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Show Immense Audience Attended Commencement Exercises of High School at Orpheum Theatre Last Night. STUDENTS' FAREWELL BY ROLAND WILLIAMS Superintendent Mills Presented Sheepskins That Mark Epoch for a Large Class. Twenty-one years ago Ogden High school graduated its first class--but seven were given the honors. Last night 75 young hearts Were made happy when the faculty, through Superintendent Mills, gave their their sheepskins. The ceremonies attendent upon this, the greatest event in their lives, were held in the Orpheum theatre. The stage and boxes were decorated with the school colors, orange and black. It would be difficult to say where the happiest persons in the house fvere-on the stage or in the audience. Proud mothers and fathers and other relatives of the graduates packed the house to its limit, and the expressions of joy on their faces was a pleasure for a disinteretsed person to watch. The class, alive to the importance of the occasion, could hardly refrain from: little outbursts of enthusiasm. The program given was a very creditable one and showed great thought in preparation. The salutatory, by Miss Maude Allen, showed the young lady was abreast of the times, well posted on current events and modern social problems. In her address she reflected the type of girl turned out by the High school---she has some Very good ideas on hotre building and home making-the prime essentials needed in every girl's education. Miss Allen acquitted herself nobly in her rendition of the address. Oration of Clinton Jones. The oration of Clinton Jones gave the audience an opportunity to see what is being done in the study of oral expression at the High school. The pupils are not only taught the important things necessary for them to know, but they are able to tell what they know, and tell it in a convincing manner. Mr. Jones' oration was on "Service and the Man." Miss Very Frey made the hit of the evening with her declamation, "Oh, j No!" a clever little piece with a lot of comedy in it that took well with j the house. Miss Frey, Clinton Jones land Roland Williams are pupils of Professor O'Byrne, head of the department of oral expression. Each I showed much careful training and ; great, aptitude in the studies of their ! choice. - "Who Is Silva," by a double quar- | tet, was well received. The people | have good voices and are well trained. Valedictory Address. The valedictory, the "plum" of the class, fell to Roland Williams: "To bid farewell', on such occasion as this, to those with whom one has associated during four years of school life, is an experience filled with mingled emotions. For we are the prod- (Continued on page 3.) |
