The Mena weekly star., 1912-05-23
CLASS OF 1912
COMMENCEMENT
Exercises shorter Than Customary
Thirteen High School and Four
Normal Graduates Pre-
Sentation of Diplomas.

The Glass of u Of the Mena High
school has finished its work in the
Mena schools, and henceforth its
members will depend for knowl-
edge, not upon patient teachers. but
upon their fellow man and woman.
They may think that their twelve
years Of schooling has been over
rough roads, but before long they
will be in a better position TO real
ize how ~downyH their path has
been and how much good their
study has done them.
The commencement Exercises
were held at the Hartman opera
house, and were somewhat shorter
than a commencement program is
usually made. During the evening
the graduates received much good
advice. Short talks were made by
W. NJ. pipkin and Elmer j. Lundy.
These talks were very interesting
and contained not only good advice
for the class, but for the audience
as well. DR.. +. a. Lee and NJ. b.
Legate, both members Of the school
board, made very appropriate adj
dresses, in which they expressed
their satisfaction in the work which
had been done by the teachers and
in the graduates, THE finished pro-
duct" Of the school.
The invocation before the pro-
gram was made by the Rev. W. Nj.
Crowson. Raymond Donovan fol-
lowed with a vocal solo, Forgot
ten His singing was good, and the
audience showed its appreciation
by the hearty applause it gave. The
next number was the "Salutatory'
and Grafton Effort" by Clifton Hay,
all OF a part Of which will be print
cd in The Star tomorrow, along
with the Grafton on "Oratory' and
the yaledictory, by Earl Goddard.
Both Of these were exceptionally
good, and We're a great credit to the
authors.
After the salutatery, Miss Mildred
Steele, the only one of the Normal
graduates on the program, made an
interesting talk on the foundation,
purpose and work of the normal.
The vocal solo by Miss Cecile Nc
Carver entitled Deep in My Heart,
Beloved was a beautiful selection,
and was well rendered, Miss Nc
Carver was strongly appiauded.
Before the presentation Of the di-
plomas by Judge Jas. ID. Shaver, b.
b. Musson sang Goodbye Sweet
heart, Goodbye" in his deep, rich
tenor voice.
While Judge Shaver who is the
president of the school board, was
presenting the diplomas, he gave
the class an instructive talk and
more advice. In his talk he laid
great stress upon the necessity OF
having common sense to put with
book learning in order to make a
success in life. His advice was not
to take too much advice, but to
have confidence in yourself.
Prof. w. +. Adams, who for eight
years has been at the head of
Mena's schools. made a short talk
and said that ii would be his last
one on such an occasion, as he had
decided TO take his first vacation.
Next year there will be a new sup
erintendent. Prof. Adams stated
last night that he doubted if there
was another man who had stayed
with one school as long as he had
this one, and had as many friends
as he had IN Mena and Polk county.
The program ended with a benedic-
tion by the Rev. i. A. Park, and
then the majority of the audience,
Fat the invitation of Prof. Adams,
shook hands with each OF the grad
yates.
There were in all seventeen grad
yates, seven young ladies and six
young men from the High school,
and four young ladies from the
normal course. They had selected
as their motto "Esse Quae Vide
muir" which, translated into Eng
lish. is ITO be what we seem"
The High school graduates are:
Ophelia Annette Emerson. Joseph
Earl Goddard, Esther Rhea Crow
son, Elijah Whit Horner, Joe Bella
Mount, Walter Clifton Hay, Lillian
Marie Vandiyer, Raymond Lee
Hiles, Lula Agnes Henderson, Joe
Little Riding, Agnes Vista Beaston,
Robert Dickson Cochran, and Sa-
die Bernice Jones.
The Normal graduates are
Mildred Steele, Mable Hughes,
Beulah Hughes and Marguerite
Kirsch.
The music Of the evening was
furnished by the Newell Powell or
ehestra. The four selections played
hy the orchestra were exceptionally
good, and very much appreciated
by the audience.
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