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Commencement Exercises of the Free Public High School, Eau Claire
dated 22 January 1904
Commencement Exercises of the Free Public High School, Eau Claire
dated 22 January 1904
Donated
by Lou Anne
The
following was submitted
from the memoirs of Wisconsin Teacher, Mary Whelan
The Xmas Class of 1903
of the
Eau Claire High School
requests the honor of your
presence at its
Graduating Exercises
Friday evening, January twenty
-second
nineteen hundred and four.
Grand Opera House
Eight P.M.
Class Day and Commencement
Exercises
of the
Free Public High
School
Eau Claire Wisconsin
Friday, January 22, 1904, 8 P.M
Grand Opera House
Motto:
"Perge Modo". Class Colors:
Blue and White.
PROGRAM
Orchestra,
Grand March "Jack Tar"..... Sousa
Oration
and Salutatory, "What constitutes a great novelist:......Lenore
Margaret Horan *
President's
Address .................... Roy Cleveland Chandler
Oration,
"Irrigaton in the West".............. Charles Mitchell Cooke
Oration,
"The Condition of the American Laboring Classes".....Elmer Lawrence
Hotvedt
Oration,
"A study of Childlife from Dickens".....Matilda P. Hugdahl
Orchestra,
Overture, ............................Raymond Thomas
Oration,
"A Tribute to Eau Claire".........Josephine Amelia Johnson
Class
Oration, "The Ideal Citizen"..........George Eugene Merriman
Oration,
"Robert E. Lee"....................Thresa Agnes O'Leary
Essay,
"George Junior Republic" ..........Ann Margaret Plunkett
Oration,
"The American Invasion of Canada" ........William E. Rawlings
Orchestra,
Selection, "Daughter of the Regiment".... Donizetti
Oration,
"Benedict Arnold" ..........................Mamie Margaret
Roach
Essay,
"A Study in Environment".................Belva Louise Ronne
Oration,
"Wm McKinley"..........................Edward Theodore Winger
Oration,
" The Developement of Literature for Children"......Grace Bessie
Youngwall
Oration and Valedictory, "Civic
Improvement"............................ Mary Elsie Sutherland
*
Orchestra,
Southern Patrole, .................. Voelker
Presentation
of Diplomas by President of Board of Education.
*Chosen by the
Class
Intermission
Orchestra,
A New Year's Party, Descriptive
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Class Play
THE
ELEVATOR By W.D. Howell
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Cast
of Characters
Mr.
Roberts, The Host.................................Edward Huebsch
Dr.
Lawton ................................................Geo
Merriman
Mr.
Bemis.................................................Elmer Hotvedt
Mr.
Alf Bemi is Son...................................Kimball
Southworth
Mr.
Miller...................................................Roy Chandler
Mr.
Curwan................................................Charles Cooke
Mr.
Willis Campbell.....................................Sumner Kelley
Elevator
Boy...............................................Oliver Olson
Mrs.
Roberts, Hostess................................Anna Plunkett
Mrs.
Miller..................................................Lenore Horan
Mrs.
Curwan...............................................Maud Bodine
Mrs.
Crashan, Mrs. Robert's Aunt.................Margaret Bavaird
Miss
Lawton, Dr. Lawton's Daughter.............Mamie Roach
CLASS OFFICERS
Roy
Chandler ............................................President
Charles
Cooke, .....................................Vice President
Thresa
O'Leary.......................................Secretary
Edward
Huebsch....................................Treasurer