Program, Commencement, South Ward High School, 1897

14th Commencement of SW High - 1897.

14th Commencement of SW High - 1897.

Name/Title

Program, Commencement, South Ward High School, 1897

Description

The Fourteenth Annual Commencement of the South Ward High School, at Whiting Theater, Friday Evening, June 11, 1897, Waupun, Wis. 14th Commencement of SW High - 1897. Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. W. W. Warner, at M. E. Church, Sunday, June 6th. Program: Music. Prayer. Salutatory, - Allie de Vos. The Girl Student's Friend, - Marie J. Meulendyke. Alfred the Great, - Mary Brown. Music. Electricity, - Ethan Allan. The Vernon Chieftain, - Gertrude M. Beardsley. The Influence of Great Men, - Lilian S. Rowland. Armenia, - Janet Hobkirk. Music. History, - Albert Walker. Pleasures of Memory, - Elsie M. Scott. Laureate Poets, - Elizabeth A. Rowland. Arbitration, - Will H. Galland. Music. The American Sage, - Lella A. Carpenter. The Paradise of the Pacific, - Katherine E. Scott. Valedictory, - A. F. Bickford. Conferring of Diplomas, - President of Board. Music. Benediction. Class Motto: "The End Crowns the Work." Class Roll: Allan, Ethan Brown, Mary Beardsley, Gertrude M. Carpenter, Lella Bickford, A. F. deVos, Allie Galland, Will H. Hobkirk, Janet Meulendyke, Marie J. Rowland, Lilian S. Scott, Elsie M. Rowland, Elizabeth A. Sikes, Edward W. Walker, Albert Scott, Katherine E. Also included with this program were (2) hand written name tags from the commencement; Elsie Mae Scott and Katherine E. Scott. The program is in very fragile condition; it came apart with just opening it.

Acquisition

Accession

2013.0010

Source or Donor

Found in Waupun Heritage Museum

Acquisition Method

Bequest,Collected by