The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-06-26
Class of Twenty Eight Students Grad
uated From the Kenosha High
School Friday Evening.
GREETED BY A GREAT CROWD.
Miss Ethel Shandrew Delivers the Valedic-
tory While Bertholf Petit has the Sal
utatory.-Successfu Commencement.

! pie gathered at the Rhode opera house
to be her willing vassals. Such a
wealth of beauty, grace and wit as sat
on the Rhode opera house stage at the
Forty-second Commencement of the
Kenosha High School was never seen
in Kenosha at High School Com
mencement before.
It was the prettiest Commencement
ever held in Kenosha, A wealth of
palms and flowers and flags had con-
verted the stage into veritable fairy
bower and when the young ladies and
gentlemen came on the stage they
added just enough of color to the
green aud white to make the scene an
effective one.
The boxes were filled with the flow
ers which had been sent as congratu-
latory gifts to the graduates and
dozen of the girls Of the Junior class
darted hither and thither during the
evening distributing the flowers to the
young ladies and gentlemen. The col
ors of the class, light green and corn
color, held leading place among the
decorations, and over the center of the
stage the class motto, done in ever
green and roses, had been hung.
"Climb, Though the Rocks be Rugged"
was the motto under which the class
will go out to face the difficulties of
the world
1t was shortly after eight O'Clock
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program started. Every seat in the
house was filled and there was MUIR
muir of applause as the class came on
the stage. Seated on the stage were
also the teachers of the High school
and many of the mem bers of the
Board of Education and other school
officers.
The program of the evening opened
with the overture, "Calif of Bagdad,"
by the Jacoby orchestra, after which
the Rev. E. C. Kunk1e, of the First
Baptist church, gave the invocation.
Bertholf Petit, as the sa1utatorian,
welcomed the friends of the schools to
the graduating exercises and in we'll
prepared speech thanked them for the
interest they had taken in the schools.
To teachers, School Board and fellow
students he gave a message of vel
come. Mr.. Pettit's speech was we'll
prepared and rendered in a manner
that showed that he was an orator of
ability.
1.-THE Negro Problem" was the sub
ject of the Grafton delivered by Lyle
Wiswal1 and it was thoughtful pre-
sentation of the great problem that is
agitatiug the South today. In a mas
terly manner Mr.. Wiswal1 summed up
the history of the black race in Amer
lea and showed the wonderful Strides
it ha6 made since the civil war had
cast the shack1es from the limbs of the
slave. He paid a glowing tribute to
Booker I. Washington and the work
which he had done for the colored race
in America. The Grafton was one of
the best mum bers on the program.
Miss Mabelle Huck, one of the favor
ties of the class, filled number on the
program by giving recitation, emit
tied, "The Heart of Old Hickory"
The piece was presented in a splendid
manner, Miss Huck showing a great
deal of dramatic ability. The piece
was received with great applause.
Miss Nettie Wulf proved one of the
most charming of the Commencement
orators. She took as topic, 'sNight
Brings Out the Stars" and in a clever
manner she taught a lesson of cheer
fulness and resignation, showing that
even as night brought out the stars,
every disappointment in life was des-
tined to bring out something of good.
The last Grafton of the evening was
given by John Van Ingen, who spoke
on the subject Universal Peace"
Mr.. Van Ingen made a strong plea for
universal peace and followed close
ly the history of the wars Of a century.
He showed the tendencies toward a
universal peace and made a strong
plea for the realization of the great
schemes that had been made by the
leaders of the nation. Mr. Van Ingen
is an orator of power and his work
gives promise of greater things in the
future.
The class prophecy, always inter-
esting, was delivered in a charming
manner by Miss Hermena Hoehn. She
told of the history of the class during
its four years in High school and in a
fantastic manner wrought out future
for the different members. There was
something for each of the members of
the class and many smile was pro-
voked by the predictions of the future.
The Valedictory address, which
marked the close of the program as
presented by the scholars, was de-
livered by Miss Ethel May Shandrew.
Ia this farewell she found the parting
of the ways, the end of school girl
days, and in pathetic manner she
gave fond farewell to the happy as
sociations of the four years past. She
told of the good things which the four
years had held for the members of the
class and in a touching manner babe
farewell to the teachers and the other
mem bers of the school leaving legacy
of good will as the heritao e ri thtA class