The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-28
Picture Of Rare Beauty is Presented
as Curtain Rises, Revealing
Group Of Promising Young
Graduates
HUMOR AND PATHOS
BLEND In PROGRAM
Immense Crowd Hears All About
Past, Present and Future Of
the 80 Cap and Gown
Clad Seniors

II was beautiful picture that the
audience packed in the high school
auditorium last night beheld when the
curtain was rung up on the class day
program of the 1915 seniors. The
proscenium arch formed the frame, The
back drop and wings forming beau-
tiful wood set was the background
and the 80 cap and gown clad seniors
massed on the stage were the real
subjects OF the picture.
Iii blended to make most striking
scene and for more than an hour the
seniors entertained one of the largesr
crowds that was ever assembled in the
auditorium, displaying flashes of keen
wit and humor, blended at times with
pathos as references were made to
the possible future of the individual
members OF the class. the separation,
the breaking of bonds and the schoe,
ties as the class said farewell to the
high school, the faculty and to one
another.
In the saIutatory address. Miss Mat
tie Hart welcomed, on behalf OF the
class OF Is, the patrons and friends Of
the school to the exercises. recount
ing some OF the struggles the class
had encountered on their four years
journey through the high school
course. mentioning briefly the futur1
into which unknown the class was
stepping. Miss Hart extended greet
ings to the faculty and expressed the
full appreciation OF their efforts with
the class during its upward climb step
by step through the years OF the high
school.
Miss Marguerite Streeter as class
historian. told faithfully the story OF
the 10 seniors, individually and col
lectively, The class, stated Miss
Streeter, entered high school as fresh
men with an enrolment of so. As
sophomores, this number had dwin-
died to SO, and as juniors to S6, but the
class as a finished product, seniors
had increased over the preceding year
TO 80 members. the largest class that
ever sat upon the auditorium stage
as graduates of the institution. Two
states are represented by the Is class,
Texas holding the largest representa-
ton with Oklahoma second. Thirteen
members of the elias sare from Texas
and eight from Oklahoma. But two
OF the class. according to the histor
ian, have the distinction of being
born in Chickasha They are Misses
Fay Hollingsworth and Marguerite
Plato"
The class prophecy, by Miss Grace
Wea,er, was clever. 1t dealt with the
possible future Of each and every
member of the class, placing their oc-
cupations from a physician to Pull
man conductor and from the Saliva
tion Army singer to bareback rider
in a circus. Also, the document prov
ed to be very fair matrimonial bu-
reau, for II the prophecy terminates
as it Is written, about dozen mar
riages will occur among members oil
the class.
The prophet started on an extended
tour and as she visited town after
town she discovered members of the
class Of rs. Eventually the tour oe'
veloped into hunt for others OF the
class. the search taking the tourist
across the ocean and. in fact, around
the world.
Royal Riddle, the class bard, paid
a high tribute to education and point
ed out the important fact that while
some achievement worthy Of note was
evident in the completion Of the hign
school work, the class would, as a
whole. go in for higher education striv-
ing over to that end.
Declaring that the class of 'i5 was
of sound mind, which statement was
not contradicted, Harold Sanders set
sorth the terms Of the will bequeath'
ing everything from the high school
building to the destinies of the Tom
ahawkv to other classes that might