The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-06-01

With the parQuet, balcony and even
the gallery of the opera house packed
to oVerhowing with eager and happy
! spectators, the final exercises of the
Pensacola High School were brought
| to a close last night Seven young
women and two young men graduated
and were presented with diplomas and
when the young people received these
muchly coveted documents their faces
told of the pleasure that they felt.
The graduates were seated on the
stage throughout the exercises and
while all had lovely boquets Of flowers.
throughout the evening other boquets
from admiring friends were sent to
the happy graduates until at the close
of the exercises the front of the stage
was a mass Of flowers.
The honor graduates were Miss
Paula Herskovitz and Miss Edith OIL
Yer. The other gradutes being Misses
Christina Axelson, Sallie Cole, Chris
tine Cottren and Goldfne Jacoby and
Mr.. Gibson Fell and Mr.. Sherman
Forbes.
In presenting the diplomas f. E.
Brawner, chairman Of the Board OF
Public Instruction, made q short but
impressive talk to the young people
In which he impressed upon them the
seriousness of life and how fortunate
that they were to have completed the
high school course. He noted that the
percentage Of girl graduates was not
sixteen to one as formerly, but was
only three and a Ilalf to one.
Next to the graduating class inter-
est in the Parkhin medal contest CEN
tered. In this contest four young la
dies competed and it was hard to. tell
which one of them pleased the large
audience the most, for after each one
of the contestants had finished the
opera house rang with deafening ap-
DlAnE6 D1RGPG chosen ha
young ladies were varied and the au-
dience had an opportunity Of listening
to some beautiful and mirthful selec-
tions that were delivered in a man
ner which reflected upon the contest
ants and their teachers. The Judges,
however, decided that Miss Ruth Van
Pelt's rendition of Tom Sawyer's Rob-
Der Gang was the one which merited
the prize. Those taking part in this
contest and their selections were:
i The Death Disk-Edith Oliver.
Il We Speak to Men-Vera Green.
The Swan Song-Sadie Kuglenaan.
Tom Sawyer's Robber Gang--Ruth
Van Pelt.
| There were four otner medals, aside
from the Parkhill medal These medals
were for different honors and were
won by hard and constant work of the
successful recipients. Those winning
the medals were:
Marjorie Yonge, w. A Blount conn
position medal.
Marion Baker, P. X. Yonge history
medal
Ralph Schloss, u. d. c. medal
John Burrow, Helen Fisher memorial
medal
The program at the opening of the
exercises consisted of essays and
choruses BY the high school girls The
Medley M Southern Airs, by half a
hundred Of beautiful southern girls
was inspiring to the audience The
program was:
(a) Soldiers' Chorus, from Faustt
OBJ Medley Of Southern Airs-High
School Girls
II Essay, Early American Pioneer Life
Marjorie Yonge, IL.
Essay, Morgan's Raid - Ralph
Scholls
Chorus. Rock-a- Bye CNeidlinger)-
High School Giris
The session Of the high school Just
closed has been the most successful
IN the history Of the school and both
superintendent OF Public Instruction
Cook and Principal Cawthorn are very
much gratifled with the results.