The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-05-21
Arrangements Completed for An
nuaI Commencement Exer-
cises at Kemper Hall
IN GRADUATlNGCLASS
In Connection With Commencement Elk
ercises Sisters of st. Mary Will
Celebrate 25th Anniversary in
Charge of School
(From Thursdays Daily.)

Invitations were issued today for the
cises to be held beginning two weeks
from next Sunday and it promises to
be the most interesting week in the
history of Kemper Hail. In connec
ton with the annual graduation exer-
cises this year will be celebrated the
tWenty-ffth anniversary of the Mother
Superior Sister Margaret Clare and it
is expected that many of the members
Of the Sisterhood of st Mary will come
to Kenosha on account Of this cele-
bration.
The year has been the most success
full in the history of Kemper Hall. The
attendance at the school has reached
the record breaking point Of more than
hundred and fifty students and the
character of the work done has been
very high The commencement exer-
cises will open with the baccalaureate
sermon to be preached by the Rev.
A. W. Griffin, chaplain Of the Hall at
st. Peters Chapel on the morning Of
May 81. Monday Of commencement week
will be the annual field day at which
the athletic exercises will be held and
the annual review Of the military school
take place. On Tuesday will occur the
graduation exercises Of the preparatory
department and the annual exercises Of
the musical department. On Wednes-
day afternoon the annual reunion of the
alumnae will take place and it is ex-
pected that there will be between two
and three hundred Of the former KEN
per Hall girls back at that time. The
Alumnae Associations in Milwaukee
and Chicago are planning to attend in
a body. On the evening of Alumnae
Day, "The Antigone," of Sophocles
will be presented by the members Of
the Dramatic Club. It will be given in
the original Greek and special arrange
ments are being made to make the pro-
duction one of the best productions of
a Greek play ever seen in the west.
The members Of the club are almost
ready for the production and the
scenery is being painted in Chicago.
Many Of the leading young women in
the school will take part in the play.
The commencement exercises will
take place on Thursday June 4. The
usual Kemper Hall program will be car
ried out The annual address will be
delivered by The Rev. ZeBarney Thorne
Phillips, rector Of Trinity church, Chi
cago, and after the address the diplo-
mas will be awarded by the Rt. Rev.
Walter W. Webb, bishop of the diocese.
The week of commencement will close
with the planting of the class tree and
the setting of the class stone.
Following the commencement will
take place the annual retreat for the
Sisters and Associate Sisters of St.
Mary. This will continue for a week.
The class to be graduated this year
will consist of twelve young ladies, it
being one of the smallest classes of
the school in a number of years. The
members of the class are as follows:
Margaret Butterfeld, New York;
Eleanor Chandler, Evanston; Evelyn
Isabelle Dewitt, Chicago; Sara Strong
Fuller, Racine; Emily Johns Griffin,
Kenosha; Elizabeth Selden Henry,
Etigler, Ind. Ter; Morris Marguerite
Morton, Chicago; Elizabeth Bull Rob
inson, Racine; Katherine VanHorne
Robinson, Racine; Sidney Eleanor Soho
enberger, Racine; Beatrice Underwood,
Knoxville, Tenn; and Mary Sheldon
Wren, Mariana, Cuba.