Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1920-05-20
Mary Mcfarland
Honor Graduate
From Mcmillan

Forty-siX they numbered as they
marched onto the state in Mcmillan
auditorium Friday night for the pur-
pose of being graduated from the
high school in which they have been
laboring for the last four years, with
this occasion the goal of all their eff
forts. The strains Of the high school
orchestra announced their coming and
accompanied their slow and measured
steps to their places on the rostrum,
while every eye in the all but over
owing room was turned to see as
much as possible of McMillan's Glass
of 1920 as it passed along, one body
then but soon to be broken into forty
six individual units.
After the young people had found
their places on the stage and the Or
chestra had come to the end of the
grand march the Rev. DR.. A. A. Wal
lace made an appropriate invocation
and the Commencement exercises be-
gan. Miss Mary Mcfarland, who was
later announced as the honor graduate
of the class, played delightful COM
position by Chopin and was applauded
enthusiastically
DR.. ]. G. Handy, of st. Louis, who
made the commencement address to
the graduating class, began his talk
by stating that he would not talk
about some of the things which have
become stereotyped admonitions to
young people upon the eve of their
leaving high school. He went ahead
then to urge them to make something
out of their lives beginning now; to
decide upon what they want to be and
get busy being it; to strengthen their
faith and to build for themselves lives
of which they and Others will be proud.
He spoke for about thirty minutes on
worthwhile and inspiring things and
closed after having implanted in the
minds of his hearers the seed for
much fruitful thought and action.
After the close of the address and
a song by the girls glee club, j. c.
Merideth principal of the school, an
nounced the names of the five grad
yates who have ranked the highest in
the four years work. They were
Mary Mcfarland, Barbara Reavis,
Precht, Cecil Johnson and
Frances Crigler.
Miss Mcfarland, the valedictorian
Of the class, is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Frank Mcfarland, of this
city. During the school year just
ended sha has been the Mcmillan re-
porter for the Ledger.
The diplomas were given out by S.
P. Emmons, president of the Board of
Music was given by a
male quartet and by the high school
orchestra. The Rev. DIR. Wallace pro-
bounced the benediction and once more
Mcmillan High School sent forth with
1er blessing class of young girls
and boys who will no doubt bring ad-
litional fame to her.
The forty-three whe were given |
diplomas from Mcmillan Friday night I,
ire:
Mary Irene Angert, George H. Ank-
,om, Francesca Faythe Benzer, Sylvia
Marie Bridgford, Edith Rose Brown,
Helen Gould Brown, Mary Sims
Brown, Ruth Cecille Bybee, James
Fennimore Cooper, Sarah Frances !
Crigler, Thomas L. Davis, Helen Ver-
lelle Denton, Jessie Fike, Alice Louise
Fish, Emil Robert Gooch, Clarence |
Morgan Greer, Anna Jane Guthrie,
Vera E. Hafner, Hilda Mckay Harri-
on, Mary Viola Hebel, Armin D. Held
,reder, Grace Ruth Henderson, Elsie
Henrietta Hildebrand, Nora Hendrix,
Cecil johnson, Nellie Vena Kysar,
Ierna Louise Lowry, Mary Loretta