Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1922-05-17
FORTY-Slx TO
GRADUATE JUNE |.
Large Class to Finish DecOrah High
School Course. Class Play
May 31st.
S'CLARENCE" is
TITLE OF PLAY
Baccalaureate Sermon to be Delivered
Sunday Morning May 2S, by
: Rev. O. Glesne.

The one act plays given by the
public speaking class in the high
school assembly room last Friday
evening were decided success. The
stage settings, although handicapped
by the small size of the platform
were extremely effective, the setting
for the florist shop deserving the
adjective beautiful. Miss Ferguson
is to be congratulated on the excel
lent characterizations offered by her
pupils. The audience was delighted.
On Friday of this week, May 10,
will be held the school Exhibit in the
Public School Building. May Day
performances will be held on the lawn
in front of the school house, begin
ming at $3.50 P. M. if the weather
in favorable. The children in the
grades have been drilling faithfully
under the directions of Miss Berg
erson and their room teachers for
this event and it is hoped that the
townspeople will turn out in large
numbers to enjoy the spectacle.
Admission tags will be sold by the
pupils in the grades. The fee is a
dime.
The building will be open from
200 P. NJ. to 500 P. NJ. and again
from the time of the conclusion of
the Lawn Fete until 1000 in the
evening. The girls of the sewing
class will present a style show in
the Assembly room at A o'clock in
the afternoon and again at $50 in
the evening.
Exhibits of the different grades
including those of the 5th Ward
school will be on the cloak room
walls as before.
Penmanship and high. school art ex-
hibit will be found in room 4. Man
ual training work will be on display
in the Library and Science Room.
The work Of the Sewing Glass will
be on display in the Assembly Room.
The products Of the cooking class will
be in room /.
If yu forget where these exhibits
are look for the directory on the
first floor.
Light refreshments will be sold
by the girls of the Domestic Science
class. The baked goods on exhibit
will be on sale but the buyers will
not be permitted to take their goods
until 8 o'clock in the evening.
The attention of the citizens of
5th Ward is especially called to the
fact that the 5th Ward school ex-
hibit will be in the Main building.
On the morning of May 19, be-
ginning at 9 o'clock, the athletes of
grades A, 5, 6, 7 and will engage
in a track and field meet at the
fair grounds. The events and handi-
caps allowed for each grade are as
follows:
so yd. dash, 7th grade l yd., 9th
grade 2 yd.; 5th grade a yd.; 4th
grade 6yd.
100 yd. dash-7th grade 2 yd.; 9th
grade a yd.; 5th grade sgd; 4th
grade II yds.
Relay one half mile, s men-7th
grade 8yd.; 9th grade 16 yd.; 5th
grade 32 yd.; 4th grade 4Syd. (per
team)
High jump-7th grade 2 in; 9th
grade in.; 5th grade s in; 4th
grade II in.
lb. shot-7th grade ft.; 9th
grade 2 it.; 5th grade A it.; 4th
garde 6 #.
Broad Jump, 7th grade 4 in; 9th
grade 8 in; 5th grade 16 in; 4th
Pole Vault, 7th grade in; 9th
grade en-; 5th grade II in; 4th
grade Is in.
A large felt banner will be given
to the class getting the highest num-
Der of points. First place counts 5,
second place 8, third place 2, and
fourth place /. In the relay the
count will be 10, and 2.
An admission fee of 10c will be
charged. Anybody that can spare
the time to see this big track and
field meet will get more fun for a
dime than they have had since the
day of nickel movies.
Commencement Week Activities
Sunday morning, May % at 1890
"A. M. in the United Lutheran church
Rev. D. Glesne will deliver the Bac-
calaureate Sermon before the class
of 1922. Following is the program
of the Baccalaureate service:
Professional
Hymn No. ~
Confession and Kyria
Gloria
Scripture Lesson
Hymn No. IL
Gospel Lesson and Confession of
Faith.
Solo
Sermon "The Profitable Life
Rev. o. Glesne.
Anthem
Closing Hymn No. as
Benediction.
Recessional
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