The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-29
MORE BOYS THAN GIRLS
Usual Order Reversed at the
High School Commencement.
Sixteen Boys Graduate and
Only Thirteen Girls.
The Audience Room of the High
School Crowded With the
Pupils, Their Friends and
Relatives.

The oath annual commencement of
the Topeka high school took place last
evening. All the desks in the high
school assembly were occupied, chairs
placed in aisles, window seats made use
OF and the spacious balcony crowded to
see the pretty graduates and the manly
looking young men.
It was a time of rejoicing for many,
and for some there was a certain sad
ness connected with it. For some the
step from school life into the world was
an anticipated joy realized. To others
the thought of giving UP the happy
school days was saddening.
Thirteen young ladies all dressed in
white, sat proudly on the stage in front
of the large audience. Sitting just as
proudly beside them were 16 young men
wearing standing collars and looking
more or less nervous.
The stage was deliberately draped in
the class colors-pink and light blue
in the center of which was a decorated
piece in which were the words; May,
1897 The class motto is: Non sum
ma, Sed Ascendens.''
The programme for the evening was
furnished with q few musical numbers
which the audience appreciated. Miss
Caroline Baum, the elOcutiOnist, sang
two solos; there was music by the high
school orchestra. a duet by W. Won
DahIen and Miss Baum. and a violin
duet by Anna Marie Nellis and Grace
WEIGH.
The address of the evening was made
by Dr. W A OuayIe of Kansas City.
The Sneaker chose for his subject.
Culture The expansiveness of the
subject displayed his literary powers to
good advantage.
The following is a list of the grad
uating class with their subjects:
LATIN-GREEK COURSE.
Essay and VaIedictory- .---.-.. "Themis'
Daisy May Griggs
ENGLISH-LATIN COURSE.
Grizzella May Dague-
Essay. Pictures that Civilization Paints
Essay. The Aryan Race
Elma Jean Holmes
'''-- John c. Mitchell.
Anna Marie E SeiiE silence
~ ''0-- Gaitha a. D. Page.
0i'''0" RodericK du Val Sheldon.
Grafton s'The Magazine
Roy Wiimouth short.
l-S7' Gertrude Bethiide solomon -.
Grafton. The Nations Future
Peter Person
ENGLISH-SCIENCE COURSE.
Grafton ...- What Americanism Means"
George Herbert Curry.
Grafton .............. THE People vs.. Law
Kenneth c. Greene ..o.-.----.,,
0i-'''oii Ralph schnebly.
IATIN-SCIENCE COURSE.
Grafton. '-FTereditv or Environment
Samuel Adams.
Thesis. Does Man Make his Circun-
stances, or do Circumstances Make
the Man David F. Barnett
Grafton and SaIutatory. The Wander
ing Jew ...-....- Edwin Newton Brown
Grafton. Evidence of Evolution
Frank H. Chamberlain.
Grafton. From the Public'S Point of
View .-.....-...-...- VIM. Glen Dolman
ENGLISH-GERMAN COURSE.
Essay..-..-' Everything Costs Something
Lillian Pearl Carr
Essay........-... doe We nexte thynge'
Olive St Claire Lewis.
"REMINISCENCES COURSE.
Grafton. Human Progress
VIM H. Garrison
Grafton. The Progress of Government
Archie Sumner Fuller
Essay. .''Only a Day.
Grace Marie WEIGH.
I4ATIN-GERMAN COURSE.
Grafton. The Destiny of Government
George E. Overmyer.
OST-GRADU ATE-Greek.
Essay. The Hero of the Guillotine"
Margaret Helen Haggart.
Ina Shaw ..rr.-,,
Essay A~OAAiSA
Mildred Jessie Shaw.
SCIENCE.
Essay ........................... ''Affinities'
Lee Redden.........
Margaret H. Haggart. Mildred Shaw
Ina Shaw and Lee Redden, completed
postgraduate courses. The following
was the class organizations
President. Geo H Curry, vice preSi-
dent Roderick du Val Sheldon; secretary.
Daisy May Griggs: treasurer. Anna Marie
Nellis: class orator Geo. E. Overmyer;
decIaiTnqr Row W Short class de-