The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-05-23
Seniors Present Interesting Program
in Which Past, Present and :
Future Of the Class are
Set Forth
GRADS ARE NATIVES
OF ELEVEN STATES
Five Of the 81 Born in Oklahoma
Future UniOIded in Prophecy
VIII Award Diplomas
Tonight

With the high school auditorium
packed to capacity, 1he seniors last
night presented their class day exer.
cises In which the public was given
glimpses into the past present and
future OF the s2 young people and at
the same time the spokesmen Of the
class made Il clear that the grads
are entering upon the next step in
their career with a fun realization Or
their duties and responsibilities.
The features OF the program were
the samtatory, class history, poem.
prophecy. the win and yaledictory. in.
terspersed with some excellent musi-
cal numbers, The high school orches-
ira gave two selections anu ARIA Goff,
the leader, rendered violin solo,
Schuberts serenade, which was par
ticularly pleasing and effective A
piano solo By Regina Jones was re-
markedly we'll rendered and a mixed
quartet. Happy DAYS Gone By de.
lighted the audience, the singers be.
ing Marguerite German. Laura Julian.
Herschel Porter and Ogerlon Burney.
in the salutaiory Earl Gray ia forci-.
be language made plain his idea Of
what the public expected OF the class
as a result Of the training received BY
them The dominant thought was
that every graduate was expected to
make good" in whatever vocation he
might choose
The class history given by Wyatt
Marrs proved exceedingly interesting.
It was brought out that eleven states
contributed to the membership of the
class. only iise of them being born ia
Oklahoma Some Of the humorous in.
cidenta in the earee. Of the class add.
ed spec to the chronicle.
The class poem. entitled. Though
Lost to Sight. to Memory Dear BY
Claude Fay White was cIeyerly writ
ten and contained pretty sentiment
Appropriate to the occasion.
III the class prophecy, Van Foster
pictured the future Of his schoolmates
following them through the mazes Of
maIimony ana the varied business
and professional fields iH which he
fancied they would be found With
clear prophe ie vision ne foresaw sue
cess for all Of them.
The class viii. by Minerva Whitta-
ker, suitably disposed of the school
effects Of the seniors. beQueathing to
the juniors and other classes to fol-
low the seats in the study hall and
the various posts OF honor in the or
chestra and on the athletic field
present Tendencies" was the sub.
ject chosen by Marschelle Power for
his valedictory an extremely well writ
ten Grafton in which the main topics
dwelt upon were education and sani-
tation. The yaiedictory proper, ad-
dressed to the class was full Of fine
thought and was very impresslvely de.
liyered
In compliance with a condition re
quired for graduation, all Of the mem
bers Of the class wrote theses, theil
subjects being as follows
oThe Influence of the FRENCH Reyo
luton on the French Peasantry," Grace
Whatley
ocomparison Of the Child Rhymes o
Eugene Field and James Whiteoml
Riley" CorneIa Coryell
"The Development Of American Neu
trality.H Ivan Gowdey.
"rhe old aud New Democracy" Al
Win Wallace
Recent Medical Discoveries and Es
periments.' James A. Mathews.
pThe story Of siegfried and It's n
fluence on the German Mfisici Laur
Julien.
4Dickens chaFacterizations," Lillla
nenquite
development Of English Drama,
Sadie Levy
"The Development OF the Castle
England Wales, Pete Heffner j.
Life and Works Of Archimedes