The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-06-28
THE LAST REUNION.
Class of 1900 Hold Their Class Day
Exercises at the Rhode Opera
House Thursday Evening.
MEMENToBs GIVEN TO ALL
Innovation in commencement Exercises in
Kenosha Makes Great Fit and
Proves an ENJOYABLE Event.

RnOQe opera mouse thursday evening
and the entertainment provided by the
members of the class was certainly
one of the most pleasing ones eyer
given IN connection with the Com
mencement exercises. OF course a
great crowd was in attendance and the
WORK of the young ladies and gentle
men was heartily cheered. It was the
first time that class day exercises had
ever been held in Kenosha, but in the
future there can be no doubt but that
the class day will be one of the gala
days of the Commencement week.
The opera house had been e1abo-
rate1y decorated for the occasion and
the stage was brilliant in its decora-
tions of flowers and palms, while the
co1ors of the class, the Yale blue and
white, took an important place in the
decorations. When the curtain went
up shortly after O'Clock it revealed
the stage filled with the ladies of the
class all singing the pretty Spinning
Wheel Chorus" from the "F1ying
Dutchman." Miss Genevieve Rob1ee
took the solo parts in a very charming
manner. The chorus presented some
splendid voices and they blended in
beautiful harmony.
After the opening chorus was over
President Theodore Abel delivered the
annual address to the class. In few
well chosen words President Abel re-
called many of the pleasant days of
the four years that the class had been
together, and said that the members
of the class had now come to the part
ing of the ways. Four years of joys
over, and they we're about to launch
out into a new and untried, but a
higher life. In starting into the new
regime President Abel urged the mem
bers of the class to strive to reach the
highest ideals. The man with high
ideals, he said, may not always reach
the top, but he will always be found
far from the bottom. In the carrying
out of these ideals President Abel
found three cardinal points necessary:
Truthfu1ness, Courage and Faithful
ness. Take this mighty trio, he said,
and bind them with steel in your
hearts, and you have the mightiest
weapons of success.
The speech of the President was one
of the best ever delivered by gradu-
ate of the Kenosha schools, and it was
received with great applause. After
the Presidents speech Miss Grace
Ellis delighted the large crowd with a
recitation entitled Little Toms Star"
The piece was well rendered, and we'll
received by the crowd.
After two piano solos by Miss Cora
Miller, six of the members of the class
pantominle selected from
the Dream of Fair Women by Alfred
Tennyson. 1t is probably the first
time that the beautiful poem of the
English Laureate had ever been given
in pantomime, but it was exceedingly
well presented. The parts were taken
as follows:
Helen of Troy. Observation-Disclosures. Alice Stevens
Uphigenia. ............. ......... Mary Newell
Cleopatra. ....................Z illa Wiswall
Jephtha Daughter 80. .,...... Belle Anderson
Fair Rosamond. ................ Julia Donley
The Poet. .,,.. Frank Blood
At the close of the pantomime Miss
Anna B1aha, in a humorous speech,
turned over the dignity of the seniors
to the junior class, and with it she
gave the incoming seniors some good
advice in regard to their actions during
next year. She urged that they keep
to the high standard which had been
set by the class of 1900, and keep up
IF ~, Of
city.
Then came the prettiest ceremony of
the evening. Miss Cora Graves stepped
to the front of the platform and began
to deliver series of class mementoes
to the members of the class. Before
she presented them Miss Graves made
a charming speech, in which she told
of the triumphs of the class during the
four years they had been together and
of the sorrow which the breaking ties
would bring. She told of particular
g1ories and frai1ties of each member
and began the presentation of the gifts
which had been prepared by the young
ladies to recall the days of school life,
when time had cast her shadow over
the past. In the work of presenting
the gifts she was assisted by Misses
Mamie Toner and Emma Castle. There
were gifts for every one of the students
and in the presentation speeches many
jolly take offs were spoken, which took
the crowd by storm. The exercises
closed with the singing Of the class
song, which was written for the occa-
sion by Roy Ho1derness.
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cd.
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