The Pensacola journal., 1917-06-08
Largest Class in Recent His
tory of School Make Bow
to the Public.
AT OPERA HOUSE
AT 8 O'CLOCK P. M.
Most Successful Year in
Many Respects, Announce
ment by the Principal.

Commencement eNercisesv Of the
Pensacola high school will taxi, place
at the Pensacola opera house TONIGHT
at s o'clock, the following program
to feature the occasion:
Overture, "Our Commodore"-High
school orchestra.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Invocation-Rcv. J. A. AnsIcv.
SOngs-Class of II.
/. Happy Days" (De Koven).
,. "When the Foeman Bears His
Steel" (Sullivan).
Address-Prof. II. Clay Armstrong.
Selection-High school orchestra.
NaledictOry-Hilda Hallmark.
Presentation of medals and prizes
-BlOunt composition contest, medal
by Hon. w. A. Blount; presentation
by Rev. J. H. Brown; VI. c. T. U.
contests: (a) Jockey school; (bl High
school; presentation by Judge A. C.
BlCunt.
Alumni Association scholarship
medal-Adrian +. Langford, "A.
Girls defamation contest, medal by
F. h. Yonge; presented by DR.. Will
lIdin ACkefI0dn.
Boys defamation contest, medal by
West Florida Grocery Company; pre-
sented by Mr., J. f. d. Yonge.
Medal given for highest batting
average in baseball-Presented by Mr..
! Tobias Hirschkovitz.
Awarding of diplOmas-Mr c. j.
Levey, chairman board education.
Glass song-Seniors.
Star Spangled Banner r''-Every-
body.
Singing under direction of Mrs.
Nita Osborne Benn.
Thirty-Seven Graduates.
There are thirty-seven graduates,
as follows:
Vera Hasletine Beard. Franklin
Bell Rhoda Rebecca Benn, Dorothy
| Bingham, Elsie Burres, John Gilss
Burrow, Julia Emma Creary, Alberta
Lee Davis, la Mae Davis, Montrose
Edrehi, James Lavoisier Fulghum,
! Ethel Cordelia Gilmore, George Will
! liam Hartman, Tobias Herschkovitz,
| Hilda Margaret Hallmark, Mabel
! Clara Hilliard, Silvia Kahn, Marion
Keeling, Tom S. Kennedy, Marion
I.aney, Mary Elizabeth Lind, Ethel
| Mcdonald, Vivian Mcclellan, Hazel
Morrison, Oliver X. Perkins, Myrtle
| Rice, Edna Viola Riedel, Price RozeIr,
| Lucille White Runyan, Lucille Esther
| Sellars, Louis Jeter Tatom, Media
! Taylor, Mamie Turner, John A. Van
| Pelt, Graham Vinson, Adelaide Ynies-
! ira, Carrc Louise Yniestra.
Class motto: Labor Conquers All
! Things"
Class colors-Pm., and green.
I q
| president; Hilda Hallmark, secretary
! treasurer.
Business manager of commence
ment week exercises. Montrose
Edrehi.
Very Successful Year.
"The past year has been very sue
cessful in scholastic work, in develop
ment of the student activities, in the
( introduction of student government
and in the institution of the honor
system" said Prof. Ross Rogers, last
night. at is the first time in history,
so far as l know, that the high school
is clear of debt, and that each organ
! ization has a comfortable balance to
begin next years work on"
Announcement Senior HOnOrs.
The following is the announcement
| by Prof. Rogers of senior hOnors for
the session just brought to most
brilliant close:
Those of the senior class who are
high honor students in scholastic work
and who are mainly responsible for
the management of the high school
and the praise worthy spirit Of service
and cooperation that has manifested
itself during the past school year are
as follows:
I. Valedictorian-Hilda Hallmark,
also editor-in-chief of the high school
quarterly publication, "The Tattler."
2. George Hartman, manager Of
the champion West Florida baseball
team, and leader in student govern
ment and honor system.
9. Tom Kennedy, business manager
of "The Tattler."
4. Toby" Herskovitz, president OF
Athletic Association sport editor OF
: Tattler; leader in honov system.
5. Julia Creary, manager of the
? high school orchestra, to whom credit
/ for this noteworthy Infant" Organi-
! zation is due.
6. John Burrow and Oliver Per
kins, aspirants for naval honors; now
! at Annapolis preparing for exams.
7. J. Montrose Edrehi, manager
! Cont on Page Two.)