Graduation

Today was graduation at the high school. It was a pretty typical ceremony, perhaps a bit shorter than some; it's a small class this year, about 3/4 the normal size. The speeches were much like always, though good. The one thing that really marred the ceremony, in my opinion, were the number of crying infants in the crowd. I know I've written about this (or similar) topic before, but is it really necessary to bring a small child to such an event? There were at least four or five babies who were crying at different times and had to be taken out into the hallway. (And this is a 45-minute ceremony.)