Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1914-06-03
MASCULINES A MAJORITY
UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE TNcoM-
MENCEMENT CLASSES
yiroqu Proud of Graduates Achieve
ment-A Week of Activity in
Educational Circles

High school commencement in Yiro-
qua has for thirty years been one of
the strong community features. repre-
senting IL class Membership many
young people Rho have taken superior
rank in affairs of state and cauH ~. gen
orally bringing credit 20 the school ard
themselves This year IS no exception,
large and sfreng membership being
privileged 20 take the forward step into
larger opportunity ard Re given the
parchment In the several lines of
school life the class has brought honor
and won laureIs ameng the largereehools
of the district and state re is a fine
body Of young men and Gaiders. strong
in intellect. aggressive in ali that has
been undertaken, yoaug women and
men of good character and full of de-
termination. These have been indeed
fortunate in having exemplary instruct
ors, both from an educational and per-
sonal standpoint. These students have
come from the best families OF this city
and surrounding section
The GRADUATING CEREMONIES
FRIDAY night the tabernacle was again
filed, and il is a proud hour TO US who
are interested Thirty-nine graduates
filed into their places, and we who
know them picture the useful lives we
as a city and community are sending
out into the world. Twenty three are
young men, the greatest proportion of
males the school has ever graduated,
outnumbering he girls by seven, and
this fact was favorably commented up
on by the speaker Of the evening. The
two choruses by students were good,
even more than good, when we consid-
er the large number to be trained. The
girls chorus always does we'll
The lecture or address to the class
by Rev. PlattenDurg on Worms Be-
meath the Bark, was suited to the oc-
casion. The many stories each carried
a lesson and he was happy in his use of
epigrams, 1t was the kind of a talk
young people need, for they must all.
or nearly ALL fill the ordinary places in
life, and to "whirl the brake" at the
right moment faithfully is doing a duty
for the world as we'll as sitting in the
presidents chair or filing the office of
great railroad company. Character
counts in any station.
The stage arrangement and decora-
! tons were very fine and unique. The
class colors were nicely interviewer
class motto, 1--WE Are Ready" affixed
to white background.
HoNoRs CONFERRED
Superintendent Bishop presented the
customary avs" to those students who
won honors in the several school activ-
tiles 5 follows: n debate Elmer
Hayes, Ora Rabbit, Joe Roman, Por-
ter Dyer, Kenneth Davis, Leonard
Amodt, Gerald Smith, Earl fainter.
Oratory Joe Romsa, Arnold Fawcett,
Gerald Smith.
| Base ball and basket ball -Almon
Fortney, Roland Chase, Edwin Kuehn,
Adolph Wolfgrsm, Joe Roman, Otto
Helgeson, Arnold Fawcett, Alfred An
derson, Ora Rabbit, Oscar Peterson,
Henry Suttle.
Declamatory-Msry Graves, Ev a
Slack.
BIT OF SCHOOL HISTORY
In his pleasant and complimentary
address to the class Mr.. Bishop refer
red to the life work Of the school alumni,
giving it as total of 5l2, 3l5 ladies'
and 1877 men. OF these 95 girls and %
boys took up the teaching profession,
or 60 per cent of the female graduates
had become teachers, rs of the number
are still at that work, while many of
those who have left the ranks are in
cluded in the lat who have helped es-
tablish homes. Forty-seven attended
higher institutions of learning; 81 grad
yates have become farmers, "a are at
home, 10 became clerks, with an equal
number doing their share of the world 8
work as stenographers, and l s are
classified as merchants. The class rolls
have been thinned by that grim reaper
death, and 16 have been received into
that country from whose borne no ira
Weller returns. Eleven alumni are at
present practicing law, with an equal
number in medicine and surgery, en-
gineers, nurses, ministers, bank
ers, 3 dentists, 3 real estate men, while
the remaining members are in business
and professions not easily classified