Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-06-08
'o3 COMMENCEMENT.
Thirteen Graduates Their Ora
lions and Dresses-The Eighth
and Inst In the Best.

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lions and Dresses-The Eighth
and Last Is the Best.
The commencement exercises of the
Audubon High School, held last Friday
evening, were u marked success in
every way even financially. They GER
tainly proved the fallacy of remark
we heard an Audubon lady make when
she failed to secure u seat, that she
didn't care much for commandments
were dry affairs any way, their monot.
ony only relieved by the girls pretty
dresses" for there was much to enjoy
besides the dresses. 0pie Reid says
that education and refinement must be
the basis for our future aristocracy,
and we think If that be true that tax.
ing the graduates from our Audubon
schools ms fair example that the fu-
ture aristocracy is resting on u firm
| foundation. Refinement showed in
every feature of the class of Q3 and we
are sure that their education as far as
our school takes them has been thor.
ough. The opera house stage was
crowded with galaxy of youth
and beauty seldom seen in our city, the
graduates, the singers, the ministers,
not forgetting the school board, pre-.
senting a remarkably captivating ap.
pearance. The opera house was crowd
ed 1t being necessary to I'LL the aisles
with seats.
After an overture by the orchestra
and the invocation by Rev llgenfritz,
Miss Carrie Cooley, dressed in u becons.
ing costume of nile green henrietta and
white lace, delivered the salutatory and
| oil
sion was a delight to her hearers, her
address was in every way worthy of
herself and teachers. She was followed
| by May Bonwell in an Grafton entitled
Light houses on the sen of time" II
was clear and concise and was we'll re.
ceiyed. She was followed by Miss lrena
Croker, who wore u costume OF white
silk and lace which was very becoming
! Her subject "rhe Good Old Times"
she treated In feeling manner. Miss
lrena is the young lady who won the
medal In the oratorical contest few
weeks ago and her style, and delivery
merits all the praise she receives. An
Grafton, "The Rubicon" by Miss Cert.
rude Bonwell was very interesting, dis,
playing both thought and study. She
and her sister May also, wore handsome
dresses of white bengaline silk, trim.
med with lace.
VIM. Cunningham proved conclusive
| ly to our minds that IL was better to be
born poor than rich however comfort
able the latter might be, and contrasted
the boy reared In luxury and weakened
by Incidence to the boy forced to de-
velop strength, mental and physical In
the struggle Of bread winning and cited
such conclusive examples as Abraham
Lincoln, Grant and others. Sarah
Holmes was greatly admired In her
Grafton, Every Stream Makes for Itself
Its own Channel" She showed depth
of thought unusual In so young girl
and her style and expression was clear.
ly original. Her future work will be
closely watched by her audience Of Fri.
day night rs they all feel she possesses
genius to an unusual degree. Her cos
tune was a pretty white silk and lace.
Miss Eva James In "rhe Ever Re-
ceding Ideal" presented an attractive
subject In an attractive manner. She
possesses all the qualities necessary to
win and hold the admiration of her au-
dience, and taken In connection with
an interesting theme she could not fail
to please. Her simple costume Of white
null and lace was charming as was
her grace Of gesture and pure accent,
Miss Mabel Keith In "FOr the People
had Mind to Work" gave her hearers
q treat and will always be welcome be-
fore an Audubon audience. She was
dressed In white and wore flowers.
Albert Matthias, son of our Supervisor,
handled the weighty subject of For
eign immigration" In manner worthy
of a statesman, advising our nation To
check the progress Of the pauper hordes
now flooding our country ut least for
the summer of '93, thereby lessening
our chances of cholera and other con.
Eliminating influences. We predict a
political career for Albert. "The Power
of an ldea," was presented In an able
manner by Rosa Mendenhall. She set
forth the vast Importance of an idea as
imbodied by our modern inventions.
She was charming In pink henrietta
gown. Miss Jennie divers Grafton
was entitled Sailing or Drifting" and
urged the necessity of always sailing
towards some definite port, sometimes
with and sometimes against the wind
but never allowing oneself to drift.
Miss oliver must always BIO q fayorite
In Audubon owing to her many lovely
qualities. Her costume was white hen.
rietta and lace.
knowledge never Learned OF
Schools" was the subject of Miss Kittie
Schreibers Grafton. IL showed mark ed
ability IN dcarefm study. Miss Kittie
wore rich costume of yellow crepe
trimmed with ribbon. Miss Mamie
Baxter, the yaledictorian of the class,
spoke feelingly of the past and thanked
her teachers for their careful training
their patience and their moral influence,
and wished the entire class all the sue
cess in their future that their past war.
ranted. Miss Mamie Is too we'll known
in Audubon TO need any praise from
us but we can assure her that one and
all have unbounded confidence In her
future. Her dress was q white wool
and made in taste,
j, A. Nash, president of the school
board, then presented the class their
diplomas, complimented them highly
on their success and spoke of the
evident ability and good management
Of our efficient corps of teachers.
Prof. Hooker is true lover of good
music and therefore at all Of his enter.
tainments the best of music Is furnish
N's Doai olu IIioo h1bhihty tdCll
sang a solo, the Misses Sharp a duet,
Mrs, Freeman and Mrs. Rosenberg a
duet, and quartette by Mesdames
Hooker and VanScoy and Messrs. lie.
pass and Smith, and Kennels orchestra |
made the musical part of the program
q success.
Each graduate received numerous
and costly floral offerings handed them |
by two dainty little flower girls, Mil !
dred Smith and Mamie Preston, and at |
the close of the exercises the stage was
covered with these tributes of admira.
ton. Audubon has every reason TO be
proud of liza sehools.
Albert Matthias and VIM. Cunning.
ham each received from their parents |
q handsome and valuable gold watch |
on the occasion of graduating, and
these will remain cherished souvenirs |
of the happy event.
Forbidden by space to publish the |
entire orations, a general interest will
sxonerate us from seeming Partially |
in publishing in full the yaledictory;