The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-29
CLOSING DAYS OF THE
BUTLER SCHOOLS
/ Last Week ! Busy One TO,
Both Students and Teachers.

N n For the last week the time of both
sy kachers and pupils Of the Butler
al Schools have been largely taken up
with exercises that marked the clos
iing of the 1919 school year.
NJ Wednesday forenoon of last week
the pupils Of the different grade
schools assembled at the West school
! where different May dances and folk
dances were given. Many OF the
figures and steps were extremely
difficult, but the little folks went
through them without miss. In
the afternoon series OF cantatas
were given at the opera house by the
pupils OF the lower grades and the
! work showed that much pains had
been taken to train them in the vari-
Gus songs and choruses which they
rendered so charmingly. In the
evening the pupils of the higher
grades of the grade schools gave a
cantata at the opera house at the
close of which the pupils Of the High
School put on an old time minstrel
= show and entertainment. There
were so many good things that it is
7 impossible to single out any one for
special mention. There were solos,
& cakewalks, novelty acts, and in each
N the young burnt cork artists acquit-
ted themselves with credit and so
good was the show that they re-
peated it Thursday night for the
benefit of the returned soldiers by
special request. :.
The baccalaureate service was held
at the opera house Sunday night at
300 and long before that hour the
house was packed with the friends
and relatives of the graduates. The
program:
Class procession.
Invocation.
Cast Thy Burden from "Elijall,'
by the High School Chorus. I
Scripture Reading.
Hymn, "Come Thou Almighty
King" Congregation.
Solo, "One Fleeting Hour" Mil
dred Ream. -
Sermon, "The Highest Education"
Rev. ]. Baxter Clyde, B. A., b. y.
"Graduation FAREWELL from
'Iolantha," High School Chorus.
Benediction.
The sermon by Rev. Clyde was
one of the best ever heard in, Butler
and was filled with. good advice Tor
the young people who were just
finishing their education in the pub
lie schools.
Tuesday morning at the High |
School as sort of farewell'to the |
school, where they had spent the last
four years, the Senior class rendered
the following program:
Monologue-Emma J. Wix.
A Modern Pilgrims Progress. |
The Spirit of b. H. S."-Chorus.
The Man-Eherson Campbell
The Studious Girl-.Maruita Jen-
kins.
The Dancing Girl-Doris Fail.
The Baby Vampire-Jean Morris.
The Jolly Good Fellow-Vivian
Wolf.
The Snobbish Lady-Letha Baird.
The Athletic Girl-Ethel Majors.
Class Motto.
The Royal None Such, Social Eli
tertainers.
Mantle Oration-Sherman Moore.
Class Wiil-Senior Class.
Farwell to Thee.
Orchestra Nadine Holloway,
piano; Horace Allen, Clarinet;
Charles Pollard, violin; Wilbert Sum
derwirth, Guitar and Trombone.
Tuesday evening the annual COM
mencejnent exercises were held at
the pera House and the following
progt lm rendered. n
SIS Procession.
ocation-Rev. Alexander. II
The Night Song; (bC Sere-
'. from The Mound Builders"
High School Chorus.
Address-Rabbi Leon Harrison.
Presentation of Diplomas-Rev.
Moore. =
Benediction-Rev. Hill.
The Graduates:
Maurita jenkins
Ethel Major
Nadine Holloway
larry Elizabeth Stepp
inis Erwin
era March Kinion
4 Il L. Ayres
vian B. Wolf
arion D. Emerson
fora Elizabeth Lewis
3eta Verne vennoy
nby Lacy Grosshart
Helen Louise Clark
Helen Marion Odneal
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