The Last Bell for the Class of '95

The East Seattle hotel was a scene of activity last Wednesday afternoon, the occasion being the exercises of the class of '95 of the Seattle high school. On account of the closing of the schools, the customary graduating exercises were not held, so the class-day exercises were the only event to solemnize. A steamer conveyed the graduates and their friends to East Seattle, where the spacious dancing parlor of the hotel had been transformed into an auditorium with flowers, ferns and palms. The class prophecy was made by Mr. James Cummings, and the futures of the class were revealed, sometimes creating a startling exclamation of surprise. Mr. John W. Brewer gave the respective merits of the class in a poem very creditably. Mr. K. T. K. of the board of education, then stepped before the graduates and, after a neat speech, presented them with their diplomas. The class of '95 had passed forever from the ringing of the old high school bell, where all was peaceful and happy, away from the guidance of teachers, into the busy tumult of uncertainties.