Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 112, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1917 — TWENTY-FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATED [ARTICLE]

TWENTY-FOUR YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATED

Rensselaer Commencement Exercises Held at High School Auditorium Thursday Evening. The class of 1917 was greeted Thursday evening at the high School auditorium by a large audience of relatives and admiring friends. The program as published in The Republican Thursday’ was the order of the evening without -a change. No more promising class was ever graduated from the Rensselaer high school than the thirteen excellent young ladies and the eleven splendid young men; one of whom, James Barber, is now serving in the United States navy. AH numbers of the -oxigram were thoroughly enjoyed and each did his part with honor. " The commencement address was delivered by President W. E. Stone, of Purdue University, and was altogether different from any previous address delivered here on similar occasions. President Stone discussed the present great war and impressed the class and all in the audience with the seriousness of the mighty struggle in which we are now engaged. Dr. Stone, with the great body of educators, is greatly concerned at the indifference of the people and the lack of their comprehension and realization of th tremendousness of the task we have undertaken to accomplish. His great central thought was the necessity- of loyalty and patriotism and for everyone to be willing and ready to make his sacrifice. He spoke in great praise of our president and read' from his late messages to congress and said that they were the greatest state papers that had come from Washington for many years. Il was a deliberate, scholarly address and one which made the occasion the This class of young people are taking up the duties of life at the most momentous time not only in the history of this,'but of all nations of the entire World.

One of the very interesting parts of the program was the presentation of the prizes offered by the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution by Mrs. George E. Murray, which were as follows: 1. Manual Training Prizes: High iSchool—--Ist Lawrence Price, table, $1.75. 2nd Carl Worland, handkerchief box, 75c. Ist Donald Rhoads, porch swing, $1.75. 2nd, Raymond Herath, umbrella stand, 75c. . _ 2. tSewing Department. Best made dress—--Ist Mary Wagner, $3.00. 2nd Mary Courier, $2.00. Best designed dress—--Ist Mary Comer, $3.00. 2nd Mary Wagner, $2.00. Average cost $5.04. Lowest cost $3.38, highest cost $6.80. Highest grade 98.6 per cent. Lowest grade 87.9 per cent ..C — 3 History Prizes._ Boys’ Essays— • Ist Robert Loy, Ku Klux Klan, $3. 2nd Setfii Reed, The Election of 1860 and its significance, $2.00. Girls’ Essays—--Ist Cornelia Leonard, The Centennial Spirit in Indiana, $3.00. 2nd Mary Wagner, The Discovery of Gold and the Formation of Government in California, $2.00. In awarding prizes for the essays, the genearl average of scholarship of each pupil for the year was taken into consideration. The per cent awarded for the essay and the per cetn of scholarship were added together and the average found by divideing this sum by two. These? rizes therefore stimulate scholarship as well as historical investigation. Class of 1917. Gravelous Hanssen, Gladys Arnott, James Barber, Martha Caine, Herschell Collins, Mary Corner, French Crooks, Daniel Guild, Cynthia Houston, Cornelia Leonard, Wilda Littlefield, Howtard York, Helena Wngnt, Ruth Wood, Minnie Waymire, Mary Wagner, Marjorie VanAtta, Dale Thurlow,. Harvey Snow’, Seth Reed, Harry Moore, Robert Loy, Mamie Bever, Cecil Lee.