Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
ROWING, NOT DRIFTING. :"
THE SLOGAN OF vIRO0UA HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES
Commencement Week Gala Time With the
Students and Their Friends--A Glass OF
Fifteen 90 out to Take up Life's Burdens
All Features OF GLASS Day Were Good.

With students and their parents,
friends and associates. commencement
week in Viroqua is happiest and most
interesting of all the year. The average
Joyous class of one dozen to twice that
number, full of sunshine and happy
anticipation for the future, make all
beings about them glad Late years
the affairs of commencement are more
diversified by three or four days of en-
tertainments and entertaining, opening
with baccalaureate sermon this year
given by Rev. J. A. Stemen, Sunday
evening, with the graduating proper,
then class day, followed the next even
ing with Junior reception and feast.
Wednesday evening the tabernacle
was we'll filed to witness and hear the
program prepared. The great build
ing was well decorated with flowers
evergreens, the national embIems, class
colors and prominent class motto Row
ing, not Drifting" After two musical
selections and prayer, DIR. Geo E. Vim
cent, of Chicago university, delivered
an address that was unique in the many
humorous, practical and solid points
made, told in the simplest yet impress
sive way.
III dn impressive Ink IIOl, 6hEHOn
presented the class, consisting of Oscar
Natwick, Larry Shower. Emma Slime,
Goldie Glenn, Dora Hays, Margaret
Morse, Sven Skaaland, Maude Smith,
Frances Dach, Ethel Hamilton, Chester
Dahl, Nora Neprud, Bennie Smith,
Edith Ogden aud Karl Theige, with the
diplomas they had SO well earned. Ben
ME Smith was president of the class.
1t is company of young people that
the school and the city should be proud
to send to higher educational institu-
tions and fields of usefulness.
A musical selection and prayer closed
the tabernacle exercises, after which
the class received congratulations as
the audience passed from the building.
The class day entertainment, Thurs
day evening, brought to the Opera house
more people than could gain admittance,
and numbers on the long and varied
program were pleasantly rendered and
well received. The musical selections
were all good and the orchestra select
ions brought forth applause, especially
the overture, THE Fox Chase. Glass
history by Dora Hayes, class poem by
Ethel Hamilton, class will, by Chester
DAHL presentation of ss memorial by
Emma Slime, with acceptance by Prof
Pearson, and valedictory by Maude
Smith, varied as they were by the hu-
morous and the serious, demonstrated
thought and care in preparation. And
the Afternoon Cali, renewing of
class friendships, by Margaret Morse
and Oscar Natwick, furnished amuse-
ment for the audience. Following was
farce play in which most of the class
had parts, The Albany Depot 1t
WAS change from the usual program
that ELECTED commendation
Friday evening the Junior class gave
dinner co the Seniors. the board of
education and instructors at Hotel Fort.
ney, followed by reception and dance
MT the Opera house.
b Through nut commencement week
was one the remembrance Of which is
to be cherish I'd by those who expect to
row, not drift, in the long years be
| fore them