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Aurora High School Commencement – 1875

The commencement program of the Aurora High School in Dearborn County, Indiana in 1875 appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 27 May 1875 – Page 3, Column 2

Commencement.

The Commencement Exercises of the graduating class, numbering ten—seven young ladies and three young gents—of the Aurora High School will take place tomorrow evening, at the M. E. Church, at 8 o’clock.

The music for the occasion, under the direction of Mr. E. D. Haynes, will be furnished by the Aurora Musical Society and Aurora Maennerchor with Miss Emma McCreary and Miss Lida Wymond as Soprano Soloists, and Miss Inez Smith as organist. The selection of music is excellent and will, undoubtedly, be pleased, and the class of ’75 is a remarkable one, and their graduating addresses are expected to be unusually fine.

The following is the programme for the evening:

  • Quartette—Hear, O Kind and Gracious Savior—Mrs. Squibb, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Cuscaden, Mr. Clark.
  • Prayer—Dr. R. C. Bond.
  • Civilization and Barbarism—Jas. Hopping.
  • Architecture—Alta Blackmore.
  • Chorus—Star of Descending Night—Aurora Musical Society.
  • The Summer Rain—Minnie Socble.
  • Selfishness and Benevolence—Flora Lozier.
  • Aria for Basso—Within this Sacred Dwelling—Mr. Arnold.
  • Government—Richard Holman.
  • The Morning Hour—Cora Blackmore.
  • Glee—Hail Smiling Morn—Aurora Musical Society.
  • Industry and Idleness—Ida Shepardson.
  • Contentment—Emma Wright.
  • Serenade by Gonnod, for Soprano and Flute—Miss Wymond and Mr. Cuscaden.
  • Benefits of Commerce—Frank D. Cobb.
  • Perseverance—Mary Jones.
  • Soprano Solo and Chorus—from “The Enchantress”—Miss Emma McCreary and Aurora Maennerchor.
  • Valedictory.
  • Diplomas Presented.
  • Address to the Graduates—Hon. W. S. Holman.
  • Trustees’ Report—Mr. W. F. Stevens.
  • Huntsman’s Chorus from Cinderella—Aurora Maennerchor.
  • Benediction.

Aurora High School Commencement – 1874

The 1874 Commencement of the Aurora High School in Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 28 May 1874 – Page 3, Column 2

The Commencement Exercises
Of the graduating class of the High School of this city will take place at the M. E. Church, on Friday evening of next week. The graduating class of ’74 numbers eleven in all, being composed of seven young ladies and four young gentlemen as follows: Kittie Folbre, Alice Upp, Ida Louden, Christina Dewers, Mary Platter, Cora Beach, and Fannie Appleton; Seymour Cole, Donald Stark, Jno. Vail, and Earnest Grant.

Aurora Dearborn Independent – 4 Jun 1874 – Page 3, Column 2

Let no one fail to remember and attend the graduating exercises of the High School at the M. E. Church Friday night. They will be interesting and instructive and no one can fail to be well repaid for their attendance. See the very excellent programme of the exercises:

PROGRAMME:

  • Solo and Chorus—Isis and Osiris, Mr. Arnold and Maennerchor.
  • Prayer—Rev. Tinsley.
  • The Good and Evil of War—Seymour Cole.
  • Method in Daily Life—Ida Louden.
  • Duo Instruments—Miss Smith and Mr. Cuscaden.
  • Cruelty of Animals—Mary Platter.
  • The Beehive—Kittie Folbre.
  • Song—The Old Sexton—Mr. Smith.
  • Newspapers—Donald Stark.
  • Business—Alice Upp.
  • Chorus—Hark, How for Thee &c—Maennerchor.
  • Anger—Cora Beech.
  • Envy—Christine Dewers.
  • Song—Afar in the Distance—Miss Emma McCreary.
  • Historical Reading—John Vail.
  • Traveling—Fannie Appleton.
  • Chorus—Hark Again the Thrilling Horn—Maennarchor.
  • Agricultural—Ernest Grant.
  • Valedictory.
  • Diplomas Presented.
  • Address to the Graduates—Rev. Freeman.
  • Trustees’ Report—Mr. Stevens.
  • Chorus—Land of Light—Maennorchor.
  • Benediction.

