The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-23
Monster Crowd Attends Program Staged
by c. HIS. 1918 Seniors; Euier-
laiHmcnl Big Success
VACANT CHAIRS FOR
MEMBERS IN SERVICE
Chairs for Howard Norton and Charlie
Rudolph Drapcd With Old Glory;
Both Boys in France

When the curtain was raised last
night for the annual class day exer
ciscs Of the 1918 seniors of the c. IT,
S.. the first and most effective OBJ
iect to greet the eyes of the audience
was two vacant chairs in the center
Of the first tier of seats, draped with
Old Glory These were In honor of
Howard Norton and Charlie Rudolph
class members now serving in France,
The remaining forty-three members
Of the class, in their dark caps and
gowns, surrounded the vacant chairs.
Before the program proper com
menced, the high scfool orchestra en-
tertained the audience with a num-
Der Of pleasing selections. Rev. A..
s Freese offered the invocation and
Miss Millie Janet Gray salutatorian,
welcomed the audience Her talk
was pointed and fitting, It's themo be.
ing, What are you gOing to do in
this war;" Miss Gray is president
Of the graduating class
The class history by Miss Susie
King was clever and original, She
likencd the class to i beautiful flow
or graden in the shape Of an eight
pointed star. In each point we're
planted the members from the same
state, those of another state border
cd tho garden and the others were in
its center Miss King gave a short
sketch Of the life of each and in
closing said, Though the garden is
torn apart at graduation and the
plants transplanted to the four parts
Of the earth, there will still linger In
their lives the strong principles on
which II was based, aud tho deepest
love FOR the gardener, Miss Flag
lor, the class advisor, and her assist
ants, the other members Jl ihc fac
ulty, who SO carefully tended it
these four years"
Roy Norton delivered the class
poem, telling Of his travels through
the Chickasha high school and the
wisdom he acquired giving the
school full credit An instrumental
solo by Herbert Kicker followed. the
popular pianist being forced to re-
spond to two encores
In the class prophecy Emery Con
rad told of trip taken in 1882,
starting from San Francisco and end
ing in Washington, D. c., on which he |
visited all of the class members.
His visions Of tho future were Of
great interest to the graduates who
we're wondering what the coming
years held for them.
Miss Doris Gowdy who read the
rlass will prefaced her talk by tell
ing how all the best physicians had
decided that Miss Eighteen must lie
or May %, and that she had been
called upon to write her WILL She
said that death was caused by en-
of the head as well as thel
heart and other organs of the body
The will was ingeniously written and
in conclusion Miss Gowdy remarked
that she hoped the faculty would
conduct tho funeral exercises with
the same dignity that the class has
always upheld.
Miss Olga Nelson, who delivered
the valedictory, dwelt upon the war;
as it affects all Of us. and brought
home the fact that not only tho mei
tut the women must find place to
serve. Before bidding her friends
Of her class and the faculty a last
goodbye. she thanked Mr. Rameyl
and the school board for the many
privileges and advantages the class
had enjoyed during their four years
IN high school.
The class song. composed by Miss
Dorothea Freese, was then sung, and
two spirited class yells were given
before the curtain was lowered and
the class Of 1918 passed into history