The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1920-05-19
SCHOOL PROGRAM
AT CHARTER OAK
Exercises of Charter Oak Schools to
be Held Earlier This Year-Program
From Sunday Until Friday
SERMON LAST SUNDAY NIGHT
Class Play, "A Private Secretary" on
Monday Evening-Juniors Ban.
quet the Seniors Tuesday
From Charter Oak Times:

From Charter Oak Times:
Next week is commencement, the
earliest ever held in Charter Oak, but
not earlier than other towns; and
from Sunday to Friday night there is
something doing every day. When we
asked the prof. If there would be any
blank diplomas issued he said No. all
the class is getting through all right.
The week begins with the baccalau-
reate sermon Sunday night. At this
their caps and gowns. This is a new
thing in Charter Oak, but a very sensi-
Bile thing, as it eliminates a large part
Of the expense Of graduation. Mr.
Travis breaches the baccalaureate ser
mon in Charter Oak in the morning at
II o'clock. and then in the evening
goes to Ute to deliver the one before
the graduating class there. The pro-
gram will be about as follows:
Professional from the school house.
Music-Song by the audience.
Scripture reading and prayer.
Music by quartette.
Announcements. sy5
Music. II
Sermon. ~.ssN
Song by the audience.
Benediction.
RecessiOnal.
Monday evening comes the class play
under the title of The Private Secre.
taly. This will be given at the school
house, In the assembly room, where
all the other entertainments are given.
The. play is pronounced especially
good by those who have been per-
mitted to see it in rehearsal. For the
first time in many years the gradual
ing class can handle their annual play
without help from outside sources.
Following is the cast OF characters:
Robert Spaulding. the private secre.
tary-Leslie Lyons.
Douglas Cattermole-Gen Brown.
Mr.. Cattermole, his uncle-Carmon
Weed.
Harry Marsland-Rudolnh Bierwirth.
Mr.. Marsland, his uncle-Dale/ Hess,
Sidney Gibson, a tailor ROLAND
John, a butler-Jake French.
Knox, writ server-Jake French.
Miss Stead--Anna. ArOnson.
Miss Ashford--Hannah Harden.
Edith Marsland. Harry's cousin-Ethel
Thompson. q ,7:s -..,ss5s ~. \
Eva webster. her friend, Verne Jones
1, Jones'
! The entertainment Tuesday evening
Ia one to which the public is not in
yited. At that time the juniors will
banquet the seniors in the high school
banquet hall. This is an event that
is looked foreward to with much zest
by the members of the two classes. It
is the elimination of the years social
studies and pleasures. fsa
Wednesday is the big day. In the
Is class day, when the mem
berS OF the class do some stunts that
are required of people before diplomas
can be granted. 1t forms a very pleas
ant entertainment This will be CIV
Ell in the auditorium at the school
house. These exercises begin at 10
o'clock according to the following pro-
gram: @
Music.
Presidents Welcome-Dale Hess.
Glass History-Jake French.
Glass Prophecy-Hannah Harden
and Anna Aronson.
Glass Poem-Ethel Thompson.
Glass Oration-George Brown.
Glass Will--Leslie Lyons.
Glass Song-Committee.
In the evening will come the regular
commencement exercises. with an ad-
dress by Rev. VIM. II. Spence, of the
Methodist church at MOrningside. Fol
lowing the address, diplomas of grad
lation will be given to the following
people: Anna S. Aronson, Rudolph
Bierwirth, George Brown, Jake w.
French, Hannah Alice Harden, Kermit i
Dale Hess, Verne M. Jones, Leslie NJ
Lyons, Ethel M. Thompson, Carmon
F. Weed, ROLAND r Weed The whole
will close with singing of the Star
Spangled Banner. and everyone is ex-
pected to come as close to singing as
he can. The commercial studies are
being used as elective studies, SO there
are no commercial graduates, Each
Of the studies is a course in itself, and
diplomas will be given showing the
branches completed, though not a full
course graduation. Thursday comes
just introduced into the
school, the class picnic. when the mem
bers Of the class take their grub bas-
kets and hike away to some secluded
spot to spend last day of school to-
sether far from the disturbing influen-
ees of the rest of the world--a day
when they can talk over the school
lays and tell one another their plans
'or the future-a day, perchance.
when some future reunion may be
planned and arranged, when as bald
headed men and gray haired matrons
they will return to the old campus.
The whole session will close Friday
night with banquet of the alumni
n the banquet hall of the school house
where the graduates will be received
nto the Ancient and Orderly Order Of
Did Grads with due formality. It
s many times reunion. 1t Is always
/ time when the old graduate returns
n imagination to his school days and
he new graduate dreams he is already
successful man.