River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1919-06-12

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the wounded and to those on duty in
the trench. A group of soldiers,
free from duty, were enjoying the
songs. the poker" game, and the
cootie' hunt of the soldiers in the
trench.
Captain Dean read the history Of
the 10Th Division, which was Incl
dentally complete history of the
class of 1919. He spoke of the prom
inence Of the class in various school
activities. Among other things the
class Of 1919 had among its members
half a dozen men who were letter
men on championship teams. A
large number of men were in The
service at the beginning of last year.
The 1919 girls were class champions
in basketball .during third year in
high school, and in both the junior
and senior years in normal school.
He ended by saying. while we
have done our best during our serv-
ice here, we stand ready to be called
to defend our beloved. institution any
time crisis may arrive. Thus do
we await our honorable discharge
During lull in the fighting Prof.
Howard played violin solo, Gavatte
by Romeau.
Then we had more war, until
General Smith arrived upon the
scene. General Smith announced
that they were preparing to enter a
great battle, the battle Of life, and
he had come to give them the plans
of the conflict. Here he read them,
in a unique way, the class prophecy
and the class will.
These exercises were followed by
the presentation Of the yoke to the
Junior Class. Mr.. Charles Kelley,
as president Of the Senior Class. in a
few timely remarks pledged the
Senior Class to give aid to the school
as they go out to all parts of the
state, by presenting to the people of
the state the realneeds of the school.
Among other things he read from a
letter from Professor Hunt, in which
he extended his best wishes to the
school and to the class Of 1919. Mr..
Kelly closed by urging the Juniors
to accept the responsibilities of the
next years Senior class, and as.
symbol presented to Mr.. jacobson,
the Junior president, the yoke. Mr..
Jacobson accepted for the class Of
1920 and pledged the cooperation of
the class in furthering the best in
terests of the school.
The program closed with music
by the orchestra, the class marching
out as the orchestra played.
The Seniors are to be congratulate
ed for the unique and unusual way
in which the Class Day exercises
were conducted.
MR.. CRABTREE PRESENTS TABLET
One Of the finest features of any
commencement week in the history
OF the school. was the Home Coming
and Memorial Day program held on
the campus yesterday afternoon, a
complete account of which will be
given next week. Elk President ].
w. Crabtree presented the school
with the Memorial Tablet, upon
which is inscribed the names of the
men Of this school who gave their
lives in the World War. Following
are the names:
Andrew Celestine Deneen
Irwin Edward Dickey
Albert Harvey Fletcher
Clarence Lawrence
John Blaine Light
Myron George Moore
Ernest William Peterson
Otto Louis Winter
Lawrence D. Young
LARGE CLASS RECEIVES DIPLOMAS
The exercises for the Forty-first
Annual Commencement Of the River
Falls State Normal School were held
IN the Normal Auditorium this
morning at 10 o'clock, too late for a.
full report in this issue. Diplomas
were presented to large class.
There are lit graduates of the Two
year courses, and 3 graduates of the
three-year course. Thirty-eight will
receive certificates of graduation