The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-21
SEVEN HUNDRED
GET DIPLOMAS
GRADUATION EXERCISES OF
GRADE SCHOOLS YESTERDAY.
Joint commandments Held in Each
of the Four High School Districts
East High School COMMENCEMENT
Held Last Evening, North High Ex-
ercises Tonight.

Several hundred boys and girls
were transformed from grade pupils
to high school students to-day and DR..
G.. M. Jordan and the members of the
board of education had a continuous
exercise which began with the young
people of the north district in the
North high school at $3.50 a. M, and
closed with those of the Central high
school district in Plymouth church at
$3.50 p. m.
In the North high school 125 boys
and girls from the Bremen, Blaine,
Hamilton, Sumner and Logan schools
entered upon the last period of their
school life with an interesting pro-
gram. The Blaine school orchestra
very appropriately played, and as it
was the first appearance of the young
musicians away from home, they We're
given an enthusiastic welcome. Dale
Stevenson of the Sumner gave read
ing from "Rebecca of Sunny Brook
Farm; Lucretia Bohanon of the
Malahide"; Edyth Lindblom Of the
Logan sang Merry Maryland; Alvylda
De Haven of the Bremen contributed a
recitation, The Name of Old Glory
by Riley. The trial scene from "Mer-
chant of Venice" was given by Ben
Shallett, William Kerker. Eugene
Kairiers, John Coskran, Lillian Meyer
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and chorus from the Logan school
sang 1.-The Lark: Otto Huxmann of
the Logan gave selections from Roose-
velt's THE American Boy" DR.. c. M.
Jordan made short address and pre-
scented the diplomas, and the program
closed with the singing Of America
East Side.
The eighth grade pupils of the
East Side had their commencement
program at 1920 a. m. in the East
orchestra played, Lillian Betzler re-
cited and Earl Taylor gave "Cuba
Must Be Free The chorus from
Sheridan school sang '"The Violet's
Fate" and the one from the East
graded school, "Yearnings." Feat
ures of the program era > were r the e, tw !!
by Jennie Fitting, and Three Times
Four Make Twelve, Mother" by
Cecilia Crawford. Diplomas were
presented to 121 young people.
! . South Town Schools.
The eighth grade graduates of the
Adams, Greeley, Irving, Jackson and
Seward schools gathered in the South
high school at 1870 o'clock. The 16s
graduates za sang ne two two chg eh9russ ex R MGw
ard, and "Our Country" Klein. Rev
G. T. McGill delivered the invocation
and Sara Adams of the Adams schoo
played "Etude Caprice" by Mills
Rosa Rosenstein of the Jackson re-
cited From a Far Country" anC
Anna Hultcrantz Of the Greeley, 'Ir
the Name of Old Glory" Annie
Johnson of the Seward read char.
acter sketches from Merchant of
Venice written by Harold Johnson
also of the Seward. Flossie Pardoe
and Ruth Geddes Of the Irving, gave
piano duet, Arena March" by H
Engelmann. The diplomas were pre-.
sented by DR.. Jordan.
Central District.
The Central district had the larges
class, PSI boys and girls, represent
ing the Bryant, Clinton, Douglas
Emerson, Garfield, Lyndale, Madison
and Whittier schools, and the exer
cises were held in Plymouth church
lin solo by Cragg Walston, an deleano,
lin solo by Cragg Walston and Eleano
Nesbitt, with Margaret Gilmore a.
accompanist. sang my Mother Bid
Me Bind My Hair" by Haydn, ant
HawIey's Daisies Rev. Stanley B
Roberts gave the address to tn
graduates and after the singing o
america by the class the diploma
, were presented by DR.. Jordan.