Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1912-06-11
ONE OF MOST SUCCESSFUL YEARS
IN HISTORY OF INSTITUTION
COMES TO AN END.
STUDENTS ARE BUSY
Class Play Tomorrow Evening, Com
mencement Thursday and Junior
Prom Friday Will Keep Youngsters
Busy for Last Few Days Preceding
Glad Vacation Time.

This week will mark the closing of
the most successful year In the his
tory Of the Fergus County Free High
school. Only the final exercises in
cident to commencement week stand
between the students and a we'll
earned vacation.
Glass Play Tomorrow.
The first of the closing exercises
will be the class play tomorrow eve
ming. This will be given at the new
gymnasium, which is admirably adapt
ed for such purposes.
The play, What Happened to
JONES'" is farce, exceedingly clever
and laughable. Jones, a book-agent,
and others, having attended a prize
fight are pursued by the police. They
flee into house where a bishop is ex-
pected as a guest. In his endeavors
to escape arrest, Jones' appropriates
suit OF clothes which has been made
for the bishop and awaits his arrival
| The bishop comes and sends out ihs
own clothes for pressing. Jones sees
| to it that they are not returned as he
must keep the bishop shut up in his
bedroom. Meanwhile patient from
| a sanitarium, suffering from an hal
| lucination that he is an Indian, in
vades the house in an Indian blanket.
He is pursued. The bishop, deprived
of his garments, is also under the
necessity of appearing in blanket
| in his attempts to escape his enforced
confinement. Being mistaken for the
lunatic Indian, he is hauled off to the
| ass lunn and JONES is triuInpnantly
safe. After numerous complications
in which minor love plots are in
volved, things are Strengthened out
The comedy throughout is full Of
tamusing situations and the class of
1912 is to be congratulated upon the
selection of the play.
The cast of characters is as follows:
Jones, who travels for hymn-book
house, Launcelot RoWley; Ebenezer
Goodly, a professor of anatomy, Joel
Hawkins; Antony Goodly, d. d., bishop
of Ballarat, Steven Smith; Richard
Heatherly, engaged to Marjorie, James
Canon; Thomas Holder, a policeman,
William Woods; William Bigsbee, an
inmate of sanitarium, Robert Wright;
Henry Fuller, keeper of the sani-
tarium, Glen Dunlap; Mrs. Goodly,
Ebenezer's wife, Elizabeth Won Tobel;
Cissy, Ebenezer's ward, Annabelle
Funk; Marjorie and Minerva, Ebenez
er's daughters, Constance Dougherty
and Edith Logan; Alvina Starlight
Mrs. Goodly's sister, Della st. Peter;
Helma, Swedish servant girl, Elsie
Gordon.
Commencement Thursday.
Thursday evening, at the gym
nasium, the commencement exercises
will be held. Diplomas will then be
awarded the thirteen members of the
senior class, who are as follows:
i Elsie Anderson, Ruth Berry, James
Canon, Joseph Cotton, Constance
Dougherty, Annabelle Funk, Elsie
Gordon, Edith Logan, Vivian Reeder
Launcelot Rowley, Stephen Smith
Della st. Peter and Elizabeth voI
Tobel
Junior Prom Friday.
The stellar social event of tn,
school year will be the junior prom
which will be held this year at Armor.
hall, Friday evening. The alumni
exercises will also be held at Armor.
hall, but on Monday evening.
An Eloquent Address.
The baccalaureate sermon to th'
graduates of the high school was de
livered Sunday evening at the M. e
church by the Rev. White. The biz
church building was crowded to it.
utmost capacity and the popular
young divine was never more eloquen
or inspiring.
Rev. White took for his text, Gal
6:79: Whatsoever a man sows tina
shall he also reap" The theme wal