Granite City High School - Warrior Yearbook (Granite City, IL)

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Twelfth Annual Commencement The Granite High School GRANITE CITY Graduating Exercises The Class of 1914 FRIDAY EVENING. MAY TWENTY-NINTH AT EIGHT O ' CLOCK Granite High Auditorium Program of the Graduating Exercises 1 Processional. 2. “Sons Of God Go Forth To War Senior ( ' lass 3. Salutatory (“EARNING SUCCESS ) Maude Rader 4. Valedictory (“AMBITION ) Hetty Pick • . Presentation of CLASS to HOARD OF EDUCATION, W. F. Coolidge, Principal of Gran- ite High School G- ADDRESS TO CLASS, President of Shurtloff College Dr. George Potter 1. Acceptance of CLASS and Awarding of Diplomas, President of the BOARD. . . . R. A. Bull « AMERICA. 31

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tfaccrtlmtveatc pacca laureate THE ( LASS OF 1914 Sunday Evening, May Twenty Fourth, at Eight O ' Clock GRANITE HIGH AUDITORIUM. PROGRAM: 1 Instrumental Miss Florjne Henson 2 Invocation Rev. W. W. Brown. 3 ' oeal (Selected) 4 Sermon . . . . - Rev. S. F. McDonald 5 Vocal (Selected) 6 Benediction Rev. I). J. Rvan. ®laas» pail CLASS OF 1914 PROGRAM : 1 Vocal Solo (Selected) Martha Cowan. 2 Class History Mary Cowan Wm. Winter 3 Class Oration Henry Deterding. 4 Class Poem Oswald Williams. 5 Vocal (Selected) Senior Mixed Quartet. 6 Class Prophecy Amos Rode. 7 Class Will 8 Vocal Solo (Selected) . . . 9 “The Mouse trap’’ Playlet by Fred Elmore. Girard Varnuni. Wm. Dean Howells.

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©lass ijistovxi TIME: 1940. PLACE ? CAST OF CHARACTERS: Elmer Gaylord, Gladys Houck. SCENE: Hotel Drawing Room, large fire place, room empty except for the little old lady, seated before the fire. ACT 1. SCENE 1. (Lady seated before the fire, looking into it dreamily. Gentleman enters from side door, starts out when he sees lady. Looks at her again and seems to recognize her, then ad- vances. Lady hears him and looks up, at first casually, then excitedly, jumps up from her chair and holds out her hand.) Lady : “ W hy M r. Gaylord i ' Elmer: “This is certainly a surprise, Hiss Houck, I was not aware of the fact that you were stopping in this hotel.- How long have you been here?” Gladys: “Only a few days. It is certainly a nice surprise to meet an old friend here, Mr. Gaylord.” Elmer: “Thanks, you seem mighty comfortable. By Jove! these Northern Resorts have chilly evenings, have you been out -side?” Gladys: “No, I haven’t, this fire is so pretv, won’t you have a chair Mr. Gaylord! It has been several years since I have seen an old schoolmate. Odd! isn’t it to have met here?” (Both are seated.) Elmer: “I should call it providential. I haven ' t thought much about those old days, lately.” Gladys: “Haven ' t you? All evening I have been seeing them in the firelight, that was why I thought it odd that you should happen in at this time.” Elmer: (Making himself comfortable in his chair.) “Tell me about what you see in the fire. Describe them so that I too may enjoy them.” (Gladys leans forward.) Gladys: “That large coal in the corner reminds me of us, as Freshmen, in a class meet- ing. There were about 53 in the class weren’t there, Elmer?” Elmer: “Yes, I think there were about that number.” Gladys : “Well I can see these Freshmen holding their meeting. They have elected that dark dignified worldly-looking boy, as President, Girard Varnnmn, our class jumping jack, as Vice-president, Henry Fechte the serious one. Secretary and you as treasurer. Queer the way you two, who were so different always ran together.” Elmer: “We still see each other pretty often.” Gladys: “It has been about 30 years since we graduated, hasn’t it?” Elmer: “Let me see we finished in ’14 didn’t we, and now it’s ' 40 that makes 26 years, Gladys, it doesn’t seem that long does it? (Gladys is silent for a minute.) Gladys: “I surely let some of them go by unnoticed for the children seem much older, not so gigley as before. They aare at a party. T remember that party. Westlv Leaders was celebrating his birthday Oh, those good things we had toeat and such a dandy time.” Elmer: “I was thinking the other day about the society programs, the fun we had get- ting them up. I believe Granite High still has them have they not?” Gladys: “Yes they do 1 was there just last winter. T think the programs were such a help to the pupils, especially to the Freshmen. Why some of those children were so fright- ened at the first program that they could hardly stand up straight, but after a few appear- 32