Gilpin observer., 1914-06-18
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES

The graduating exercises of Cen
trail City High school were held at
the opera house last Thursday night,
and as usual upon those occasions
when the youth of our land are about
to enter upon the first step of their
chosen vocation, the house was fill
ed with an appreciative audience,
each eager to listen to talent dis
played that would crown the golden
cradle" of old Gilpin with laurels of
achievement, and would further be
conducive to her illustrious career
The eight pupils which comprised
the graduating class are as follows:
Minnie Welch. Hazel Kimball, Rose
Miller, Stella Baleria, Ella LeProwse,
Lille Anderson, Jack McCallister and
Victor Harvey. All the members of
the class, either by Grafton or other
wise, displayed evidence of scholarly
training by Professor Clark and his
competent corps of assistants, all of
whom are to be congratuled upon
the mastery fashion with which they
handled their subjects, and the grace
and ease with which they were deliv-
cred
Miss Anderson deserves exceptional
credit and commentator for her ex
cellent work in training the clear and
natural voices in the girls glee club.
The youthful freshness in the voices
of that impressive classic. AVE
Maria, was sweetly in harmony with
the glories of the morning; their be-
ings vibrant with the joy of living,
and their souls masterfully interpret
ed the undying beauties of the
theme.
The work of all the graduates re-
fleets the untiring efforts of their
teachers who have. so successfully
guided them through the intricacies
of unyielding problems, and have pre-
pared for them, the foundation on which
to build their future characters and
make their way to unqualified sue
cess.
Professor Clark, the helmsman in
this craft of knowledge, has with
consummate skill, lent his genius to-
ward shaping the destinies of his
pupils, and in his lofty and eminent
way aroused in the minds. of all,
those intellectual activities by which
knowledge is acquired.
His remarks to the class were full
of sound and logical advice. He ad-
monished them to be true and loyal
to themselves and their country. and
in after years, when their heyday
of life is drawing to a close, if they
found the faculty had been of any
assistance in directing them in their
devious paths to noteworthy attain
ment, they will be the very first to
rejoice at their successes, and will
watch with inexpressible pride and
interest in the triumphs of their car
eers.
Senator Leroy J. Williams then
presented the class with their diplo-
mas, and delivered a speech pregnant
with feeling and emotion, in which
he pictured them as young and ten
der shoots, just entering upon life's
cold and unfeeling world, where pit
falls everywhere abound, and one
false step might plunge them into
the maelstrom of failure and despond
and wreck their young and fruitful
lives. He also pictured them as
youthful buds of purity and useful
ness, that was to blossom forth in
all their radiant splendors and fill
a niche in the temple of fame in
this busy and bustling world, where
their deeds of valor may be craven
upon posterities' pages; and he gave
them strictly in charge to ever walk
in the upright paths of virtue and re-
nown, until the last lingering shad-
ows of twilight shall cast their flick
ering rays over that distant valley
of eternal rest, where contentment
reigns supreme. and the mortal shall
be clothed in the shining habilime ents
Of Immortality.