Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1912-06-06
COMMENCEMENT At
ALDERMAN FRIDAY
DR.. Robert Hopkin of
Whitewater Delivers
the Address.

The commencement exercises held
at Ableman last Friday evening was
the event of the season. A large audi
ence had gathered at an early hour to
witness the graduation of a class of
five consisting of Roger Fenwick,
Henry schneider, Mildred Scharnke,
Myrtle Stephens and Richard
Luedtke. The stage was prettily
decorated with ferns and flowers and
trimmed in blue and white, the chosen
colors of the class. Over the front of
the stage in large white capital letters
on blue background was suspended
the class motto, Forward Only"
The program opened with an over
ture by the Ableman orchestra which
was very pleasing to all. Rev. Popp
then followed with the invocation
after which quartet, composed of
Messrs. Anderson and Bentley and the
Mesdames Bender and Smith, rendered
vocal selection that received hearty
applause. Roger Fenwick then repre-
sented the class by reading a we'll
composed essay on the subject of
"Wisconsin as a Stock Producing
State"
DR.. Robert Hopkin of Whitewater,
who had been engaged to deli yer
the commencement address, was
then introduced by Principal
Peterson. The speaker had chosen for
his topic, "Schools and Schoolmas-
ters", " hich he discussed under four
principal heads: home, work, society
and religion. He showed that man
must receive his education in all of
these four great schools and from these
schoolmasters. He spoke at some
length on home and home training
and then showed how each of these
great schools were linked and leagued
together and how necessary the one
| was to each of the others aud the
| necessity of all in order to build up an
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hood and womanhood. The speaker
| argued how empty all religious pre-
| tensions were if man did not possess
charity, love for his fellowman as we'll
as for self. He said he longed for the
day when religious differences would
| be cast aside and when all would join
together and work in harmony for the
'Great Master The speaker handled
his subject with such tact that young
| and old found something in what he
said that they could carry away with
them to think about. His pleasing
manner, easy delivery and sound
logic commanded the closest attention
from first to last and it was the feeling
of all who heard him that they could
have listened to him much longer
without getting tired.
G. A. Anderson then followed the
speaker with a vocal solo which re-
ceived hearty encore.
After this number Principal Peter
son presented the diplomas calling at
tention as he did so that even the
rudiments of an education required
some sacrifices in order to obtain ii
and that the class must not forget that
they were not the only ones that had
made any sacrifices for it. Their par
ents had tried to do their duty by
them and they were now under obi
cations to repay their parents-not in
cold cash, but to make the most of
themselves in the future and become
good citizens of the commonwealth.
The presentation of the diplomas
was followed by the singing of
"America" by the school children and
the audience after which Rev. Popp
concluded the evenings entertainment
by pronouncing the benediction.
Principal Peterson has been retained
for another year.