Bisbee daily review., 1919-09-20
B|SBEE H. ]. GRADUATES
 JET DIPLOMAS
Pertinent Speeches Delivered By Leading Educators to Future Citizens Who Have
 Finished COChiSe Co. Course

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 Faced by the parents, relatives and friends who had watched their prog ress through the schools of Cochise county. eight young men and women of the Warren district received last night the diplomas that vouch for their completion of the high school course, and for the character that has sustained them through the long journey from the grammar grades. The exercises were held in the hign school auditorium, which was nearly filled with spectators.
 The graduates who received their diplomas last evening were Leon Kronman, Jack Eason, Arthur Ojeda. Amy Rourke, Raymond Foster. Or lean Landrum, Winnie Wood ana Juanita Stinson. Two other mem bers of the June division have already left to complete other scholastic work. These are Ruth Officer, who is attending a nurses training school in California. and Verne Brooks. who has enrolled as a student at North western university.
 The commencement program was opened by E. A. Putnam, general sec retary of the Y M. C. A., who Of fered the invocation. This was fol- lowed by the Bisbee male quartet, in cluding Messrs. Tuell, Williamson, Blair and Hooper, after which c. F. Philbrook, superintendent of schools, made the introductory remarks. He spoke upon the school system of the city in general, and of the effect it has had upon the community as a whole He also outlined the benefits which have accrued from the three junior high schools here in prepar ing young men and women for their life's work, and then discussed the vocational education features to be taken up under the proposed Smith Hughes law for the naturalization O, the American school system, taking occasion to speak in favor of the pan to build here a special school for Mexican children, where the princi- ples of American through and culture may be inoculated and change wrought in the home lives of these future citizens.
 The commencement address was delivered by Dr. Robert McNair Da- wis, of the University of Arizona, who took as .is subject Reconstruction" and who outlined briefly but pointed ly the main issues in the league oSI nations question, and the reasons why, he said, the league should be made a reality.
 Dr. Davis was followed by Miss Charlotte Anderson, who rendereu two piano solos, "Etude in D flat" by Liszt, and "Tarantella, Venice ana Naples" also by Lizst. Her technique and artistry were well received by her audience.
 The presentation of diplomas to the graduates was made by E. Q. Snyder, principal of the high school, in the absence of Dr. C. H. Hunt, presiden' of the board of education, who was unavoidably absent. In giving the graduates the certificates of scholar ship. Principal Snyder spoke, in part, as follows
 q am glad to be able to give you these diplomas, for know how we'll you have deserved them, and how truly they are yours because yoS have earned through your app1ica- tioa to your work and your attention to your duties as students at the Bis bee high schools.
 But your work is not yet finished. You have a debt to repay. The state of Arizona has been very good to you-it has afforded you every op- portunity for an education, it has guarded your progress, and it has brought you to this splendid consum- nation. That debt you must repay, and you can repay it in only one way-in so developing your charac- ters so as to be, in fact, worthy citi- zens of your state."
 "An Open Secret" by Woodman, was then sung by Mrs. Gilbert Mas ton, bringing the ceremonies to all end.