Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-06
.cEvEN TO BE Gradual.
ED, LARGEST CLASS IN
SCHOOLS HISTORY.
WORK OF SENIORS ENDS \
TO-DAY; RECEPTION TONIGHT
Personnel Of Class Includes Thirty
three Boys and Sixty-four Girls
Ruth Silvius Honor Membsr--Zu'
isirn. koontx Youngest senior-Sta-
tistics Of tho Class and It's Members

Ninety.seven seniors, the largest
class in the history of the high school,
are to be graduated next week. The
seniors finished their school work this
afternoon and with the junior recep-
ton at the Y. NJ. c. A. today the &C
tivities of commencement week begin.
The class of 10 exceeds the class of
rs, which up to that time was the
largest in the history of the school, by
fourteen members.
or the ninety-seven to be given di-
plomas next Friday night thirty three
are boys and siXty-four are girls. Oh
these. siXty-f five entered the high
school from the graded schools of the
city and thirty-two were from schools
outside the city.
Youngest IS; Oldest 20.
In number of credits gained during
her high school course Ruth Silvius
leads the class with twenty -four, the
required number being twenty. Nine
others Of the class, however were not
far behind her as each had over
twenty three credits.
The youngest senior. the baby of
the class is Zuleime Koontz, aged 16
years and l month. Miss Koontz is the
only senior 16 years old. There are
twenty one who are II. thirty-siX who
are is, twenty six who are 10 and
thirteen who are 20. The average age
is is years.
A very large majority, or eighty
of ft,,ts hn htevh
school course, including the eighth
grade, in the regular period of five
years. Six took six years to get thru
and two did 1t in four years.
OF the graded schools. the Arnold
furnished sixteen members of this
class. The other graded schools were
represented as follows: John Childs,
fifteen; Rogers, eleven: Woodbury.,
ten; Click, six; Abbott, four, and An
son. three.
OF this senior class there were 176
in the eighth grade in 1914-'15, but
when they got into the ninth grade in
1875 the number had dropped to
l61. .... 49,.
Members Of Senior Class.
The following is the personnel Of the
senior class:
Helen Andrews, Lloyd Barlow, Clar-
ence Batesole Charles Biersborn, Pearl
| Blake.is Janice Boardman, Gladys
Booth, Ralph Bowman, Marie Brand,
Kenneth Brintnall Chloe Carter, Eliz-
abeth 4 Cartmill, Louise Clemens, Ar
thur Cober. Nadine Conant, Ross Cop
ley, Clarence Crawford Glenn Cray.
Lyle Crinklaw, Mansel Darner, Lester
Davis, Helen Deakin, Mira Decker.
Gertrude Dobson, Ruby Donaldson,
Amber Dunmire, Selma Eige, Richard
Ellis, Florence Everist, Phyllis Fan
ton, Viola Fiscus Gladys F1itton, Mil
| dred Flower, Edward Gavney, Waldo
Gelvin. Aldine Gerard, Arthur Cos
sard. Ruth Green, Catherine Guernsey,
Sarah Guernsey, Earl Harrington,
Vivian Herter. Helen Hockridge, Ruth
Hostetler Margaret HOWE, Zuleime
koontz. Pearl Larson, Grace Lennox,
Daisy Lille, Hugh McCleery, John
Mccormack. Ruth Mccormack Walter
McCreery, Ruth McEndree, Laura Nc
kibben, Eleanor Means, George Merry
| man, Chester Nickel, Paul Miller
Frank Mason, Wilma Newland, Fred
erick Niblock, Irene Norland, Dana
Norris. Myrtle Ogan, Wilma Pelham
Elsie Preston, Iva Race, Max Rickett,
Ruth Roberts, Lois Rogers, Wilma
Roundy. Charles Russie, Levan Sellers
| Doris Shahan Dorothy Shove, Ruth
Silvius. Doris Smith, Halsey Smith
| Gladys Sorhers, Margaret Steele, Eliz-
aoeth Stevens, Idella Stevenson, Fern
| Steward. Lulu Stubs, Dorothy Schultz
Adeline Thayer Lois Toombs, Selma
Torrisdahl. Ruth Van Law, Oliver
| Villas, Ralph Vogel Alma Wetzstein
| Nelson Whitehill, Margaret Williams