Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1902 — Barkley Township Commencement. [ARTICLE]

Barkley Township Commencement.

Barkley township public schools will have their annual commencement at Barkley Christian church on Saturday, evening, May 31st. •The graduates are six in number, and their graduating essays are on the following subjects: “The Hero of 1898,” Newton Amos. “Business,” John Hill. “Educational Progress,” May Hayes. “Social Life in the Co’onies,” Homer Arnold. “The Value of Spare Moments,” Arthur Waymire/ “Effectsof Machinery on Manual Labor,” Arthur Hayes. The exercises will be interspersed with music. County Superin tenpent Hamilton will present th diplomas.