Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-06-13
Close of the School Year.

Last week closed anOtler puDllc
school year in Mineral Point, termi-
mating the school life of portion of
the youth of the city, and advancing
all Others step toward the same
goal. The large attendance at the
closing exercises attested the contin-
ued interest of the people in this
most cherished of American insti-
tutions.
The highly creditable and enter
tanning exercises by the preparatory
class of 1894, under the efficient in
struction of the teacher, Mr.. Donnelly,
and the anticipation, based on report
of preparation, that the exercises by
the class of 1895 in that department
would be even better, aroused special
interest, and drew an audience of
fully 800 people to the p. Nj. church
on Thursday evening, to enjoy the
rendering of the following
PROGRAM:
Invocation ......,.......... ....,.. Rev, Straw.
You're Welcome ..... Winnie Schelenger.
Essay-"Historic Mineral Point" Nora o. Dowd,
0ration-"0ur Trust" "....... -. Rob Crawford.
Rectation-"My Sisters Wedding" Will Brown.
Our Last VIII and Testament Agnes Snow.
Dialogue.How Girls Study" bor, bor,ie ivrru prng,,
Duet-"The Golden Stairs" Iotaie i.uu siSaV RsV
indian Club Swinging ....,.... Gymnastic Glass.
What We Have Been. Margery Lambertson.
"Star Spangled Banner ......... Iva Prideaux.
What We Shall Be ............. Bessie Brewer.
Recitation-"Mr Browns Hair Cut
Lenora Jacka.
Chorus. ....... ..."Smile Whenever You Can"
Recitation--"Music on the Rappahannock,"
Leila Jackson.
Recitation-"Ge erman," -. 80. .Nettie Smith.
Debate-"Resolved that lntemperance has
Caused More Misery in the World than War
Has" Affirmative Thos. Jones and Chas Neal,
negative John Streletzky and Frank Ovitz,
Song-"Good Night, ................Qu Quartette.
The selection of subjects was adj
mirable in scope and variety, and
the rendering of each showed careful,
intelligent training. The Indian
Club swinging, by the gymnastic
class, elected special praise. This
feature of physical development, in
troduced by Mr.. Donnelly, has been
of great advantage to the pupils,
breaking the monotony of mental
labor, and creating an interest in and
love for the schools, which is always
desirable as help to keeping child
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do after they attain II to IA years
OF age.
Throughout the essays and orations
had more Of originality than is usual
on such occasions, and We're well
suited to the capacity of the children.
The too common fault of having
pupils talk, parrot like, upon sub
jects which they donot comprehend,
employing words they do not know
the meaning of, was not apparent.
1t is impracticable to make even
the briefest mention of the several
numbers of the program, and COM
mendation other than general could
scarcely be without danger of inius-
tice. The markedly creditable per-
formanee of the whole class, augurs
that the freshman class Of the high
school the coming year will be equal
to any in the history of that insti-
tuition.
THE HIGH SCHOOL.
In the fine discrimination Of the
parties in charge of the high school
graduating exercises, the TRIBUNE
was entirely omitted in the dispen-
sing of courtesies as well as in the
matter of printing for the occasion,
it is therefore inferred that no report
of the exercises in these columns is
desired; but from borrowed copy Of
the program we presume to print the
following list Of graduates:
Nellie T.. Babcock, Clara A. Burg
hardt, Samuel r. Chubb, Lulu NJ.
Cooking, Berta Deahofe, Maude Ivey,
John McMullen, Berne Mulcahy,
Mamie O'Neill, Jennie Riedel, Otto
Ross, Geo. w. Strong, Joseph Tre-
week and Winnie Williams.