Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-22
DEAF SCHOOL GRADUATION
Eleven Students Complete the Course at
the Institution,
NEW. BUILDING IS ALSO DEDICATED
senator &. g.. saunders Delivers
the Principal Address, Compli-
mentInE the Class and Its
Teachers. .. ..


Teachers. DE-. b..
The magnlrcent new administration build
ing at the Iowa School for the Deaf,
erected at cost Of nearly $2OO,Vo, was
dedicated yesterday afternoon in conjuue-
ton with the commencement exercises OF
the graduating class before a large aud
interested audience, to many Of which the
work at the institute was revelation.
The exercises were held in the commodi-
Gus chapel, which forms part of the new
administration building and which was
prettlly decorated for the occasion. To
State Senator c. G. Saunders Of this city
was assigned the honor and pleasure OF
making the dedlcatory address. in which
he took the opportunity to congratulate
the eleven young men and women for
whom the state Of Iowa had done so much
in equipping them that they might be pre-
pared on leaving the school to fight the
battle Of life outside His address natu-
rally also dealt at length with the history of
the institution He said, IN part:
saunders Talks to students.
In the lives of Institutions and nations,
as i'm men, there are red letter days
days when the cares and responsibilities
Of existence are placed aside and the hours
devoted to felicitation and rejoicing pc
cause Of present blessings and promises
of a splendid future. Such days are filled
with joy, and the sunshine OF life seems
to ilumine the dark corners and make ,e
here. student and teacher, officer and
friend, to celebrate such day and to re-
ioice not only over the fact that this
splendid class of young people has reached
the contamination of its toll aud Is to go
out into life prepared for It's struggles
but also to dedicate for all time this beau
tiful building to the cause of education.
| congratulate you young people that upon
the conclusion of your courses OF study
YOU are TO inaugurate your advent into
the world under such favorable auspices.
Kind parent and teachers have led you
along the pathway Of Childhood ana nave
your life work fully equipped for the strug-
gle. The state of Iowa has made you It's
special wards, prepared school suited TO
YOUR peculiar needs and has retained
corps of skilled instructors that your edu-
cation may be complete and that you may
that you may lead happy and useful lives,
but also that you I'm turn may discharge
all the duties of American citlzens WIN
credit TO yourselves and with honor 10 your
parents and the state that has done so
much for you.
The commencement exercises proved most
interesting especially to those among the
audience who had not had the pleasure
of witnessing them on the former occasion.
Hon. ]. T. Hamilton, chairman of the State
Board of Control, in presenting the d.
plonas to the graduates made an eloquent
address, during which he paid superintend-
ent Rothert and his corps of assistants a
high tribute.
Program of Exercises.
The following program was carried OUT
Invoca ton ................. Rev. James O'May
Salutatory and Essay-Courage... ;.::;..,
..,...::..;..,... ;;..''.''''' Tag nhida les, Zee
School Work CoraD Beginning CLASS
School Work (manuaD. ......,., Fifth Grade
'o"0' Margaret Fl. Watkins, Teacher.
Essay-Door Knobs. ........... Lizzie Rhoades
| School Work loraD 49,: Fourth Grade
Responsive observation-disclosures Wilcoxen'
Sing song-Beautiful Isle OF Somewhere
Dedicatory Address. ........................
..,,..,..i5...... Senator c. G. Saunders
| Essay and Valedictory. .Luverne Byrne
Address and Presentation of Diplomas
Hon j, T. Hamilton, Chairman State
Board of Control.
| Benediction.
List of Graduates.
The eleven graduates who received di-
plomas were:
Luverne Stephen Byrne Sheffield, Frank
lin county, entered school 1884, Melvin Lem;
Marshalltown, Marshall county entered
school 1903; Ransom Henry Arch, Council
! Bluffs, Pottawattamie county, entered
school 1895; Henry Carl Buttenhoff, Dows,
/ Wright county, entered school 1895; Ragn-
| hilda Knudtdatter Lee, Ossian, WinneshielS
! county. entered school 1901; Amy Ethel
| Cough, Rockwell. Cerro Gordo county, en-
| tered school 1895; Efie Stella Clifford, st.
! Ansgar Mitchell county, entered school
! 1896; Lizzie Rebecca Rhoades. Shenandoah,
| Page county, entered school 1896; Lila
| Ethel Dorothy Purchaser, Nevada, Story
county, entered school 1895; Edith Olive
Hastings Grand Junction, Green county,
entered school 1895.
The dedication ode, rected by the grad
/ uating class, was. composed by ]. Schuyler
Long, the head academic teacher of the
institute
Last evening the graduates were rendered
a reception and dance by the undergrad
yates.
Arrangement of Building.
| The building dedicated yesterday takes
the place of the one destroyed by fire three
years ago. 1t is three stories and basement
high, constructed OF pressed brick and
stone, and standing on an eminence as IL
does, It presents an imposing appearance.
One wing is to be occupied by the boys
and the other by the girls. On the top
floor OF the main structure are the rooms
OF the help, on the second floor the quar-
tiers OF the teachers and on the main floor
the rooms of the superintendent, the re-
ception room, library, chapel and dining
| rooms.
In the former building the hospital was
on the top floor but an entirely new and