Aurora High School Commencement – 1873

The program of the 1873 commencement of the Aurora High School in Dearborn County, Indiana appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 5 Jun 1873 – Page 3, Column 2

The Commencement Exercises of our High School, will take place at the M.E. Church, tomorrow evening. The class this year is a very interesting one and in no respect inferior to any that have previously graduated. Our schools under the superintendence of Prof. Clark, have gradually improved, and we are pleased to know that a petition is being successfully circulated, asking to retain him for another year. Changes in school management are always more or less injurious to the progress of the School, and especially so when the management is harmonious, as it now is, in our schools.

Below, we give the programme of the Commencement Exercises:

  • Land of Light (Kreutzer)—Maennerchor.
  • Prayer—Rev. Ager.
  • Manhood—Orris P. Cobb.
  • The Worth of Historical Studies—Loie Wymond.
  • Hunter’s Chorus (Weber)—Maennerchor.
  • Touchy People—Joe C. Wymond.
  • The Value of Character—Mecca L. Jones.
  • Caprice del Sorte (Rossini)—Mr. Cuscaden.
  • “Time and I against any two”—Emma Stratton.
  • “Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum.”—Lura Milburn.
  • Alpine Ramble (Tobler)—Maennerchor.
  • Man of Destiny—Randall Wymond.
  • Waves of Civilization—Lizzie Stratton.
  • Evening Serenade—Miss Lide Wymond.
  • Valedictory.
  • Diplomas presented.
  • Soldiers’ Chorus (Verdi)—Maennerchor.
  • Benediction.

Aurora Public Schools Commencement – 1872

The commencement of the Aurora Public Schools in Dearborn County, Indiana for 1872 appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 30 May 1872 – Page 3, Column 2

Graduates of the Aurora High School.

The fifth annual exercises (and not the fourth as inadvertently stated last week) of the graduating class, eight in number, of the above named institution, took place at the M.E. Church, on last Friday evening, before a crowded audience. The following are the names of the young ladies and gentlemen who received diplomas on the occasion, together with the titles of their graduating essays:

  • Harry E. Bond—American Citizenship
  • Miss Emma Platter—Woman’s Education
  • Miss Lizzie Schipper—Night brings out the Stars
  • Miss Altie Winkley—Idleness, the Burial of the Living
  • Miss Frances Wilcox—Undercurrents
  • Miss Mary Watts—Patriotism
  • Jno. F. Giegoldt—Immigration
  • Miss Ella M. Melson—Unwritten Laws

The exercises were interspersed by music, Prof. Ekert of Cincinnati presiding at the organ.

Aurora Public Schools Commencement – 1871

The Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana Public Schools 1871 Commencement program appeared in:
Aurora Dearborn Independent – 25 May 1871 – Page 3, Column 2

Commencement Exercises of the Public Schools.
The following is the programme of the commencement exercises this evening at the Methodist Church.

  • Music—Kyrie Eleison—From Mozart’s 12th Mass.
  • Prayer.
  • Salutatory—W. Z. Yonge.
  • The Lawyer’s Monopoly—Lewis Hopping.
  • All sorts of Minds—Marion W. Stark.
  • Music—Flute and Organ.
  • Election Reform—Frank Trester.
  • Knowledge never dies—Henrietta Wright.
  • Music—Duet—Crystal Cave.
  • Civil Service—George Hopping.
  • Jewels—Mary Cobb.
  • Music—Flute and Organ.
  • Self Education—W. Z. Yonge.
  • The Moss—Emma Shockley.
  • Valedictory—Marion W. Stark.
  • Diplomas presented.
  • Music—“The heavens are telling”—From “The Creation.”
  • Benediction.

Aurora Public Schools Commencement – 1870

The commencement of the Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana Public Schools for 1870 appeared in:
Aurora Peoples Advocate – 30 Jun 1870 – Page 3, Column 1

The Aurora Public Schools.
First Annual Commencement.

[See newspaper for full report.]

Our schools as at present organized, commenced operations in 1864, under the direction of Rev. A. W. Freeman, as Principal. After conducting the schools for two years, and getting them thoroughly organized, finding that the labor was too severe for him, he retired from the position. His successors have been Messrs. Hutchison, Temple, Davidson and Clark.

The course of study occupies a period of about seven years. Hitherto, at the close of each year, there have been annual exhibitions at the school building or at some public hall, and the persons who had finished their course of study, received certificates to that effect upon their leaving the schools. The class of 1868 included two persons, Messrs. Charles C. Stevens and Seth Stedman; of 1869, Mr. James Stratton, and Misses Emma Hill and Sallie Vail.

