The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1919-02-06
Program for Mid Year Com
mencement Festivities
Announced Today by
School Authorities.
CULBERTsON TO. SPEAK
President Of Ripon College and Well
Known War Worker to Make Com
mencement Address Feb. 18th
''The Private Tutor" on 18th.

the twenty three members of the mid
year graduating class of the Kenosha
High School who have finished their
studies and are ready to be ushered out
into the more serious work of life.
The festivities will start on Monday
with the Faculty-Senior Banquet at the
Elks Club and will continue until the
regular commencement exercises on
Thursday evening at the Rhode Opera
House
The commencement address will be
made by Henry Coe Culbertson, Presi-
dent Of Ripon College and lately one
of the helpers of Herbert Hoover in the
food conservation work in Belgium.
President Culbertson spoke in Kenosha
last year and evey effort has been made
since then to have him return to Ke-
nosha. He will speak on "Some Pro
blems and Tasks Of Reconstruction. -
A feature of the commencement pro-
gram on Thursday evening, February
thirteenth, will be cello solo by Rich
ard Francis, with Miss Margaret Beck
er as accompanist. Mr.. Francis is an
artist Of known talent in Kenosha and
it is certain that his number on the
program will be warmly received by
Kenoshans The diplomas will be pre-
sented by Mrs. Mary d. Bradford, Su-
perintendent of the City Schools.
On Thursday afternoon at the AS
sembly Room Of the High School Build
ing the class will officially say fare
well to the halls of learning by the
Glass Day exercises. A very interest
ing program has been arranged for
this ''swan song" all of which will
be given by the members of the
class.
One of the main features of COM
mencement week will be the presenta-
tion Of the Glass Play "The Private
Tutor" on Wednesday evening at the
Rhode Opera House. The play which
is staged under the direction Of Miss
M. Grace Robinson, is clever com
edy, filed with humorous situations
and overlooking with humor. The cast
for the play win be:
Fred Spencer, who believes that ex-
perience is the best teacher. 1911.
.................. Cieil Morrow
George Carothers, hich chum. 1890.
................. Adolph Rasmussen
Mr.. Spencer, proud owner of an oil
we'll .......... Reuben Goodman
Mrs. Spencer, she loves that oil we'll
...................D Dorothy E. Fink
Dolly Spencer, who has wit of her
own ......... Jessie P. Barden
Hans Dmklederfer, leader of lit
tie German band ............
.....!............K Kenneth s. Ames
Mabel the obliging maid ..
...,,,.............. Rosa A. Cohn
Miss Snap, q detective. ....
..................,. Gladys M. Balm
The Mid-Year Glass Of 1918, who viii
receive their diplomas on Thursday eve
ming, February thirteenth, is composed
Of the following members; classified ac-
cording to the course which each has
taken in the Kenosha High School:
Classical
Ethel Virginia Bisno--2, Kenneth S.
Ames-2, Arthur G. schaefer-2, Mil
ton z. Sehmelling-2, Jessie Persis Bar
den-2, Gertrude G. Langan-2, Rosalyn
A. Gianantonio--2, Reuben Goodman
2, Dorothy E. Fink--2, Granger Hustled
p.
Scientific
Glayds NJ, Balm, J. Robert McElwain,
Cecil A. Morrow, Florence Irene
Vollmer, Marjorie Miller Young, Louis
w. Otto.
English
Belle A. Meyers, jeanette c. Dru-
soma, Rost A. Cohn, Ethel Schifman,
Harold Il. Herzog, Mary G. Hunt, Ger
trude s. cropley.
While one class is leaving the
school another is entering and this
year it has been the policy of the school
to have no commencement exercises
in connection with the promotion of
pupils from the Junior to the Senior
High School. a large class will en-
Ter from the Frank Junior High of
twenty one members and a class of
eight from the Lincoln. These new
members of the High School are:
Frank Junior High school
Lawson Adams, Margaret Alcock,
Fred Boyer, Louise Bon, Albert Borken-
hagen, Emerson Both, Victory Emery,