Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-06-14

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Boarding A HavenoF
Capital Susie Young
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TOPPER Tim. ............,....JOe. ROus
The School-master's Guests.........Lucy Harrison
Farewell Song.
The singing WIS furnished on this
occasion by choir consisting Of Messrs.
sewen and Lauber, and Misses Caring
ton, Breasted and Blanchard. TIE two
acrostics on the words welcome and
adieu'' were composed by the principal,
r. A. Havenor, and rendered by little
girls each child delivering one verse.
This was very unique part Of the pro-
CRANE.
All now is ore our work is done,
Though not yet finished 1t is true,
Nor hardly is it yet begun;
But for the time Wen say adleu.
Dear schooImates yes, we need rest:
l can agree in that, with you,
We've studied hard, have done our best,
And now TO books we viii bid adieu.
can accept what you have said,
And think we've had enough to do
Remerf bring all we've heard ana read,
And now feel pleased to say adieu,
Ere we part, dear parents, friends and all,
From where we've studied these long years
We are glad to note this friendly call Through;
And for il to give you thanks. Adieu.
Unto our teacher who've been so long,
Ready and willing to help Us through
With problems that we oft got wrong,
We kindly BID you each ad1eu.
Before the closing song on the pro
CRANE Mr.. Hayenor took occasion TO
thank the school for their kindness
towards him during the past four years
school and asked them to show the
same regard and kindness towards his
successor. He also, IL very appropri-
ate manner, gave an explanation of his
position in the late trouble with the
Goodman boy. He did not compliment
the position taken by some Of the busi-
ness men of Centralia, by interfering
with his school work, when mono of
them ever darkened his school room
door in four years time. His remarks
were 10 the point and justified.
WELCOMED Welcome! All are welcome here today,
To hear Us read, speak, and sing our songs so
And in the work, if some errors you should fird,
Whose path in journeying on from age to age,
Is lined with errors as proved by histoTy's
page.
Ey'ry one is welcome to our pleasant room,
To see us in our health youth in its bloom.
We've many years to work, ere we learn IL all,
If 'twere possible, in any earthly hail.
And while we're working, aid us all you can
To march along, to keep us in the van.
Let us feel at home, and come join in our cause;
Help us along, and by the aid of good laws
We hope that III time we can recompense make,
For the time ard the money we need and
must take,
In order to fit up this body and mind
For what our Creator Lad planned and
designed.
Continuing on to the end of his life,
The students main work is continual strife
At first he is trying q position to gain,
Then next he is striving that place to retain
He's authors to read of their works to con ore,
And study up the'ries ne'er heard of before
Oh yes, we have work. there is plenty to do,
And ifWe'ye ambition twill carry us through
But there is the place where the wrecks have
been made, Tshade
Their ambition was weak, like plants in the
And thinking Of work, there are some / could
find, 1.-THE mind
Who haye'nt.such thoughts. they ne'er enter
Men who have labored way back through the
ages,
To give US the lore found in history'g pages;
Were men full Of life yes zeal and ambition
To master all things under every condition:
And how they succeeded Tn sure you all know,
For the works they have left most certainly
show,
Ev'ry star in the sky, and wave of the sea,
Has been studied by them, for you and for me,
And when we consider the work they have done;
The trials they made, the risks they have run:
Deep cayerns to visit, great Wilds to explore,
On should mt we learn II, when It's brought to
our door?
When the exercises were over Miss
Maud Breasted approached the princi-
pals desk with q package in her hand. In
a most appropriate and touching speech
she presented Mr.. Havenor with two
beautiful books as a token of their ap-
probation of his labors as principal of
the school with their best wishes for
his fut-~e welfare. It was such a sur
prise to him that he was too full for
utterance and accepted the gift in the
same spirit in which it was given.
All the teachers in the Centralia
school have accepted an invitation
to remain another year except Mr..
Havenor. The school board viii find it
hard work to fill his place.
GRAND RAPIDS.
4I6 COIlA11C1ACG1i1C415 GASIC1S6S Oh Tie
Howe High School for 1888, occurred at
the Opera House Friday evening in the
presence of as large an audience as ever
assembled to witness similar exercises.
The stage was nicely decorated. A
large flag in the background, beautiful
selections of flowers on either side, and
over-hanging the front on the drop
curtain was the motto worked in ever
green's "Step by step" with the emblem
"a ladder. Those seated on the left of
the platform were the graduates, on the
right, the choir and teachers in the cen-
ter and the school board and principal
on the left. The singing throughout the
evenings exercises was furnished Dy
the choir which consisted of the follow
ing persons: Messrs. G. II. Slocum, T..
j. Wood, I. A. Taylor, J. Sewen, and
Misses Winnie Rablin, Laura Reeves,
Jennie Webb and Belle Mosher. It is
unnecessary for Us to say that the