River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-06-16

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D., is spending the week with his
mother.
Mrs. Elvira Wheeler, mother of
Mrs. Brier, arrived here Saturday
evening from Chicago.
Charles E. Seller, class of '95,
came up from Racine to attend
Normal commencement. He is vice
president of the Badger Mexican
Plantation Co., rubber and sugar
cane being their specialties.
Geo. Thee. Smith and Mrs. F. A.
Howe returned Friday from Apple
ton, where they had been as dele
gates, the former to the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, the latter to
the Grand Lodge of Rebekahs.
Minnie Barg returned from her
school this week. She will spend a
week at the home of Mrs. w. T.
Glass before leaving for North Da-
kota where she intends to spend
her vacation with her sister Henri
eta.
Bert Bracket came in from St.
Paul this morning on an automobile
and DR.. Percy DeMille and J. O..
MILFORD from Baldwin on the same
kind of a vehicle. The Doctor and
Mr.. MILFORD are accompanied by
their wivess
There are many people here from
out of town to-day to attend the
graduating exercises of the senior
class of the Normal school. The
weather conditions are perfect. 1t
is one of those exquisite June days
peculiar to this region.
Cecil Dodge and Miss Kate Ken
nedy of this city were married at
Hastings, Mimi, Sunday, June IL,
by Rev. Mr.. Durrie, pastor of the
Presbyterian church of that place.
The young people have the con.
CALCULATIONS and best wishes of the
community.
One of the most enjoyable events
connected with the Normal Com
mencement is the annual class par
ty given by President and Mrs. Brier
at their home on Third street. This
social event this year took place on
Saturday evening last. The num-
Der of guests was larger than usual
owing to the increased size of the
classes, nearly one-hundred people
being present on this occasion. In
addition the senior and elementary
classes and faculty there were
among the guests, Regent and Mrs.
Lord, Mrs. w. D. Parker, Mr.. Peck
ham, and Mrs. Scofield of Oshkosh.
The house was prettily decorated
with the school colors, red and
white, and the scene upon the wide
veranda where so many young peo-
pie were gathered in friendly inter-
course and amusements was a gay
and lively one. Refreshments were
served and the evening was one of
unalloyed enjoyment.
During the long, rigorous winters
of this northern latitude fellow
often wishes he were woodchuck
that he might curl up in a hole un-
der ground and sleep until spring.
But when summer does come it is
good to be alive. Perhaps the very
contrast from the exasperating Sc
verify of cold to a condition of
comfortable warmth accentuateS
and intensifies the enjoyment of
summer weather here. 1t is doubt
full if more enjoyable climatic con-
ditions can be found anywhere than
we have here during the summer
months. Weather that occasions
no discomfort is the most enjoyable,
as matter of course weather
which does not impress itself upon
your consciousness, weather that is
not noticed. 1t is a joy at this
season to bask IL the bright sun
light. that pervades and permeates
with warmth; to breathe the invig-
Grating ozone that exhilarates like
wine; to view the landscape with
it's ever-satisfying aspect-the glory
of grass and foliage, vivid with a
color that delights and never tires,
and the flowers that bloom profuse-
ly in splendor by the wayside.
The entertainment given by the
Normal students at Opera Hall Fri
day night was attended by good
house and the young people acquit-
ted themselves very creditably.
The speakers, two students from
each of the four classes, gave a
rhetorical resume of the years
work. These speeches, as we un-
derstand, were not selections from
the published works of authors,