Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1917 — SMALLER CLASS THAN USUAI THIS YEAR [ARTICLE]

SMALLER CLASS THAN USUAI THIS YEAR

Of Graduates From High School— List Shows That There Will ~ Probably Be 24.

Rensselaer high school will not have the usual large class of graduates this year. The smallest class for several years will be turned out this year, and it is probable that altogether there will be but twenty-four, and two or three are doubtful. One name not listd here may, however, receive sufficient credits to graduate. The probable class consists of 18 girls and 11 boys. Whatever the class lacks in quantity it makes up in quality and will be one, of the best classes ever turned oufny the school. The following list shows the probable graduates this year: Girls—Gladys Arnott, Mamie Be-* ver, Martha Gaine. Herschell Collins, Mary Gomer, Cynthia Houston, Cornelia Leonard, Wilda Littlefield, Marjorie Vanatta, Mary Wagner, Minnie Waymire, Ruth Wood, Helena Wright. Boys James Barber, French Crooks, William Eisle, Daniel Guild, Cecil Lee, Robert Loy, Harry Moore, Seth Reed, Harvey Snow, Dade Thurlow, Howard York. The public schools this year have been under a very efficient corps of teachers and the progress made in all dines has been very gratifying to the patrons as well as the faculty, and Rensselaer is rapidly assuming a reputation of being one of the best equipped schools in the state in all departments. Students turned out of Rensselaer high school are as well equipped in an educational way as any of the larger schools, as is shown by the graduates who follow up their high school career with a college course. ' Superintendent Dean and Principal Coe are directly responsible for the success of the school. The usual program will rule at the graduation exercises this year. The speaker for the baccalaureate has not yet been announced and it is probable that the junior reception will be done away with. The alumni banquet will be held on Friday, June 1.