Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-06-06
Harrington Addresses High School
Graduates at Commencement
Last Night
GIRL LEADS CLASS
Miss Esther Stone Honor-Winner
But Boys Are Also Well
Represented.

That success depends upon their i'm
dustry and their own individual merit
that those who have reached great
/ heights have attained them through
/ industry and perseverance: that every
man in this grand and glorious coun-
/ try of ours is his own sovereign. over
whom there reigns no king or kaiser.
were important salient points brought
out forcibly in the splendid address
made last night in the Colonial Thea
/ ire by Governor Emerson c. Hurring-
Ton to the graduates of the Annapolis
! High School
The commencement was character
lied by simplicity and dignity that had
a marked effect The theatre was
crowded both main auditorium and
gallery. Flags OF the United States
and the State of Maryland were con
spicuous in the decorations. and the
front Of the stage was lined with beau
tiful pink and white hydrangcas and
daisies, that set off the beauty Of
those human flowers of the graduating
class.
An orchestra with Mr.. Adolf Turov-
sky, leader. furnished the music. and
to a march the graduates entered and
took their places on the stage. where
already there were seated the Gov
ernor, the orator of the occasion: the
Secretary of State, Thomas w Sim
mons; the Rev. c. +. Carl Haas. and
Mr.. Frank A. Munroe. one of the mem
bers of the Anne Arundel County
Board of Education. who presented the
diplomas, and the principal, Miss
Louise Linthicum
The invocation was offered by the
Rev Haas, after which i'm spirited
voice the graduates and audience
stood while singing America"
In clear, distinct voice, with earnest,
unaffected manner. Miss Esther Stone.
the honor member of the class, a stu
dent of the Commercial Department,
whose average for the four years at
the High School was "a, delivered the
welcome address and the valedictory,
the two combined i'm one A touch of
the patriotic Tunctuated her declama-
ton, and she referred to the present
struggle of nations urging all to
Miss Stones welcome and valedic-
tory was received with enthusiasm,
and at it's close she was given an
ovation.
A musical feature of the program
was violin solos by Mr.. Fritz Gaul. of
Baltimore. Mr.. Gaul is a master of
the instrument, in which he brings out
all the human touch in his soulful
playing. His art and technique place
him in a class all by himself His
selections were all well chosen and
displayed to an advantage the mastery
he has over this instrument more
nearly akin to the human heart than
all others.
Solos by Mrs. Roland Child were
eXquisitely sung "A Summer Night"
by Thomas, gave full play to her rich,
sweet contralto voice, and when the
| Boys Come Home" was sung with deep
| feeling and expression. Mrs. Childs
has a rich, musical voice well culti-
waited and over which she has perfect
control. She knows how to use it to
the best advantage, and her audience
was in perfect sympathy and accord
with her. She was Obliged to give two
additional songs as encores, one OF
which was that sweetest of Scotch
songs, Mother McCree"
In presenting the graduating class
to Mr.. Frank A. Munroe, who handed
them their diplomas, Miss Louise Lin
thicum, the principal, made a few
timely remarks, happily expressed.
| She read the names of the thirty-seven
graduates, twenty of whom are in the
! Commercial Department of the High
| School, which leads this year and
seventeen took the Academic Course.
/ OF the graduates, Miss Linthicum said,
! six boys in this years class was the
| largest number of boys TO finish the
| High School course in many years.
| Honors for scholarship, service and
everything, Miss Linthicum said, went
to Miss Esther Stone, who had an aver
| age of "a per cent for the four years
in the Commercial course of the
| school. In the Academic course, said
the principal, the honors were shared
by Miss Edna Arnold and Mr.. Edgar
| Slingluff, with an average of SO per
] cent. The second honors in the Com
mercial course went to Lee Kalmey
with an average of 81, and the third to
Eugene Renouf. with an average of
/ So.
! In the Academic course the second
honors were taken by Miss Regina
Greenberg, with an average of 92, and
the third honors were shared between
Miss Margaret Kramer and Mr.. Will
lam Phipps with an average of 80 each.
The principal presented Mr.. Frank A.
Munroe, of the County Board of Edu-
cation, who delivered the diplomas.
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