Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1915-05-22
Seventy-seven Receive Di-
plomas-AuditOrium Was
Crowded With Friends
and Relatives of Biggest
Senior Class Yet

I commemorate come and COM
mencements go, but the commencement
that was held at the union high school
auditorium last evening will be remem-
bered in years to come for its impress
siveness. A class of seventy seven of the
! brightest girls and boys that have ever
graduated from any school went forth
from the school last evening into the
! wider fields of the colleges and of the
, business world.
| Long before the time set for the be-
ginning of the exercises people started
arriving and when the doors opened it
was all the doorkeeper could do in
keeping the crowd back. The house
was nearly packed by eight o'clock and
there was hardly a seat left by eight
fifteen when the house was thrown
open to the general public.
The class of fifteen filed in two at
time the girls coming in first and then
the boys 1t was fine sight to see
the sweet girl graduates" and the
handsome young men of the gradual
ing class. The occasion though one of
10Y. had a solemn aspect, for as the
graduates received their diplomas,
they realized that they We're going out
of youth and its careless pleasures into
manhood and womanhood with cares
and responsibility to contend with.
The program started with music by
the high school orchestra which was
followed by an impressive invocation
bv the Rev Claude c. Jones The in
PRODUCTION was given by Claude ID.
Jones. acting principal of the school.
After the Introduction. the BOYS glee
club gave several selections that were
enioyed greatly by tn audience. The
Song Of the VolGa ROatman' made an
especially big sensation. Next came
tho salutatorv address THE Spirit of
the West bv Forrest Belts. class sallI-
tatorian. This address was exception
ally good and shows that the class did
not make a mistake in choosing Belts
as their representative. The position
of class saluta torian is an honor given
the most popular student in the class
end the whole class votes to convey
this honor to the lucky person
After the salutatory address came
the validictorv bv Ruth Sutton. Miss
Sutton chose for her subject q very fit
ting one THE Women of the TWen-
tieth century" and she did credit to the
school and her class. The honor of
irving the vaIedictOrv is bestowed by
the school to the student. who for the
four years of high school work, has
r,7ada tho HIGHEST average in the class
At the finish of the vale6ictOrv. the
hovs quartet gave two selections "What
From Vengeance Restraints Me New
from Lucia III Lamr0err'co corr and Il
Love You Truly" Poth of these selec-
tor; were received with the hearty an
pIause of the assembly. Then come
the class address bv President Won
KleinSmid of the state university. DR..
Won KleinSmid is a speaker of great
ability and he kent the audience and
class VOL interested from the moment
he took the platform until he closed.
This is an unusual thing at a COM
nencement rs the address is generally
long and dry. but DIR. Won KleinSmid
proved that this was not always the
case.
And Their came the big event of the
whole evening. the presentation of the
diplomas bv e T Ceilings. of the
school board.
After the last diploma was given
out the class filed out to the music of
the school orchestra to the domestic
arts and science building where they
met their friends and received their
congratulations. Those who received
their diplomas last night are as fol-
lows:
Class Roll, 1915