes upon having passed one of the significant mile stones in their careers. Superintend- ent John D. Loper brought the eXer- cises to a close with remarks thanking the parents and others for honoring the occasion with their presence and wishing his pupils all the success the world offers. Dr. DamerOn and w. c. Tolleson. who with President Ely com prise the school, were seated upon the stage.
 The following is the program in full as rendered.
 Soldiers Chorus-From Faust. .Gounod
 Class.
 Invocation. ....... ..... ..........
 Rev. c. R. Gray.
 RecitatiOn-"The Lost Word. ....
 ....... .... ......... Van Dyke
 Cynthia Marian.
 Lullaby-From "Erminie" .Jakobowski
 Girls Chorus.
 Violin Solo-"Cavatina" ....J Raff
 George Luhrs, Jr.
 Batting a Guide. ....... ...... ...... Mark Twain
 Joseph DOron.
 Vocal Solo '
 (a) Arizona. the Sunkissed Land"
 ...................M Mrs. Frank Cox
 (b) The Rosy Morn. l..
 ....... ...... .Landon Ronald
 Josephine Rumney. My old Kentucky Home" ... Foster
 Boys Chorus
 Recitation-'My Sweetheart's Baby
 Brother" ...... .........
 Erile Dameron.
 Down in the Dewey DelP' Smart
 Girls Semi Chorus. Presentation of Certificates of Pro- motion.
 Hon. Sims Ely President of Board of
 EuucaIlOn.
 Class Song-Arranged from Carmen"
 Class.
 Class Motto-"Lift where you stand" Class Colors-Old Rose and Silver Gray.
 Class Flower-Pink Carnation.
 Following is the membership of the three classes which received certifi- cates: Minnie Marion Slankard. Tuck CT Lee Pinney. Josephine Kerr. George Miller. Bryan Akers, Joseph Smith DorOn, Orville Albert Stoker, Jose Cas- tillo, Ina Russell. Lena Roberts, Maudie May Glines Henry F. McGrey. Vivian C. Melendrez, Ada Smith, Ethel Dea- ton. Thomas Scully, Richard Monihan. Holland Davis, Bertha Schrab, Willie Miller. Earl Paulson. Georgie Lee Ivy Josephine Rumney. Ola Dauglas, Ina Cecil Owen, Vincent Edwards Beebe lsaura M. Martinez, Edith Faye stephens, Ruth Mason Coggins, Dixon Tucker Bell. Irvine Harold Taffe, Nell lie Mccoy Horace Reed. Eloise Panic. Arthur Fraley, Rafailita Ochoa. Frank Frederick Metten, Grace Carolyn Henry, John Henry Bennett, Robert n.