Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-04-28
FOUR WEEKS MORE
High School Seniors Making
Most Of Short Period Be-
fore Commencement.
IH1RTY-NINE WILL GRADUATE
Entries for IntercIass Field Meet &C
be Held at Fair Grounds
Saturday.

Saturday.
Thirty-nine high school students.
comprising the class of 1904, will re-
ceive diplomas June ,. All arrange
ments for commencement week have
been completed by them, and those
who are to take part on the class day
and commencement programs are in
dustriously rehearsing their parts UNI
der the direction of the teachers. Only
four more weeks of work are left for
the seniors. then comes commence
mcnt week, beginning May % with the
baccalaureate sermon, to be preached
by Rev. Lawrence at the Memorial
Christian church Wednesday even
ing, June l. will occur the junior hop
at the tower: Thursday, June ,. will
be class day. with exercises at the
high school in the afternoons: Friday
evening. June ;. the commencement
program will be rendered at the Illi-
nois theatre, and Saturday evening
the class of 1904 will be entertained
by the Alumni association at the high
school building.
This years class is smaller than
those that have been graduated for
several years past.
As Il present To the school. the class
will put in plate glass window on
the first landing at the north stair. y
likeness of the class pima shield with
81 in green and white, the class col
ors-will he worked into the window
to designate the givers. This will be
Il very beautiful gift and add greatly
to the appearance Of the upper cor
Tidor.
Two Programs.
The class day program will be as
follows:
Piano solo-Gertrude Sicmon.
Presidents address-Ben Rough.
Class history-Lillian Peterson.
Presentation of present to Juniors
Carl Anderson.
Response-Phebe Brooks.
Trio. vocal-Alice Bledsoe. Lills
Kerr, Eta Baker.
Class prophecy-Oscar Ohlweiler.
Presentation of present to school
Ruby Young.
esponse-Will Marquis.
Piano Solo-Iessie Warnecke.
Address at the planting of the ivy
Cora Van Calder.
The commencement program will
be:
Piano solo-Evangeline Casteel
Paper, Joan of Arc"-Mame Muir
rim.
Grafton, The Yellow Pcril''-Harry
Cozad.
Essay. Lydia, the Blind Girl''-sara
Stoddard.
Recitation, Jean Vatican and the
Bishop'-Ruth Buffum.
Debate. "ResoIved. That the Time
Has Now Come for the United States
to Do Away With the Protective Tar
itf' '-Afiirmative, James Maucker; neg
ative, Oscar Frazer.
Essay. The History of the Louisi-
ana Purchase"-Faith Channon.
Grafton, Are the Days of Chivalry
Past'-Elfreda Larson.
Violin solo-Guy Munger.
List of Graduates.
The following will receive diplomas:
Carl Ludwig Anderson. Carrie Eta
Baker leila Barrett. Bessie Beeler, |
Alice Jane Bledsoe, Ruth Irene Buff
fun. Ethel Cameron, Edna Frances
Carl. Evangeline Gardiner Caste"l. !
Faith Charity Channon. Henry Work |
Cozad. Jessie Adelia Eckert, Oscar |
Bryant Frazer. Holmes Leroy Fry. |
Wilton Sanford Giles. Walter Edwin |
Hart, Edna Gretchen Hazard, Robert |
Henry Hoffman, Title Irwin, Liliis |
Irene Mott Kerr. benjamin James |
Rough. Elfrcda Marie Catharina Lar |
son. James William Maucker. Cora
May Mckown, Thomas Candor Mont |
gomery. Martha Park Montgomery. |
Milton Blaine Morrison. Guy Elmer
Munger, Mary Geraldine Murrin, VIII |
MoIony Nevin, Oscar John Ohlwei!er,
Lillian Leigh Peterson. Gertrude Mary |
Siemon. Sara Minerva Stoddard. Fran
els Thomas Sullivan, Cora May Van
Calder. Jessie Mary Warnccke, Ethel
Young, Ruby Young.
IntercIass Entries.
The annual interclass field meet will
be held at the race track Saturday
afternoon at o'clock. The interest
in this event i of the greatest and the
chances are that il will he Il hard
fought contest. The points will be
between the three upper
classes. but the winning IF the meet
lies between the sophomore% and sen
iors. The class which wins in the
contest Will have its initials engraved
on loving cup. which il holds until
next years meet rolls around. The
spirit "f rivalry runs high between
t he classes and the meet will prove
an interesting one.
The entries handed To Manager Hen
dersOn are as follows:
SeniOrs-50-yard dash. Sullivan, Hoff-
L. II