Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-04
Graduation Exercises.

The senior class of the high
school held their exercises last Fri
dry night in the Methodist church,
to a gathering thoroughly appreci-
ative of the work accomplished and
course honorably completed. All
day Friday was cloudy and rainy
but the class with the assistants
had the church tastefully prepared
for the services. Their motto, Fes-
tina Lente was on the wall above
the class and their coIors. cream and
scarlet hung in graceful entwine-
ment to the chandeliers above their
teachers heads. About five in the
afternoon the Audubon Male Quar-
tet sent word that they could not
appear and Prof. Hersom and the
committee called in local quartet
improvised for the occasion, CON-
posed of II. L. Wissler, Will Wiss-
Ter, Edwin Delahoyde and G. W.
Marlin, some of whom did not know
they were to help until nearly eight
o'clock. The quartet sang two Sc
lections, Will Wissler bass solo
and Miss Berta Gano sang solo.
Miss Gano deserves special mention
for her selection and the manner in
which it was given and for her sac
ritice in going out into the storm to
help the class out. She is a gradu-
ate of the high school herself and
doubtless rem EN- bers how she would
have felt had the program been
marred.
At about $50 the class escorted by
Prof. Hersom and Asst. Principal,
Miss Alta Harsh entered the body
of the church to a march played by
Miss Mollie Delahoyde aud took
their allotted places on the rostfutn.
They remained standing while Miss
Elizabeth Liberty Jonas and Miss
Grace West passed up and they
gave to each a beautiful large DO.
/ quet. The audience then rose and
sang America after which Rev. ii.
L. Wissler invoked divine guidance
TO the services of the evening. After
a selection by the quartet Miss Eliz-
abeth Jonas stepped to the front of
the platform and delivered very
strong oration on THE Discipline
of Life and Character" She deliv-
cred it without break in a clear
|resonant voice that made deep and
pleasant impression on her hearers
comprehended, the beauty of a
living examples of lives who had
lived and built up strong charac.
ter she showed the beauty and the
necessity of living a clean, pure life
full of energy, tact and common
sense, if one wishes to make a sue
cess of their life's work.
After the solo by Miss Gano, Miss
. West gave her oration on The Win
, ming Quality" and she was easily
/ heard and understood. Her knOwi
edge of language and use of words
: was plainly discerned from tn,
, easy cadence and rythmatic uni
| formity of her sentences. Sh
showed how life unfolded, devel
oped and grew into all the noblenes
by which it is environed and dis
2 ciplined and how education help
! to lift it high and dry on the noun
! tain side of intellectual perfection
In presenting the class Prof
2 Hersom made short address tha
2 teened with sociological facts il
: the embodiment of the intellectua
acumen of pupil life. He touche
upon those twin factors school am
a daily association in the formation
e period of the intellect and Shove
: that the greatest mission of tn
i instructor is to teach the pupil
e how to think accurately and natul
t ally.
Il The class. was presented to Rev
:. II. L. Wissler acting tor the pres
e dent of the board w. r. CopelanC
# who was sick, and he presented tn
diplomas on behalf of the school i
one of his we'll worded speeche
y and the class was launched OF
r upon the possibilities of the futur
e Just at the commencement {
l. greater ideals.
u After song by the quartett
# Elder E. G. Whitaker pronounce
e the benediction and the friend
a showered the class with congratul;
" tiors