The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-29
Class of '05 ofthe Kenosha High
School Holds its Annual Com
mencement Exercises.
PAY HOMAGE TO GRADUATES
Great Crowd of People Throng the Hall
Filling it to its Capacity.-Va1-
edictory Delivered by Miss
Anna Gonnermann.

evening and class OF thirty mem berS
received diplomas of graduation from
the city schools.
1t was the prettiest commencement
exercise ever held in Kenosha. The
''Sweet girl graduate" was very much
in evidence and in her honor one of the
largest crowds ever seen in the opera
house turned out to attend the ex-
ercises. The class of thirty was the
largest graduated from the High
school in its history and judging
from the public performance of the
members of the class the work during
the past year has been of a decidedly
satisfactory nature.
The opera house never looked
prettier. The stage had been banked
with palms and ferns while the pros
cenium boxes were almost hidden in
decorations of green and white, the
| class co1ors. Over the big arch of
the stage in letters of white and green
had been hung the class motto ''There
Are No Alps In the front part of
the stage had been placed a great
bouquet of marguerites the class
flowers.
The scene that was revealed with
the rising of the curtain was charm
ing one. On the stage were seated
the members of the class and the
teachers of the High school while in
the back ground we're quite number
of the members of the board of
education and the school principals of
the city.
The appearance of the class was a
signal of applause from the large
company. The program opened with
an overture by the Stemm Brothers
orchestra after which the Rev.
Florence Buck of the First Unitarian
church offered prayer. Miss Margaret
Pirsch was the first speaker of the
evening She was the Sa1ntatorian
of the class and on behalf of her class
mates she addressed word of
welcome to the large crowd that had
gathered for the closing exercises.
She spoke from the class motto
"There Are No Alps" and pointed a
lesson of encouragement to the
members of the class. She delivered
| her address in a charming manner
and won applause from her auditors.
Miss Florence Barr was the next
speaker her subject being Edmund
Burke" Miss Barr spoke OF the
great English statesman and his life
telling especially of his friendship
for the colonies and his work in secur-
ing the independence of the United
States. Her Grafton was well written
and well delivered. Here the High
School Glee club appeared and
rendered in a charmingly artistic
manner Mitte11's tThe Sand Man"
Fred Morse speaking on the sub
| iect "a Century of Dishonor" told
the story of the American Indian. He
spoke of the treatment that the
Indians had received at the hands of
the whites and made strong plea
for fairer treatment of the aborigines.
Miss Edith Barter had popular sub
ject speaking on Russia and Japan"
She reviewed at length the history of
the two nations and spoke of the great
struggle that is now engrossing the
attention of the world. Her adnira-
ton for the Japanese was freely ex-
pressed. Her grafton was one of the
best of the evening.
Miss Sabe1witz and Mr.. Hur1bert
then sang Nevin's go! That We Were
Maying," and received hearty en-
core, after which the senior Grafton
was given by Alfred Miller. "Alex-
ander Hamilton" was the subject,
and Mr.. Miller gave splendid pre-
sentation of the life of the great
American financier and pointed les
son to the young men of the country
from his life. The GRAFTON was a
forcefu1 one and the delivery one that
convinced the audience that Mr.. Mil
Ter has future as an orator.
Then came one Of the features of
the evening, "The Class Prophecy"
It was read by Miss Ruth Melville.
The prophecy had many happy hits
on the members of the class, and the
fair prophet offered great futures to
every one of the members of the class.
Many of the futures, as shown IN the
prophecy, provoked great merriment
among the students and their friends.
| After another selection from the
orchestra, Miss Anna Gonnermann
gave the closing number of the pro-
gram, the Va1edictory. Miss Conner
mann spoke on the subject, Worlds
Fairs as Means of Education. She
went back into history and showed
that the world had gained from the
various fairs held in the different ma
tons of the world. In closing, Miss
Gonnermann gave the annual ad-
dress Of farewell. She spoke to the
faculty, to the students and to the
patrons of the schools. In a touch
ing manner Miss Gonnermann spoke
of the happy years of High school
work, and in bidding farewell to
school days she urged the members of
the class to make this commencement