The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1906-06-07
High School COrr1r11ercen1ent.C1 200
ifoto1as go to fourteen Autographed Sl1eeps<ir1s
given to a large class Completing the
High School

The High School year closed
last week With fitting COM
mencement exercises at the
Opera House Friday evening.
Amidst flowers and music, sur
rounded by interested relatives
and friends and in the presence
of their instructors and the
school officials each member of
the class of 1905 won credit
and applause in an affair which
to each individual marks an
important epoch in their lives
and to some probably marks
the end of their school career.
There were fourteen members
of the class, which in point of
numbers was the largest, with
one exception, ever graduated
from the Wahpeton High
School, and as to personal abil-
ity of the members and their
scholarship they rank among
the best it not the very best
ever graduated in the city.
The stage was beautifully
decorated with a profusion of
potted plants and flowers and
each white-gowned young lady
carried a bouquet of red roses
while the boys of the class wore
a boutonierre of the same.
The program was opened by
Prof. F. e. Moll who invoked
the divine blessing, followed
by an overture. by Braun's
Orchestra, which at intervals
during the program, by their
pleasing selectlons, greatly en-
hanced the enjoyment of the
evening.
AZ salutatorian Althea Ulsa-
ker spoke on the Esprit of
Modern E lucation." a subject
which she skillfully handled,
pointing out it's various phases
it's tendencies, possibilities and
probabilities. "The School a
Symbol of our Republic" the
theme chosen by George Va.
chon, contained many good
thoughts and the speaker plain
ly showed the analogy of the
school and the government. In
her "Class History" Josephine
Male gave a graphic portrayal
of the class since it's inception
twelve years before, a descrip-
tion of the members and the
time when each had entered
the class, an account of class
life in the old school house and
the migration of the class upon
the completion of the new high
school to the elegant rooms
where the course was finished.
Hazel Yates, in "What is Sue
cess" gave an apt illustration
OF what success means, prov
ing that determination and
perseverance eventually win
out, and that every door lead
ing to success 10 labeled
Push" The recent political
upheavals, and the war now
being waged in Congress and
elsewhere against corporate
greed furnished q fruitful topic
for Roy Bailey in his "Spirit of
Reform" which he handled in
q mastery manner. Prof. Clip.
fell and Prof, Wanner gave a
cornet duet which was nicely
rendered and enthusiastically
applauded. That our "Golden
Opportunities" are not always
accidents but can and are fre-
quently created or improved by
our own efforts, when, If we
have the intelligence and cour-
age to embrace them, lead on
to success was ably demon
strated BY Emma Voves. That
"a prophet 10 not without
honor except in his own coun.
try" was fully proven by the
incredulous manner in which
the "Class Prophecy" was re-
ceived BY those whose future |
was predicted 90 wittily and
gracefully By Florence Jamie
son. "The Sphere Of Woman"
by Jennie Rice showed con-
vincingly that woman's sphere |