Show OGDEN DEPARTMENT HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES Conunencement Hud at the Opera Hjuse Large Attendance The commencement cxerclaea nf the Og den high school were hold lust night In tho Grand opernhoune The house was filled to overflowing with friends of the graduating rlnsH and there was a pro fusion of evergreens and flowers which Iftclencd the air with fragrance The stage was beautifully Jecoratcd with ever greens foniK and flowers bouquets and potted Idants while hanging from the center of the proscenium arch and en twlnlnic the columns on cither ido wore th chmuix colors When time curtain roso the lrIndURllnKcft811 stood for a moment In Limo center ° f thy stage < llnd with time 01cc club rendered i Sine vocal selection Lhmia was followed by an overture from the orchestra after wjilch the Invocation was delivered b > Rev K I GoHhen An other pong Tlio Millers Wooing by the Glp club and another selection from the orchestra completed tho preliminary purl of the programmi and then came thin lltentry par The vurloup numbers IhroughDUt the proifrnmme were received by the largo audience with marked ap prbval Th address of welcome wag delivered by Chffllcr Snow It wan a carefully prernrecl production fthowlpg jrooo thought and a keen comprfhonslon and WOK well dcllvpred In opening ho sid that although the Chauylsta and orators of course fclt rompetoift to ulvo all manner of advice about running the Government Gov-ernment and making tho world better they would not attempt to change Jn one evening the course of human events Ho then gave briefly the history of the commencement com-mencement cfatom and tho changes It had undergone nnd followed with nn exposition ex-position of the alms the objects and tIme iircsnt organization of the high school Ho announced that there would bo no valedictory nnd also briefly outlined the exercises of the evening He closed with an earnest presentation of tho benefits of the high school course making his nd dress one of the best aver given In Ogden at a commencement MANUAL TRAINING Manual Training In tbo Public Schools was the subject of a very pleasing oration by Miss Armoda E Corey which was the next on the programme Miss Corey spoke distinctly and with One effect giving her excellent production the advantage of a forceful presentation Starting with tho statement that the aim of the public school system Is not to store book knowledge knowl-edge but rather to produce a proportional development Of body mind and character she entered upon a thoughtful discussion of the advantages of manual training In the schools arguing that as only three pupils out of every thousand graduate from a high school time aim should bo paramount to prepare the pupil for tho active duties of real life especially aa time public school has In Its core all time children of the community no mailer what their circumstances may be The experIence of the past twenty years has demonstrated that the manual training1 department added to the public school lias strengthened time ono place where the system Is the weakest A universal establishment es-tablishment of this department would mako the public school approach more nearly the Ideal She closed by entering a plea for the manual training department In tim schools of Utah Then came a delightful Innovation In time usual Ogden commencement pro gramme the change being greatly appre elated It contested of a dramatic presentation pre-sentation of two scenes from time Courtship Court-ship of Miles Stundlsh the characters bblng taken ns follows Prlscllla by Margaret L Barr Miles Stundlsh by John N Spnrgo John AUlon by William B Barker the older by M Spencer Jones messenger by Frederick Hart These scenes were given In historically correct costumes and with appropriate and tasteful stage setting The two parts were taken with an ease of manner and forco of character that did great creditor credit-or each one Tho presentation was frequently fre-quently Interrupted with applause BUSINESS COURSE Miss Nolllo M Rutlcdpc was tIme next speaker nnd being a graduate of the business busi-ness course her oration was on the subject sub-ject A Business Commencement which she delivered with much effect her appearance ap-pearance und style of delIvery being very pleasing She dealt with the practical side of life starling with the theory that whatever Is accomplished of good Is through work work work Tho basis upon which this work can he made lo loll Is a good radical education With this fcllowcd by the selection of congenial occupation work Industry will force success But square pegs must be fitted to square holes and round pegs to round holes She quoted Emerson The crowning fortune of a person Is to be born with a hits to some pursuit which finds him In employment and happiness If one ban no natural bias toward labor then lint bias must be cultivated Then