Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-06-09
END HIGH SCHOOL CAREER
THIRTY YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Years Work Has Been An Unusually
Successful One in All Depart
ments OF City Schools

Viroqua's S interest in her schools was
most evident during the past week. 1t
was the children's s week and the parents
and friends We're in attendance at the
various exhibits and exercises that
marked the closing of the school,
At the high school building, the man
ual training and domestic science de
partments had samples of the work
done by the children of the kindergar-
ten, grades and high school on exhiSi-
tion, and visitors were received on
Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.
The excellent work done in the diff
ferent handicrafts by the children Of
the lower grades is always somewhat
surprising. The tiny hands that are
Just being trained in the use of "scis-
sors and needles, nails and knives" ac-
complish much that is of real merit.
The treasured samplers" of our
grandmother day were not more skill
fully worked than are those of the little
school girl of today. To the natural
desire to have ones own work well
done is added the element of rivalry,
the wish to have it done better than
any other girls work and towels are
hemmed, hose darned, and little piece
quilts and tiny aprons made with pa
tience and cheerfulness that seldom
marked the conduct of the lonely little
maiden of former, days who labored at
her "stint" of back handing" or
patch work. at her mothers knee.
The display of sewing, weaving and
baking was fully equal if not superior
to the work exhibited in former years.
The work of the higher grades and the
high school had passed the sampler"
stage and consisted of most interest
ing display of underwear, wash dresses
and great variety of aprons and other
useful articles and cupboard filed
with baked things that certainly looked
good enough to eat. The ability of
the high school girls to cook and serve
an excellent meal had been demonstrat-
ed several times during the spring term
when members of the board, parents
and friends had been guests at iun-
cheons, the actual cost of the meal be-
ing paid by the guests. At these func.
tions the young hostesses acquitted
themselves with great credit to their
instructor and themselves.
In the manual training exhibit the
work of the grades consisted of the a.
ual display of backing boxes, carts an d
tabourets. The Improvement in this
work from year to year is noticeable TO
a close observer: but even casual OBJ
server could not fail to notice the mark
ed improvement in the furniture exhib-
it by the high school boys. Some Of
the tables and writing desks were Of
such excellent finish that they would be
priced in any well furnished home as
products of the skilled cabinet
maker.
Of course, the great event of the
week was the graduating of the class
Of 1909 from the high school Thirty
young people were graduated here. The
class roll was as follows
ENGLISH Hazel Shower. Ethel Mccall Ethel
Fisher, Herbert &nead. George iIauge William
Reed Albert Bush.
GERMAN Matilda DunnuDi Cora Mitby. Gertic
= Faden. Cvrnelia Miller, Clara 5wenBon. Della o.
son. Clara Lund, Hazel Baker. Lily Bergh. Mar
Raret Graves. Adgiph Sanwiek Paul Dahl. Earl
Marcus AmOdt. Herman Root
MODERN CLASSICAL Ra2nA Lindyig. Mabel
Miller. Dina Froiand Hettie Ruak. Caryl VIII
liaTns. LA Joyce. Nellie MeMaster Earl Clawater.
On Sunday evening, May 30, these
young people. with their instructors and
friends, listened 10 the baccalaureate
sermon delivered by Rev. G. r. Buffers,
pastor Of the Methodist church, at the
First Congregational church. This gen