Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-06-06
A CLASS OF FORTY ONE
BID FAREWELL TO THEIR AL
MA MATER
Class of 1917 of Viroqua High School
Same as Last Years Class
in Number and Sex


in Number and Sex
The greatest product of any people
is not the frutage from garden, or
chard or farm, the wealth. OF mine or
- q or forest, but it is the production
OF strong young manhood and clean
young womanhOod And the proudest
week of the year Is the time when
these young people turn to bid a fare
well TO their alma mater, larry q mo-
ment 10 the midst of the public gaze
TO listen to kindly words OF counsel,
gulCanCe and generalization, and
then slip out into the great ocean of
life TO take mp the duties and respon-
sibili.es of citi2, nship.
And 50 there is pride in our Commu-
nifty over the class of forty-one young
people who asst week graduated from
our high >cboot-pride over what they
have so Tan accomplished, anticipation
and hope for The future stations they
viii occuN. The fact that two class
Is of the same number and sex follow
consecutiN ely is . singular fact which
may never be epeated-yet this class
duplicates last years in these things
Quit You Like Men: Be Strolc''
from Corinthians, was the text wntI5
Pastor Hofstead of the United Luther
an church selected for the baccaiau-
reate address 20 the class Sunday even
ing. and the throng of better than
thousand people who packed the
church pronounced it one OF the most
helpful class sermons to which they
had ever listened. The choir render
cd very appreciated numbers and Miss
Weimar one OF her inspiring solos.
Annual class play occurred at the
Opera house Monday night, the young
people acquitting themselves better
than average, due ia no small measure
to the conscientious drilling given
them By Miss Kate Goodell and Mrs.
Mary Coy. who acted as good Samar-
itans when Professors Winton and
Thur.ton went to the colors. The hall
was packed and SO generous was the
response that il was decided TO repeat
it Wednesday night The evening
was most Indictment but a fair audi
ence attended. Net proceeds to be
turned over to the Red Cross will be
about SIS Name OF the play was Es-
meralda;' those taking part were Guy
Smith. Ellen Moore, Hazel Larson,
Keith Peterson. Stanley Side. Walter
Kuebler. Ethel Lund, Lucille Hubbard,
Otto Sanwick, Harold WEIGH, aud e.
la Wise.
The Methodist church was packed
to its limit with people eager to do
honor &c the II graduates of our high
i al g
musical selections by the High School
Orchestra the class filed to their
places ia two lines headed by their
two soldier boys, Martin Gulbranson
and Elmer Parr, both wearing the
kaki uniform Of the army Of the Unit
ed States. As they marched In sing
ing America, the audience arose and
when the class were In position they
tapthingiy sang one verse Of The Star
Spangled Banner. Rev. Bullock gave
the Invocation and the Girls Glee
Club rendered most beautiful Words
worth sDaGodils and another selection.
Rev q. II. Beale of Milwaukee gave
a most able address entitled The Man
in the Saddle" His ideas were most
timely and suited to the occasion as
well rs Inspiring. Very touching was
the selection of the mixed quartet,
Friendship, and also the Senior chorus
Morning invitation, with its solo rem
dered by Hazel Larson.
Prof. Hcindel presented the dipl0-
mas and Rev Rutter pronounced the
benedjction and frie1dly handshakeS
closed the commencement of 1917 Of
Nir0Qua high school.
The floral decorations were simple,
the diplomas tied with the colors OF
the school, orange and black.
CLASS ROLL
Agricultural Course X. Leroy AID.
AIMS
Compercial Course Selma J. Jack
son, Walter f. kuebler. Ruth Lind
strom, Neal +, Minshlll, George II.
Wolfgram.
German Course Goodsell Apple
man, margaret ;. Baldwin, Walter
Bean, Mildred Elizabeth Henry, Marie
II. KerksieCk. Rose K. Leahy, Elmer
Parr. Clara $ Sherry, Ruben II ,Sher-
~, Stanley K. Side, Rosa Simouson,
Guv II. Smith, Harold L. WEIGH.
English Course Mabel Story Cas-,
Edith Mae Chase, Alvin Herbert Chris
tenson. Iva Irene Fisher. NOrdahl o.
liver Forlney, Rufus Leroy Fortney,
Martin Gulbranson, Lucille Hubbard,
Hazel j. Larson, Ethel Luud, Bert
Miller, Ellen c. Moore, Eunice Anne
Morgan. Glen + Mullen. olga Aletta
Nuttestad, Thelma A. Otteson, Keith
Peterson. Otto Sauwick Myrtia
Straight, Louise T. Tate, Albion I.
Tollefson, Ella Wise.
Glass Col0rs 90 Green and White
Flower-pink rose Motto-Tonight
we launch: where shall we anchor?
About one-half of the graduating
class have been tuition pupils and the
high school enrolment for the past
year is PIP
The school census for this district
last year was 1852. and the attendance
in our schools 775. Our last city cen
sus gave a population Of 2O50, but ed
ucators figure that the average school
census constitutes q per cent Of the
total, and as EOS in the school census
were within the city, it follows ac-
cording to the law Of average that
we have passed the $500 mark. How
ever. il seems an abnormal condition
obtains here, but it appears we can
claim $500 with certainty.
Training School Exercises
The 1917 graduating exercises of
the Vernon County Teachers Train
ing School will be held at the NJ. E.