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Program, Commencement, Waupun High School, 1918Description
Annual Commencement Waupun High School 1918. Davison Theatre, Waupun, Wisconsin, Thursday, June thirteen, nineteen and eighteen.
Commencement of 1918.
Commencement Program, Davison Theatre, Thursday Evening, June Thirteenth, Nineteen Hundred and Eighteen.
Invocation - REV. J. S. NEFF.
Star Spangled Banner, first and last stanzas - AUDIENCE.
Salutatory Address - ESTHER MILLER.
Music - Wanderer's Evening Song - GIRLS' QUARTET.
Commencement Address - DR. WM. SCOTT.
Music - Swing Song - GIRLS' QUARTET.
Valedictory Address - GEZINA FRERIKS.
Presentation of Diplomas - MR. W. C. HOWARD.
Cornet Duet - M.R. JOSEPH WOLTERS, MR. HAROLD YOUNG.
List of Theses:
Madeline F. Ahern - James Whitcomb Riley.
Walter Amthor - The Modern Submarine.
Ruth Bayley - President Wilson's Present War Policy.
Gladys Clough - Methods of Financing the Present War.
Eva Corts - The Justification for the United States Entering the War.
Gezina Freriks - Luther Burbank.
Will Giebink - The Hemp Industry in Waupun.
Myron Gysbers - David Lloyd George.
Margaret Hanger - Food Conservation.
Nina Hill - The Development of the Railroads.
Vera Hopkins - The American Red Cross.
Irene Lonmans - The Russian Peasant.
Florence Marsh - America's Entry into the Present War.
Doris Mason - Y. M. C. A. in the War.
Maurice McElroy - Aviation in the War.
Dora Mielke - Belgium Relief Fund.
Esther Miller - Helen Keller.
Mae Mugridge - Selective Draft versus the Volunteer System.
Laverne Neevel - Public Health Nursing.
Margaret Olson - Railroads Since 1820.
William Purcell - Home Rule in Ireland.
Eugene Rood - Growth of the Hemp Industry in Wisconsin.
F1orence Schlamer - The Development of Japan.
Laurena Toll - High Prices of Food and How the Government Controls Them.
Maurice VanDeZan - The Necessity of Coal Conservation.
Arnold Voight - The Importance of the Fortification of the Panama Canal.
Myra Whooley - Herbert Hoover and His Work in the War.
Ruth Zimmerman - The Young Women's Christian Association in the War.
Announcement of Prizes, 1917-18.
1 - D. A. R. Prize for best work in American History, Revolutionary Period:
High School, Lucile Hoffman, 5.00 Thrift Stamps
Eighth Grade, Bertha Freriks, 3.00 Thrift Stamps
Sixth Grade, Wilfred Howard, 1.00 Thrift Stamps
Sixth Grade, Leonard Karel, 1.00 Thrift Stamps
2 - The L. D. Hinkley Circle Ladies of the The G. A. R. prize for the best work in American History, Civil War Period:
High School, Mae Mugridge, book, "First Hundred Thousand"
Eighth Grade, Wilfred Sanborn, book, "First Hundred Thousand"
3 - Wm. Gerritson Prize for best work in Commercial Course:
High School, 1st Madeline Ahern, 5.00; 2nd Esther Miller, 3.00; 3rd, Edith Wells, 2.00
4 - Mrs. J. E. Brinkerhoff and Mrs. Otto Lueck prize for best War Garden. summer 1917:
Older Group, Lavern Radke, $5.00
Younger Group, Elmer Howard, 5.00
5 - Food Production Committee, Women's Council of Defense, prize for best essay, on War Gardens:
Boys' Group, Clarence VanLoo, Book on Gardening
Girls' Group, Alita Scott, Book on Gardening
6 - Loomans Lumber Co., prize essay contest, "Own Your Own Home:"
High School - 1st, Marjorie Howard, 15.00; 2nd, Harriet Rexwinkle, 7.50; 3rd, Melita Hanisch, 4.00
Eighth Grade, Florence Putnam, 1.00
Seventh Grade, Thelma Meiklejohn, 1.00
Sixth Grade, John Rexwinkle, 1.00
7 - Ford Motor Co., essay contest, "Henry Ford:"
1st, Marjorie Howord, 15.00 Thrift Stamps
2nd, Harriet Rexwinkle, 10.00 Thift Stamps
3rd, Will Purcell, 5.00 Thrift Stamps
Grades, "The Use of the Ford Cars:"
Eighth Grade, 1st Florence Putnam, 5.00 Thrift Stamps; Thelma Brisb..., 2.50 Thrift Stamps
Seventh Grade, 1st Lavern Radke, 5.00 Thrift Stamps; 2nd Gertrude Smith, 2.50 Thrift Stamps
Sixth Grade, 1st Art Warber, 5.00 Thrift Stamps; 2nd Marion Bloedel, 2.50 Thrift Stamps
Winner High School Oratorical Contest:
1st, Will Purcell; 2nd, Myron Gysbers
Winner High School Declamatory Contest:
1st, Margaret Hanger; 2nd, Mabel WilburAcquisition
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