The Press., 1916-06-21
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 It was class night for the senior class, their relatives and their friends
 last evening in St. Edwards hall. Int seniors added another to the numerous successes that have been a part of theil
 four years at Stafford high. "Witf
 the seniors at Washington" was the title of the play. written and staged
 by J. Kingsley Converse, which pur. ported to recount incidents that occurred
 in the lobby of the Metropolitan hotel,
 Washington, DO. The various officers were so placed in the vehicle and SC woven between by MT. Converse as to, figuratively, form the smooth running gears, and these said gears were indi- vidually well taken care of by the twelve other members of the class. The curtain rolled up on the first act to allow the large audience to witness the arrival of the seniors at the hotel. Right after the preliminary arrange ments, connected with the arrival of such a party a5 hotel, had been taken care of, John Leo Fletcher, president of the class, moved to the front and gave address of welcome. MT Fletoh- CTS address was sincere in tone and well constructed. He brought into prominence that the people assembled were the choice of his classmates and himself. stressed that they were indeed welcome and concluded by saying that he and his classmates hoped they would enter into the spirit of the occasion and enjoy themselves to the full extent. After MT. Fletcher had ensconced himself in one of the chairs in the "lobby, "John Timothy Bowler, holding forth as at once the elevator man and "bell-hop. gave the roll call, which was unique in manner of presentation and studded with jokes, MT. Bowler, picking up suitoases, preparatory to casting them onto the elevator, read off the tag and launched at once into the "stuff'' that he had on the person named on the tag. MT. Bowler's roll-oall was interrupted by repeated laughs. Johnny Jumpup, (Kingsley Converse), clerk of the hotel, about this time wanted to know who was going to register the party. Miss Mae B. Cooper stepped to the desk and announced that she would do that little thing She did, and after setting down each name, gave the statistics of the person who answered to it. Miss Cooper's talk found wide applause The clerk of the hotel next had some complaints made to him over the tele- phone from several members of the party, which he had taken to the rooms and made the most of the opportunity to get back at them" with digs that brought laughter. In the second act Miss Hazel V. Puffer told of a dream that she had the night before, it now being the morning after the arrival of the party. The tale was told in the lobby. Miss Puffer's prophecy had to do with what may possibly occur at a somewhat distant day, if the persons she spoke about hold to their avowed intentions to follow certain careers The dream had stretched o'er many lands. The prophecy was we'll re- oeived. Miss Ora B. Rabideau followed with the prophecy on prophet which was the recipient of applause. Miss Rabideau's talk was not very long, but was crowded with jokes that did net fail to hit the mark. Miss Elizabeth M. Gillingham was next. She presented her classmates with things and trink- cts, which she said, seemed to be needed. and which. were of variety. and kind to call. for laughs. Miss Marion O. Fenton arose to present iss Gillingham with something in turn, accompanied by talk that pleased. Miss Annie E. Reister, buying copy of The Washington Star, read therein an article, said to be an interview with one William J. Bryan, wherein the peace advocate had expressed himself as to what he would advise the under. graduates of Stafford high to do Miss Reister's part was logical and at the same time full of fun. Richard Murray, president of the junior class, made the response for the undergrads. His speech was admirably apportioned between little knocks and some pathos, in that he and all the undergraduates were sorry to see the seniors going forth never to return as students and that they (the undernlass members) wished them we'll in the lines to be pursued. The "little knocks'' in question had the strength to win in. stant applause. Just before the curtain went down on the second act M Miss Bessie Grover read the class will be- fore ''passing away" despite the efforts of the. hotel doctor none other than Kingsley Converse), summoned by Bell-Hop Bowler, to not let her. The third act was marked by the read ing of the class history by Herbert 0. Plumb. The history this year was in the form of diary which MT. Plumb dropped from his pocket and which, on being found, was insisted upon must be read. MT. Plumb went over the important things that happened to the class as whole and to the mem- bers Individuality. The history was we'll put together and won favorable comment. Miss Ruby Bowler then gave the history on the historian, exposing in kind things that had hap pened to MT. Plumb in his years at high. Some of those things, perhaps embellished trifie, went home and got laughter. David H. Shepherd, his name beloved for some time by Bell Hop Bowler, at this junoture received big package. MT. Shepherd awarded many degrees which showed that he