Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-06-17
GRADUATES PRESENT FOUR YEARS
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE ON STAGE
Class DayPrOgan1
Unique Feature
Yesterday.

Memories of the events at this
years Class Day will not be forgot
tcn soon by the large aIuience that
yesterday afternoon thronged Proc
tors theater to hear the class day
exercises of the high school graduat-
Ing class of 10. The program was
novel in the extreme, and of an UNI
expected character.
Instead of placing on the stage a
military or naval scene and being,
for the time, soldiers or sailors, as
has been the custom in the past, the
graduates yesterday carried out a
comedy in four parts, each part por-
traying year in the career of
high school student. Just as the
glddy freshmen upon entering
school are given over to fun and
frolics, SO they were in yesterdays
event, the merriment being personi-
fed In the Jester, characterized by
John Orsoe. The second part re-
vealed the more solemn, but still
frolicsome sophomore, who seated
upon the stage meditating upon a
lesson In French, were entertained
by dialogue In broken French by
two of their number.
In the third part were seen the
juniors cheering on their school
mates to victory in dual track and
field meet, laurcls being presented
to the successful competitors by the
Spirit of the school And the fourth
and final part showed the seniors at
a party, the mischievous inclinations
of the freshman year supplemented
by a desire for learning and knowl-
edge.
When the doors Of the theatre
were thrown open yesterday after
noon, the relatives and friends OF
the graduates saw the result of the
seniors efforts at decoration. Placed
at the rear of the stage were the
class numerals, 1910, in lavender
and gold, the class colors. In one of
the boxes were the hard-earned ath-
letic and literary trophies of the
school, and over the side of the box
large red banner, bearing the init
ials of the school, was pendant.
Along the footlights had been
placed cut flowers, the gift of Man
ager Hoffmeister, OF the theater.
A selection by the high school or
chestra, under the leadership OF
Kenneth Martin, opened the pro-
gram. Enter, the freshmen, or rath-
er the seniors bedecked in green,
characteristic color Of first-year stu
dents. They were preceded how
ever, by the appearance of Malcolm
Crowell, president of the class, who
delivered a short address of welcome
to the audience. After yielding to
the temptations Of the Jester, the
class left the stage under his con-
troll.
In the second part, garbed In NOR
tar-board hat and flowing black
gown, the students, this time as
sophomores, entered with books un-
der their arms. After a dialogue in
broken French by Miss Ida Pollen
sky and John Hrubec, the School
Spirit gained control over the Jester.
A field in which an athletic meet
between Perth Amboy high school
and Long Branch high school is be-
ing held, was the scene for the third
part. Malcolm Crowell, Donald
Kennedy, Herbert Rankin and John
Hrubec, as victors in the meet, were
crowned by the School Spirit with
laurel wreaths.
In the last part, Millard Bough-
ton, class poet, delivered compost
tion, in rhyme, on events in the
school during the past four years.
The class song, composed by Mat
thew Urbanski, was sung and with
a Virginia reel by the students, 1t
concluded the exercises. Oren Brown
ing, class orator, delivered writ
ten oration that was masterpiece,
Miss Mary Gridley personified the
Spirit of the School; John OrsOe. the
Jester, and Miss Kate Osterhout,
Gravity. Just before the completion
of the pageant, mementoes were dis
trlbuted to the class members by
the Jester.
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