The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-01
Shakespearean Play Pre- sented By Senior Class PrOvOkes Enthusiastic
 Praise
CLASS
 LARGEST IN HISTORY
All Students to Report to Central High School on Friday Morning for Classification-Pub-
 lie Invited

Commencement exercises at the Bir- mingham High schools are on in full swing today. The second event of the Birmingham Central High school com mencement took place last night when Miss Marguerite D. Weaver and the se- nior class presented the annual senior play, entitled the Twelfth Night" in the High school auditorium.
 The play was presented before crowded house, and was pronounced a success from every viewpoint. Both the instructor and the pupils taking part were congratulated upon the splendid presen- tation.
 Splendid music was furnished by the High School orchestra, composed of 30 pieces.
 The senior class sprung surprise on the High school students at the begin ming of the second act Heretofore the same scenery has been used in every play given, but on this occasion special scenery was rented from the management of the Bijou theatre for the play, and to make the surprise greater was not presented in the first act, which was very short, but at the beginning of the second act the curtains went up on an entirely different scene. The change was received with hearty applause.
 The following was the cast of charac- ters:
 Orsino, Duke of nlyria-Douglas Stock ham.
 Sebastian, Young Gentleman-Walter Agee.
 Antonio, Sea Captain, Friend to Se- bastian-E Ehrlbert Israel.
 Valentine, Attending Orsino-Frank Glazier
 Sir Toby Belch. Uncle of Olivia-John Griffin.
 Sir Andrew Aguecheek-Henry Ehlbert. Malvolio Steward to Olvia-H offord 1 Todd.
 Fabian, Olivias Servant-Pete Davis.
 Clown, Olivia's Servant-Weller Smith. Olivia a Countess-Bertha Engel. Maria Olivia's Attendant-Elizabeth Coleman
 Viola, Sister of Sebastian-Elise Spar row.
 etc.
 i Place-A sea coast near Illyria and a city in Illyria.
 Act One-Scene l, seacoast Scene 2, 8 room in Duke Orsino's palace. ,- l Act Two-Scene l, Olivia's house. Scene l ?. street scene Scene 3. Olivia's house. | Act Three-Scene l, Near Orsino s pal ace. Scene ?, Olivia's garden | Music-High School orchestra. CLASS DAY EXERCISES At 9:3O o'clock this morning the annual class day exercises will be held in the school auditorium. Although the entire submitted their graduating thesis, only 16 students will give readings at the ex- ercises this morning. The reason for this is that there are too many for the entire class to recite and the Is have peen selected from the class. Those who wlll read their thesis are as follows: ''Alabama's Compulsory Laws" by Mary Nell Findley; "Cartooning, by Max Heldman; Who Did It?' by John German Dearborn; Character of Mac beth," by Lois Watlington; Shake speares Fairies" by Mary Inez Elliott; "The Tribute to Marcellus." by Winifred Agnes Gallagher; Extracts From 'Dona Perfecta,, by Helen Sanford Evans; Why MT. Woodpecker Pecks," by Ma rion Edith-Holmes; "Just-a- Wearing for | You" by Mary Elizabeth Krauss; Sum mers At Grandma's," by Annie Moore; ''In Snow Time" by Charles Horace Dodd; Christmas in the Country" Ida 1 Pearle Tomlinson; Memory" Ca poem) 1 by Helen Harrington; Beside the Mis- | SlSSlppl, Dy SylVld JdIIe DrdHueS, My Own Philosophy" by Oliver Russell Graves; "A Revere On Graduating Morn 1 ing" by Margaret Gideon. l The following class officers will read papers following the reading of thesis History of the Class of 1916" by Ber- tha Lorraine Engel. Piano solo by Mary
 Lona Dugger. Glass Statistics" by John Martin Griffin; Non Confectus
 Sed Initus' (class oration) by Edward l Hofford Todd "On the Stage of Life (olass prophesy) by Beulah Blanche Baines; violin solo, by Edith Merritt
 Beyond the Alps" (class essay) by Le-
 tita Tyler McNeel; "The Two Roads, '
 by Pendleton Edwyn Morris; Farewell '
 by Gladys Dorothy P1ckens.
 ENSLEY HIGH SCHOOL 1 Practically the same programme will be
 gone through with at tn. Ensley High
 school at the same hour this morning
 The two high schools are holding theil | (Continued on Page Seven)