Omaha daily bee., 1897-06-04
NAMES OF NEBRAsi<A GRADUATES.
Closing Exercises of the Schools in
MnnN TnNNna.

Closing Exercises of the Schools in
Many Towns.
ATNSWORTH, Neb., June 3.-(Special Tel
egram) )-Ainsworth High school held it's
ninth annual commencement exercises to-
night. large crowd was in attendance
The graduating class consisted of: Ida d.
Rowe, Nellie Morse, Stella e. Sisson. Mar
win l.. Rowe Leroy Barnes and Fred e.
Mastick. Claas honors were awarded to
Nellie Morse. The clalS colors were laven-
der and white, There was excellent music
both vocal. and instrumental Prof. william
F'lnnogan made a very appropriate talk. He
Will depart fer his home in Fremont soon.
NEWMAN GROVE, Neb., June 3,-(Spe-
cial 1.-THE second annual High school COM
mencement exercises were held last evening
| at the opera house. which was tastefully dec
GRATED for the occasion The graduates were:
Nellie Pryor, George II. Gutru, Cordela
Newman, Leona Il. Ruth. Emma Wells Myr-
tie Il. Whitcher, Jessie Nj. Ruth and Ida
Il. johnson. The salutatory oration was de-
livered by George H. Gutru and the vale
dictory by Nellie Pryer The class colors
are purple and gold the class motto, Green,
but Growing" The diplomas were pre-
| scented by G.. A.. Miller president OF the
school board, and music was furnished by
local talent Il. II. Gerhart. principal of
the schools, has been retained for another
term.
CONNIE ncement exercises Of the Exeter High
Gchool began Tuesday evening in the Meth
odist church with the juniors orations Ora
tiops were given by the following: Edith
Crane. Bayard Taylor, Emma Pfug Linn
I.usk Mamie Dyer Mae Waite, Edith
Farmer Arbsnna Eaton Alice Hoel. Grace
Wallace Phoebe Waite, Lon Rogers, Ger
trude Ewin June Williams, Cora Allen and
Ruth Rogers The program was interspersed
with music by the juniors. Thursday evening
win occur the educational addresses by the
several ministers of the city. On Friday even
ing will be the graduating exercises and on
Saturday evening the alumni reception. The
programs for Thursday, Friday and Satur
day evenings will be given In the opera
house.
CLAY CENTER Neb., June 3.-(Special)
The commencement exercises OF the gradu-
ating class OF the Clay Center High school
terminated last evening before an immense
audience gathered under the large tent,
which was handsomely decorated with flow
ers snd Chinese lanterns. The class motto
stood out in front of the stage in letters
OF evergreen mot Finished but Begun"
The following ten girls and one boy are the
graduates Bessie Holcomb, Maude Mellow
ell. Ora Markwell Augusta Flick, Maude Sc
cord, Ada Bavinger, Rose Heager, Belle DICK
son, Addie Hager, Carrie TroXe and VIII
liam Cruickshank. The valedictorian, Miss
Carrie Troxel, chose for her subject Ideals" ="
Miss Harriet Moulton Of Missouri, who lis
here on a visit sang solo, which was beau
tifully rendered. Miss Blanche Mcdowell
played violin solo and a male quartet fur
nished the balance of the music. County
Superintendent n. NJ. Graham presented the
Diplomas to the graduates and a scholarship
in Doene college to the valedicorian Miss
Carrie Troxel.
LOUISVILLE, Neb., June 3.-(Special.)-
On Sunday evening President c. f. Taylor
of the Weeping Water academy preached
the baccalaureate sermon, in connection
with the closing of the schools. This was
followed on Monday evening by lecture
on the Pacific Northwest" by DIR. Wilson
VI Omaha. Tuesday evening the original
Tenneeseeans gave a concert to a large
house Last evening occurred the second
annual commencement Of the public schools.
There were two graduates, Harry McClain
| and George Ashmun.
| ST. PAUL. Neb., June 3.-(Special)-The
] commencement exercises of the graduating
class OF '97 from the st. Paul high school
| were conducted at the opera house last
night. Long before the time for COM
mencing the exercises the opera house was
crowded. The following were the graduates
Riley e. Arthand, sautatory; Clarence A.
Robinson, Webster II. Num-, John N. Lud-
| ington, R. Stanley Mead Eva A. Gordon,
Rosa A. E. Anderson, valedictorian.
BELLEVUE, Neb., June 3.-(Special)-
! The annual commencement exercises of
| Bellevue college take place next week. be-
| ginning with the baccalaureate sermon Sun
| day and ending with the graduating exercises
Wednesday, June 9.