The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-06-25
Large Class OF Students Graduated
From the High School at Rhode
Opera House Friday Night.
SWEET GIRL GRADUATE RElGNs.
Great Crowd gathers at the Hall and Cheers
the Efforts of the Young Ladies and
Gentlemen of the Glass

and flowers, with everyone save old
King Pluvius recognizing her sway
the "Sweet Girl Graduate reigned
su IRENE in Kenosha last nipht and
hundreds of loyal subjects gathered at
the Opera House to paw honor to the
chosen queen.
Com come and go but
each year the annual exercises have
some new charm, some variety which
draws the crowds of visitors and even
the deluge of rain was not sufficient to
keep the people at home.
In honor of the commencement ex-
ercises the Opera House was brilliant
in its decorations of plants and flowers.
The proscenium boxes and the front
part Of the stage were completely hid
den beneath a wealth Of flags and
bunting and the front part of the stage
was so banked with palms that the
graduates we're almost hidden from
view. Above The center of the stage
done in smilax and carnations was the
motto of the class "Success Proves
ITSELF"
The box to the right of the stage
was completely filled with flowers sent
by loving friends to the boys and girls
who had been so successful in the COM
pletion of the school course and they
we're distributed by a host of the fair
young ladies of the Junior Class.
The exercises were Of most enjoy
able nature and showed that the class
of 1908 was one of the best classes
that ever graduated from the High
School. There was just enough of the
speeches and music to complete the
evening and no one was allowed to tire
of the program during the evening.
The program brought out many of
the clever students of the class and
their work showed that the instructors
Of the school are entitled to hig praise
for the work that has been done dur
ing the past year.
When the curtain went up it disc1os-
ed the mem bers Of the class, the in
structors and many of the Board of
Education seated on the stage. The
class formed pretty group of more
than twenty and the young ladies with
their white dresses with just enough
of the black made pretty picture for
the audience.
The program opened with selec
ton by the Stemm Brothers orchestra,
after which the invocation was offered
by the Rev. E. T. Farrill Of the First
Congrega tional church.
In short and well written Grafton
Miss Stella Karcher, the Sa1utatorian
of the class, welcomed the audience to
the closing exercises and spoke of the
work of the class during the year.
She spoke from the subject Life"
and her short offering was one Of the
best things on the program.
"My Kingdom for Horse" was the
subject of a splendid essay by Miss
Edith Wallis. The essay was very
interesting and showed careful pre-
paration. At this point in the pro-
gram Miss f. Sara Sabelwitz, the
popular musical director Of the schools
sang in charming manner "Life's
Merry Morn" by Eben Bailey.
The Class Poem which was read by
Miss Ruby Kirk, was exceedingly
clever, and several times during it's
rendition Miss Kirk was greeted by
applause. It had in it happy hit on
many Of the memb ers Of the class and
not little true poetic feeling was
shown. Miss Kirk deserves great
credit for her work as class poet.
Ward Rowbottom was the next
orator, and he spoke on "a Plea For
the Negro" The questions of the
rights of the black man were handled
in forcible manner and the earnest
plea made by the young man showed
that he had rare ability as an orator.
One of the old songs sSwanee
River" arranged by Root, was given
by a quartette consisting of Misses
Edith Hansen, Ella Winberg, Edna
Donley and Edith Winberg.
Miss Mary Stevens was the next
member Of the class on the program
and she read an interesting essay on
the subject "Under the North Star"
Roy Donley, who has often appeared
before Kenosha audiences as an orator,
added new 1aurels to his reputation by
his splendid grafton, 'The Necessities
of War" Mr.. Donley treated the SUBJ
ject from logical standpoint and in a
logical manner. As an orator he has
few equals in Kenosha and his work
Friday night shows that he will make
a success in the line of a public
speaker.
The class prophecy was then read by
Miss Mamie Hartung and in clever
way Miss Hartung pointed out ruby
fortune for each of the members of the
class. The little hits on the incidents
of school life were brought out in a
way to call forth applause from both
the students and members OF the
audience. The prophecy was exceed
ingly good.
After music by the orchestra Miss
Theresa Tobin gave the valedictory,
speaking from the class motto, "Suc-
cess Proves Itself" In closing Miss
Tobin paid tribute of love and re-
spect to the memories of the four years
~ srkoo1 life a.1d aScsrrod fI1o 4aarLa~c