I. R. Glass, Fools; Mr. Eugene Warren, Blood of the
Nation; Dr. L. M. Strong, Orthopedics; Hon. S. M.
Ashenfelter, Freedom of Effort; Hon. W. T. Cessna, Don't Pay
too dearly for the Whistle; Dr. O. S. Westlake, The
Physician and the Laity; Prof. Wellington Putman, Rip Van
Winkle; Rev. E. S. Hanshaw, The Mind's Picture Gallery; Hon.
R. M. Turner, Opportunities.

"_Othello._ For the first time the normal students presented
for the class-day exercise a Shakespearian play, _Othello_.
Cast of characters: Othello, E. F. Dunlavey; Iago, Douglas
Giffard; Duke of Venice, Charles Harper; Brabantio, Eugene
Cosgrove; Cassio, Arnold Rosenfeld; Roderigo, Erwin Moore;
Montano, Wilson Portherfield; Lodovico, Henry Geitz;
Gratiano, William Fleming; Desdemona, Carrie Whitehill;
Emilia, Gussie Rodgers; Bianca, Florence Otter; senators,
officers, messengers and attendants.

"_Graduating Programme._ Music: the Anglo-Saxon in History,
Douglas Giffard; the Anglo-Saxon in Science, Florence Otter;
the Anglo-Saxon in Literature, Gussie Rodgers; Music; annual
address, Hon. R. M. Turner; Music; presentation of diplomas.

"Doubtless among the most interesting and most profitable
events of the institution was the annual society contest
between the two societies, the Literati and the Lyceum. The
Silver City Commercial Club offered a costly cup to the
winning society and it was won by the Lyceum. The contest
was in oration, elocution, debate, parliamentary usage and
athletics.

"The inside adornment of the hall has not been neglected. A
number of portraits and a large number of carbon prints of
celebrated paintings have been added, the class picture
being the most important and costing in the neighbourhood of
$100; this is the hunting scene of Ruysdael. Some of the
others are 'The Parthenon,' 'The Immaculate Conception' by
Murillo, and 'The Allegorie du Printemps' by Botticelli.
Many valuable specimens have been added to the museum: among
these are minerals, animals and vegetable products, and
manufactured articles from abroad illustrative of the habits
and customs of foreigners."

I give this page in full because it was afterwards to have importance,
though at the time I glanced at it only carelessly. But I remember
that I speculated on the lecture by the Rev.