The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-05-25
Big Crowd Packs Auditorium; Delightful
Program Given; Ten on HonOr Roll
Average Over Ninety
SCHOOL HAS STAR
IN SERVICE FLAG
Howard Hurst In Navy; His Diploma
Draped With Old Glory; Juuior Or
CheSlra Furnishes Music

In most pleasing program, the
junior high closed the school year
last night, with tue presentation Of
Is certificates signifying that the
graduating class Of the school has
mastered all intermediate branches
and are now ready to enter the high
school An overflow crowd packed
the auditorium.
Ten students composed the honor
roll, every ono making an average
grade of 90 or better The top grade
was made by Audrey Ashton with an
average OF 9G1a zala Elder was sec
on with 95. These, with the follow
ing compose the honor graduates:
Mary Ice Johnson, Georgia Butler,
Oryilla McGrcgor, Cleo Campbell, Jo'
aephine Johnson, Virginia Thompson,
Jack Cranwell, William Gossett
The program last night opened
with professional by the eraduat-
ing class after which Rev Byron
Hester offered the Invocation. Two
numbers were given by a mixed cho-
rus an dwere well received by the
audience
A delightful class prophecy was
given by Frances Frey in which
theme she Travelled from Chickasha
over most of the United States and
eventually terminated her globe-trot-
ting in France. over the entire
route she met Did friends Of the
junior high, and according to the
prophet some of the members of the
1918 class are scheduled 10 attain
much success According to the
prophet, the first 1918 junior high
grad she encountered was when she
boarded street car in Oklahoma
City and was relieved of her car fare
by Conductor George Liyermore.
This statement brought u round of
applause and much laughter, testify
ing to the popularity of the biggest
lad in school
Delightful readings were given by
Hazel Hopkins and zala Elder. Both
lassies brought storms Of applause
and were compelled to respond to en-
cores other numbers on the pro
gram that were well received, were
Piano selections by Josephine John
son, mixed quartet by Frances Frey
Frances Terrell Jack Cranwell and
William Gossett; "a Song of theI
Flag" boys chorus, and several Sc
lections well rendered by the junior
high orchestra, which by the way isl
a very good musical organization.
Jack Cranwell demonstrated that he
could do other things than make al
better average than 80 He was the
official class poet and his offering
was splendid
The grand finale was the presents
ton of the diplomas by John II. Dun
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ter he had delivered q short talk in
which he expressed the wish to sec
the entire class back in school next
year Supt Ramcy stated that rec
ords proved that 95 per cent of the
eighth grade graduates entered the
high school. sunAra
The diplepaeeE,Howard Hurst, the
only junior high student to be in
the service of Uncle Sam. was drap-
ed with an American flag Hurst is
in tho navy The graduating class
roll is as follows:
Audrey Ashton, Zala Elder Mary
Lee johnson, Georgia Butler, Orvilla
McGregor, Cleo Campbell, Josephine
Johnson, Virginia Thomson, Jack
Cranwell William Gossett, Thelma
Shaw, Karl De Mo, Lola Woodsou,
Winifred Roberts, Leonard Mason,
Mildred Kemper, Charles Nicholson,
Ella Burch, Mabel Cooke, Anna Grav.