Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1916-06-02
Schools Close
Next Week
Events of Commencement Week
y Are Announced.

Are announced.
The coming week marks the close OF
the annual term of the public schools.
The last day of school will be observed
by picnics and parties by most of the
grades and the commencement eX-
ercises of the high school will take
place on Thursday and Friday evenings.
In spite of the fact that quite num-
Der of families have lett the city
the total enrolment Of the schools
for the present year has been over 700
and only about 80 less than the largest
enrolment recorded, that OF l9ll-l2,
when the total was 76l. The high
school has had total enrolment during
the year OF 203, including the 9TH and
Sth grades, with SO OF the students
coming from the rural districts.
Several innovations have been made
in the high school this year. Courses
have been gwen i'll sewing and manual
training, also mechanical drawing and
the course in agriculture has been
extended to include one year more Of
work along that line. The instructor
IN agriculture has also been retained
for summer garden work and for corn
club work in the country districts.
A larger number of the teachers than
usual Will not return for Xtyear, most
OF them going to positions in other cities
Those leaving are Miss Cecile Couthard
who goes to the Detroit schools, Miss
Mildred Drescher to the Holland schools,
Miss Grace Campbell to Marshall, Miss
Mayme Kelley to position in Black
River Falls, Wis, Miss Marjorie Chase,
Miss Hazel Cummins, V. h. Wyble to
the principalship OF the high school at
L'Anse, Mich, and +. T. Smith.
The following is list of the students
who will receive their diplomas at the
Commencement exercises next week:
CLASS ROLL
Olivet Bartlett Bessie Johnson
Eunice Carr Leanore Kenny
Victor Cross Grace Malpass
Ruth Gregory Vera Mcmillan
Helen Hilliard Sadie Metz
Leila Holt Xelle Miles
Bernt johnson Elwyn Sundstedt
Helen Ward
CLASS COLORS-Black and Red.
CLASS FLOWER-American Beauty
Rose.
CLASS MOTTO-"To be rather than
to seem"
The events Of the week will begin
with the Baccalaureate sermon by Rev
X. S. Sidebotham at the Presbyterian
church next Sunday evening at 7:30
The graduating class and the teachers
OF the high school will attend in body
Instead of the usual form of Class
Day Exercises the class Will present a
three act comedy entitled "The
Colonels Maid" at the Temple Theatre
Thursday evening, June Sth. The
public is invited to attend. The fol-
lowing is the
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Colonel Robert Rudd-Victor Cross
Colonel Richard Byrd -Elwyn Sundstedt
Marjorie Byrd, daughter of Col Byrd
Heller Hilliard
Bob Rudd, son of Col Rudd-Dick
Dicken
Mrs. j. John Carroll, a widow-Bessie
johnson
Julia Carroll, her daughter-Helen
Ward
Ned Graydon-Xelle Miles
Miss Bedelia Bascom, a lady lawyer
Vera Mcmillan
Ching All Ling Chinese cook-Bernt
johnson
On Friday evening several numbers
of the program will be given by mem.
bers of the class and the address will
be given by Pres. Chas. McKenny OF
the State Normal College at Ypsilanti.
The following is arranged for com.
mencement night
PROGRAM
Piano Duet-Ruth Gregory, Eunice Carr
Salutatory-Olvet Bartlett
Vocal Solo, "Shubert's Serenade"-
= ,Leanore Kenny
Fafedictory-Grace Malpass
Address-DR. CHARLES McKENNY
Presentation of Diplomas-Supt L. P.
Holiday
Class Song-written by Leila Holt and
Sadie Metz.
In Jewish marriages the bride Away.
stands at the right hand of the groom
With every other nation in the world
tiis is reversed.
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