Show graduating EXERCISES I 1 ceremonies OF THIS commercial department OF TIIE HIGH SCHOOL yesterday was crasa day aitor the torn mercial department of tho high echol and in the presence of an composed ot students parents and teachers which filled the large hail la the building to overflowing last evening the program herc ed was carried out by the class the opening number a piano solo WM rendered iby glenn douglas she wa warmly applauded and in to an enscore executed another and selection the invocation was to have been given iby rev E I 1 goshen but he was unexpectedly compelled to be absent and his place was filled by G H islaub following abo invocation waa a vocal trio iby the misses parley belnap andi johanison Jo haison who sang in excellent style and received the hearty applause of the listen era the address ot welcome was delivered ty charles fisher and the isy and oratorical manner ot delivery delighted and surprised his many rie ids in a long descriptive recitation miss myrtle benkins kept the audience smiling and wondering what was coming next following the recitation vas a vocal selection which was co have been rendered by purdy mayea and balne one ot the boys was accent however but the two others performed the task to the evident aati faction of all the ibous were not allowed to take a seat until they responded to an encore russia was the subject of tho oration delivered by joseph pace and tie ideas advanced and the manner in which the question waa handled showed that tha subject given considerable study iby the speaker miss bosle reno aln a neat address gave a history of the commercial class from the commencement of the high school up to the time mias flora turner and miss mae jenkens executed a most difficult duet upon the piano which got the assembly in readiness to tear another which was given la response to an encore director 0 H Islai rt delivered the address to the class advising the members of the prospects emch were before them and the goal which could bo obtained by pursuing farther the start which had abeen given them he admonished them ot the tact that all men and women are ciboro with the same advantages so tar as intelligence is concerned and that it were those men and women who with no other capital than their brains and through their own efforts toad risen to th highest prominence in he worlds history and not the ones who were born to inherit an abundance of this worlds goods atter the address the entire audience sang america and the exercises eadd the young ladies ot the class wera each dressed in a most becoming manner and with the flush ot success upon their cheeks were the impersonation ot the sweet girl graduate a flowers were in abundance and each one ot the class received handsome |