The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-06-24
A LARGE CLASS
IS GRADUATED m
ANNUAL EVENT
N. S. S. ACADEMY
Rainbow Professional is Most
Beautiful Spectacle = Bisncp
Then Gives Address
.ne pTesent. ca.he

commencement pTesels'
history of Mt st. sch,'as,,ca's Acad-
emy was given THURSDAY evening in
the auditorium. 1t has been possible
to say Stne .-es-~ tv-s- fe-g' s,isss had
four or would have - -,'5essseein 5esseen Com.
Syis-7 uFfs
mencement the ie-as haen. better
than the pres presel.s = i.-se a. .
The Rainbid have been mad Nf4
op-sed the pwere present; Me-
.,,.., sCiure. Harris. c.
wonderful cu -If.-- 4 49, ABBY
harmsnious blending of eolors. whin,
really outvied the rainbow. and witt
all the beauty and gracefulness of the
i30 students full represented. vas the
most striking and impressive the sis
ters have yet produced Prom the
Tiny tots TO the tall and gracious
young ladies' of the graduating class.
rising tier unon tier. each carrying
. bouquet of beribboned flowers. the
persousel and grouping made posi-
bic a pageant which will not be for
gotten soon by those fortunate enough
TO witness II.
At the conclusion OF the process
ethAai- -atnF 'R@f A~tt-'ns fsttAAtttt-
ian. delivered her though,fui and
forceful essay. What Matters Mat
ter" in splendid manner
The academic class IN chorus dur.
ing the evening presented two singing
numbers. the arsi being THE Wood.
land Sprite.- by Ardite. and the sec
ond. birds Of Spring Waltz" bs
Bsrns The graduates, with their
American beauty roses and ribboned
bows. set OF the chorus group most
prettlly.
Misses wiheiminc Grimm and
Jor~phise Phillips demonstrated theft
wSrfhiners for certificates In music
by wriigiven plano solos Miss
tiizsbeth Baife delighted the audi
ence with a vocal solo.
The lyric reading class presented
'Ssudolrin- and .our Vision OF Peace
on Tableaux yivant" In an awe-in-
spring way. Special scenic back
grounds and appropriate lighting
made of these tablesux Inspiration fof
deep thought
The ri Rev J. Henry Tihen. u. D..
gave the address OF the evening In
his usual happy and attention-com.
peiiinE manner He startled his aud
ienoe In declaring that our generation
aud the one Immediately fui owing
whose DESTINY is under our direction.
had failed Of the purpose FOR which
we are here. He said that We dwrlt
too much In materislisttc things and
not enough in the idcsllstic and spir-
itusi lie proclaimed that We as a
F..r
the world war in that We let material
ism asser, Itself to the point whore
one man and one nation developed an
ambition TO ruie everything. He said
We were living in a vulgar age when
moving pictures and jazz music and
intimate dances held predominance
over Shakespeare. classical master
pieces and the minuct OF snothe, gen.
er1tlor
He said that while the graduates
of today dwelt largely In ideals and
were abou; to step into the maelstrom
of life where rude awakening await.
ed them, nevertheless the ideals that
had been inculcated I'm them would
serve largely as their guiding star
and would do much undoubtedly 10
combat our prevailing maierialism.
The honors of graduation were
conferred by the chaplain. Father. Il.
NJ. Hennessy.
Miss wilhelmine Griffith of Flor
enee was awarded the Maupin medal
In the historical essay contest. Hon
orable mention was received by Miss
Emma Crary OF Gunnison. Miss Nora
mckinley OF Grand junction and Miss
Dorothy Dixon
Miss Lucy Sitton OF Pueblo won the
domestic science medal awarded by
Mrs. G. Herman Graves The Misses
Dorothy Sweet OF carbondale. Cleo
Ballou of La Junta and Mary Wright
OF Olathe won honorable mention.
The Carrier spelling medal was
won by Miss Evalyn Weich of STEAM
boat Springs Miss welch is a mem
ber OF the Sixth grade. and in win
ming this honor she had to compete
against seventh and eighth grade stu.
dents. Honors OF graduation were
given the following:
Academic graduates-Ma Margaret Ell
lott Henderson. wilhelmine Grifith.
Emily Frances Palrang. Thelma Hall
Urban. Lucy Marie Sitton. Opal Lou
isc Nelson. Emma Lorraine Crazy.
Marie Louis Traynor. Mary Dorothy
Wright, Josephine Alice Phillips, Mar
jovie Ordelia Patterson.
Commercial grsdustea Elizabeth
Veronica Kii,ssan. n