River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-06-27
COMMENCEMENT AT THE
STATE NORMAL.
Its Twenty-sixth Anniversary.

Commencement at the Normal for
the twenty-sixth year Of its service be-
gan with the exercises OF the Ninth
Grade, a report Of which appeared in
last weeks JOURNAL
Sunday morning, June l5 Rev G.
H Mcintosh preached the sermon to
the graduates of the Elementary and
Senior classes, taking as his subject,
1.-THE Set Face Of the Master" from
the text, He had steadfastly set his
face to go up to Jerusalem" With
eloquence and earnestness the preach
er endeavored to show to these young
people just going out into the whirl-
wind Of life's activities the necessity
and meaning of a supreme purpose,
demanding service and sacrifice.
The Model Grades were greeted with
large and interested audience at
their exercises Wednesday morning,
the Klndergartners doing their part
of the work with spirit, all the exer-
clses giving evidence of faithful SER
vice on the part Of teachers, and good
work by the pupils.
THE ELEMENTARY CLASS.
The elementary class day exercises
were held In the Normal assembly
room on Wednesday evening. Long
before the time for the beginning Of
the program 1t seemed as though
every available space was filled, but
still they came, until 1t was found by
actual count that there were 73O pres
emit. These exercises are always looked
forward to with a good deal Of pleas
ant anticipation, which was more than
realized this year. 1T is hard thing
to get up a program Of this kind that
shall contain new features, or old ones
SO originally treated as to have the
effect of something new but the
"naughty-ones" succeeded in doing It,
To speak Of individual excellencies
would be to give a review Of every
number on the program, which lack
OF space forbids. We cannot, how
ever, refrain from making special
mention OF the class history. 1t is
rare indeed that production Of this
kind is Of any particular interest to
anybody except the mem bers of the
class, but the one of Wednesday even
ing was notable exception. 1t was
in every way an excellent production.
One feature which seemed TO be espec-
tally enjoyed by everybody was an i'm
itation of a days session of the Nor
NAL school, beginning with an eight
o'clock teachers meeting and ending
with general exercises.
There were nineteen members of
the class this year-four boys and fiji.
teen girls. Nearly all of them have
already secured places for the coming
year. The uplifting and transform
ing influence Of such trained body OF
young teachers going out yearly into
our common schools is almost inesti.
mable.
TIE SENIOR CLASS.
The principal feature Of the Nor
NAL commencement, naturally, is the
graduation Of the four-year-course
class Of the Normal proper, for the
processes of the school are directed tC
this end-the ultimate product. The
mem bers Of this class who are fortu
nate enough, or who are sufficiently
persistent, to pass the exacting re
quirements in the curriculum pre-
scribed for the institution, have at
tanned to the highest intention of the
school and receive diploma to that
effect, testimony Of efficiency.
The graduating class Of this course
the class Of 1901, finished its WORK
with exercises at the Congregations
church Thursday, June 20. There
were eighteen graduates this year
twelve young ladies and six younl
men. Two sessions we're required fol
the exercises, one in the forenoon
commencing at 10 o'clock, and one IL
the afternoon, beginning at 2. Fol
lowing is the program OF exercises il
detail, the names Of the graduates ant
the subjects Of the themes they haC
individually chosen for discussion:
PROGRAM
FORENOON.
| Orchestra, Familiar Carols .......-.... Kroi
! Prayer, Rev J. snOdgras
| The Need Of Ply steal Training in our Schools
| .'.....-' s'-.'''.... +.---. IL. L. AIM
1 Ideals JENNY BEER
The Teachers Part in the Formation Of Charac
| ter,.,... ...,..... .,,,..... THOMAS BEWICi
| Chorus Lady, Arise, ............. 1855. Cost
| School Memories, ............JASIEs CUTHBER
The Antithesis Of the Old and the New in Edu
| cation, .........,.... BLANCHE DE La
Ladies Chorus, "In the Hay Fields" Plnsut
| The Play instinct. .,......,. ANNA FORUM
Constructive Work In Education, ...............
| ,.....s.... -+...s.s ...... ,.r. Ann A HEGGEl
Froebel Mother Plays, -....,... MARTHA LUsi
-shorus, with orchestral, Anvil Chorus yerd
AFTERNOON
| Orchestra, "Freyschutz, ............... Webe
Jesuit Schools, ...................FR FRANK NAsi
Value Of Political Economy to the Teacher