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Show .HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS Senior Class Voice Appre-! Appre-! ciation of Problems They Are to Face. : Voicing through representatives of the class an appreciation of tho many prac-:t.wl prac-:t.wl problems they arc about to face and a realization of the marked translation transl-ation in industrial and educational ideals brought about by the world war, graduates gradu-ates of the Salt Lake hih school, 175 in fV.umber, last night received their diplo-'"niiis diplo-'"niiis at the twenty-seventh annual com- ' moncement, held at the East high school finuditorium. "2 Extreme simplicity, a total absence of theorizing on the best methods of solv-jting solv-jting the problems of the universe and 'Vmuch good music were the distinctive juatures of the attractive prog-ram that was heartily applaudnd by a capacity au-vi.nce au-vi.nce of parents, relatives and friends. )Yom the time t lie high schoot orchestra flayed Keler BHa's "Hungarian Lust-:.-piel" overture down to the rendition of V :the national anthem by chorus, orchestra and audience, there were close attention land warm appreciation. nue i ne wiroiiK assemoicn, the high -school orchestra, under direction of Pro-. Pro-. -feasor h. P. Christensen, played several excellent numbers, and when at the over- " ture the graduates marched to the as- J'i-fmbly call blown by buglers, the scene Twas one that in itself brought forth a .'.vtorm of applause. At the front and in June center of the stage hung the large rvfoe flag, fnscrihed between two stars, ;"ii83," the number of high school students Vho, during the late war, were enlisted , -'.under the stars and stripes; around this! ..?lag "'ere twenty-nine stars of gold, rep- j presenting those of the Salt Lake high Cf-v'hool who had made the supreme sacri- ; Efice for their country. 1 f Under the direction of Miss Lisle Brad- Word, who is in charge of the vocal music ' Sit the school, the graduates sang a class fining, the theme of which was praise of !ihc institution they had learned to love. '.M"hc ensemble was good throughout and H JLe young women and men sang with spirit and clear enunciation. In his salutatory, Hollis Chalmers, president of the East high class, called si attention to the changes that must neces-. neces-. sarily be wrought by the transition in ifleuls through the influence of the war And the practical application .that the. Mjraduates should make of the lessons :-i learned through contact with those who vj had profited thereby. The West high quartet, composed of Samuel Bruckner, i'-R. J. Mitchell, Richard Felt and Samuel - Xester, sang "The Rosary" in excellent A form, and for an encore gave "Just Smile." Miss Helen Murdock made a short practical address on "Value of High fohool Life," dealing especially with the i added efficiency that comes to those wlib have received a high school education. -:f i ne nign scnooi orcnestra, lourteen (pieces, showed much good taste in its rendition of a selection from "Faust." "The girls' chorus gave two numbers in good form and with pleasing effect, and J.illss Phyllis Piper spoke on "High PV School Girls' Opportunities," point-W point-W out the many new fields of fcvtivlty that had been , developed for iomen since the war. The East high JErriool quartet, composed of Glen Anderson, Ander-son, Mnrris Murphy, Wallace Castle ton ... end Gerald Krier. so pleased in its sing-'T'lnS sing-'T'lnS of Tosti's "Good-bye" that two en- - wren were demanded and received. The valedictory, ably delivered by Pean u "Robinson, president of the "West high . fclass, was an earnest appeal to the grad-fT. grad-fT. utites to realize that 'education Is of Value Jnly in so far as it. brings efficiency, and Itat it is manhood and womanhood that - count. Then followed the class song of farewell. Dr. Ernest A. Smith, supcrin-''t; supcrin-''t; tendent of schools, in a happy speech, ' presented the class. Vice President Wil- j Warn G. Fan-ell of the city board of edu-i edu-i jration responded for that body. His ad-J ad-J Kress was filled with practical observa-7i observa-7i ii'liis and a warning to the students to I Jf'inemher that tln-ro was "no magic" in 1 Hhe diplomas ; they were of value only as they called up tho element of grati-1 grati-1 Hide for the opportunities the boys and jk'irlR had been given. The diplomas were distributed, all joined in the- singing of "'V'The ytar Spangled Banner" and hearty : " congratulations were everywhere in evl-dtneo evl-dtneo as the audience dispersed. |