El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-05-27
HIGH SCHOOL GRADS
IN CLOSING
EXERCISES
Twenty-Four Receive Di-
plomas and Many Attend
Commencement
Program.

Twenty-feur young men and women,
only nine Of them men. were given
their diplomas of graduation from the
FL Paso high school Friday noght The
presentation was made at the FL Paso
theater where vice president w h
Winter, representing president Car
penter. of the school board, made the
formal presentation. There were many
speeches. that preceded the short talk
that he made, and, much entertainment
of interest to pupil, parent and friend
Miss Marian Bowder and George
Easter won the scholarships for the
University Of Texas, and both will go
there at the reopening of school
The theater was crowded Both in
the rear of the orchestra and the bal
cony were many standing. White were
the dresses and there was predoni-
nance Of this color in the audience
while all of the girls upon the stage
were dressed in white
The stage decorations were much the
came as those of last year. remnants
of various institutions of learning
hung from the flies, while in the center
was strung an FL Paso high school
banner. The boys and girls were
seated in a semicircle of eight rows
across the stage, the boys occupying
the right of the stage. The graduates,
both boys and girls, occupied the front
row.
Following the rise of the curtain.
Rev. Henry Easter, pastor of st. Glenn
enrs Episcopal church, offered the
invocation. Then the hundreds Of
voices burst forth with Summer
Roses" =
Bids All syNeIcOme.s
Miss Mary Duden. in short address,
hade everyone welcome to the exer
cises.
Then followed the chorus under the
direction of Mrs. Leila T. Moore, while
Misses Pauline Sprinz and Della Kiefer
presided at the pianos.
Miss Katherine Harper recited IN
verse the history Of the class Of 1911
and did it exceedingly well
Following was a solo, "Come Out"
by Miss Pauline Sprinz, and then an
other chorus led by eight girls carry
ing parasols and eight boys IN blue
uniforms. who drilled while all sang.
The Revolt of the Male.
One Of the cleverest hits OF the even
ing was a skit writts1 by the high
school students themselves aud entitled
Revolt OF the Male" 1t was a crlti-
cism of the domination Of the girls in
the high school during the past year,
and many references of an amusing
nature were MADE
Opening the second part of the pro-
gram was colonial minuet performed
by Il young women. They were
dressed in the gowns Of colonial times,
carried fans and wore their hair pow
dered. with little curls hanging oyer
their shoulders. This excited much
applause from the audience.
The High School orchestra, of two
violins, two pianos and two mandolins
played a Dream of Heaven in pleasing
style.
Norman MORRISON. the biggest of
the graduates. chose as the theme for
his class grafton, THE Future of the
Southwest" In strong and well chosen
words he told Of the growth of this
country from it's establishment under
Spanish rule to its building up by
Americans, and referring to Hum
boIdt's prediction, said that this city
OF El Paso is to be the important city
on the American Mexican border. He
showed knowledge Of conditions IL
the southwest, of the progress made
and the future in store for it.
The VaIedfetory.
The valedictory was something en-
tirelyt new Miss Marian Bowden
essayed the role of valedictorian and
with the aid Of a choice collection Of
slides showed the progress of the class
of 1911. Many humorous references to
the students Of this class were made