Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-01

The class of 1917 OF the Marshalltown
high schol, which will be graduated on
Friday, June 5, outnumbers all preced-
ing classes of the school. Last years
class held the record up to that date,
with seventy four members. This year
class numbers eighty-three. AS is gen
orally the case the girls outnumber the
boys. being divided fifty-seve and
twenty-six.
With the junior banquet this evening
at the Congregational church, COM
mencement week begins. The next
event will be Sunday. when Rev. r.
B. Davidson will deliver the baccalaur-
cate address at the Baptist church. The
service will take place at the regular
morning hour of worship beginning at
1890 Sections in the church will be
reserved for the members Of the school
board, high school teachers, junior
class, and parents and friends, in addl-
ton to the class.
Class Play Thursday Night.
On Thursday night. at the Odeon, the
annual class play will be given. when
the members of the class will present
Barrie's The Little Minister" Com
mencement week will end on the fol-
lowing night at the Odeon, when EX-
President William II. Taft vii give the
class address on "Our World Rela-
tons"
Survey Of Glass.
A brief survey Of the class Of 1917
reveals some interesting facts. Ordinar-
lily the girls of the class average young
er in age than the boys. This year
however. the average is the same IL
years and months. Thirty-four Of the
class expect to attend college next year
thirty-three do not. and sixteen are as
Yet undecided. State College Ames, is
the choice of the greatest number nine,
and Coe College. Cedar Rapids. is sec
ond. with seven. The liberal arts is the
choice of the greatest number, eleven
while engineering ranks second. with
seven. Teaching is the choice Of pro-
LESSONS. twenty-three having signi-
fled this desire. Four members OF the
class have been wholly self supporting
during their high school course, forty
teen are carrying life insurance.
The personnel of the class follows:
Dorothy II. Balch Harold Mcfarland
Balcs, Blanche Lillian Bates. Franklin
Styles Battin. Rilla Bell, Jessie Bige-
low. Charles David Brennecke Cara
William Brown, Harold Lake Brown,
Marion Idella Buffet. Alfredo Vivian
Busch. Lyllis I. Busch Myrtle Marie
Carter Adrian Devine Glen. Puma
Clemens Joseph Gilbert Cooper Ethel
f Darner Florence Agnes Dawson, Iva
May Dunn. Jennie Ethel Dunn, Bina
Jane Easter. Mabel Agnes Elliott. Olga
Pauline Finley. A. Clare Flower, F"airie
Lorenia Fogler. Opal NJ Foster. How
ard F. Goshen. Violet Christine Greg
son. Glenn Y. Grewell. Helen VI, Gund-
lach, Iona Harrison John Manly
Hodges. J. Raymond HolHngsworth,
Carol Maurine Houghton. John Blair
Hurlburt. Eta Dorothye Jansen, Eve
lyn Kidder. Gladys Irene Lange, Doro-
thy Katherine Lierle Edith Virtue Nc
Broom. Mary Ardella McDermott,
Cynthia Mary Mckibben. Ethel Ellen
Mckibben, Sherman James McNally,
Musa Anna Mason. Mary Wilson Max
we'll. James Arthur Meeker. Carl Mel
lex. Harold A Merryman. Hazel Eliza
beth Merryman, Bernice Nickel, Lloyd
Eugene Miller. Fay G. Mossman. Maui
rice 3. Norland. Esther Grinnell North
up. Anna Marie Painter, Russell Jen-
nings Prescott. Esther Helene Sandvig.
Oliver Selm, Bess Annette Selby, Cert
rude Lee Shahan. Miriam Louise Sin
gleton. Dwight William Sweeney. Anna
Elizabeth Thieie, Sylvin Elwood
Thorne. Ruth Atha Tracy. Beaulah
Vannoy. Verl Van Noorfis, Elda Lucille
Wardman, Margaret Lorena Wardman,
Mary Elizabeth Wells, Minna Wetz-
stein, Esther Margaret Wheater, Leta
VI WINERY Corrine Whitney, Pauline
Adelaide Wilhau. John Frederick Wild
man. Frank Horben Willard. Mary Esta
Wingate, Wenonah Wingate Paul Lu-
Their Wood. Mabel Kathan Young, Will
liam Leland link.