to all lliOHO qualities haged upon a practical practi-cal filling for some certain pursull must be added honesty and perseverance and life will bo n succcsi CLASS PPEM Tho class poem by Mss Bertha tlario Stone was an artistic production weaving poetic thought In wollroundod vor o Her npixmnincc on time stage was good and her presentation was much appreciated appreciat-ed and admired Tho poem was bused on limo school experiences of the class for four yean with predictions for the future fu-ture of Individual members of the class these predictions seeming to bo very apt Time poem was ono of the enjoyable features fea-tures of the evenings programme A musical number by time orchestra preceded pre-ceded the next two lllcrary numbers OUR DEBT TO ENGLAND In his oration on Our Debt to England AVIIIIum C Barker gave an historical and argumentative discourse Tho historical fuels were vvJl woven In and the urgu taunts were logical and conclso showing not only a thorough knowledge of his subject hut also n logical mind His effort ef-fort WOK well delivered and well received Ho contended that to England we owe a debt of gratitude aa our greatest benefactor bene-factor the nation that gave great Impulse to our growth The qualities of tho Individual Indi-vidual character of Kngllnhmen appear In American apd such characteristics mark the progress of our Nation Advancement Ad-vancement Is being made and by tho lr reslxtlhlo trend of human events thn Englliihxpeuklnfc races will eventually be united Love of liberty our legislative und Judicial pyvtcmv our system of edit ration our llterarj works all are founded found-ed i j und have h i rov n and l developed b i ei upon min grown n mm t oi from the influenceS brought bv our forefathers fore-fathers from Enjdands soil Speaking of time Boor war he saId The steady advance ad-vance of the great AngloSaxon people him never been marked by limit either of continent clime or racial prejudice The probable extinction of the Boor republic public In South Africa will mean but nn nlher ehapler In the onward march of the AngloSaxon race The parsing pars-ing of the Boor IH the natural order of event It Is 1 ovolullon He closed by saying that no one cai doubt lhat the destiny of the world roals In the Anglo Saxon rnc SUCCESS The closing oration of the evening was by loeph K Evans Ho had chonen limo subject Succfw and he handled a trite subject In an original manner which won him much commendation HK delivery will good and he kept the audience Inter ealed throughout Renl success IR not the accumulation of Immense wealth as the popular Idea eem5 to be but true I wircoK la the educating of ones mind and I foul In Mich x manner tmit he may bt I nble to enjoy life and pproclut lu high I ost conceptions that bo may partake of the aweelne nf nature and in his dally walk Mud labors be able to teach and I enllKhlen the minds of cither thus ma I klnit life a pleaaure to hM fellow men an I well an to blmaclf Succe In life la I Imply a right result from all the factors I at work In the daya and yturx nn we live them instead of a wrong result The different elements of suceqsg were then mentioned and some bright examples cited showing that true aucceiw in not xcii alv but refilled upon all other The members of the jcraJuatlng classes After another line eJeciIon by the or cheatnt the claw address and presonta lIon of dlplomn wa mad by lion C C j Rlrbarda who spoke earnestly and Ho I nurntly Tho high school song was then irlvpn by the high school puplla nd I alumni uflr which tIme bvnodlctlon waa i pronounce by BUhop Jamcjt Taylor After Ihe I i rogratnina had iei cqmpl t > Ml j tb srnrluaie werw showered with con pr iulaUrn nnl one of th moMf hnjoy e nbt rut iffr < fui rommoncomtntt n 1 I th htsr f the lijleq high i > hfll was t > ml I t d Jr il et r frr era t HJan f I 1l1rI r M c L rura Armeda Brown Thomas S Carnahan 31 C L Arraecla 1 Core C 1 KatherIne Ia iiIggIn thamn tl C i Angus P Lockhel C I Louise Parker Jofiui Spargo C ia Bertha MarIe Stone M C I Beatrice Reuben F Burton M C ii tjorcniuii VUMCI L Marion M Cook FrederIck Hart MnbtI Knauss C L William D McGregor Minnie D Rudlger George C Stanley M Spencer Stone C L Chester snowS Snow-S C 1 English scientific course four years Margaret L Barr Anna Hanncn S C L Harriet O Shernor Clem C Carhnrt Sarah L Gibson S C L CommefClal course two years Vlolot M Rutledge Lottie Sleeth Margret Dee C a David M 51mw Clara U Jnhiison Simuel 3 GrIx C L Ida f Higgiaa Florence M Driver Ralph Brown Pearl Wii1ams Rmt S Bowman Riy II Wilson EaLhCl oung Mumie Porter Henry RosCimbluth C b Nllio r Rutledge 7l C I David PCtr Ella Woodcock A Milton Meek Robert Rob-ert C Nye Mamie Lucas Tosemmh E Evans C Ia Clara N Selifert homa LarscnWiliiam J BrownIng Edvth WhIte Virglo M Brccdcn May Ian sign C L S C I Summa Cum Laude if C Is Mngna Cum Laude C Li Cum Laude I Irregular |