The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-06-27
Class of 1901 Hold Their Commence
ment Exercises at Rhode Opera
House Friday Evening.
"A GREAT CROWD IN ATTENDANCE
superintendent Baker Presents Diplomas
to Twenty-one Young Ladies and Gen.
tlemen-speakers Win Applause.

Surrounded by admiring friends
amidst bower of flowers and plants,
the final act of the drama of school
life was enacted at the Rhode opera
house Friday evening. Every seat in
the large auditorium was filled when
the Jacoby orchestra opened the pro-
gram for the evening by playing the
Kemper Hall march. The rising cur
tain displayed the class seated about.
the stage and the white dresses OF the
young ladies mingling with the green
foliage of the flowers and palms made
pretty picture. The Kenosha schools
never graduated fairer class than
the class of 1901 and the appearance OF
every young lady and gentleman was
greeted by applause.
After music by the orchestra the
Rev. Charles L. Mallory offered the
invocation.
Miss Mamie Denton delivered the
sa1utatory address. In neat Grafton
of five minutes Miss Denton welcomed
the audience to the Commencement
and assured parents, teachers and
school-rnates that the class appreciated
the efforts that had been made for
them. Miss Denton held that during
the four years the class had been
working to form a character with an
intellectual basis. The high school
course, she held, should give the
scholar character She held that the
school course should be such as would
make the graduate ready to go out and
ming1e with the world. Miss Denton
spoke of the beauties of literature and
the effects of an early training in this
branch on the future life. Great char
acters in literature are impressed upon
the mind until they become part OF
ourselves. Life lessons are only
learned by learning 1ife's story. In
illustrating her points Miss Denton
drew many beautiful lessons from
Lowelps ''Vision of Sir Launfa1."
Great charity, she declared, is the
proof of manhood and he who achieves
success does so by giving up himself.
The sa1utatory closed with pretty
tribute to the public schools.
Miss Edna Ho1derness, the second
member of the class, discussed 1.-The
Twentieth Century Chiva1ry." Miss
Holderness defended the "sweet girl
graduate" and declared that the High
school graduate was simply one who
had done his best to learn something.
''Chivalry," she declared, has no place
in the twentieth century, but its spirit
has not entirely vanished, and while
amazing in it's ferceness, it is sooth-
ing in it's gent1eness. The very spirit
of cl1iva1ry was only tie expression of
an ideal and.its spirit still inspires all
true action. Chiva1ry was only an ex-
ample of the higher type of manhood
and it is seen today as well as in the
dark ages Of centuries ago. Chivalric
spirit still exists, but the twentieth
century will bring a better ch1valry.
The cry of the down-trodden and the
the sufferer will always be raised and
the chiva1rous knight will hear the cry
and lend his aid. Miss Ho1derness
found in the social problems in Amer
lea the greatest necessity for chivalry.
The solution of caste can best be
solved with the resurrection of the old
spirit of chiva1ry recognizing the
brotherhood of man and the dignity OF
service No matter what the con-
ditions we will have men with the true
chiva1ric spirit who will put down
wrong and whose motto will be
"Strive to Win" Miss Ho1derness'
essay was sp1endid1y written, de1iv-
cred in a charming manner and re-
fected great credit on the young lady.
After a selection by the orchestra,
Miss Viola Huck acclaimed IN a very
clever manner scene between Lady
Babbie and the Little Minister, as
given in James M. Barrie's we'll known
novel. Miss Huck showed great deal
of dramatic power and took the two
roles in such an artistic manner that
she drew both tears and laughter from
her hearers. The pretty selection was
so we'll done that hearty applause fol-
lowed its completion.
The fourth speaker was Miss Edla
Ma1m, who spoke on the subject, "The
| New Novel; In her essay Miss Ma1rn
discussed the position which fiction
| had taken in modern literature. She
spoke of the tendency of the modern
| noval .oward realism. True art, she
held, is measured by its influence for
good or bad. The New Novel; she
held, was the historic novel. An un-
realistic novel of great value, recalling
the exciting incidents of our country
and teaching lesson of patriotism.
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