Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-31
WEEK FOR THE GRADUATES
Exercises Commence with Sermon to
Graduates by Rev. W. s. Barnes
HFTY-EIGHr COMPLETE THE COURSE
Formal Graduating Exercises Thurs
day Evening, with Address by
Dr. Sparks of Chicago
University.

commencement week for the graduating
class of the high school will begin this
morning when Rev. W. S. Barnes, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church, VIII
preach the baccalaureate sermon to the
hfty-eight young people who will complete
their public school course. The members
of the Board OF Education and faculty oil
tile high school will attend the services this
morning at the First Presbyterian church
in accordance with the usual custom.
Monday evening the graduating class will
hold It's class feast at the residence Of Mr..
and Mrs Lewis Hammer on East Broad
way when Miss Hazel Hammer who grad
yates from the German scientific course,
will be hostess.
Tuesday morning, II the weather permits,
the class will have n picnic, probably at
Lake Manawa and Tuesday evening will
occur the class day exercises in the audi
forum of the high school. This is an In
novation and there will be an interesting
program, a feature of which will be the
"Class Prophesy," in costume. by the mem
bers. At the close Of the program the class
will present a handsome picture TO the
school.
Wednesday evening the members of the
graduating class will be the guests Of the
Junior class at a reception and dance in
Ine Ddh TOOh OF the SIdnu uOitl. lHtTb
will be a literary and musical program end
the evenings festivities will close y it'll a
dance.
Thursday evening will occur the regular
graduating exercises in the high school
auditorium. The program for this has not
been completed but the principal feature
will be the address by DIR. Edwin Earl
Sparks OF the University of Chicago. His
subject will be THE Limitations OF Learn
ing"
The reception and entertainment by the
Alumni association for the graduates has
been postponed from Friday until Monday,
Juno s. 1t will be held in the ball room
of the Grand hotel instead OF in the Royal
Arcanum hall as first announced.
The graduating class this year consists OF
thirty-hve young women and twenty-three
young men, as against t~hirty-four girls and
sixteen boys in 1902 and eighteen girls and
twelve boys In 1901. The list Of graduates
is as follows:
List of Graduates.
Classical Course-Ruth Barstow, Tom
Burke, Fred B.. Cherniss, Olive Alma
English, Nettie Una Fleming, Eunice Ora
son SADIE M: SrosVenor' hitred Z: HanSn,
Mueller. Matilda Namen. Edna NJ. Put
Latin Scientific Course-Horace A. Ask
with, Ada Brandeis, Gertrude Henshaw,
Dana r.. Hsnford, nellie g. Mabie, Georgia
Mitchell, Roy Mitchell, Hattie M. Murphy
George Porter. Ralf Denny Robertson
Charles G.. Scott, -Arminius- Van Order
Carleton II. Woodward, Margrette b.
Wright.
German Scientic Course-Mabel Louise
Anderson, Josephine A. Bixby, Edith Fran
ces Brock, Letha l.. Butler, Olive B. Casey
Minnie M. Foster, lola M. Graves. Hazel
], Hammer, Phoebe Helen ~Judson, Della
Pauline Metcalf. Nina Hortense Meyers,
Raymond c. Mathis, Blanche Patterson,
Frieda Peterson, Robert l.. Gprague, Merle
+. Warner.
English Scientific Course-Morgan G.
Cutler, Lauretta L. Evers, Albert M. Trey
nor.
Business ~Course-Charles Duncan Camp.
bell, Charley c. Lacy, James Horace
Pierce, Gertrude r. Gittins, Henry Peter
sen, Roy / Rasmussen, Lottie p. Smith.
The average OF the class is eighteen
years and nine months, the average height
FIVE feet and six and one-half inches, and
the average weight 1923 pounds. Twenty
four of the graduating class intend TO &C
to higher schools and colleges, while nine
are preparing to teach.