Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-05-19

EXERCISES OF
SENIOR CLASS
University Head De-
livers Addr e S AS
New Auditorium Is
damned Friday

a crowd estimated at $500 PER
kons. the largest ever to have at
tended a similar event here, packed
and damned the new high school
auditorium Friday night for the an
nual graduation exercises az the
Senior high school. Dozens Of per-
ems, were turned away and the
doors Of the place were locked after
every available inch Of floor space
had been turned into emergency
Beating space.
An address by Or. n. Y. Benedict,
president Of the University o. Tex
as, featured the affair, st which
three score representatives ot
'Brownville's young manhood and
fwomanh0od were awarded their
diplomas from the local institution.
The program began a. 8 p. m. with
. professional by the junior college
orchestra and m invocation hy Rev.
u. p. Day, pastor Of the First Pres
fbyrerian church. Through two and
{ monies continued. the last speech
DN4Nk AAF IAfrNAA1AAFM Va
srates BY Thomas j. zoe, s~uperinten-
Edent Of schools. The class combined
In singing "Auld Lang Syne." and
fms was written on the 1928
ischool year By a occasional By the
orchestra.
Benedict Makes Talk
DR.. Benedict chose Human Be
lings' as his subject, a subject 10
(which he clung throughout his talk,
telling the graduates Of the art Of
being human beings and Of being
human.
He pointed out the weak spots Of
many Of the human beings the class
woald meet out in the great work
aday world. and told them Of the
methods to use to avoid those same
weak spots in themselves.
THE act of a Human Being is
largely that Of Being Human. and as
long as you are being human, play
sng, the game squarely as you see il
and giving your best AZ all times you
are well or the road 20 being n hu-
nan being. As long as you are
making a success IL being a human
being, the material success ~ the
world about you will 20 n certain cE-
tent tahe Naie ol 4tatl4f Nht 7Etah-
err said.
S. A. Caldwell. dean Of the junior
college. made an impressive address
in his presentation OF the scholar
ships to Anne Seaman and William
De La Cara. first and second non
or students. respectively.
Honor Students Speak
His talk was laid somewhat along
the same lines as thst Of DR.. Ben
edict, with the exception that ne
deal with the problems of college
rather than those OF life in gem
/. eral. "All that the college will AK
is that YOU conduct yourself durin-
the years you are there as you nave
in the time spent IN the Browns
vile school system he said.
The three honor students. Anne
Scsnlan. William dc Ia Cara and
Anna Cora Petz, each had a promi-
nent part on the program a part that
called for speechmaking and a mart
which each filled in \ manner rs-
fleeing credit on their school rec
oTds.
Miss PETE handled the p~re5enta-
tion Of the class banner. while dc IA
Cara delivered the salutatorv adj
dress. and Miss Seaman spoke as
valedictorian.
DR.. O. v. Lawrence. president Of
the school board. made the prcscn-
tation Of diploma address.
The class officers were: Margaret
Anderson. president; Fred A. Ball,
vice president; Mary Emma Nivier,
secretary and Anne Seaman, treas
urer.
Erlnu ~ che rfuau rnufrr.
Richard Armstrong. Fred Ball.
William Ball, Ralph Bernard. David
BettiH, Glen Conklin, Santos Ccy-
anes. Eugene Cuellar. Edwin Edle-
worth, Hubert Groves. William AZ
le Cara. Holman Harrison, Jesus
Hernandez. Paulus Hofheinz, Robert
Jones. Joe JaGou. Aubrey Jones.
Frank kibhe, Ernest Lanrfnrd. VI
bred McAllen. Charles Pickett. Jack
Remit, J. 3. Scott. Dick Scott. Ie-
land Tabor. Firmin Tabor. Walter
Underwood, Ira Webster, David
Young.
Margaret Anderson. Otila ALGERIA.
Frances Blanton. |crna Brown, The
resa Champion, Frances Cavazos.
Dorothy Dennis. Rosie Ems, Be-
sic Goforth. Theresa Harrison. Nary
LuisS Hernandez. Martha IngerroiI
Opal Loving, Doris Nartinai. Dolores
Padills, Esther MAY Pstteson. Anna
Cora PETE. Louisa Perez. Nina
Pacheco, Elizabeth Ruff. Anne scan
Ian. Julia Soils, Fave Scwell. Doro-
thy Nertrccs. Margaret Nillarreai.
Mary Emma Nivier. Mary Byrd Web
ster. Margaret wainwright, Al.hea
Whitehead. Gladys Wilson. DOMINGO
HzaEuerre.