Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1902 — The Class of 1902. [ARTICLE]

The Class of 1902.

This year’s graduating class of the Rensselaer High School is a nptable one, both in quality and quantity. In number it does not equal last year’s record breaker, when there , were 25 graduates. This year there are 18, which is a goodly number, and, if we mistake not, the largest that ever graduated except the 1901 class. One feature I of the class is very gratifying, and that is the proportionally large ‘ number of boys in the class. In most high schools the tendency of the boys to drop out before the course is finished is eo strong that ' usually very few are left when the time comes to graduate. This lamentable custom, we are glad to say, now seems a thing of the past in Rensselaer, and taking them from year to year the boys stay with the course to the end about as well as the girls. In this year’s class there is even a considerable preponderance of boys, there being 10 of them and only 8 girls. The following are the names of the class: Arthur Tuteur Isabelle Leurs Glen Wishard Bessie Eger Roe Yeoman Orabelle Duvall Ray Yeoman Nina Martindale Vern Kaub Edna Wildberg Rufus Knox Mabel Huston Trevor Eger Jean McFarland George Hemphill Alice Bates Ross Dean Joe Moosemeller