The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-05-23
LOCAL GIRLS GET DIPLOMAS
The Misses Isabel and Florence Wells,
Daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wells, Members of Glass of Is Grad
Commencement Day June 4.

The Sisters of st. Mary today is
sued the annual announcement for the
commencement exercises at Kemper
Hall which will begin on Friday, May
31st and continue until Tuesday af-
ternoon Of June 4th.
The annual commencement will of
course have some war time features
and the program that has been arrang-
ed is one of unusual interest.
Kenosha people will take an un-
usual interest in the various events of
commencement week at Kemper Hall
this year on account of the fact that
the Misses Isabel, and Florence Wells,
daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Wells of Park Avenue are among the
graduates.
While the war has brought some re-
duction in the number of students at
Kemper Hallthis year the year has
been one of the most successful in the
history of the school. The graduating
class is composed of thirteen young
ladies who have been prominent in
the life of the school for the past four
years. 1t is expected that the com
mencement week will attract an I'M
usually large number of visitors to Ke-
nosha this year
The week of festivities will begin
on Friday May 31st when the annual
Little Commencement, +" the exer-
cises of the preparatory department
will be held at the gymnasium at two
clock in the afternoon.
Saturday, June LIST will be Military
and Athletic day At eleven O'Clock
the annual gymnastic exercises will
be held and at two o'clock in the af-
ternoon the Kemper Hall Battalion will
pass in grand parade before army Of
fcers as inspectors on the drill ground.
It is expected that the annual military
drill will prove one Of the most in
teresting events of the whole com
mencement program.
The annual Baccalaureate sermon
will be preached on Sunday, June End,
by the Rev. Alfred W. Griffin, Chaplain
at the Hall.
The annual award of testimonials
and prizes including, probably the con
ferring of the st. Mary s Cross will
take place on the morning of Monday
June 3rd and the annual graduation
exercises of the school of music will
take place on Monday afternoon. Com
mencement exercises proper will be
held on the morning of Tuesday June
4th. Members of the class will have
part in the annual exercises. Follow
ing the granting Of testimonials and
prizes by the Bishop,the Rev w. w.
Webb of Milwaukee there will be the
annual parade Of the students, the
planting of the class tree and the lay
ing of the class stone. The final ga
thering for commencement week will
be the reunion of the Kemper Hall
Alumnae to be held on the afternoon
of Commencement Day. This will close
with dinner at six O'Clock in the
evening.
The members of the class of 1918
are Clara Bues, Margaretta Elizabeth
Fem, Frances Sidney Hadfeld, su-
same Sitgreaves Kemper, Ann Clark
Lorenzen, Helen Martyr Rhodes, Ka-
thryn Norma Staat, Katharine Story,
Dorothy lone Symmes, Harriet Wal
tiers, Isabel Marie Wells, Florence
Grace Wells, and Dorothy Zacharias.
Miss Frances Hadfeld Of Milwaukee
one Of the members of the class is at
present the women IS state golf cham
pion Of Wisconsin and one of the best
known of the women golfers Of the
nation.
AS little preliminary to the annual
commencement the Kemper Hall girls
will have the annual observance Of
Founders Day on next Friday. This
is always made one Of the most in
teresting festivals of the year at the
hall. Many visitors from other cities
are expected to be present. There
will be the usual "daisyo parade and
the usual decoration of the pictures
Of the founders of the school with the
usual social events to mark the after
noon and evening of the day.