Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-06-08
CLASS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
Sud the School Beautiful Ope
Martha Great Success; Commencement
Opera House Wednesday andTh Thursday Evenings
SERVANT MAIDS

Irene Fullmer Ieona Ruder*
Ermgard Geislers Clara sc6mirler
Doris RorIs Gham Margaret Smith
Dagmar Hansen Alfhild Torgerson
Grace Hanson* Florence Weik*
*Under-classmen assisting in the Opera
TO two people belong the praise for the ar
GisUlc success OF this production. They are
Miss Emma Roeser and Miss Marilla Zell-
hOefer. The excellent work of the solists and
OF the choruSeS is due to the splendid training
given by Miss Roeser, while the most beauti-
ful dances and the action are due to work of
MISS Marllla Zellhoefer They both deserve
much praise.
Excellent music was furnished by the high
school orchestra, directed by Miss Roeser, and
1t was not without good deal of work, both
on the part of the director and the players,
that such splendid music could be rendered.
CLASS PLAY.
The class play was presented on Thursday
evening at the opera house. capacity house
greeted the youthful actors and actresses who
had been preparing for this for some time.
acts each of which showed a progression in
age. In the first act practically all on the
stage were young people; the second act
showed that many years had elapsed and those
who were in the first act had grown older were
married and their children figured in the
events. In the third and last acts only three
of the characters who had been in the first
act were alive. The entire play dealt more or
less with family life and troubles and proved
to be most interesting. The cast of characters
was as follows:
John Jarvis John Manson
Eleanor Jarvis Marie Paff
Philip Heron Willard Babcock
Rose Heron Gretchen Morgan
Ned Hooks Eugene Thayer
Ethel Jarvis Ruth Hooper
Jerry Stevens Clement Olson
Emily Heron Loretta Callahan
Hon virginia Hooks Nirena 1iHr HessoGF f9Ra,Ga
James Heron Charles Ponds
Thompson Hobart Edmonds
Banks Earl Olson
Butler Mark Bells
*under graduates
The play was excellenty staged; the cos
tunes quaint and of the style of many years ago.
Each part was so well taken that it would be
an injustice to attempt to particularze. Each
character was represented most admirably
showing high order of training and world
of careful and systematic work by the young
people. The credit for the success of the play
is due entirely to Miss Sue Morey, who devoted
much time in teaching these "amateurS'' how
to act, and she deserves all the praise which
las been given her. Miss Morey will not
teach here next year which fact all deeply re-
gret. Our school loses a most faithful and
excellent teacher of elOcutiOn and our people,
generally, most charming and accomplished
young lady.
Miss Margaret Mathie entertained the audi
ence between acts by singing several beauti
full selections. She is possessed of a clear
soprano voice Of wide range. Her efforts were
greatly appreciated and the ovation which she
received was merited.
The high school orchestra furnished music
during the entire evening under the direction
of Miss Emma ROeSer.
Directly following the class play the grad
yates gathered upOn the stage to receive their
diplomas. When the curtain raised, it was
upon scene which thrilled the audience with
admiration and delight; in front, the entire
length of the stage, were young lady graduates
all gowned in white, back of them was another
row of young ladies and back of them still,
were the young men, eighty three young ladies
and gentlemen in all, as follows