The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-06-12
ACADEMY GRADUATES
Twenty-Five Young People Prepared
for College Life.

The graduation exercises of the
Penn Academy class of 1913 were
held this morning at 10 o'clock i'm the
auditorium and were attended by
large gathering Of relatives and
friends of the graduates. Promptly
at ten o'clock the class. led by the
faculty, marched from the college
building to their places on the plat.
form where they gave their own pro-
gram which is the custom of the
Academy graduating classes Invo
cation was given by Rev. j. M. Me
Clelland of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Miss Lois Busby gave the
first number on the program, piano
solo, "Valse Caprice" by Moskowski,
| In a pleasing manner, The next
number was an grafton entitled Hull
House." in which Miss Kathryn Cox
described the work of that great in
lstitution from the, time Of its origin
by Miss Jane Adams to the present
thine. Chase ConoVer followed with
his Grafton, The Crime of the City"
Mr. ConoVer has fine delivery and
held the audience during his Grafton
in a forcible manner Miss Byril
Jones appeared next on the program
with a vocal solo, Beloved, l. Is
Morn" The last Grafton was given
by Miss Ruth Kelsey, Our Quaker
Heritage" in which she told the his
tory and deeds of the Friends in
America and Europe.
John Whitaker, president of the
class of 1913, arose and with a short
talk on the history of the 1918 class,
presented the faces to the class of
1914 in which Roy Woods appeared
AM received the Faces for the 19l4's.
The Valedictory was given by Kelly
Davis, who won the four years schol-
Iarship to Penn for having the best
lgrades during his course. Miss Lois
| Busby has the honor of receiving the
one year scholarship to Penn for sec
ond best grades. Following the Val
edictory Miss Cora NJ Mattison, prin-
lcipal of the Academy, presented the
! diplomas to the class, after which
they sang their class song.
y The class of 1913 not only has been
la good class from an intellectual
STANDPOINT, but has carried its share
| of honOrS in other activities of the
Academy and College. The girls and
boys have both carried on society
work and Y. NJ. and Y. w. c. A. work
with success, while some of the boys
of the class have played college foot
ball and base ball, and five members
of last years Academy basket ball
team are members of the 1913 class.
Personnel Of the Class.
81 ahHt t.
course. Age Is years, Is days.
Daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. J. r. Busby.r
Twin enter college
Chase Conover, Oskaloosa, 10. Sci.
entific course. Age 10 years, IS days.
Son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Conover.
Will enter college.
Kathryn Cox, Deep River, la. Clas-
steal course. Age IS years, 7months
and Fl days. Daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs C. N. Cox. Win enter college.
Kelly Davis, Searsboro, la. English
German course. Age 81 years, 2
months, 20 days. Son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Davis. Will enter college.
Edwin c. Dodds, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Scientific course. Age 20 years,
months, % days. Son of Mr., and Mrs
il. P. Dodds. Will enter college
Harold J. Dodds, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Scientific course. Age % years, 6
months, 3 days. Son of Mr.. and Mrs
u. p. Dodds. Will enter college.
Jacob DrOst, Leighton, Iowa. Clas-
steal course. Age 10 years, 10 months
and II days. Son of Rev. and Mrs. F.
-. DrOst. Freshmen in Penn 1928.
Helen Dye, Stockville, Nebr. Sci.
g.. -
and days. Daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. c. Dye Will enter college.
Given Johnson, LeGrand la. Eng
lish-German course. Age 10 years,
10 months and lS days. Son of Mr..
and Mrs. c. G. Johnson. win enter
college
Byril Jones. Oskaloosa, la. CLASH
cal course. Age Is years. Daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Jones. Will
enter college.
Ruth Kelsey, Oskaloosa, la. Classi.
cal course. Age IS years, 8 months
and % days. Daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. Mead A. Kelsey. Will enter col
lege.
Delmar Latham, LeGrand, la. Eng
lish-German course. Age 90 years, s
months, Ia days. Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
}. w. Latham. Freshman in Penn
1928.
Edward McFadden, Oskaloosa, la.
Scientific course. Age II years, IL
months, 25 days. Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
q. T. McFadden. Will enter college.
Leon McFerran, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Scientific course. Age 10 years, 10
months, 2 days. Son of Rev. and Mrs.
Alexander McFerran. Will enter col
lege.
Elizabeth Michner, Oskaloosa, la. |
Scientific course. Age IS years, IL |
months, II days. Daughter of Mrs. |
Mary p. Michner. Will enter college. |
Maxwell Mills, LeGrand, la. Scien, |
tific course. Age 10 years. 10 months, |
) days. Son of DR.. and Mrs. f. NJ.
Mills. viii enter college
Blanche Myers, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Scientific course. Age Is years, |
3 days. Daughter of Mr.. and |
Mrs. J. w. Myers. viii enter college.
Harrison Pierrel, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Scientific course. Age 90 years, 10
days. Son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Pierrel. Will enter college.
Don B. Russell, Oskaloosa, Iowa. !
Scientific course. Age 20 years, 2
IL days. Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Russell Will enter college.