The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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the official paper of the people, published for the benefit of those
vol. xix
WHO PAY FOR IT
medford, grant county, oklahoma, thursday, may 30, 1912
NO. 34
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
IN MEDFORD'S HIGH
SCHOOL. PROGRAMS
Week of Entertainment Furnished by High
School and Decoration Day Programs
monzel.^^ cudlow harry Gmkk'inger
Auld nature swears the lovely dears, j "Rusticity's ungainly form,
Her noblest work she classes, O; ! May cloud the highest mind;
Her prentice hand she try'd on man. | But when/the heart is nobly warm,
An' then she made the lasses, O." i The good excuse will find."
baccalaureate sermon.
Rev. O. W. Rogers of the Congre-
gational belief, delivered the baccal-
aureate sermon to the graduates on
Sunday evening, May 20th, at the
high school auditorium. The gradu-
ates were very attentive and appre-
ciated the good words that directed
their future.
The sermon was punctuated with
appropriate music and all felt they
had been well repaid for their atten-
dance and attention.
Beverly to a duel.
The true state of affairs
reveal-
\
The commencement week in the
Medford high school was opened lion
day night, when the Juniors put on
a class play, entitled "THE RI-
VALS" and the different parts were
well rendered by the principals. The
following is the progranj.
Synopsis.
Miss Lydia Languish, a romantic
young girl, has been wooed and won
by Catpain- Jack Absolute under the
assumed name of Ensign Beverly. In
the meantime her aunt, Mrs. Mala-
and the Class Allusions by Maude
Staedelin; while the orations by
Lucy Runyon, Edw. Harper, Sadie
Kelly and Grace Davis were good.
Roy Moss sang "The Rosary," very
nicely and Harry Garringer rendered
his clarinet solo very accredibly. The
muajc the orchestra played was writ-
ten and copyrighted by Edw. Harper.
The program in full follows.
Ascendimus W. E. Harper
Senior Orchestra
Oration .. .. Choice of a Vocation
Lucy Runyon
Vocal solo, "The Rosary" .. Nevin
Roy Moss
Oration The World's Greatest General
Edward Harper
Class Allusions .. .. '
Maude Staedelin
Oration Hidden Heroes ■.
Sadie Kelly •
Clarinet solo, "Down in the Deep
CelIar" P. Kroepsch |
Harry Garringer
Afternoon.
! Ascendimus W. E. Harper
Senior Orchestra
Oration .. .. Signs of the Times! ART
Roy Moss " S MOTTO: "Xevei' to-day
Cornet solo, "Monarch Polka" i y°U ^ P'U 0ff tomorrow "
, , „ A' H" Kn°" Evocation .. .. Rev. Alonzo Early
Edward Harper Ciass ^uure&s i .
Oration International Conciliation ' The Right Reverend Cain' Anthony
Harry Garringer 1 Kaiteas
Chalk Talk Presentation of Diplomas
Oration 8tev"*t j Howard Reed, President of Board.
Practical Use of an Education
Monzelle Ludlow
Chrysanthemums .. k. a. Roberts
Oration The Coming Man
Maude Staedelin
Gifts to the Junior Class
Monzelle Ludlow
Class Song, "Our Classmates"
J. V. Stewart
Senior Chorus
Wednesday Night.
This part of the program will be
Is.1 Violin.
Ascendimus.
grace davis
"Her voice was ever low and
prop, and Captain Absolute's father sweet, an eXceIlent tJnTin woman1
g. c. Wakefield
Supt. of Medford Schools.
Sir Anthony Absolute, who are en-
tirely ignorant of the attachment,
have arranged for the union of the
young people.
Lydia refuses to give up Beverly
and be guided by her aunt. In the
meantime Captain Absolute finds
himself in a dilen ma. lie dares not
oppose the wishes cf h's father
neither docs lie d^rc to reveal him-
self under his tine aims to Lydia.
His intimate friend, Acres, who is
also a su:;. r for ti..,- in. u of Lydia
not knowing that Beverly and -Abso
lute are the same person, challenges
ed at the duel where Lydia forgives
the Captain and peace and joy pre-
vails.
Cast of Characters.
Sir Anthony Absolute .. Robt. Waldie
Captain Absolute .. Joe Staedelin
Acres Eugene Barfoot
Sir Lucius O'Trigger Fred Pickerel
Faulkland .. .. Arnold Swancara
Fag Wayne Woodruff
Davld Cecil Pols9m
Servant Eldon Breeden
Mrs. Malaprop Mary Long
Lydia Languish .. Cecil Thompson
Julia Georgiana Reece
I Lucy .. .. r" Emma Rinkel
The program on Tuesday after-
noon was carried out as per sched-
ule, and the feature of this part
was the "Gift to the Juniors" b\
Monzelle Ludlow. It consisted of a
burlesque, and as the juniors have
went some daffy over socks, the
seniors gave them each a pair of
socks. The following program was
rendered Tuesday afternoon.
tuesday programs.