The present being considered the first annual commencement, the School Board, Superintendent and teachers endeavored to make it an event in the history of our Schools, and one to be remembered by all persons connected with them. The use of the Methodist church was granted, and a choir of amateur musicians, under the leadership of Mr. E. D. Haynes, tendered their services.

The exercises, which commenced at 8 o’clock, were as follows:

  • Solo and Chorus—God is the Refuge of His People; Cantata of Esther.
  • Prayer—Rev. C. Tinsley.
  • Practical Knowledge—Harley H. Sutton.
  • The Folly of Expecting too Much from Each Other—Miss Ione Shockley.
  • The Race is not to the Swift—Miss Lizzie Folbre.
  • Music—By the Streamlet Through the Grove; Bohemian Girl.
  • Making a Fortune—Ralph Riddell.
  • Passports in Society—Miss Carrie Yonge.
  • Life is a School—Miss Minta Jones.
  • Music—Gipsy Chorus; Bohemian Girl.
  • Popular Fallacies—Benj. Vail Jr.
  • American Aristocracy—Miss Mary Hopping.
  • Broken Images—Miss Emma McCreary.
  • Duet—Music on the Waves; C. C. Stevens and Miss L. Wymond.
  • Never too Old to Learn—Miss Abbie Stevens.
  • The Public Schools Our Safeguard against Anarchy—Miss Fannie Hopping.
  • Valedictory—Miss Emma McCreary.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1901

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 16 May 1901 – Page 5, Column 3

Commencement.

The Thirty-fifth Annual Commencement of Vevay High School was held at Metropolitan Hall last Friday evening, when a class of two young men and twelve young women received their diplomas and bid a final adieu to their school days.

While all the arrangements for the occasion had been made in concurrence with time honored customs, still every detail was marked with the progressiveness of the age, and the result was that public opinion pronounced this Commencement one of the most thoroughly enjoyable and successful ever held in Vevay.

Green and white—the class colors formed a pleasing contrast in the stage decorations, setting off to a splendid advantage the gilt letters composing the class motto: “Be What You Seem To Be.”

The audience was unusually large, many of those present coming from a distance. Prof. E. M. Danglande, Superintendent of the Schools, made a few well chosen remarks, and then in succession introduced the graduates. The orations, while necessarily brief, impressed the hearers with the thought, time and care that that had been used in their preparation, and the uniform case and oratorical power displayed by every member of the class was the subject of much favorable comment. Good music by a harpist and violinist was a pleasing feature of the exercises. Each minister of the city was accorded a place on the program, Rev. Tedford invoking the Divine Blessing, Rev. Christensen conferring the diplomas and Rev. Tedford pronouncing the Benediction. The following acted as ushers: Misses Clara Kiesel, Mary Orem, Nella Stucy, and Leila Thiebaud; Messrs. Craig Baird, Earl Brown, Charles Grammer and Clyde Culbertson.

The class of 1901 and their orations were as follows:

  • Mary Lanham, “Ever Onward.”
  • Perle Brindley, “Buds of Promise.”
  • Beryl Anderson, “Our Rubbicons.”
  • Laura Edna Hollcraft, “What Will They Say?”
  • Alice L. Orem, “Old, Yet ‘Tis New.”
  • Jennie M. Dupraz, “Voices That Speak To Us.”
  • Bessie Gretchen Reed, “Choose Your Timbers with Greatest Care.”
  • Alvan Burton Dodd, “Our Country.”
  • Belle Thiebaud Dufour, “Shakespeare’s Brutus.”
  • Pearl E. Haskell, “Wait a Minute.”
  • Grace N. Brindley, “A Plea For Simplicity.”
  • Elizabeth A. Houze, “The Sense of Nonsense.”
  • Anna Belle Sutherland, “Castles in Spain.”
  • Aime Todd, “Our State.”

The high school instructors are Prof. Ernest Danglade, Superintendent; Julia L. Knox, Principal; Grace Stepleton and Hannah Waldenmaier, Assistants.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1900

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 17 May 1900 – Page 4, Column 2

Vevay High School Commencement.

The thirty-fourth annual commencement exercises of the Vevay High School, class of “1900,” occurred at the Opera House last Friday evening.

