The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-13
Annual Commencement Exercises
Closes With a Pretty Ceremony at
Kemper Hall This Morning.
ADDRESS BY REV. J. S. STONE
Large Crowd Gather at Armitage Hall for
commencement Day Exercises-Five
Graduates Awarded Diplomas.

Kemper Hall is deserted this after
noon, and the afternoon trains took the
young ladies that have spent the year
at the Hall to their homes in all parts
of the country.
The year closed in a blaze of glory
and the Commencement exercises,
which were held at Armitage Hall this
morning, were fitting finale for the
brilliant events of Commencement
week.
The largest. crowd that ever attend
ed Commencement exercises was pres
ent, and long before the hour for the
exercises Armitage Hall was thronged
with crowd of friends and relatives,
of the young lady graduates who were
to receive their rewards for the COM
p1etion of the four years course.
The hall was brilliant in its decora-
tons. Marguerites-the Kemper Hall
f1ower-were to be seen on every side,
and a profusion of evergreen and
smilax made the large hall resemble
hanging garden.
The Commencement exercises open
ed with musical number by Mr.. Sny-
der and Prof. Jacoby, during which
the five graduates entered the hall and
took their places on the platform.
Just above the seats arranged for the
class the class motto, ''Be Steadfast,"
had been hung in a pretty arrange
ment of marguerites and evergreens.
The next number on the program
was the "Menuet de L'Ar1esienne,"
by Bizet, which was rendered in a
charming manner by Misses Margaret
Hathaway Merrick, of ST. Paul, and
Elizabeth Graves, of St. Louis,
members of the class of 1901. This
was followed by number of songs by
Miss Helen Buckley, teacher of music.
Song" by Nevin; ''Loch Lomon," an
old Scotch song, and can Open Sc
cret"' by Woodn1an, in manner that
compelled applause.
The principal event of the day fol-
lowed when Miss Emma Woods
Winans, of GAINESVILLE, delivered the
Valedictory address to the class, TAX
ing as her subject the class motto,
"Be Steadfast." Miss Winans paid
pretty tribute to the teachers and her
fellow students, as we'll as to the many
happy events that had taken place at
Kemper Hall during the past four
years. Her short address brought
laughter and tears, and it was one of
the best Valedictory addresses ever
heard in old Armitage Hall.
The annual address of the year was
4 4 ID T..
D. D., of Chicago, who spoke on the
subject, "The College Girl and the
World
After the address the exercises at
the hall were concluded by the singing
of the Kemper Hall song and the stu
dents chanting occasional hymn
marched about the buildings to St.
Peters Chapel, where the exercises of
| the day and the year were concluded.
AT the Chapel short service was
held and the class honors and diplomas
were conferred by Bishop Nicholson.
Those receiving diplomas were Emma
Woods Winans, of GAINESVILLE; Mar
garet Hathaway Merrick, of St. Paul;
Elizabeth Frances Graves, Of st.
Louis; Helen Ray MARS and Susie
Marion Miller, of ST. Paul.
After the service at the Chapel the
class returned to the old college build
ing and the class stone was laid and
the class tree planted, a song was sung
and the Rector pronounced the final
benediction.
The exercises have been the most
successful ever held at the Hall and
the class goes out into the world with
the best wishes of not only the teach
ers of Kemper Hall and their fellow
students, but also with the best wishes
of the people of the CITY,