The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-11
Miss Marie Boehm Secures High.
est Honors of Glass of 1909
Of Kenosha High School
SENIORS GATHER AT BANQUET
With Faculty as Their Guests Upper
Glass Members of the High School
Hear the Reading of
Annual Roll of Honor

Miss Marie Boehm, a north side girl
will be the valedictorian of the Class
! of 1909 at the Kenosha High School
! as the annual honors of the class were
announced at banquet at the audi
forum of the High School. Monday
evening and Miss Boehm had the high
est honors of her class, for the full
course with an average of 93.7. The
nonor to Miss Boehm is made the high
er on account of the fact, that she has
| completed the four year course of the
| High School in three years. She is
regarded as one of the best students
as well as one of the most popular
young women ever attending the High
School and her selection to lead the
class in the exercises which will mark
the close of the year, was decidedly
popular one with the members Of the
class Miss Mabel Wyman will be the
salutatorian of the class as she won
the second honors for the class with
an average of 92.4 Miss Elizabeth
Lyman was third with 91.2; Carl An
derson, fourth with 90S and Elmer
Pedley, president of the class, fifth
with an average of 90.7. The awards
were made wholly from standpoint of
scholarship and all of the work of the
High School department. was taken in
| to consideration in making up the
honor list. Three young ladies lead in
the class honors, butt the young men
OF the class have, shown improvement
over the men of other classes as this
is the first time in several years that
two boys have, been listed with the
honor pupils. The honor pupils select
ed will take part on the program at the
annual commencement of the class and
in addition to these five speakers will
| be chosen by the members of the class
to take part.
| The announcement of the honors
Eproved to be one of the most Interests
! ing little ceremonies, ever held at the
| High School. The senior banquet to
the faculty was an innovation, but it
proved such a delightful event that
there is little doubt but that it will
be. an annual event. in the future. At
the tables, which were prettily arrang-
ed for the occasion with the colors of
| the class and a. wealth of carnations
| and smilax, covers were laid for forty
and the guests Of the class included the
members Of the faculty and a number
of the school officials.
! Elmer Pedley acted as POSTMASTER
and short addresses were made by Su,
perintendent P. j. Zimmers, Miss Cora
Graves, one Of the High School teach.
ers, Mr.. Hooking and members of the
class. In a. short address Mr.. Zim-
for the work that had been done in
the class room and he declared that he
| considered the fact that the leading
| colleges of the country was getting
| back to the idea that brain rather than
Drawn should be the characteristic Of
the educated man was good sign. He
said that it had been the purpose of
| the teachers of the Kenosha High
School to develop to as high a. degree
as possible the scholarship of the stu
dents, and that it was matter of con-
graduation not only to the faculty, but
to- the class that the members Of the.
class of 1909 had made such an excel.
lent showing as scholars.
| Miss Graves represented the faculty
in the speech making and spoke Of the
pleasant relations that. had existed be.
tween the members Of the class and the
members of the faculty.
Mr.. Hooking had the pleasant duty
of announcing the. honors and as the
names of the successful students were
read they were greeted with cheers.
Short addresses were then made by
several of the members of the class
showing strong spirit of cooperation
between the members of the class and
the faculty.
The members Of the class will meet
In the near future and make selection
of the other speakers for commence
Iment. The commencement will follow
the usual lines and the detailed pro,
gram viii be made up in the next few
months.