Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-26
COMMENCEMENT DAYS HERE
Nebraska High Schools Busy Turning
Out Their Graduating
Glasses.

DAVID CITY, Neb.,. May E.--(Speciai)-
This is commencement week for the David
City High school. II is always regarded as
holiday week by our citizens The bacca-
laureate sermon was delivered to the class
last night at st. Lukes Methodist Episcopal
church by Rev. Edwin Booth, pastor of the
Congregational church The sermon was a
masterful one, full of good practical
thoughts to the class which, II remembered,
will rebound to it's ultimate good. The class
exercises will be held Thursday evening and
the commencement exercises on Friday
evening at the opera house, the address to
the class will be delivered by James He'd
ley, the we'll known lecturer and writer of
Cleveland. o. There are fourteen graduates.
as follows: Ona Bean. Ruth Duncan. Mar
garet Eberly. May Quade, William Quade,
Rose styskal. Nellie simpkins. Carrie
Ayers. Gertrude Diextra. Marie Reasoner.
Edward Ball. Ernest Bennfson Lewis
Skinner and Mabel seeley.
AURORA. Neb., May 25.-(Special.)- 1.-The
graduating exercises of class 1903 was held
at the opera house Friday and Saturday
evenings, May % and %. The class num-
bered twenty-five. The papers given
showed much thought and study. The
motto of the class: Lahore ct virtute
vincinus." Colors royal purple and white.
Flower. violet. The graduates were Effie
Swanson, Roy Miller, Harry Sims, Grace
Cozur, Fay Dixon. Albert BrownelI. Arno
Bald. Mrytle McCann. Nina Strand. Norma
Whitmost, Emma Richardson, August
Schafer, Clyde Newton. Mable .Eggert,
Vera Fall. Dean Woodward, Jasper Cole
Mary waddle, Ira Mcconnell, Reg wildish,
Roy Eaton, Florence Culver, Sheldon Coon.
Emma Brahna, Alice Gable. Diplomas were
presented by Rev Won Fornell.
RANDOLPH, Neb., May S.-(Special. -
Last Friday evening the graduating ex-
ercises OF the Randolph High school were
held under direction OF Jasper Hunt, sup
eFintendent OF city schools. A large audi
ence was present, and the exercises were
pronounced the most successful in a num-
ber OF years. The pupils graduated are
Clara NJ. Clarke, Chester H. Fisher, Ella
Hall Hunt, Edith Williams, Wayne Bur
nett, Mae Priest and Floribel Bingley.
! EXETER, Neb., May 25.-(Special. THE
beccalaureate address which was to have
been delivered 20 the graduates by Rev.
WimberIey of the Methodist Episcopal
at the opera house Sunday evening was
omitted on account OF the severe storm.
WAHOo. Neb., May 25.-(specisl )-Last
| evening the opera house was filled with a
| large audience TO listen TO the baccalaur-
! cate address to the graduating class of the
! Wahoo high school The exercises opened
with a hymn by the high school chorus.
Rev. c. E. Giwitts gave invocation, which
| was followed by duet by Mesdames San
ford and Miller. Rey. NJ. A. Gault deliv-
cred the baccalaureate address. but was
taken I'll before he had finished and had to
be assisted from the stage. Rev. o. ].
johnson, president OF the Swedish Luth-
eran academy. finished the address In an
excellent manner. The program for COM
mencement week will be carried out as
follows: Tuesday evening. juniors recep-
ton 70 seniors; class day exercises Wednes-
day afternoon at the Wahoo Opera house
aImuni reception and banquet Wednesday
| evening; commencement exercises on
| Thursday evening.