The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-30
Week Of Commencement at the
Kenosha High School to Offer
Interesting Time
1.-THE PRIVATE SECRETARY
Senior Class Play This Year the Same
as Given at University Year Ago
Glass Day to Be Made
Interesting to All

The members of the Senior Class of
the Kenosha High School have COM
p1eted the arrangements for the an
nual Commencement exercises at the
school, and Commencement this year
will be more interesting than IN for.
mer years. The Senior class this year
is composed of but twenty-five mem
bers, the number being much smaller
than in former years. 1t is stated,
however, that the class is The best
class ever graduated from the High
School, and fully half of them will go
to some of the colleges of the North
west for the coming year, and they
are expected to be heard from in col
lege life and college work.
The annual week of Common cement
exercises will begin on June 10, when
the Bacca1aureate sermon will be
preached. The place for this service
and the subject will be announced
later in the month.
The annual class play will be given
at the Rhode opera house on the
evening of June 20, and the members
of the class have secured the right to
present "The Private Secretary" a
three-act comedy which was produced
by the Senior class of the University
of Wisconsin two years ago. The
play is said to be one of the prettiest
comedies ever staged. The young
players are being coached by Miss
Marie Heating, and dress rehearsals
for the play will take place within
few days. The members of the cast
include Misses Mamie Gems, Mary
Miller, Esther Tanck, Gertrude Allen,
and Messrs. Joseph Bendt, Jack
LOOMS, Ralph Kingsley, Lawrence
Baldwin and Leslie Lease.
On the afternoon of June 21st the
annual Class Day exercises will be
given at the auditorium of the High
School. This will be the first time
that the new gymnasium is thrown
open for the use of the students and
their friends. At the Class Day ex-
ercises .'The Memento from the Class
of 1906" a handsome work of art,
will be presented by Francis Curtis,
of Zion City, who was one of the lead
ing members of the class. ''The Class
Mementos Of the Class of 1902 will
be given by Joseph Bendt and Mary
Miller, and ''The Class History" will
be read by Lawrence Baldwin. Fol
lowing the exercises at the auditorium
will occur the annual parade of all the
students of the school, which will be
followed by the planting of the Ivy on
the High School campus. The Ivy
Grafton will be delivered by Jack
LOOMS.
In the evening of the same day the
annual Commencement exercises will
take place at the Rhode opera house.
There will be seven speakers on the
program and the following numbers
will be given:
Sa1utatory-" - -. .
Mary Jackson
REPRESENTATION of Our Forests.''
Minnie Larsen
Oration-''Chi1d LAHORE.
Myrtle Keh1
Oraton-"What England Has Done for Egypt''
Florence Griffin
Oration-"Defense of the Senate"
Ralph Kingsley
Neutrality-suspicious. Service.n ..,..
Mamie Zens
Following the program the diplomas
will be presented by superintendent
Zimmers.
On the Monday following the. Com
mencement exercises the annual Jun
ior Promenade will be held at the au-
ditorium of the High School, and the
biennial reunion Of lthe Alumni, at
which the members of the class will
be received into the Association, will
take place on theifollowing Saturday.