Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-05-13
COMMENCEMENT DAYS.
SchOOldays Over for Sweet Girl Grad
yates and Proud Young Men.

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Throughout the length and breadth
OF this broad land of ours senior
classes are making arrangements
for dissolution of their associations
with school rooms, and prepara-
ton of graduation gowns, essays
and orations will occupy consider
able of the young folks time for
the next few weeks.
Schools, colleges, universities and
other institutions will close their
doors for the annual summer vaca-
ton and will send out into the
world countless thousands of grad
yates. Many of these will have
titles affixed to their names
and be justly proud of the honor, but
the great majority will face the
battle of life minus degrees of any
kind and will have to struggle
along with the mental equipment
furnished by nature and the public
schools. These are handicapped to
some extent but they will have the
satisfaction of knowing that many
of our most successful business men
never saw the inside of college or
university. In fact a leading manu-
facturer of Chicago who has amassed
many millions and made an envi-
able name for himself recently
published book demonstrating ac-
cording to his view the fact that a
college education was a handicap to
youth entering commercial life.
This is an extreme position to take,
be it said, and not many would
coincide with the same.
For the consolation of those who
are and perhaps always will be
degreeless it may be well to call at
tention to the multiplication Of
honors granted by colleges which
are conferred apparently with little
or no discrimination. A thesis upon
any subject seems to be sufficient
to obtain a degree and numerous
prominent educators count their
sheepskins by the score. The papers
only this week recorded the spec
tacle of an university president
who had to make a race against
time in order to receive degrees
from two different institutions Of
learning widely separated and ger
back home in order to confer
similar degrees upon others. Such
honors are worthy of commenda-
ton and should not be belitled but
more judgment must be shown or
the honor will speedily become an
empty one.
Right at home in Grant county
there will undoubtedly be turned
out two or three hundred graduates
from the several schools and Grant
county's schools are unexcelled.
The Herald would be pleased to
print the names of all these grad
yates and give each compliment
larry mention for having completed
the course successfully. This how
ever is impossible.
We print below the list of grad
yates from several towns and will
complete the list as soon as it is
reported:
Lancaster Frank Meyer, Rush
| Godfrey, Paul Howell, Chas. Met
calf, Charles Petty, Herbert Taylor,
Ray Moses, Richard Falley, Emily
Cronin, Pearl Mcdonald, Anime
Belscamper, Anna Richardson, Lena
Kress, Beth Lishesness, Florence
Judd, Merton Markert, Rose Udel-
hofen, Belle Walker.
Montfort-Wi James, George
Shipley, Olof johnson, Thomas
Preston, elena Smith, Elva Willard,
Linda Allhaus and Daisy De Witt.
Muscoda Sadie Jeffries and
Frank Groves.
Potosi--Lillian Schumacher and
Dora Duve.
! Cassville-Fred Scharfenstein,
Emery Schultz, Fred Mutt, Mary
Thomas, Ella Bechemier and Agnes
| Ortschied.
Bloomington = Charlotte Wit
comb, Amy Crabtree, Mort BARLEY,
Elgie Kraut, Florence Brady, Frank
Riese, Paul Lewis, May Budworth,
Lou Smith, Coy Chapman and Mary
Patterson.