The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-11-27
change COMMENCEMENT DAY
No Outside Speaker VIII Be Called up
on TO Deliver Address But Assign
ments Will Be Made Among
Glass Students.

dents for the mid-year 1920 class at
the High School Monday ushers in a
new system of choosing those who shall
be classed as honor students. Hereaf-
ter all students having an average of
ninety or above will be considered in
this class, while, if there are none with
an average of ninety, as sometimes
happens, there will be no honor awards.
The person having the highest average
will be valedictorian but here the sim
ilarity to the old system ceases. As
signments will be made to others of the
above ninety students and sometimes
the salutatorian address will fall to
the person with the second highest
average and sometimes it will not.
MIR. Tremper Explains Change.
In inaugurating the new system Mr..
Tremper said that he had often wish
ed to change from the old system where
the five pupils with the highest marks
were given the honor awards but ow-
ing to the fact that many Of the class
es had so few persons with the neces-
sary marks he had been rather reluct-
ant about suggesting change. In the
mid-year 1920 class, however, nine Of
the thirty-three pupils have averages
above ninety which offers a very good
opportunity for the change to the sys-
tenn which is used in most of the
schools. Mr.. Tremper believes that
there will be more interest manifested,
among the pupils in the attempt to
keep averages above the ninety mark.
No fractional credits such as are given
in music, will be accepted in the final
averages.
Change Commencement Program
There will also be changes in the
type of program presented on class
day. No speaker will be brought in
to deliver an address but assignments
will be made among the students The
valedictorian and salutatorian address
es will be made at this time and the
class poem, Grafton and defamation
will also be given. The usual musical
selections will be included. On class
day will come the prophecy, class his
tory, charge to the undergraduate
es, bestowing of the gift, Junior fare
well and class song. There will also
be change in the Senior banquet as
all responses will now be given by one
person. Regarding the bestowing Of
the gift-heretofore class has waited
until the class following graduated be-
fore bestowing the gift but in the flu
ture the gift will be given when the
class In question graduates.
Set Date for Exercises.
January % has been set for class
day; January 20 for the class play and
January 30 for the commencement pro-
gram. The Senior banquet will prob
ably be held on January &C. With the
exception of Miss Fielding as director
of the class play no further prepare
tions have as yet been made. The
class contains some excellent students
who are talented in various lines and
there is no doubt but that the play will
be given general acclaim.
Honor Students Announced.
The honor students are: Phyllis
symmonds $3.50; Adolph Rasmussen
1915; Yvette Goldberg -9312; Fern
Emery-92.70; Stella Heynan-92.46;
Marjorie Miller-91.16; Edith Knudson
-91.05; Azalea Terry-90.47; Lloyd
Symmonds-
Miss Symmonds will be valedictor-
ian; Miss Goldberg will have the salu-
tatorian address; Miss Heyman will
give the declaration; Edith Knudsen the
history; Majorie Miller the welcome;
Lloyd Symmonds will bestow the gift;
Azalea Terry will read the prophecy;
Francis Brick will read the Junior fare
well; Fern Emery has been chosen poet;
Adolph Rasmussen will give the ora
ton; Elizabeth Harmon will give the
responses at the banquet; Phillip
Blanchard will give the charge to the
undergraduates and Miss Beatrice Kort
will write the class song.