Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-06-12
LARGE CLASS HAS
FINISHED WORK
O. n. S. 1915 PASS INTO HISTORY
AND GIVE PLACE TO NEW
SENIOR BODY.
EXERCISES PLEASE
Excellent Address by Or. Aagerman
Instructive To Graduates; Ei0h-
ty-Four Are Given
Diplomas.

Eighty-four young men and womer
j.; were presented with diplomas Thurs
day evening at the Grand Opera house
in token that they have successfully
and honorably completed the foul
years course of study and are ready
to go on, either to further schooling
or into the world. An immense audi
ence of proud parents, friends and
alumni gathered to hear the interest
ling program. The boxes were decorat
ed with festoons of purple and white
bunting, the class colors, and from a
central point at the edge of the stage
ropes of alternating purple and white
lrayed out and up to the balcony. A
line of potted ferns and palms was
lplaced along the semicircle Of the
Istage, softening the glare of the foot.
lights. 10 remnants were also in evil
dence. Music was furnished preceding
the program by the high school or
chestra
The curtain went up on the entire
chorus, including the graduates, ar
ranged in tiers The opening number
was an airy dainty chorus. Fairy
Life Gungl) Miss Katherine Pow
ers, supervisor Of music, directing. and
Miss Agnes Elan accompanying at
the piano. Miss Elan contributed the
second number, brilliant and splen-
dfdly executed piano SOLO "Alcina
| Mazurka" by B. O. Worrell, the
Ottumwa composer, teacher and
orchestra director.
"Moonlit Meadows" by Czilbulka
was given with charm and ease by the
Girls Glee club an organization which
has contributed much to the interest
of high school entertainments. Miss
Elan accompanied. "Sarabande"
Bohm a violin solo followed. given
with skill and feeling by Lloyd Per
kins. B. o. Worrell accompanying.
The Boys Glee club, gave rousing
song, "Steersman, Leave the Wheel"
Wagner) with much spirit. Miss
Helen Rowe played the piano accom-
paniment Miss Rowe also accompan-
led the following selection, the famous
'"Toreador's Love Song" which was
splendidly given by Clyde Erskine.
The singers voice showed to unusual
advantage in the magnificent love
song of the Toreador, by Bizet.
The first half of the program clos.
ed with second chorus, Queen Of
the Night" (Smart), which was one
of the best musical numbers on the
program. Selections by the orches.
ira during intermission were enjoyed,
An amusing incident occurred when
the six under classmen strolled on the
stage bearing placards on their backs
which announced that 1915" is 20 K.
The curtain rose the second time
on an empty stage. AS the orches-
ira began the professional march, the
graduates entered at opposite sides
and meeting in the center assembled
the steps in pairs and took their
places. While the arrangement lack
ed some of the stately dignity OF for
mer years. the effect of the grouping
was most artistic. The young girls
were charmingly gowned in white
frocks which did not exceed SIS in
price of material and each wore cor
sage bouquet of red roses. The quaint
touch of an earlier day which Is char
acteristjc of this years dresses, added
to the attractive appearance OF the
sweet girl graduates and the black
masses of the boys were well dis
tributed In the grouping.
Or. Haserman PIeases.
The speaker of the evening. DR.. E.
T. Hagerman of Des Moines, was in
troduced by the superintendent OF the
schools, H. z Blackmar, in few well
chosen remarks. The audience was
thereafter permitted to enjoy one of
the most delightful, amusing and in
teresting addresses ever made to an
Ottumwa graduating class. DR.. Hag-
er1nan possesses the art Of saying
caustic thing in way which brings 1t
home and yet is cloaked with q palat-
able humor His theme was the diff
ference between making living and
making a life He urged his hearers
to see and learn from observation the
difference between people who possess
wealth and who are possessed by 1t. |
He spoke of personality as business |
asset, asserting that it can be culti-
waited. In dryly humorous way, he
urged young people to keep their feet !
on the earth, where they are needed |
by their fellow men, and yet to keep |
their heads up and their eyes fixed on
the visions which make life its finest |
and best DR. Hagerman spoke at
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solving the problems of the day, say
ing that learning should strengthen
men and women to help in the work
IF making the world better, rather
than to let them shirk their problems.
The speaker scored hit when he
touched on self esteem. He said, II
would rather my son had so much self
esteem and egotism that he were al
most uncomfortable than that he was
/ shrinking namby pamby, for there is
some hope for the boy who believes
n himself. Someone will knock the
,gotism out of him before long and no
me can knock belief in himself into
lim." He spoke feelingly of the days
when he was "Bub" to the men Of his
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