The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-21
Class Day Exercises

The class day exercises at the TEN
pie theater at O'Clock yesterday af
ternoon were said by many TO hav
= been the best ever held in this city
and for originality and uniqueness
y could not possibly be excelled. Ant
it was largely due to the inventiv,
2 genius of one of their number tina
the unusual order of these graduat
ing exercises took place. Miss Sid
ney Perry, one of the brightest o.
this really extraordinarily bright
class, has the honor of having origf
mated the thought which led up to the
/. final production.
The audience certainly had no op,
portunity for mapping, for every
minute was replete with surprises
and kept all pitched up to that gui
vive of excitement which did not les
sen from the moment the curtain lift
ed with the beautiful Commence
ment Day" chorus by the Glee Club,
to the farewell song.
The stage was tastefully and most
REALISTICALLY decorated with yellow
daisies and ferns and the class mot
to, "Over the Top to Success" in let
tiers of green on a background of
white.
The opening chorus was followed
by vocal solo entitled, 'May Morn
ing," by Miss Pearl Fausett, who has
so often delighted Ocala audiences as
to have become a real necessity at
such a time as this. None were dis
appointed on this occasion, for her
voice was as clear and bird-like, her
singing so sweet that all were sorry
when the last note had died away.
The mixed quartet, consisting of
Misses Pearl Fausett, Anna Belle
Wesson, Harold Klock and Robert
Blake, all have splendid voices and
added greatly to the success and
pleasure of the entertainment.
The presentation of the folk dances
| by the little folks of Miss Porter's
class was most beautiful and charm
ing. One felt they had stepped into
fairyland, when these darling little
girls, dressed in their beautiful cos
tunes, paid their accomplished teach
er the highest compliment they could
pay her by acting out their parts so
beautifully and perfectly as to seem
hardly "of the earth earthly" Much
credit is due to the ability and good
taste of her whose whole soul is
bound up in the success of these chill
dren, and Miss Porter cannot be
given too much praise for the won
derful success which followed her eff
forts. A pleasing feature which
gave great delight to the entire au-
dience and one of the most beauti-
full of sentiments, was the entrance of
Miss Louise Spencer bearing in her
arms the darling little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Stroud. Miss
Sidney Perry announced that littIs
Miss Leslie Jackson Stroud was the
mascot of the class of 1918. And she
presented her with dainty little
gift, which was golden locket and
chain in the shape of heart. Miss
Sidney Perry, in a few well chosen
words said this was a little present
from the class, and in future years
the gift as she would not be able to
remember it. The beauty of the scene
cannot be described in words as with
the opening of the flower chain march
the graduates, in caps and gowns,
came down and up the aisle carrying
a chain made of daisies, typical of the
golden chain linking their lives to-
g ,s;o They passed the stage;
scene where pic no5 Ed. The
members were gro FL pI lid pic
mic table, clad in nd COM
fort of MILDLY Olouses'
The class h history gwen Agnes
R,,rford She owed both vii e cd
wit The ~ lass poem by Sid porr1
NC as toast to the CT
was Ont; rely original and sh e az
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Ing her class will written utS
Der. It was brimfull of fun q
host as entertaining as the st
| Self. The class prophecy, give
Rozelle Watson and Margaret L
dressed in gypsy costume, proph
"a their future most thrillingly. '
6: these prophecies were being
pupils impersonating their fut
! ~ appeared in the background, Y
*: produced weird effect.
=: The members of the class sh
they had not forgotten the chile
hEart of make-believe, for the dive
:Sm of their picnic pleasure was n
* believe" game, Miss Pearl Fa
" impersonating Miss Mays and q
k; Klock impersonating Prof. Ca
= -: Louise Spencer Miss Williams; I
K: Burford Miss Porter; Anna
!...:.!a.: Wesson Miss Pitchford; Blanche
rell Miss Conibear; Leonard
Mr.. Henderson. Agnes BU
brought down the house in he
personation of Miss Porter. We
Miss Burford's prophecy if
a~;orb+ would show her tn he a