Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-05-23
NEWS OF NEBRASKA SCHOOLS
Fifty Four Graduate at David City
Forty-Four at McCook, Thirty
-Four at Pawnee City.
SENATOR NORRIS AT OXFORD

DAVID CITY. Neb.. May 2.-(special)
The opening event of the annual COM
mencement season of the David City High
school was the alumni reception and
banquet Friday evening in the spacious
psrlors of the First Methodist church.
What Is Your Life?'' is the subject of
Rev. K. C. Davis baccalaureate sermon
to the graduating class at the Methodist
church Sunday evening, May %. "She
Stops to Conquer" is the title of the
class play to be given at the opera house
Thursday evening. May q. There are
eighteen characters in the cast Miss
Grace Etting and Gerald Fenlon have
the leading parts. Cloyd Stewart of the
University of Nebraska will direct the
final rehearsals.
A miscellaneous program will be given
at the graduation exercises Friday even
ing. May 2s. Rev. j. j. Bell will give the
invocation and Superintendent F. r.
Beers will present the diplomas. There
are thirty-three girls and twenty-one
boys whose names follow: Misses ldelle
Book. Elsie Browitt, Viola Bykerk, Anna
Brandt, Merle Callen. Mary Considine,
Florence Chapman. Grace Etting. Ellen
Foster, Katie Clock Ethel Hopkins,
Hazel Hartman. Olga Hayek, Louisa
Kahn, Valdeva Hastings Rilla Howe,
Nellie Lanspa, Agnes Ltjen. Luzetta Nc
Knight. Florence McCracken, Margaret
Nichols, Louise shane Eva Stearns, Car
rie Smith. Thelma streeter. Grace Styer,
Allie Towner. Martha Thege, Marie
Varin, Fora Wunderlich, Margaret
Wright, Minnie woodraska, Mabel Whit
ney and Messrs Foster Alma, Sterling
Coe, Joseph Dworak. Gerald Fenlon, Roy
Foster Arnold Fiala, Ralph and Arthur
Fortuna, Harold Gillian, Wesley Clock,
Ernest Hinze, Thurman Kinds, Richard
Jaenike. William Kunzman, Rollin Mark
uson. willard Messenger. Garth ostehout,
Robert schweser, Lester Tillma, Louis
Vanous and Leverne Walters.
Kennedy speaks at McCOok.
MCOOK. Neb., May 22.-(Special.)-
This is commencement season at Nc
Cook. Sunday evening Rev. d. l.. Nc
Bride of the Baptist church delivers
the baccalaureate sermon. on Wednesday
night at the Temple theater, the senior
class presents its annual play, which lie
entitled. AN American Citizen" Thurs
day night. the Alumni association is
planning an elaborate banquet to be held
at the high school building. Friday
night, the commencement exercises OF the
high school will take place at the Temple
theater Hon. John l.. Kennedy OF
Omaha delivers the commencement ad-
dress. Florence Benjamin is class vale
dictorian and Marie Wockenfuss, saluta-
torian. The graduating class this year
consists of forty-four members, the larg-
est in the history of the school The
following is the list Of graduates:
Hazel NJ. Andrews, Mollie l.. Bauer
Gladys L. Browne, Ida T. Cain, Lola V.
Carroll. Helen NJ. Doyle. Margaret f.
Goliehon, Grace u. Hammell, Eliza beth
a. Henderson, Bertha y, Heskett Ma
belle L. Jennings. Chloe NJ. Johnston,
Grace /. Moss, Resinn c. MHKcnna,
Hazel NJ. Reid, Russell r. Somerville,
Christine Schlect, Gustaye II. Pade,
Harry z. Troendly. Boyl stuart Wallets
Frank +. Barnett, Florence l., Benjamin
Albert J. Cain. Ruth Callen, Leonard l..
CIandall. Genevieve NJ. Enright, Oslo Il.
Gordon. Victor r Harr Marie Houlihan,
Dean W. Hoyt. Alexander Jacob. Jane T..
Knowles Marie Lenhart, L. Mae Miller,
Ruth Mcbride. John G. McKillip, Muriel
e. Reid, Richard X. Rider, Raymond
s. schwab, Mabel. c. Traut, Marie H.
Wockenfuss and Cara =. futile.
DIR. Brown ut West Point.
WEST POINT. Neb.. May 22.-tspecial)
The twenty-seventh commencement eX-
ercises of the West Point High school
will be held in the Auditorium on May q.
There are seventeen students TO gradu-
ate. DR.. Brown OF Doane college will de-
liver the Grafton OF the evening. Tho
graduates are: Robert r. Noodle. Alvin
Barton, Donald .. Elliott Alex r.
Krause, Albert Schwedhelm. Arthur +.
Prawitz, Edith c. Hermann, Eleanor G.
Bruening, Grace Hermann. Elizabeth
Ortmeier Lillian SOlfeunoser. Louise
! Poeschl. Ella M. Andre, NJ. Hildur An
derson. Kuni Kraft, Sylvia l.. Ne'burg
and Adonera L. Neiburg. The baecalau-
reate sermon will be preached In tho Ger
man Lutheran church by Rev. A. v. z.
| oelschlaeger, pastor. on Sunday evening,
l May q The annual class day play will