The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-22
BIG CLASS TO END
HIGH SCHOOL WORK
seventy-one Will Be Given
Diplomas <
EUTERPEAN CONCERT
CONCERT
"Twelfth Night" VIII Be Presented
With High School Pupils Exclu-
siveIy in Cast-Eight Grad
yates mt Ensley

Seventy-one pupils of the High school.
including Is boys and 56 girls, will be
given their diplomas at the final COM
menccment exercises of that institution
to be held Thursday night, June 2. The
official class roll has not yet been made
public by Principal C. A. Brown, but
present indications are that the number
| is correct
The commencement address will be de-
livered on the night of the final exercises
by Elmer Ellsworth Brown of Washing
| ton, United States commissioner of edn-
cation In addition to the II graduates
of the Birmingham High school, eight
graduates of the Ensley High school will
| be rendered their diplomas. The names
of the eight who have completed their
courses at the Ensley High school are:
Bowman, Ruth Reese Chiles, Lucie Nc
MILAN cowan. Wilmoth Hail Hickman,
Mary Josephine LeMont. Ellen Ola Scott
and Marion Bell Wood.
The class day exercises Of the two
| schools, however, will be held separately,
| the exercises of the local High school to
be conducted at the High school audi
forum Thursday morning at 10 o'clock,
| and those of the Ensley school on the
| church of Ensley.
The officers of the local class are:
President, Miss Sarah Ellen Greene; vice
president, Louis Schillinger; correspond
ing secretary, Miss Helen Weiss; record
| ing secretary, Miss Goldie Eshelman;
treasurer. John Moore; orator. Edwin
Torgerson; essayist. Miss Helen Eustis;
poet, Miss Nettie Beall; historian, Miss
Susie Cunningham; prophet Miss Minnie
Cooke; statistician, Arthur, Herman;
vocalist, Miss Lucille Lenk; musicians,
Miss Rosa Fabian and Miss Grace
Blackburn. ..-s..s. h - 4.....l. --.s,.s.ss.
The Ensley class elected the following:
President, Miss Ellen Ola Scott; vice
president, Miss Mabel Atkins; secretary,
Miss Ruth Reese Chiles; treasurer, Miss
Lucie Mcmillan Cowan. The class flower
chosen is the sweet pea; coors. crimson
and white; motto, Look not thou down,
but up"
The Birmingham High school selected
as its motto that which apepars on the
official Birmingham emblem: mon sibi
sed omnibus-Not for self. but for ALL
The flower chosen is the daisy and the
colors gold and white
Euterpean Concert
The opening feature of commencement
week will be. the seventh annual concert
OF the Euterpean club, the High school
| musical organization SO highly praised
| by Walter Damrosch. The concert will
| be held at the auditorium Monday night
| May 80, and the usual brilliant event is
anticipated. Miss Leta Kits. director OF
the club, and her assistant, Miss Edna
Moore, have conducted extended re-
| hearsals for the concert.
| The programme this year will be COM
| prised of Dudley Bucks famous cantata,
''The Legend of Don Munio," arranged
for solos, chorus and orchestra. Well
known professionals will be cast In the
solo parts, and the High school orchestra
will be heard at it's best The former
annual concerts of the Euterpean have
been attended by large and brilliant aud
fences, and music lovers are looking for
ward with great deal of pleasure to this
event.
'TweIfth Night" to he Given
The second important event of COM
mencement week will be the annual
Shakespearean presentation. Twelfth
Night" the play chosen for this year,
will be given Wednesday night, June L,
at the school auditorium by cast COM
posed entirely of High school students
Miss Daisy Belle Johns, the instructor in
expression at the High school, has been
directing rehearsals. Judging by the dra-
matte standard set by High school stu
dents at former presentations, Twelfth
Night will be finished and artistic per-
Torrance.
The following is the cast appearing:
Orsino Duke of Illyria-Tom Turney.
Curio, Valentine, attending gentlemen
Marsh Acker, Neil Neville.
Sebastian, brother to viola-Edwin
Torgerson.
Antonio, sea captain-Leonard Barker,
Viola-Miss Cecile Rotholz.
Roberto, q sea captain--Ralph Riddle.
Countess Olivia-Miss Alma Stockmar.
Malvolio, her steward-George Cox
Maria, her maid--Miss Fay Murphy.
Fabian, an attendant-Lloyd Bowers.
Sir Toby Belch-Allen Mathis.
Sir Andrew Notwithstanding Her
man.
Feste, clown-Tom Wingo.
| Officer-Sam Galloway.
The attendance at all former Shakes
pearean offerings at the High school has
been very great, and this years per-
Torrance should prove no exception.
Class Day Exercises
Thursday will be class day. the exer-
cises to begin at 10 o'clock The pro-
gramme will consist of the class papers
to be read and those Of the officers, In
Guiding the presidents address, class ora
tlon. history. prophecy. poem, statistics
and essay. ~.
The commencement exercises will end
with the presentation Of diplomas by
Mayor Frank p. OBrien Thursday night
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