The program of the 1890 commencement of Aurora Public Schools in Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 5 Jun 1890 – Page 3, Column 3
Commencement
[See article for full details.]
Despite the uncertainty which prevailed as to the place of holding commencement, and the counter attraction of a popular comedy at the Odd Fellow’s Temple, a vast audience filled the Grand Opera House, at 8 o’clock Friday evening.
Stella Jennings – Salutatory.
Lida Ruese – American Nobliity.
Ida McCune – “A Golden Key”
Josie Smith – “Value of Difficulties”
Louise M. Kerr – Story of Empress Josephine.
Libbie Greer – Abraham Lincoln
W. C. Vail – History of Aurora Graduates; Valedictory
F. S. Maltby – “Topic of the Times”
Nellie Baker – “A Good Cause”
Agnes Downton – “Will America Decline?”
Stella Jennings – “The Invisible World”
Clara Buchanan – “A Picture on the Easel of Time