South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-06-05
AWARD DIPLOMAS
To l45 GRADUATES
At HIGH SCHOOL
Commencement Exercises Held
at High Auditorium Are
Planned and Conducted BY
the Students.


school were held in the auditorium of
the high school building last night,
when 40 graduates. one Of the larg-
est classes in the history of the
school. were handed their diplomas
by l.. j. Montgomery, superintendent
OF schools.
The class last night arranged its
own program, consisting of addresses
music and other features. from IT'S
own ranks The services OF an out
of-toun speaker we're dispensed with.
Carrie Glavin and Walter Moon
winners OF the two medals for excel
1ence in certain branches Of the
school curriculum, gave the Naledlc-
tory addresses. Each gave a BRIEF
history OF the class's achievements, lts
chances. and thanked the citizens OF
South Bend for the beautiful new
school building, from which the class
Of last night was the second TO grad
uate.
Both Miss Glavin and Moon empha-
sized the fact that the school build
ing, one OF the largest of its kind IN
the state. had been devoted 10 any
number OF practical uses.
Welcomes Audience.
June Adelsperger was chosen to
give the salutatory address. She wei
coined the several hundred patrons
and visitors at the exercises in "a cord
ial manner. thanked the patrons for
their favors TO the school and ex-
planned the methods under which the
graduating exercises had been ar
ranged.
ON account Of illness. Q. y. Fassett,
who annually has awarded the Thrush
Fassett medal TO member of the
graduating class for excellence in
d. ont
The medal was awarded 20 Carrie
GIavin, after an appropriate talk eX-
planning the origin OF the medal by
Principal r. L. Sims. This medal is
awarded in memory of Thrush Fas-
sett. herself an excellent English
scholar and a daughter of G. y. Fas-
sett. business manager of the South
Bend News-Times.
Essie BisseU Dakin awarded 10
Walter Moon the John Nelson Mills
medal for excellence in mathematics.
Orchestra Furnishes Music.
Music was furnished throughout the
evening by the nigh school orchestra,
which was composed of Arthur Fred
rickson, clarinet; Beth Frye, violin;
Cecil Wall. cornet; Russell Smith,
violin; Vera Hawkins. piano: Mildred
Guilfoyle. violin; Abraham Cohen,
violin: Gerald Leeper, cOrnet: LemyTt
orchestra are all students of the high
school Their selections under the
dictatorship of Charles Parreant. were
well chosen and were rendered with
smOOthness and beauty.
DiehI Martin. president of the
class. gave a brief history of the
class's achievements and bade his
classmates a farewell
Marie VOedisch pleased with the
reading Of a scene from Act III. of
Shakespeare Merchant of Venice
Marie Jackson entertained with a
selection on the piano, "POupee Val
sante." by Poldini. Robert Happ,
winner of the prize shield at the Lake
Forest college contest in eNtemperan-
eOus speaking, made an impressive
address to the undergraduates of the
school in which he advocated perse-
Verance and hard work.
Gives Glass Poem.
Helen Nawson gave the class poem.
symbolic of the class history and its
future. Esther Taylor sang TWO solos,
which pleased.
This class has been out OF the or
binary IN the way in which IL has al
hered 10 the rules of the school" said
l. Il Sims, principal. in his presenta-
tion speech. "A spirit of willingness
has been manifested in its activities
throughout its school history. 1t has
aided the Chamber of Commerce and
the other social organizations of the
city II various campaigns and has a
great deal To do with the successful
seasons OF the city's social centers.
IN competitive contests held in
schools and colleges in Chicago and
other cities we have won first, second
and third hOnors. In all we have
made a favorable record
The following, through their excel
lcnce In studies, received honorable
mention for scholarships:
Margaret LippincOtt. Erma Haase.
Helen CrockeT. Helen Mawson, Vera
Dausman Edna Whitmer. Marcia
West. Victor Carpenter. Arthur May.
Robert snyder, Robert Happ.
The GraduaSes.
The 1915 class was composed of the
following students:
June Margaret Adclsperger. Celia
Abrams Marie Winona Brown. Helen
Elizabeth Burton. Hazel Ruth Buck
ingham. Helen Marie Burgoyne. Ruth
Elizabeth Cole. Carrie May CARMEL
Lillian Cohen. Helen Frances Croker.
Anna Louise Ciralsld. Vera Berneatha
Dausman. Hattie Mae Dublin. Lora Ma
tilda Bowling. Ruth Irene Entziau.
Esther Joan Edgren. Evelyn Carroll
F'ulmCr. NJ ruiel Bernice Freeman.
Marcella Jeanne Fisher. Kathryn
Frances Faulkner, BurnieCe Beth Frye,
Esther Elmira Fisher, Gertrude
Adele Greenblatt. Fanny GrunwaId,
Margaret Rosanua Cevor. Edith Bry-
della Garwood. Mildred ID. Guilfoyle
Nellie Nancy Goodau. Carrie EvanEe-
line Glavin. Madge Grant Mildred
Marie Gcmberling. Erma Claudine
HaaSe. Frances Folsom Haven. I.ouree
Mardene Hildebrand. Clara Teresa
Haun. Ethel Marguerite Hewitt Mary
Margaret Hoke. Dorothy Gertrude
Hull. Marie Elizabeth Jackson. irma
Allen Johnson. Irene Anna Johnson
Helen Elizabeth Jackson. Blanche
Marie Kiefer. Mary Agnes Eempton
Mildred Esther kOtZ. Margarct Irwin
Lippincott. Mildred Ellen Lowry
Helen Mawson. Irma Edna Macon
nell. Ruth Moredock. Lcta Irvine
Parks Maxwell Augusta Pearson
Ethel Loarene POmranka. Ruth Mar
garet Rogers. Hlldegarde Amelia
Rothc Bernice Earl Ryer. Blanche
Adci Rupel. Dorothy Fidaha Reason
lneZ Rupel Pearl Emelyn Rupel
Helen ffIrunffl Ram Victoria Marie