The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-14
Large Audience Fills the Aud
itorium to See the Glass
Graduated by Board
and Faculty.
ADDRESS OF DIR. PAYNE
Diplomas and Prizes Presented
by William B. Woolley,
President, and Music
by Orchestra.

For the forty-eighth time, the heo.
kIk high school graduated a class last
9, ening at the Grand theater.
This class numbered fifty-six young
people, OF whom twenty-six were boys.
The diplomas and prizes were pre-
scented by w. B. Woolley, president
OF the board of education, and Super
intendent William Aldrich and Princi-
pal r. L. Reid had their parts in
usher1ng the class out Of the high
school at its top.
The music was by the high school
orchestra, and the whole program was
furnished entirely by the high school
itself, except the address OF the
evening and the two prayers by q
minister.
The address was by DR.. Charles A.
Payne on the topic that one can take
out of life what he puts into It.
Were Proud Of Them.
The main floor Of the theater was
filled to capacity. and many of the
faces reflected the pride that pro-
claimed them parents Of the young
men and young women on the stage.
They were a cosmopolitan group, as
cosmopolitan as the group before
them. There were the families be-
tween whom some lines OF distinction
may be drawn in some respects, at
ether times, but in this occasion they
were on common ground.
The right section Of the balcony
was reserved for the friends and famf-
lies of the colored students and con-
siderable number Of them occupied
the section.
The forward rows Of center and left
section OF the balcony were comfort
able filled, but the entire rear Of the
balcony was unoccupied. Tickets had
been given out only to the number OF
seat in the building but many had not
used them on account Of the torrid
heat Of the evening.
Orchestra Proves Its Value.
The high school orchestra, under
the direction Of Supervisor p. c. Hay
den, played during the time the audi
once was gathering.
Their skillful and sympathetic rem
dition of the Skipper March by Nor
ton; The Wayside Chapel by Wilson,
and F. Won Suppe's Light Cavalry
c1ses of the evening, gave evidence OF
the high order Of the musical training
given in the public schools and re-
Elected great credit upon both Mr..
Hayden and members OF the orchestra.
The descriptive passages Of the lat
ter selection called forth great COM
la x,v1Nx honf
appreciate musical Interpretation.
The rendition of the Pilgrims
chorus at the conclusion Of the ad1
dress of the evening. while rather an
ambitious effort for amateur must
clans was Of rather more than
amateur quality.
Diplomas and Honors.
The diplomas were awarded the
graduates by President w. B. Woolley
as Principal Reid read the names. AS
those whose names were called came
forward they received the applause or
their friends In the audience. There
was just a perceptible increase in the
volume of applause as one who had
either gained scholastic or athletic
ability came forward.
The part of President Woolley was
played in silence. He did not utter
a word, nor even so much as move
from his tracks as he handed the
diplomas out.
One post graduate certificate in nor
nal training course was awarded to
Edythe Elizabeth Farris.
At the announcement of the win
ners of the prizes by Principal keid
from the audience.
The kilbourne Prizes.
The first Kilbourne prize this
year amounts to $9404, and the second
prize is s47.O2. The fund is now
invested in Liberty bonds, instead
OF being borrowed by the board. as for
many years.
Last year the first prize was $S9
and the second prize was $44.5O.
One-fourth of the interest on the
Kilbourne fund is added to the prin-
cipal annually; one-half is the first
ptize and one-fourth is the second
prize for the highest grades made
in the fourth year of the high school
work
The amount Of the prizes increases
year by year as the principal grows
from added interest, as a rule, but
they may drop any year by the in
terest rate becoming less.
Some Apborisons Of schooIman.
I'VE hear much of education
through doing; we are persuaded that
education Is doing: and frequently be-
fore there can be education there
must be undoing," said Principal Reid,
II: announcing the honors and prizes
which he said meant that somebody
had done a little better than some
body else. He said this seemed to
satisfy the desire of human nature,