Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-18

Imagination, magazines with pictures ant
short superfiuous stories OF no thought vel
complete, that left no thought for imagina
tion the modern stage and drama, with tn,
complete scenery and costume. that lef
the audience dun and with no thought Of
how the characters really looked. and
other things we're taken as examples.
Attractions that distract are what all
these might be called" she said. Into
what will the next generation step?"
Grace Leidy proved herself talented with
the violin and presented Carl Bohm's
| 'Lesende" as her part of the exercises
Factor In Fusion.
"A Factor in Fusion" was the subejtc
Of Miss Ella F1eishman's essay, in per-
| haps the deepest thoughts OF the evening
| The great work OF the modern school house
/ in bringing the immigrant father to
American citizenship ways were brought
/ out.
"on the Playground In the room, and
with daily association with children OF diff
ferent nations, race preiudices are broken
down and as the children grow up the ways
OF America are brought by them into the
home. The child is reality destroyed, as far
as he is foreign when he enters the school
and goes out rebuilt an American" she
said.
The whole municipal department comes
In touch with the immigrant father by
means OF the child, and he Is forced to
Americsnize himself by his children"
William Roe furnished the third musical
number of the program, a vocal solo, "A
Message From the King"
Edwin Anderson closed the exercises of
the students with his grafton, The Triumph
of Peace"
"Conquests OF peace disease to be stamped
out, protection OF our growing children in
citizenship are triumphs that are greater
than the conduests of war Not only to
save life. but to give It value, should be
considered" declared Anderson.
Victor Rosewater presented to Theodore
Kiene, the Edward Rosewater four-year
scholarship in one of the technical schools
Of America. Kiene was selected as the win
ner of the scholarship by the Board OF
Education a week ago
In presenting him with a four years
course such as this DR.. Rosewater urged
him to make the most Of It and be a credit
to the splendid class Of which he was a
graduate
Kennedy Presents Diplomat
Superintendent Davidson then presented
the class to Alfred C.. Kennedy. president
OF the Board of Education Mr. Kennedy
wished them success in the work they were
to meet after completing a twelve years
schooling in the Omaha schools. in which
they had learned much that they could
apply in later years. He then presented
the class with its diplomas
DR.. Davidson in closing the exercises
thanked all the school board and parents
for their cooperation with him In his eight
years here
L have an abiding love for children. :,
he said, and anything I have done has
been for them. 1 have subscribed my name
to 1000 diplomas in my work here and have
been proud to be able to do It, In leaving
wish to express my love for Omaha
people and to pay tribute to the genius Of
my successor, Prof. Ellis U. Graft" ",
short Talk by Mr.. Graft.
Mr. Graft in a short talk paid the high
est compliments to DR.. Davidson as an
educator, declaring himself glad to have
been able to work under such a supertn-
tendent and glad to have stayed his SUBJ
ordinate IL Mr.. Davidson would have re-
NAMED
On the stage with the students were:
superintendent w. M. Davidson, PRINCIPAL
Z. U. Graft Alfred c. Kennedy, president
of the Board OF Education; Dean James A.
Hancock OF Trinity cathedral, who gave
the benediction before the exercises; Victor
Rosewater, Stanley p. Bostwtck, Miss Kate
McHugh, Lieutenant w. N. Haskell, Prof.
]. F. WooleTy.