The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1915-05-25
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
OCALA HIGH school


The Ocala graded and high school
will close Monday, May 31st. Final
examinations will be held Wednes-
day, Thursday and Friday mornings.
On those days the pupils will be dis
missed not later than / o'clock in
order that they may not be subjected
to the strain of taking two long ex-
aminations each day and in order
that the teachers may have time to
grade the papers and prepare the re-
port cards and promotion certificates
for delivery to the pupils on Monday
morning.
On Thursday evening at 7:45 the
department of expression will give an
entertainment at the Temple theater.
The program will consist of a spec
tacular fairy play interspersed with
music and drills.
An outline of the play with cast
follows:
Scene: Garden of the Princess OF
Night in the Province of Darkness
Kingdom of the Sky.
Act 1. Scene, Garden of the Prin-
cess of Night. Time, early evening.
Act. 2. Scene: Same as Act
Time, early evening three days later
Cast
Princess of Darkness, Daughter Of
King Moon, ruler of the Province OF
Darkness, Kingdom of the Sky-Ines
Sandifer.
Princess of Dawn, Daughter OF
King Sun, ruler of the. Province OF
Light-Mary Garrett.
Miss Jane Jogway, of Woman
Rights fame, of Hoboken, N. Gar
oline Harris.
Nora Mulligan, servant-Mabe
Aiken.
Star Maids, attendants of the Prin
cess of Darkness-Louise Rentz, Sid
ney Perry, Eloise Henry, Katherine
Strunk, Nina Camp, Katie Ma,
Eagleton.
Sunbeam Maids, attendants of tn,
Princess of Dawn-Callie Gissendan
er, Agnes Burford, Thee Beckham
Marian Long, Nettie Camp, Louis
Spencer.
Moonbeam, King Moons courier
Norman Horne.
Eloise, a poor little girl from cart
Margaret Little.
Flower Maids-Irene earn, Doll,
Jones, Ruby Edwards, Christin
Close, Marie Robertson, Annie Nc
Kay, Elizabeth Horne, Marian Mef
fert.
The admission to this entertain
ment will be 10 and 20 cents and tn
net proceeds will be used in payin,
the expenses incident to commence
ment.
Although this is the first year tina
the school has had a department o
expression, the number of pupils tax
ing has been large and most of tn
pupils are from the higher grades.
The commencement sermon will b
preached Sunday morning, May 3Oth
at the Temple theater by Rev. Gross
All the churches of the city are re
quested to suspend their morning
services and attend the exercises a
the theater. A large choir under tn,
leadership of Mr.. Albert Gerig i
preparing some splendid music TO
the occasion.
On Monday morning after tn,
pupils have received their promotion
certificates and report cards and hav,
been dismissed for the term, tn
teachers will be cat home" to patrons
and friends of the school, in thei
rooms where will be displayed tn
drawings, maps, arithmetic, spelling
and language papers and other handi
work and written work of the year
This is the first time that this par
of the school has observed a patron
day. While the exhibit will be onl,
a beginning and prophecy of wha
may be expected in the future, thos,
who come will find the display inter
esting and instructive. This will b,
especially true of the exhibit of tn
home economics department
On Monday evening the regula
graduating exercises will take place
The class this year consists of sever
girls and four boys. They will pre-
sent varied and interesting pro
gram interspersed with music bot
vocal and instrumental.