South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-10-05
For
Alun1niHeLdat
High School

AMONG the SDldlleI teuLeullldl
events OF yesterday-sman only by
comparison. however.-was the high
school alumni tea at o'clock in
the afternoon in the domestic
science rooms of the high school.
! That is, the event was scheduled 10
/ take place in the domestic science
rooms, but very early. the crowd,
/ which numbered more than 800.
! overlooked into the corridors. There
were representatives of practically
| every class from the first. 1872. 20
! the last, 1916, the former having
had one representative and the lat
! ter 10 Among the guests were
/ large number from out of the city
| who have returned for the centen-
( NAL celebration.
The guests we're received by a
! committee consisting Of the officers
] Of the Alumni association: DR.. Ed
/ gar Myers. Miss Thekla Sack, Mrs.
| +. b. Dakin and Miss Elinor Wolf.
and by J. +. Nuner. superintendent
Of schools. and Mrs Nuner. J. s
| MCGOWAN, principal of the high
] SOIloOls anu MIS-. MtTONdn. anu MIS-.
l Edgar Myers. The reception was
| held in the corridor which was very
/ beautifully decorated with a PROM
sion of sumac foliage, the bright
scarlet of which was repeated in the
| shades of floor lamps placed at in
| tervals along the hall Tea and waf-
ers were served from the dining
room of the domestic science apart
ment where Mrs. c. II. Myers and
/ Mrs. J. c. Bowsher poured at a
daintily appointed table adorned
with a centerpiece of sunburst
| roses.
Musical Program.
During the two hours of the re-
cept.on the following delightful mu-
steal program was rendered:
Duet. The Rosary ..... Nevin
Mrs. Grace Fink Davis. Miss Jose
! phine Decker.
A Bowl of Roses ... Robert Clark
/ Morning" ..... Obey Speaks
Randolph Stevenson.
! Elisium ......... Obey Speaks
Eleanor Mueller.
Lift Thine Eyes ......... Logan
Josephine Decker.
Violin solo. "Canzonetta" Friml
Vida Shontz
/ Violin solo. "Liebesscene" ....
...... Victor Herbert
Inez Haeske.
Miss Valeria Bondurant. Miss
| Rosa Sack. and Miss Hazel Rams
berger were the accompanies.
Among the out of town guests
some of them alumni and some
merely visitors to the city. were tho
/ following: Mrs. Minnie Gordon O.
| Chicago. Mrs Emma Crawford PaI
mer of Boston. Miss Laura Yant O
illinois, Mrs Frank Thompson OF
Portland. Ore. Mrs. J. II. Forter Of
/ Niles, Mrs. w. K. Lain of Marcellus.
/ Mich, Mrs. +. G. Allen Of Shanghai
/ China. Miss Maude Turner of Chica-
go, Miss Mae Codd of Niles, A NJ
| Weaver of Chicago. Mrs Anna
Jacquith McMullen OF Aurora, Ind.
Mrs. Otto Goffeney of Crystal Lake
| Ill. Mrs. Grace Chaplin Stevenson Of
! Cleveland, O., Mrs. Foster w. Rid
dick of Winamac. Ind, Mrs. Helen
/ Ocker Fischer of Elkhart. and Miss
! Sophie Unger of Dayton. O.
1872 Class Represented.
Mrs. Walter Derr of y. Lafayette
St, was the only representative of
the first class which was graduated
from the high school in 1872 The
other members of this class were
Charles II. Bartlett, Ida Ellsworth
Butts. and William Mason Green.
The class of "a was represented by
Mrs c. Fl. Myers, Mrs. f. B. Harris,
and Mrs. Ryen T Miller. Mrs w
L. Martin and Mrs. Mary Alice
Schultz Brugger. represented the
class Of IS; Miss Rosa Sack, the
class Of rs; Mrs. Flora Shively Belt
ner. the class of IS, Mrs. Dora Miller
Hamilton, and Mrs. Lydia S. Chillas,
the class of 80 There were two
present from the class of 'S3, eight
from "a. four from IS. seven from
81 four from 81 two from go, five
from '93, four from 50, six from 90.
five from 81. four from 80. two
from 1900, six from 1902, eight
from 1903, four from '05. five from
O6. five from 'O7, five from '0S. six
from 'O9, IL from 10, 13 from II.
four from ~, Il from 10. i from
-, 10 from 10, anu IL rum 10.
! The classes not named had one rep
I resentative each with the exception
OF '73. ~. SO. IS. and 'O1. which
were unrepresented unless by some
one who failed 10 register
The committee in charge of the
arrangements for this delightful af
fair were Mrs. Homer J. Miller.
I chairman. Miss Ethel MONTGOMERY.
decorations Miss Bernice Clark. in
vitation; Miss ada Hitler. refresh
ments. and Miss Thekla Sack, mu-
I sic Miss Hitler was assisted By
other domestic science teachers and
by a corps of young girls from
the latter classes