Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-06-02
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sRecos osnition of Years of Study j,
Bestowed Upon aspiring
Students.
BAccAlLsU sUREATE SERMON.
Large Audience Listens Is Able
Remarks by Dr. Greene At NJ.
E. Church Last Sunday.


A splendid audience It was that as
sembled at the Goss hall Wednesday
evening to Witness the presentation of
the class nlay put onsby the graduat-
ing class of the Watertown high:
school. st " i4i9 ssis3s
Every seat had been sold before the
play began and the S. r. O. sign had
to be called into requisition.
The boys of the junior class did the
ushering for the occasion while the
junior girls occupied the boxes In the
gallery which had been elaborately
decorated with the class colors Of the,
class Of 1919,
The play consisted Of four acts and
Ian orchestra under the direction Of
Prof. Schiesmann furnished the mu-,
sic between acts.
The scene Of the play "a Crazy
Ideas was laid in Chicago and the time
was June. q few years ago.
The play is one in which love 81
fairs kndle a fame Of anger which
leads an uncle OF Tom Blaine to be-.
iieve that his absence in foreign
country for few months will greatly
affect the tendency Of his wife to pay
too much attention to another man
and during his absence the boy carries
out q scheme to get rich by taking
roomers into his uncle's house and
thereby getting outsiders mixed UP in
the general love nisund erstanding.
The uncle finally arrives home and
things have 10 changed that he tinds
| ii thing rs worked out to his en-.
/ tire satisfactAA and IL amieably set.
tied.
Many amusing and complex situa.
tions appear in the development of the
4 plot and the rendition as a whole was
very commendable. meeting with the
approval of the large audience.
4 Space will not permit a discussion
4 of each actor and the handling of the
Iparts, but suffice 1t to say that all act.
ed their parts we'll
! Harold Allen as Tom Blaine really
had the heavy part OF the play, but
had his lines well committed and took
the part well. Ferd Robson as the
colored servant had a difficult role
4 but executed the same we'll and won
| the approval OF his hearers.
The nervous, broken down musician
was also difficult part, but was ably
1 handled by Frank Tenney
As whole the rendering of the play
showed that much time had been put
into the preparation and in rehears
ais and the class and their instructors
are to be congratulated for the success
of their efforts.
Commencement Exercises.
4 Commencement program was enact
ed in the high school auditorium on
i Thursday evening characterized by an
4 address by Ocean g. G. Perisho Of the
! university OF South Dakota and the
presentation of diplomas.
/ Eighth grade commencement exer.
4 cises were held in the auditorium this
morning at 10 O'Clock.
I Raccaiaureate Sermon.
Rev. j. NJ, Greene delivered the bac
calaureate sermon to the graduating
class Of 1911 of the high school at the
i M p. church to an audience Of more
4 than 1,2O0 persons Sunday evening.
1 The tWenty-four graduates robed in
their caps and gowns, followed by
the members Of the faculty and the
school board were ushered to that
section of the church reserved for
them during the playing OF the vol
] untary by Prof. Marc D. Lombard.
The 1911 class is the first class 70
graduate from the new high school
building and also is the first class to
use the caps and gowns recently pur-
chased by the school board.
/ Good Music.
q The music was furnished by 4
| |twenty-eight voice chorus choir com.
posed Of the members of the various
church choirs throughout the city.
Building AIsar Of Life.'
FBuilding the Altar Of Life, was
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