The stage was handsomely decorated, the class colors, yellow and blue, being very prominent.

The class was composed of six young ladies and three young gentlemen. All acquitted themselves with honor, the orations being well prepared, showing much study, and were well rendered. Genter’s band interspersed the exercises with good music.

The following are the graduates and their subjects.

  • Salutatory—Life Is What We Make It—Adelaide Demann Kiesel.
  • Oration—One Step At A Time—Nella Reser.
  • Oration—The Ship That Never Comes—Oscar M. Haskell.
  • Oration—An Oak Log—Elizabeth K. Pleasants.
  • Oration—Earnestness—An Element Of Success—Clara Beecher Gordon.
  • Oration—Arbitration vs. War—Orville James.
  • Oration—A Modern Rip Van Winkle—Falba May Lyons.
  • Oration—Out Of The Past—Lawrence B. Boyle.
  • Valedictory—What It Means To Graduate—Minnie Olive Kendall.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1899

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 18 May 1899 – Page 4, Column 4

The Class of ’99.

The Commencement Exercises of the Vevay High School at the Opera last Friday evening was pronounced by those who attended, to have been one of the most successful ones held for several years. The class, consisting of seven girls and nine boys, was an unusually intelligent one as the careful thought shown in the preparation of their orations evinced, and the easy confident manner with which each and every graduate delivered their orations showed a skill in oratory above the average.

The stage was tastily decorated with a huge American flag as a background and a profusion of potted plants, draperies, etc., and the class motto, “Virtute et Labore,” prominently displayed in the foreground. Excellent music was furnished by Prof. Genter’s orchestra and the audience was large and attentive.

It is a self evident fact that the instructors, Professors A. L. Trafelet and Ernest M. Danglade and Misses Julia LeClerc Knox and Hannah Waldenmaier have every reason to be proud of the class of 1899.

The members of the class and the subjects are as follows:

  • Carrie Brown, Salutatory—“Our Nation’s Emblem.”
  • Ernest Griffith, “Success.”
  • Grace Schroeder, “Gather the rosebuds while you may.”
  • Howard Cole, “Character.”
  • Zella E. Jain, “Embarking.”
  • Harry B. Shaw, “Electricity.”
  • Ivan Dean Saberton, “Indifferentism.”
  • Jennie Wren Anderson, “Unfinished Still.”
  • Walter P. Baird, “The American Newspaper.”
  • Grace Elizabeth Shaw, “Why?”
  • Alfred Edward Cole, “Common Sense in Government.”
  • Florence May Coleman, “Voices.”
  • Charles Saberton, “On Time.”
  • Edna May Kincaid, “What shall we reap?”
  • George W. Scott, “Close of the nineteenth century.”
  • Charles Allen Barnett, Valedictory—“Indiana in War.”

Vevay High School Graduation – 1898

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 5 May 1898 – Page 4, Column 3

Vevay High School Commencement.

The thirty-second commencement exercises of the Vevay High School were held Friday night, April 29, at Metropolitan Hall, which was filled with relatives and friends to witness the last lesson of the four young ladies and two young gentlemen, who bid adieu that night to the school duties of Vevay High School.

The stage was tastefully decorated in the class colors, red and white, and blooming plants. The class motto, “Truth Shall Conquer,” in red letters on a white ground was arranged in the center of the background.

The class was one of the smallest that has graduated from this school, but one of the brightest, the orations showing originality and much preparation. Where all did so well it would not do to discriminate in favor of any particular one.

The music was furnished by the Vevay Orchestra. The ushers were Misses Carrie Brown, Edna Kincaid, Grace Shaw, Zella Jain and Messrs. Walter Baird, George Scott, Howard Cole and Earnest Griffith. The invocation was by Rev. J. Murray Taylor.

The following are the graduates and their subjects:

If we Knew, Miss Edith May Golay; We Build the Ladder We Climb, Miss Luella Brindley; Our Country—Its Possibilities, Mr. Harry B. Dupraz; Face the Foe, Miss Olive Marie Dufour; Problem of Invention, Mr. William Henry Spivey; In gathering Roses lookout for the Thorns, Miss Emma Frances Kemp.

Rev. W. E. Morris skillfully conferred the diplomas.

Superintendent Amie Trafelet and Prof. E. P. Danglade, Principal, have every reason to be proud of the class of 1898.

Rev. R. A. Kemp dismissed the audience.