On Tuesday forenoon at 10 a. m
the two hours was given' to the nine
graduates, who gave the r-jlicv.-int
program, to the satisfaction of r i.
auditorium full of people. The rea'
characteristic part of th- pr->gr!<n-
was the Class poem by Jack Sl w rt
Snuor. „f iWtmi Tw. lv,. W„ DHlv', „WUw • „h faf|y Yf.
sadit. r\tlly
j "While there is life there is
hope."
MAUDE S>iAfcDEL!N
"Give me liberty or give me
jdeath."
DECORATION DAY
PROCLAMATION.
Medford, Oklahoma, May 2~, 1912;
Thursday, May ;;o, 1Dj2, h.is been
set aside by law and by the grate-
ful sentiments of the American peo-
ple for the purpose of decorating the
graves of Union Soldiers who fought
for the preservation of the Nation,
of paying a tribute to the unknown
dead who fell in battle and for such
other purposes as to the day have
j become appropriate. And it is fitting
and proper that all patriotic citizens
observe the day—reverently, humb-
ly—and pause, as it were, amid the
business cares, the rusli and scurvy
of life, to drop a flower or a tear
and renew the memory of the loved
ones gone or the patriotic impulse
which impelled the honored dead,
it has been well said that "life is a
narrow vale twixt two eternities"
and, at best, is but a fleeting shadow
Therefore is behooves us all to ren-
der love and memory while we can,
knowing that the sweep of years
will soon waft us all to that same
sweet and silent oblivion.
As Mayor of Medford, I hereby
[ Good-night, Good-night, Beloved
Ciro Pinsut
High School Chorus
j MEMORIAL SERVICE
PROGRAM
1 At High School Auditorium
MIJLXIIbv W.E.Harper.
Written by W. E. Harper for class '12
Oration .. We are Mastara of out
Own Destinies
Grace Davis
Class Poem ...
rendered after the Patriot is off the
press. We can but give our readers
j the program that will be rendered
; at the Commencement cn Wednesday
, 0. ; night, which follows:
Jean Stewart ' „ ^
_ , , a. Commencement Dav . . Czibnl' a
Drink to me Only With Thine Ey s b. Vocal Gavotte
Johnson i
I Carl Sohm—arr. by Wilson
Senior Quartette | High School Chora*.
MusIc H, S. Orchestra
Invocation .... Rev. J. L. Patterson
Song, "America" .. .. Everybody
Prayer Rev. J. M. Powell
Reading of "Orders" Capt. Colman
Wag Drill by Sixteen Little Girls
Song "I can hardly wait until I get
to be a man Warren Wilson
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Everett Becker
aonS H. S. Quartette
| Recitation .. .. Pauline Ridings
s"'° Helen Brldgeman I
^ ifli Orchestra Accompanying
Recitation Ethel Breeden
Song "Star Spangled Banner"
Everybody I
°ration Robert Waldie
Song "Scatter the Flowers."
Quartette
or* tion •• Rev. Alonzo Earlv
R. e. MOSS
"The way to man's heart is
through his stomach."
request that the day be appropriate-
ly observed in Medford, that the
business houses and resident s of
the city be decorated with the na-
tional colors and that the business
houses of the city close from 12 m.
j to 3 p. m. on the da,- named,
j Let each agree to do his part and
I the day will be well observed.
I. It. HEASTY,
-Mayor-
Attest:
J. G. MCKELVY,
City Clerk.
Mrs. O. E. Eulberge north of town
and her daughter, Mrs. Dora Weaver
of Hillsboro, Illinois, whs fifitiug at
Jefferson over Sunday.
Bfesaa ; ■ I huh, -
"WiwfamSRu,*®-
w. L. .
"The man that hrth no irnsie i
himself, nor is not moved with con
cord of sweet sounds, is fit fo
treason, stratagems aud spoils."
t:ie medford high sc ool building
LUCY RUNYON
"A rose-bud set with little wilful
horns, as sweet as Oklahoma air
an make her."
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Becker, J. P. The Medford Patriot. (Medford, Okla.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 30, 1912, newspaper, May 30, 1912; Medford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc185883/m1/1/: accessed March 19, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.