The Mena weekly star., 1910-05-19
THE CLASS OF 1910
The Graduating Exercises of the Mena High School Given Before Large
 Audience Thursday Night.

High School Given Before Large
 Audience Thursday Night.
 The commencement exercises of the Mena High school class of 1910 were held at the Davis opera house Thursday night.
 It is decidedly to the credit of the public school system, the stu dent body and the citizenship of Mena which maintains the sys- tenn, that it can be said that the High School commencement is the most important event in the years history of the city. Moth ing that transpires holds so close ly the interest of the entire peo- ple-draws larger number of the better class together;is freerer from anything unwholesome or filled with greater good to all.
 Thursday night ten graduates came before a gathering of their friends, which filled the opera house, 10 in measure show the result of their earnest school work and to receive at the hands of the faculty, the school board and the public the honors due them for their success.
 After some very excellent music by the Movers orchestra and a prayer by Rev. T. A. Park the graduating class program was given as follows:
 Salutatory and President sAddress,
 'Scatter Your Flowersn ..
 .....M Miss Dorothy Shaver Ladies Quartet. Selected Essay, "Superstitions" ....
 ................... Miss Ella Ham Essay, Our National Defence' '....
 ............M Mss Mabel Hughes MUSIC .................... .Orcnestra Glass History. William Gardner Essay, Immortality of Good Deeds"
 .................M Miss Vera Stuckey Ladies' Quartet. ... Selected Class Poem, Memories. ..
 .......... Miss Pauline Parker Essay, 'Innuence of American Lib
 erty". .... Miss Naoma Wheeler Solo ............ Miss Ola Lewis Grafton, Signs of the Times" ... ......,.... Ira Titus Class Prophecy Miss Minnie Welch Music ......... Orchestra Valedictory and Essay. 1.-The Power
 of Music" "....... Miss Esther Hoge
 There is no use to take time in trying 10 find adjectives to ex- press in a just measure the credit due each graduate. They were all bright, earnest young people, whose hearts are filled with a determination to make a success in life. Had they not been they would meyer have stood the tests placed upon them in past years 10 make them worthy of the honor of taking part in the exercises of last evening.
 After the Yaladictory address by Miss Hoge Judge J. D. Sha- yer, president of the school board made brief earnest talk in be- half of the school interests. call ing attention to the fact that this year for the first time there were two young men in the graduating class. He urged the value of the education to tue young men and the importance of the boys of the younger classes sticsiug to the work until they had reached tn 3 goal. At the close of his re- marks Judge Shaver presented the diplomas to the graduates and following the class song aud the benediction by the Rev. Mir. Park, the members of the class came down from the stage and formed a receiving line, where the entire audience passed and with earnest hand-shake a Il d words of praise congratulated each of the ten graduates.
 Besides the splendid music by Prof. c. w. Movers excellent or cheslra, ladies' quartet composed of Misses Bone, Covert, Anne Rosbaeh and Ola Lewis. sang three beautiful selections during the evening and Miss Ola Lewis 1 very sweet solo. The music made the evening complete sue cess as an entertainment.
 The class of 1910 is the best in the history of the school because II IS the largest. Let the class of 1911 be better in the same way
 UcE hs;rErS EnoT FACT