The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-05-21
Junior-Senior Prom
a Very Pretty Party

summer dresses and fr1lly white
aprons. The tables were simply
yet prettily decorated. At the
ends were lighted tall green tapers,
and the centerpieces consisted Of
sweet peas, snapdragons and daisies
attractively combined with maid
en- hair fern, in old fashioned glass
baskets. At each place was a place
card, a nut cup and a program.
The place cards were of fine white
parchment, with cottage scene hand
painted in the corner, and the
names printed with green ink. The
nut cups were shaped like flower
baskets with a yellow butterfly
perched on each handle. There
were three color combinations:
Lavender and spring green, pink and
green, and yellow and dark green.
Green letters on the white paper
repeated the Juniors colors in the
programs. These were booklets
containing the menu, program and
dance-program, and tied with green
cord at the end of which was at
tached tiny green pencil.
After the last course had been
cleared away, Clifford Domke, pres
iident of the Junior class, welcomed
the guests in the name of his class
mates, and, after briefly stating
the plans of all Juniors to follow
the footsteps of the Seniors, intro
duced Clarence Swift, who Is the
Senior class president. Clarence
spoke shortly about the ambitions
of the graduating Seniors and their
appreciation to the Juniors. Then
Clifford as POSTMASTER introduced
the others in their turn, who added
to the enjoyment of the program.
Valerie Rose sang I'm the Garden
of Tomorrow" accompanied by
Olivia Vennewitz. Miss Hammond
accompanied Dean Kinsella when
he sang "Trees." J. F. Cooper, pres
ident of the Board of Education,
spoke in behalf of the Board and
citizens and recalled several anus
ing incidents of his school days,
fifty years ago. He also compared
the facilities of then and now and
young people the many and great
advantages they possess which
were unthought of in his day. Mr..
Cooper is the sole surviving MEM
Der of the schools first gradua-
ton class, fifty years ago, in 1881;
Murella Kringen played piano
solo entitled Melody in r" Mr..
1Dowswell, a member Of the school
board, sang "Roses of Picardy," ac-
con. panied by Mrs. Dowswell, after
which Ruby Guishard, accompan-
led by Murella Kringen, sang
Moonlight and Roses" A male
quartette made up of Junior boys:
Dean Kinsella, Clifford Domke,
Cameron Larson and Victor Nelson
sang BELLS of ST. Marys," Miss
Hammond playing for them.
AS their concluding number the
Juniors had asked Mr.. Falk to
speak to the guests. Although his
talk was shorter than usual it was
whole heartedly given and equally
well received. He briefly recalled
his contacts with faculty and board
members during his nine years
residence here. Leaving the stu.
dents until last, he spoke to them
in tones of a friendly advisor, and
asked that they keep a corner in
their garden of memories for him,
just as he will do for them. In
concluding, Mr.. Falk proffered his
best wishes to all present. This
was the last time Mr.. Falk will ever
speak at a Junior-Senior banquet
in his position as Superintendent of
Sank Centre High School.
After the banquet hall had been
Hcleared the lights were turned off
with the exception of the stage
lights and spot light, the gates
were again opened and the Grand
March began. The march was led
by Clifford Domke, Junior class
president and his partner, Mary
Markson. The Seniors were repre-
scented by Dick Borgmann and Jane
IStrebel. The spot light, which gave
the effect of moonlight and the
green and white background show
ed to an advantage the lovely, flow
ing ankle-length gowns of crisp or
CANDIES and soft chiffons. The
semi formals were in pastel shades
and light colored prints. The
scene was one, as a spectator re-
marked, of moonlit garden of
twenty years ago.
After the march the dancing be-
gan. The orchestra performed un-