The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-20
DIPLOMA WEEK
IN The SCHOOLS
EIGHTH AND HIGH SCHOOL GRAD
UATION EXERCISES.
High school Diplomas Will Be Given
in the Evenings Eighth Grade
Grads Will Get Theirs To-mor-
row--Exercises to Be Held in Four
Districts.

With graduation exercises for ev-
cry eighth grade school in the city,
and for each high school, there is con-
siderable excitement in educational
circles this week, and the boys and
girls who are entitled to consider
themselves as students at the high
schools and those who have earned
the high school diplomas have ac-
quired added dignity.
The East High school will grad
uate a class of twenty-five this, eve-
ming, and tomorrow evening the
North High school young people will
be given their diplomas. An equally
interesting ceremony will take place
Friday evening at the South High
school and in plymouth church,
where the students from the Central
High school will assemble.
The grade exercises will all; take
place tomorrow with the children
from the north district at $3.50 o'clock,
in the North High school; the east
district, at 1920 a. M, in the East
High school,; the south district in the
South High school at 1880 o'clock,
and the central district in Plymouth
church at $3.50 p. M =. =
The Programs.
The programs will be as follows:
Central District. ...
Xo Mos seo BIDS SsagE e Ts Il; Hs ge
Bit BIT Margaret Giimore aeeonpanist; address to
graduates, Rev.. Stanley B.: Roberts; song BY
South District.
Grand march, chorus. Now Thank We All Our
6. T: McGill piano solo, 'Etude Caprice" 6.
E Sara seGS psfn
e BY
piano due stao 4
fsse fh Ru GedS d Het.
erantz Greeley school; chorus, ,"our, Country
lB. Klein; graduates; presentation of diplomas
NORTH DISTRICT.
! Reading, selection from .tRebecca Of Sunny
Brook Farm Dale Stevenson Summer; recita-
ss Sn solo Of etls sy
Of Old Glo:y" Games Whitcomb Riey), Alvyida
IF Ben shae
Kerger, Eugene kairies. John Coskran, Lillian lila
dore Roosevelt's 1.-THE American Boy Otto
BY G. ana gordan
America schools and audience.
EAST DISTRICT.
Selection, Sheridan school orchestra; recitation
New Teaeher jennie FITTING; at Chorus sDs' rhe
violet's Fate, - Sheridan school; recitation
stopS Mt Be es roap Makes Taks
Mother" Cecilia Crawford; chorus. .'Yearn
ings," East graded school: presentation Of
| Garfield Glass Day.
The graduating class of the Garfield
school gave it's class day program this
afternoon and the schOOlroOm was
deliberately decorated in the class col
ors, lavender and purple, and the class
flower. violet. The program opened
with violin duet by Charles Eisler
and Bjarne Wasmuth. Ethel Holm
buerg gave the class history. Amanda
i Brece, the prophecy, and Kimball
Moore, the will. Bessie Goudie,I May
bell Howe, Bessie Beeler, Ragnhil
Moe, Jennie Walberg and Lillian Myrc
sang, an instrumental number was Civ.
ston, Charles Eisler and a quartet
Marguerite Jenne, Laura HELLER, FREQ
Lussier and William Krafoe furnished
a selection. The class song, and {
!. song to the BIS were also pleasant
features. A reading from the tria
scene of the Merchant of Venice
was we'll given by Alfred Dent as the
duke; Joseph Polk, Antonio; Milto1
Lundquist, Solanio; Marcus Giertsen
; Shylock; Robert Gram, Bassanio
Roswell Fox, Gratiano; Edward Sui
Ivan, clerk; Hazel Rolph, Nerissa
=. Z II !,
!, presented the memorial, a handsome
mission clock, which was accepted b.
Harry Collins of the B Eighth grade
? Miss Youngs the principal, spoke /;
: few words of commentator to tn
= class, which mum ers thirty-nine
: The programs were cleverly gotten VI
= in the class colors with the numera
on the cover.
q Blaine School Program.
+ of
Y eighth grade Of the Blaine schoc
gave their last program this morning
Ben Shallott and Willie Kerker ha
written the class song to the music Q
die Wacht am Rhein" and quotation
- cleverly portraying the characteristic
of the members had been arrange
by F'rieda Yost and Laura Neumanr
o Irene Hughes and Cora Pratt pre-
o<l scented the prophecy. The class color
). Of the school are scarlet and white an
: the flower, carnations, and it has bee
: the custom of the graduates to wea
o them at the last program. This morn
ing the members of the 3 eight
grade presented the graduates, thr
r George Korp, with the blossoms !
: a basket as a pleasant surprise. III
g class memorial was book cas-
: case, which was presented by Laur
1Neumann and received by John Bar
: ry. The Blaine school is probably tn
only one in the city which boasts
circulating library of 400 volumes an
the book case completes the furnish
ings. Hazel Nolan and ETH Hoff cor
I tributed piano duet and there Wa
other music. The name of Max Sha
lett was unintentionally omitted frol
10 the list of graduates when 1t was put
lished.
The graduating class Of the HAIR
son school numbers forty six and i
exercises were held yesterday. Fred
,,rosoptad the class memOria