The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-25
LIFE rs WE'LL BEGUN.
THE BIG HIGH SCHOOL GLASS Is
GRADUATED.
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES
Amid Much Heat, MANY Flowers and
Delightful Oratory the Glass
of 90 Goes Out in Blaze
of Glory.

auditorium. There is something es-
pecially delightful about her at such a
time as this. Everybody recognizes
this fact and goes to see her. At least
everybody did Friday evening and the
conseqre nce was, that before the ex-
ercises began large number were
turned away from the high school
building who were unable to get in.
The big auditorium was packed to suf-
location with sweltering mass.
SEARCHED linen was at a premium be-
fore the gathering dispersed. The hui
Nudity of the atmosphere in the room
was something awful to contemplate,
to say nothing of enduring it for nearly
three hours. King Sol had put up an
especially strong climate all day, and
when the veil of darkness was drawn
over his face he seemed to leave some
we'll trained genius behind to keep up a
continuous performance.
Promptly at o'clock Prof Schultz
swung his baton before his players and
they responded splendidly. The music
was taken as the signal for the gradu-
ating class of seventeen members, COM
posed of Lucy Eva Bacon, Ethel Julia
Grant, Anna McHugh, Clara Emma
Barter, Emma Lorena Hansen, Clara
Augusta Newbury, Alvin Hamilton
Blood, Clark Mott HOLSTER, Julia Caro-
Ign Portwine, Belle Gertrude Cable.
William Adolph Joachim, Herbert
Shearer, Harry Mayhem Cooper, Olga
Miller, Norman Shearer, Jennie Louise
Slosson, George Ralph Sutherland, to
march in and take their places on the
platform. They were followed by the
school board, the high school teachers,
Supt. Mcdowell, Mayor Farr and Rev.
and Mrs. c. Fl. Rogers.
The music played in opening was
evidently misunderstood by Prof. Wis
wall as the opening march on the pro-
gram so that the order of the printed
program was slightly changed by sub
stituting the invocation of Rev. G. Fl.
Rogers for the Tannhauser march.
This was slight error, however, and
Prof. Schultz rose to the occasion by
playing the march as soon as Mr.. Rog-
ers finished his prayer.
The salutatory and Grafton on
Nothing Without Labor" by Miss
olga Miller, followed. Miss Miller is a
tall, slender girl, with dark eyes and
hair. She was dressed in pure white,
as were all the other girls. There was
a sameness about all the dresses which
gave the impression that uniformity
had been aimed at and hit very closely.
Miss Miller passed we'll through a
recital of the contending emotions of
| those who were now about to sever
their connections with the school. She
had we'll selected encomiums to be-
stow upon her teachers, all parents OF
Kenosha and in an appreciative way
welcomed all to the exercises. Her
GRAFTON consisted of the picking out of
prominent points in American history
and pointing out that they were ac-
complished only by hard, unremitting
labor.
True Greatness" an essay by Miss
Clara Augusta Newbury, proved to be
not only we'll written, but splendid
argument against the acquiring of rep
utation with nothing but selfish mo-
tives. Caesar was not truly great be-
cause he satisfied personal ambition.
Napoleon had missed the mark in his
treatment Of his wife. Many other
names Of prominence were sighted in a
similar vein. 1t is the little things
done in life which mark the goal.
At this point the orchestra played
the overture, " Oberon." 1t had been
we'll prepared and was well rendered.
Liberty and Freedom" an Grafton
by Harry Mayhem Cooper, was very
good. The boy is very nervous, but in
spite of his nervousness about he made
good account of himself before he got
through. He stated that the western
world seemed to be. especially blessed
as field for the growth of freedom.
he applauded the Cubans in their
struggle and hoped the aiding hand Of
this free country could be extended to
the struggling island. He followed the
history of civil and religious liberty and
stated that it was as unrestricted here
as on any portion of the globe. Unjust
be restricted everywhere. The only
unrestricted liberty there was anywhere
was une1pressed thought, and even
that is bounded by conscience. He de-
livered splendid eulogy on Lincoln
and wound up with an allegorical pic
ture of tile red, white and blue.
"Class History" by Miss Jennie
Louise Slosson, proved funny in the
extreme. Frequent bursts of laughter
and applause greeted her humorous
and at times witty illusions to the
class members. She told of the excel
lences of each member in a splendid
irony She stated that the class was
remarkable in the fact it was the larg-
est class ever graduated ana the
Youngest. There were seventeen mem.