Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-10
CLASS PASSES
into HISTORY
0. H. s. '16 Completes Work
in School Room; Ready
for Life's Battles

COMMENCEMENT IS
SUCCESSFUL EVENT
Graduation Exercises Held
in Opera House Show the
Students Training
The class OF 1916 of the Ottumwa
high school turned the last page In It's
history Thursday evening, when the
unusually interesting commencement
exercises were held at the Grand opera
house, which was filed to capacity
with admiring hosts Of relatives and
friends. The stage was simply decor
ated with potted ferns, the class col
ors, blue and gold being used to decor
ate the boxes and balcony.
For the professional, the high school
orchestra played the march from Wag.
ner's Tannhauser, as the seniors took
their places. The effect of the white
gowns, and corsage bouquets Of roses
worn by the girls, and the black and
white Of the boys clothes was very
pretty. Rev. w. G. Hengen rector of
Trinity church, who gave the invoca-
ton, was presented by Superintendent
H. e. Blackmar. The salutatory address
was given by Miss Helen Rowe In q
very pleasing manner, special tribute
being paid to Miss Lucille Welch,
whose recent death has given q tinge
Of sadness to the closing events of the
class.
Good Addresses Made.
The boys glee club gave pretty
number, Blush Roses, BY Wachs, which
was much enjoyed. An oration. The
Spirit of the Game by Homer Gardner.
was full Of the spirit of good sports
manship, which makes good loser
and good winner both in school and
later hfe. A difilcult and beautiful
piano duet, A la Biens Aimee (Schutt)
was given In a finished manner by
Misses Esther Stewart and Marvel
Somers. Miss Winnie Mcbride fol-
lowed with an grafton. The Cost Of Ell
cheney, touching on the ability Of the
individual to attain any height II will
ing to pay the price The girls glee
club sang the charming, Softly My
Heart Unfolds, by ST. Saens.
Oscar Root took as his subject, Also
Ran, and gave an interesting Grafton
on the extreme desirability Of stud.
ents and citizens Of the world who
work right along faithfully whether
they attain high school or later life
honors. The senior boys double quar-
tet sang q clever glee, Rosalie by r.
de Koven, which scored hit. The In
evitable, was the subject Of well de-
livered Grafton by George Killinger.
which was followed by musical mum.
Der, viennese Serenade (Stevenson)
by the mixed glee club, accompanied
by Helen Rowe and Lawrence Elliott,
pianos, Miss Marie Worrell. violin,
and Miss Marion Hallberg. cello, with
Miss Katherine Powers, as director.
The valedictory address, in which
Miss Gladys Lester said the sixteens'
goodbyes to high school, was followed
by q brief address in which Principal
Ward B. Rice recommended the class
for graduation. g. F. Heindel, In
few words, expressed his pleasure in
presenting the diplomas to SO large
class. the students rising as the rolb
was called. An amusing bit Of by
play, indicative OF class spirit, was
put on by four boys in clown cos
tunes. when the los were declared
dead and the It's rulers. The class
song and yells completed successful
and enjoyable program. Much credit
is due the musical organizations as
we'll as to the young speakers who
gave the commencement talk this
year in lieu of the address by an out
of town speaker as in former years.
Many Graduate.
The members of the class:
Helen Archer, Mason g. Armstrong,
Gladys, Avery, Herbert M. Ballard,
Ethel L. Beagle, Thomas A. Bosworth,
Vernal Robbins Brown, Esther May
Bussing, John Thomas Brady, Jr., Har-
old C. Chapman, Jeanette Chambers,
Kathleen Doherty, Lawrence Ander-
son Elliott, Lena Emery, Homer w.
Gardner, Angeline Giltner, Nellie Marie
Hadden. Irane Corinne Hall, Marion
C. Hallberg, Adds Hathaway, Elsie
Ethel Hill, George H. Hirst, Cecil e.
Hoskinson, Herbert Lee Johnson,
MdlSy n. JOuAoOA, 1CAIluu SAnANASA
Kerns, George w. F. Killinger Jr.,
Louis David Killinger, George w.
King, Ruth Darrow Kirkham, Carl r.
Kobel, Eva NJ Leinhauser. Gladys
Lester, Martha s. Lundborg, Winnie
M. Mcbride, Frank James Mcdonald,
Ruth Alice McElroy, Warren s. MIL
ler. Marie H. Millett, Kathryn l. Mum
ley. 1Thelma d. Myers, Laura M.
Names, Clarence Edward Nelson, Helen
Margaret Nelson, Mark M. Parsons,
Ethel Jeanette Reeves, Mabel May
Robinson, Oscar M. Root, Helen L.
Rowe. Zella D. Rush, J. Halstead
Shick, Philip M. Scott, Eta T. Searcy,
Wilda Shoemaker, John Denis Smith,
Marvel T. Somers, Spencer M. Smith,
Esther |. Stewart, Francis Leo Sulli-
van, Violet L. Tharp, Dorothy M
Towne, Ellen B. Ullrich, Glen Mary
Welborn, Lucille Welch, Marie Wor
rell, Gertrude Ruth Glenn, Mary Helen
Hall, Clyde Harty, Seneca Brown
Thrall, Mabel Clara Root and George
Lambert Funk.