The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-11
KEMPER HALL COMMENCEMENT
Closing Exercises of a succesasAl School
Year

|
cessful school years in the history Of
Kemper Hall. The year has been
marked by larger attendance of pu-
pills than there has been in any pre-
ceding year, and by the amount and
the quality of the work done in the
classes. In the graduated class there
are twelve, the second largest class to
be graduated from the school. Among
these twelve are five Kenosha girls, the
largest number of day scholars gradu-
ated in one year at Kemper Hall.
These girls are Miss Josie Fisher, Miss
Alice Lance; Miss Anna Kimball: Miss
Miss Belle Stebbins and Miss Margaret
McKibben.
The commencement exercises began
last Sunday with the baccalaureate
sermon, which was preached by the
Rev. Algernon Crapsey, of Rochester,
N. Y. Mr.. Crapsey took for his text:
We shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed" This text from the
chapter appointed for the burial serv-
ice might not, at first sight, seem ap-
propriate.for baccalaureate sermon,
but the preacher drew a strong, practl-
cal lesson for the school girls who were
to go into a life where they should not
sleep, but should be changed to meet
the serious duties of the positions that
they might be called to take.
We have been accustomed to assOcl-
ate commencement week at Kemper
Hall with ideal summer weather, but
there have been so many eccentricities
| in the weather this year, eccentricities
that not even the most partial admlrer
of the weather bureau would venture to
excuse, that all our pet theories OF as
ISOLATION have been exploded, and we
are forced to reconcile ourselves to the
| fact that northeasters are not in strict
keeping with the thin white gowns OF
the girls who are called on to take part
in the commencement exercises.
Monday afternoon had been setapart
for the basket ball game. The new
grounds north of the school had been
marked out for the contest; the girls
had assembled; enthusiasm was high,
but there could be no basket ball game
in heavy downpour of rain, and after
twenty minutes play the game was
postponed At the time of calling the
game the Orange club was ahead, and
| Tuesday it was decided that on ac-
count of the inclemency of the weather
the game should be given to the Orange.
This club has hung the banner in Ar
mitage hall and has garlanded it with
orange ribbons, much to the chagrin Of
the rival Blues. The girls Of the
school have played basket ball for two
years. They have teacher from Chi
cago, and they are divided into two
clubs, the Orange and the Blue.
Tuesday was the day for the COM
mencement exercises in the primary
and preparatory departments. Many
people think this day more attractive
than any other day of commencement
week. To the ordinary observer there
is more ease and spontanuity in the
recitations of the children than is shown
| in the essays and orations of the older
classes.
A pleasing program had been ar
ranged and it was we'll carried out
Everything showed an amount OF care
full attention, and was indicative of the
refinement that is essentially part OF
Kemper Hall life. 1t is impossible to
criticise all the pieces rendered by the
wee girls, but our little townspeoLle,
Mary Lee, Helena Thompson, Mary
Draper and Elsie Draper, were COM
mendable in their pieces and looked
exceedingly sweet and girlish.
The exercises lasted about one hour
and half. The most novel and pleas
ing number was, perhaps, the " Must
cal Dumb Bells" by the primary class.
In this exercise the little girls, to the
accompaniment of music, went through
a drill in which they used metal dumb
bells, the hollow knobs of which held
! tiny clappers that rang against the
knobs with every movement of the
girls, and produced rythmical
tinkling.
Wednesday morning all the girls as
sembled in the school room to hear the
reading of the marks and the standing
for the year. The prizes to be given
on commencement day were awarded,
and the honor list was given out. The
Saint Mary Cross, the highest honor OF
the year, was awarded to Miss Beatrice
German. Miss Florence Wells won
the arithmetic medal which is the high
est intellectual honor of the school.
The first English prize went to Miss
Anna Kimball, the second to Miss
Emily Crapsey. Miss Mary Lee won
bthe medal for map drawing, and the
gold medal for music was awarded to
Adeline Green. In french Miss
Adelaide Crapsey took the prize, and
Miss Valentine won the honor in house
order.
In the graduating class Miss Jessica
Sherman heads the list with percent