Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 111, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1911 — Commencement Exercises of Wheatfield High School. [ARTICLE]

Commencement Exercises of Wheatfield High School.

The following is the program of the graduation exercises of the class of 1911 of the Wheatfield high school. Friday, May 12, at 8 P. M. Grand March Orchestra invocationßev. Downey Salutatory Elmer Hunsicker Music Orchestra Addressßev. Thomas Francis Moran Music Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas... Supt. Morgan L. Sterrett Music —folly Student Orchestra Valedictory Mabel Karch Benediction ...' Rev. Downey Alumni Banquet—May 11, 1911, ft 8:00 o’clock p. m., at I. O. O. F. Hall. Commencement Exercises—May 12, 1911, at 8:00 o’clock p. m. at opera house. Farewell Picnic—May 13, 1911, at Dunn’s Bridge. Colonel Brown, the “bird and bee man,” closed a busy day here yesterday by giving a free talk about birds last evening in front of the court house. About fifty men, women and children walked with Col. Brown to the south part of town, witnessed the hanging oriole and heard him discuss the habits of many birds. Then all returned to the court Louse and the discussion was continued. He talked of the wren, the oriole, the swallow, the jay bird, the robin, and other birds, told of their habits, methods of encouraging them to build homes with us each year, of the insect life they destroy and of the great value they are to our fruit trees, our meadows and our grain. He wanted it said that of all the places he ever visited he never had more respectful attention paid to him than in Rensselaer and that there was not one particle of inattention during his lectures to the children at the school house. He suggested that if Rensselaer would institute a summer nature study course for two weeks, employing good instructors, properly advertising it and issuing an Invitation to Chicago’s six thousand school teachers, we could have a fine chance of making it successful. His visit was a pleasant one and the seed he sowed fell on many responsive little lives, as well as being instructive and entertaining to the older ones.