Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-05-18
HOWE HIGH SCHOOL.
Program of Graduating Exercises at Opera
House, Thursday Evening, June {.

House, Thursday Evening June I.
Only two more weeks of school.
The commencement orations and ad-
dresses will be given on Thursday
evening, June l, instead Of Friday,
June as heretofore stated. The date
had to be changed on account of the
Sullivan-Kilrain show getting date
at the Opera House for Friday even
ing in advance of the school board.
The graduating class for 1899 con-
sists Of seven members, three girls
and four boys. Those who will lay
down the work of the high school
course and accept diplomas as reward
for their studiousness are Misses
Matilda Anna Bunge, Stella Alwilda
Emmons, katherine Ellen Mccarthy:
MessrS. Burton Alfred Mclaughlin,
Edward Fred Mccarthy, Paul Ralph
Philleo and Coole George Cotey.
Commencement program in full is as
follows:
Overture ............ Mr. Hirzy's Orchestra
Invocation n.....................Rev. F. \. Nimits
Presidents Address. CooIe Cotey
Glass History. Edward Mccarthy
Misses Haruln
Oration-The Heroes of Today Stella Emmons
Oration-Rise of American Liberty..............
Observation-Disclosures. Mclaughlin
Instrumental Music-Selected....
DR.. and Mrs. W. d. Harvie, f. S. BarrOwS Jr.,
Mrs. Geo. ?. Hambrecht.
Oration-Empress josephine.
Mccarthy
Ladies Quartette... ........:.
Mesdames E. P. Arpin, w. E. Little, A. NJ.
Muir, f. j. Cameron.
OratlOn-GadstOne.... Matilda Bunge
Music. ........ Mr.. Hirzy's Orchestra
Class Prophecy cy......................PaCl Ph1lleo
Presidents Closing ddress.........Coole Cotey
Presentation of Diplomas.
.............................Sup q. F. Hambrecht
Overture Mr.. Hirzys Orchestra
Benediction. Rev. F. A. Nimits.
Owing to the fact that parents and
school patrons have been obliged to go
to the Opera House at Z O'Clock or
earlier on Commencement nights
when free admission was the order, so
as to secure desirable seats, it has
been deemed advisable to charge an
admission fee of ten cents this year.
This amount will secure reserved
seat the sale to begin Monday, May 20,
chart at J. E. Daly's drug store. 1t
is hoped by this method to please
everybody and avoid confusion.
Rev. f. A. Nimits has been invited
to give the baccalaureate sermon to
the graduating class.
The junior class has effected an Or
ganizatiOn to act as reception COM
mittee on the night of commencement.
They are anxious to do all they can to
aid the seniors on the evening of their
farewell to the old Howe High.
There will be ''mother's meeting"
in Miss Larkin's room, main building,
on Friday afternoon at $50 o'clock, for
the purpose of visiting the department
and discussing problems of mutual
interest to teacher and parent. This
will be the second session of a series.
| Those having children under Miss
Larkin are urgently requested to be
present. Meetings of similar nature
in other departments will be an
nounced later. The subject for gen
eral discussion, Friday, will be,
''Discipline or How Shall We Govern
Our Children?" Leaders of topics.
Mines. Muir, Chapman, Timm, Miller
and E. P. Arpin.
| Among the visitors at our school
this week were Miss Genevieve Pen.
dleton of Sioux City, Iowa, guest OF
Miss Loeper, and Miss Laura King OF
Stevens Point Normal.
| There is some talk of ball game
between Stevens Point Normal and
Howe high school at fair grounds in
Grand Rapids next Saturday. Ar
rangements are not quite complete
but if the NormalS do come lets have
a crowd.
Owing to the existence of diphtheria
at the home Of David kammeran, Oul
good janitor at the Ward school, il
was necessary to engage substitute
janitor, and George Howe is attending
this work.
Howe High ball team drove up tC
Stevens Point, Saturday, and gave the
young friends at the High school in
that city another lesson in athletics.
winning a game at Athletic park by a
narrow margin score Il TO IS in OUI