Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-05-23
nine WILL GRADUATE
AT SISTER SCHOOL
Exercises Will Take Place at Grand
Opera House, Friday Evening,
June First.
TICKETS ON SALE AT
PARMAN'S DRUG STORE
Honors Will be Conferred Upon
Graduates by Rev. Father
Nj. Hogan.


The senior class of the Immaculate
Conception Academy has sent out an
nouncements of the commencement
exercises, which will be held at the
Grand opera house Friday, June 1.
The following will graduate this
year:
philip John Oehler.
Benjamin George Broghammer
Margaret Elizabeth Haas.
Agnes Catherine Welsh.
Catherine Anna Lydo1.
Ellen Naomi O'Neil.
Ellen Patricia Slack. :.
Catherine Winifred Hutchinson.
Hazel Gertrude Courtney.
Glass Colors: Red and green. Class
flower: red rose. Glass motto: AS
cende etsi saxa sint aspera.
Dorothy
The drama Dorothy" will be CIV
en- by the class. Dorothy is the
daughter of wealthy man who mar
ries second time. The stepmother
is very unkind to Dorothy, but spoils
her own child Edith. The Ormsby's
former coachmaI, Robert Westcott,
and his wife. Matilda, invent means
for stealing Edith, in order to OBJ
tain large sum of money from Mr..
Ormsby. The plan is carried out,
but the ship on which the Westcotts
sailed with Edith is wrecked. Matil-
da is drowned, but Edith is saved by
Mr.. Pinkerton. She finds a happy
home with the Pinkertol's, who love
her very much. For seven years the
Ormbys mourn Edith. At the end of
that time they spend the summer at
Staten Island, where Pinkerton's
home is located. Robert Westcott
has never given up his projectSto ex-
| tract money from General Ormsby
He steals another child and plans to
foster it upon the Ormsbys as their
daughter In the meantime Mrs.
Orms5y has a strange dream. in
which soul on as voyage thru life
| is depicted to her. She is lulled in
to the belief that Edith will soon be
| found. Robert Westcott's fraud
| fails to mature as Dorothy discovers
the real Edith. A happy family reun-
ion takes place.
Cast of Characters:
Dorothy, Gen. Ormby's daughter.
............ -. Eileen Slack
Mrs. Ormsby, his wife .........
Hazel Courtney
Mrs. Lorimer, Mrs. Ormsby's sister
=. Margaret Haas
Edith, her only child, years -.
;. Vera kennard
Mabel -. Katherine Mckay
Cecil Erma Broghamer
Dorothy's cousins on visit. :.
Matilda-nurse who steals Edith.
| Nellie Welsh
Sarah Ann, Maid from down Ken
try" ........ Naomi O'Nell
Chloe, 'Colored Maid, aunt Dinah's
charge Catherine Hutchinson
Mrs. Ezekiah Pinkerton .........
.Bennie Broghamer
Mrs. Pinkerton ..... Agnes Welsh
Proprietor Villa in Staten Island.
Deborah, their adopted daughter.
Ruth O'Neil
Mrs. Seabury, a ''neighborly' neigh
bor Anna Lydon
Priscilla, her daughter, Regina Slack
|
Former Coachman in the Ormsby's
employ, who plotted with his wife
Matilda to steal the child.
Margaret ...... Helen Hutchinson
A little orphan who Robert West
colt tries to impose on the Ormsby's
as their lost child.
Village Girls--enroute to picnic in
woods. Spirits in Mrs. Ormsby's
dream.
Historical Playa Noble Spy.
ACT |.
Generals Clinton and Heath dis
cuss the contents of letter from
Gen. Washington. Nathan Hale de-
cides to act as spy.
ACT IT,
Headquarters of Gen. Washing
ton. New recruits for the army.
ACT III.
Nathan Hale among the British.
He is discovered as spy and con-
dem1ed to death.
Cast of Characters.
Gen. Washington, Commander-in-
Chief ...,...,, Phlllp Oehier
Clinton -. Bennie Broghamer
Heath WINE hohah
American Generals
Nathan Hale-Capt. OF KnowltoI
Rangers :. Joseph Hutchinson
lCapt. VIM. Hall, his friend. .....
Sylvester Hanley
Recruits for Army-Lester Nc
Cauley, Weldon Kalinowski, Earl
Klopp.
English Officers-Thos. Gallagher
Walter Rastetter, Earnest Brogham-
Ter.
British Provost Marshal-Josepf
Welsh.
Citizens.
Reading-The Americanizing o
Andre Francois-Katherine Mckay
Honors conferred by Rev. M. Hogan
Platinum deposits rich enough fol-
their operation to be profitable have