Today in history
Today is Tuesday, May 30, 2017, the 150th day of 2017 and the 72nd day of spring.
On this date in the SCV: In 1929, The Signal reported that it was a gala occasion, Thursday evening at the Auditorium, when twenty-four pupils received the certificates that attested the fact of completion of the studies in the school course to the eighth grade. The stage was beautifully set for the occasion and the row of graduates fliled every chair from wing to wing, putting the teacher and speakers in the background. A wealth of flowers presented to the graduates on the stage added beauty and color to the occasion. The program opened with the invocation by Rev. W. H. Evans after which Naomi Maxey, one of the graduates, gave a splendid address of welcome to the audience which filled the room to S.R.O. capacity. The eighth grade boys then rendered a chorus, “The Gypsy Trail,” very effectively, and Frances Harland caused a whirlwind of fun with his “Carissima,” which was nicely sung, and Rose Lassalle made the “Farewell Address,” which, while probably not equal to Washington’s, was as effective in this case. The class then sang “Out of the Silence,” after which the presentation of the class and the conferring of diplomas by J.F. Shaffer, president of the school board. School Supervisor W. J. Cagney then addressed the class and audience and introduced Superintendent Upjohn who gave a good address on the subject of the class motto, “We Finish to Begin,” reciting the many wonderful things that have just been started recently, that full development of which will be in the hands of the coming young people. It was a talk full of good thoughts for the students and a plea for them to qualify to the fullest extenet for the great problems that they will have to meet. Today’s Highlights in History: In 1431, 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France, for heresy. In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. In 1958, unidentified soldiers from World War II and the Korean War were interred in Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknowns. In 2002, cleanup at the former World Trade Center site in New York City ended after eight months.
Today’s fact: Abraham Lincoln’s only surviving son, Robert Todd Lincoln, then 79 years old, was present at the Lincoln Memorial dedication ceremony in 1922.
Today’s sports: In 1911, Ray Harroun, driving a Marmon Wasp equipped with the first rearview mirror, won the first Indianapolis 500.
Today’s number: 36 -- Doric columns in the Lincoln Memorial, one for each state that had been admitted to the Union at the time of Lincoln’s death, including those that had seceded.
Today’s moon: Between new moon (May 25) and first quarter moon (June 1).