The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-24
NEARLY 400 GRADS
The Number to Receive Diplomas
From Minneapolis High Schools
in June.
Three Of the Four Schools Have Pro.
grams Made Up-Classes
Are Strong.

yates in the history Of these schools. The
increase Is reported by the Central and the
East Side high schools; the South Side
and the North Side schools will bid fare
we'll to classes OF average size only.
The proportion Of girls to boys will be
much as usual-two to one. But the pre-
ponderance Of Portals does not really in
dictate that moro girls than boys will go
from Minneapolis to collegiate institutions.
On the contrary most Of the high school
girls will crown their education with roses
of 1903; the majority Of the high school
boys will break the rules and records of;
some university: azas Id.
The Central High Glass. '12<, ~
The Central High class will have 1870
members. TO these will be added the
fourteen graduates who left the school last
John N. Greer said yesterday 'the largest
Central class on record. It's a good,
strong class as well.' .;.,1,,~ %: $500
f Sixty-f1ve boys will .frown and lis girls
will smile on the final night, which is
considerably smaller says Mr.. Greer,
than the proportion In the lower classes"
IAN exceptional number Of the seniors
have taken the manual training course,
and moro boys are looking forward to en-
cheering courses at college than ever be-
fore. We won't turn out so many doctors
and lawyers. About 1870 members Of the
class will go to advanced institutions. I
don't know the proportions as to the sex
es, but, of course, there'll be much larger
percentage Of boys than of girls at col
lege.'' E> 80 -,--.. .~.
The commencement. exercises Of the
CentraPs twenty-seventh class will take
place on Monday evening, June 8. at the
Swedish tabernacle. The program will be:
Piano solo-Grace Kingsley.
Violin scIo1Graee Golden poer' j..
ai o and d 10 contest Tor the
Helen Blackman, Walter Badger, Harold Tay-
R eeit tS51eEaes sf' Hseter.
Rectation-Erma Wilk.
Valedictory-R B. Inglis.
Award of prizes.
Presentation of diplomas.
Seventy two SouthsIders.
From the South Side high school a class
of seventy two members will graduate at
ing, June 9. Fifteen of the graduates
will be boys, and it was boys only that
formed the class Of three who left the
same school in February. To offset this
masculine encroachment fifty seven girls
will take part in the graduating exercises
"a proportion Of three girls and dimple
over, to every lucky. boy. II don't know
feet their muscle at college," said Prin-
cipal A. N. Ozias of the South Side yes
terday, 'but suppose it will be the Gus
tomary proportion ething like 80 per
cent" ~. :. :e,f; *.s..... go s..,, tti,r
The valedietoriant and the ,salutatorian
Of the South Side; class gain their titles
thru superior cholarship ~ time to prac-
tice the pronunciation: The four other
associates in the COMMENCEMENT program
oh f1vyo "
essayist being marked III composition and
in delivery. The program will be:
salutatorian, Rose Schussler. ~.
| Essay, Raymond Barse.
Essay, Ruben Edquist
Essay. Mildren Haggard. -"
Essay. Nellie Leland. -.
Valedictorian Marie Johnson.
Musicians for the occasion have not yet
been selected.
= Average Glass on North Side. .. =
An average class Of t11jrty-two members
will leave the North Side high school.
Ten boys, at that departure, Will en-
deavor to fan twenty-five girls should the
ditorium on the evening of Wednesday,
June 10. An earlier class Of seventeen,
among the girls of which three boys were
tucked away, secured diplomas at the
North Side in February: :,
| more than one half of our graduates
says Principal W. W. Hobbs have taken
the Latin course this yea with a view
to entering college But the girls, I'm
bound to admit, make the best Romans.
Our North Side girls are so quick to dis
| tinguish a lupus from a sheep that all the
roles in our graduating performance will
| be filed by girls. The six seniors were
chosen that ranked highest in scholar
ship. We haven't any prejudice against
young men. The program isn't ready to
publish
~ A Big East Side Glass.
= Larger by a. score than the class of
| 1902 will be the senior class this year at
the East Side high school. Here the boys
thirty three out OF ninety two-have
rallied to maintain the relative impor-
lance of male creatures. Prospective col
legians are uncommonly numerous on the
East Side Perhaps explained Prin-
cipal w. r. Webster, ''it's because Of the
universities being so near. Whatever the
reason, not less than SO per cent Of our
graduates expect to roam. about a cam
pus.
The East Side seniors will hold their
commencement exercises Thursday even
! ing, June II, at the school auditorium
! Stanley Houclz will be the salutatorian
Rebecca Van Cleve, the valedictorian
1 The names of the five other participants
in the exercises cannot yet be published
They will be chosen from among the
4 twenty seniors ranking highest in schol-
I arship. and it is confidently believed thai
they will include at least one boy.
INVALUABLE GIFT
State Historical Society Receives a Col.
lection OF Rare, old
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