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. - 4. :.
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
i district at 1890 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 att2:30 p. M =.
The Programs.
The programs will be as follows:
Central District
xo Mots sso BIDS ssasE e W Ba Il;
%, Daisies &C.. B. Hawley),. Eleanor Mes,
Graduates. Rev. Stanley B.. Roberts song By
class .America"; presenta ton of diplomas, DR..
God a1o sss Eude esbrcs Rey
ton ! From Para Far n Country Rosa Rosensten
q by
Johnson read By Annie Johnson Seward sehoo1
Fiossie Pardoe, Ruth Geddes, Irving school; reel
epaha Greeley seSoo 81 oa
lB. KLEIN; graduates; presentation OF diplomas
i NORTH DISTRICT.
ton, "The Bridal of Malahide," Lucertia b;
nsRfR May
of Old Glo;y'' Games Whitcomb Riley, Alvylda
of eeaa Ben hae
Kerser, Eugene Kairies. John Coskran, Lillian lila
hosan seleeon rom Theo
dore Roosevelt's 1.-THE American Boy Otto
BY G.
America" schools and audience.
EAST DISTRICT.
Selection, Sheridan school orchestra; recitation
Jennie aHats tains ch s1l
Violet's Fate Sheridan school; recitation.
so Be roan TEs 3s1s
ece raeG
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 a violin duet by Charles Eisler
and Bjarne Wasmuth. Ethel Holm
: buerg gave the class history. Amanda
Ii Brece, the prophecy. and Kimball
! Moore, the will. Bessie Goudie, May
I Moe, Jennie Walberg and Lillian MyrC
sang, an instrumental number was Civ
Q en- by Bjarne Wasmuth, Warren John.
ston, Charles Eisler and a quartet
Marguerite Jenne, Laura HELLER, FREQ
+ Lussier and William Krafoe furnished
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: Milton
Lundquist, Solanio; Marcus Giertsen
Roswell Fox, Gratiano; Edward Sui
livan, clerk; Hazel Rolph, Nerissa
:, Ethel Hughes, Portia. Franc Bale.
e presented the memorial, a handsom
!. 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 bers thirty nine
- The programs were cleverly gotten Vi
~ in the class colors with the numera
- on the cover.
% Blaine School Program.
1T The twenty-one members of the !
" 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 {
die Wacht am Rhein" and quotation
-. cleverly portraying the characteristic
= of the members had been arrange
by Frieda Yost and Laura Neumanl
le Irene Hughes and Cora Pratt pre-
toll scented the prophecy. The class color
S. of the school are scarlet and white an
x the flower, carnations, and it has bee
r. the custom of the graduates to Wes
10 them at the last program. This morn
ing the members of the eight
ar George Korp, with the blossoms
~ a basket as pleasant surprise. TT
,g class memorial was a book cas-
. case, which was presented by Laul
Neumann and received by John Bal
= ry. The Blaine school is probably tt
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 COZ
\ tributed piano duet and there W.
other music. The name Of Max Sha
lett was unintentionally omitted fro
'le the list Of graduates when it was pull
lished.
The graduating class of the Hafr
son school numbers forty-slx and j
exercises were held yesterday. Fred
Wright presented the class memoris
a handsome picture, which was a
We. ~L--4,. = hoard oF -n6lroafiNn I