Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-26
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The schools will hold regular sessions
on Monday until o'clock, when al
grades will march to the court house tc
Join the procession 10 the cemetery tC
participate in the exercises in honor OF
the s~'aier dead.
I.. .7inlen is so fer recovered as to
leave the hospital She is now visiting
in Glencoe, Illinois, whence she vii
soon return to VirOqua TO attend The
closing exercises Of the schools.
The BRYAN debating club held its los.
ing session, Monday nigh, at H,ll's
restaurant. After light ret. 's'..Gents
and election Of officers for ne yea II,
II several talks were made by the ,hers
n present and a number of good stories
I told. The officers for the first quarter
I next year are Kenneth Smith, presi-
dent; Albon Lindemann, vice president;
, Julius Thorsness, secretary; Clarence
/ Amodt, treasurer.
! The music for commencement will be
4 furnished by chorus of ninety young
( ladies' under the direction of Miss Joyce:
! a club of thirty young men who are be
/ ing trained by Miss Thomas, and by a
double quartette. The orator Of the
occasion, DR. Bennett is a tenor solo
ist of merit, and he will sing several
songs, also.
The second annual banquet Of the VII
roqua high school occurred last Thurs
day evening. The following attractive
menu was served TO party Of one hun
dred and twenty students and guests in
the parlors of the Congregational church
by the members Of the Ladies' Aid so
ciety:
Chopped meat Dreamed potatoes
Fruit Jelly
Chicken salad Waters
Pickles Olives
Sailed nuts
lee cream Cake
Coffee
After the supper came the toasts
Paul Dahl, veritabie Chauncey De
pew, presided. or we might better say
managed the helm, for the entire pro-
gram was of the nature OF an airship
ascension. Earl Arlington responded
to the toast, We're OFF. Judge Ma
honey spent busy five minutes Throw
ing Out Ballast. Hetty RuslS told Of
the pleasures Of Soaring, and Ken
meth Smith discoursed on the enchant-
ment Of being Up in the Air" The
company partook Of Canned Goods, Z"
opened by Harry Blythe. visited "Air
Castle" under the guidance of Lily
Bergh and went Touching the Stars"
with Albon Lindemann. Signalling
was INDUCED in by Herman Root. the
philosophy Of "Bursted Bubbles" was
expounded by George Hauge and, after
Eunice Hayes had taken a Birds Eye
View" of the future, the aerial tourists
were brough Back To Earth by Prof.
Colburn, all unframed except for nu-
merous sore sides which were probably
due rather to excessive laughing than
to difficulty experienced in breathing ut
the high attitudes reached.
At the end Gf his toast Prof. Coiburn
introduced new feature into our liter
airy activities when he presented each
member Of the winning debating, de-
clamatory and oratorical team with a
large felt letter ~. " Mr.. Colburn
said that "V" stood for Viroqua, Vale
dictOry and Victory, and urged every
Viroqua student TO aspire to become
valedictorian of his or her class and to
assist in bringing victory to the school.
Then some informal speeches were
given. w. A. 0dlum talked on Look
ing Back A. Il. Smith predicted new
victories for rext year; Miss Kollock
told how the news of this years victor
les read by her away down in Indiana,
gave her great delight. The school at
mGsphere put < j. Smith into such
happy rood that he kept the company
cOrraised with laughter during the en-
tire period he had the floor. j. w. Nu-
yum spoke of the loyal support which
has always been given the school by
the city, and W. N. Cohland made the
hit OF the evening when he replied to a
verbal attack which had been made up.
on HIM by presenting w. A. Odlum with
a toy balloon
Then everyone scared home. wishing
that next year would hurry up and come
so that they might do it I'll over again.