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Vevay Public Schools Promotions – 1896

Vevay Public Schools [Switzerland County, Indiana] promotions for 1896 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 May 1896 – Page 4, Column 4

Promotions
In Vevay Public Schools.

PROMOTED TO SENIOR CLASS.
Anna Brockschlager, Harry Coleman, Josie Drake, Mable Froman, Edmunds Glenn, Edith Golay, Grace Knox, Joseph Krummel, Lizzie Krummel, Marry Lamson, Eva Lanham, Nettie Lanham, Nona Long, Hannah Mead, Madge Pattie, Della Peters, George Pleasants, Mayme Thiebaud, Nancy Williamson, Edna Works, Undine VanPelt.

TO SOPHOMORE CLASS.
Charlie Barnett, Katie Bear, Izella Brindley, Ella Brindley, Carrie Lyons, Lillie Ogle, Carrie Brown, Walter Baird, Jennie Anderson, Florence Coleman, Clarence Cole, Ernest Griffith, Oscar Haskell, Zella Jain, Edna Kincaid, Mamie Retts, Charles Saberton, Ivan Saberton, Harry Shaw, Ada Shaw, Lane Siebenthal, William Spivey, William Stevens, George Turner, Maggie Clendening, Grace Schroder.

TO FRESHMAN CLASS.
Hattie Bowen, Howard Cole, Clyde Drake, Edward Finely, Eva Graham, Clara Gordon, Minne Kendall, Addie Kiesel, Berta Leep, Mattie Long, Falba Lyon, Minerva Otter, Agnes Pattie, Charles Larison, Orville James, Bessie Rochat, Nellie Reser, Maud Reed, Anna Shaw, Mattie Stucy, Ben Thunemann, Jesse Teats, George Scott, Nona Siebenthal, Ada Walton, Elmer Pickett, Lucy Johnson.

TO EIGHTH YEAR.
Mable Anderson, Avis Rochat, Lula Bowen, Nettie Peelman, Bessie Reed, Mary Joyce, Pearl Haskell, Mary Davison, Mary Lanham, Jennie Dupraz, Anna Curry, Laura Holcraft, Essie Rook, Nora Bair, Pearl Brindley, Grace Brindley, Delia Brook, Phoeba Jackson, Mayme Simpson, Nora Sullivan, Willie Coleman, Ed. Brochschlager, Evert Graham, Aime Todd, George Anderson, Charles Jaynes, Earl Brown, John Sullender, Harry Mead.

TO 7TH YEAR.
Ray C. Peters, Charlie Retts, Ethol Scott, Ollie Irwin, John Dittgen, Henry Dittgen, Harry Schewe, Charles Grammer, Clemens Thunemann, Albert Ricketts, Willie Barnett, Craig Baird, Geo. Robinson, Clara Kiesel, Lella Thiebaud, Nellie Stucy, Anna Davidson, Edna Ogle, Maggie Krummel, Ethel Boyd, Ivy Haskell, Mayme Sullender, Daisy Bair, Goldie Oakley, Josie Bowen.

TO 6TH YEAR.
Bettie Long, Willie Griffith, Roy Johnson, Pauline Retts, Nettie Pleasants, Ben Holcraft, Lillie Neal, Orlena Myers, Jesse Peelman, Blaine Cole, Clara Allen, Della Dewesse, Earl Simpson, Clifford Tague, Alice Simpson, Myrtle Fallis, Tait Siebenthal, Flora Kiesel, Fanny Jain, Ines Jaynes, Eva Tower, Katie Sullender, Anna Reed, Maggie Berner, Arthur Jackson, Lulu Scott.

To 5TH YEAR.
Anna Coleman, Laura Clendening, Mable Cotton, Madge Fallis, Carrie Haskell, Laura Jones, Helen Mead, Ella Montooth, Dessie Martin, Dorothy Pleasants, Iona Weales, Anna Webb, Flossy Smiley, Otis Adams, Howard Allen, Reginald Bowen, Philip Golay, Earl Golay, Chester Kiesel, Anthony Lock, Albert Lawrence, Clyde Noriez, Ed. Otter, Frank Spivey, Harvey Schroeder, Fred. Thunemann, Fred. Lanham, Jessie Ricketts.

To 4TH YEAR.
Laura Bowen, Hattie Kendall, Anna Tilley, Estella Means, Mary Jones, Belle Turner, Addie Tower, Clara Works, George Boyd, Ward Boggs, Roland Buschman, Elmer Cossins, Harry Davison, Harry Deweese, Will Johnson, Dave Kelley, Will Lawrence, Jesse Mitchell, Walter Patton, Earnest Pickett, Harvey Pavey, Henry Rosenberger, Charles Rochat, Samuel Stucy, Jeff Simpson, Wilk Hall Works.

To 3RD YEAR.
Mattie Anderson, Emma Berner, Nellie Brown, Anna Chapman, Madge Day, Cecelia Dittgen, Myrtle Elder, Cara Graham, Helen Grammer, Lulu Henry, Myrtle Jaynes, Edith Kiesel, Eloise Knox, Emma Land, Eunice Long, Lilly Scott, Myrtle Hall, Bert Boyd, Robert Burns, Joe Curry, Fred. Miller, John Shaw, John Taylor, George Clendening, Willie Sullender, Opp Sieglitz, Willie Wahl, Walter Monroe.

To 2ND YEAR.
Roy Peelman, Joe Mead, Darwin Fallis, Bertie Weales, Alfred Peelman, George Rayl, Henry Moxley, Harry Spivey, Willie Roberts, Herschel Tower, Tom Danglade, Joshua Coleman, Vernon Fancher, Inslee Grisard, Earl Cousins, Avery Graham, Oscar Hauey, Robert Pavey, Charlie Ricketts, DeWitt Davis, Chester Davis, Maud Elder, Golda Andrews, Linnie Siebert, Caroline Thunemann, Alice Brown, Lina Kelley, Maggie Kelley, Valla Bosaw, Flora Roberts, Leo Johnson, Stella Curry, Mamie Pavey, Sallie Boggs, Josie Boggs, Mable Benedict.

COLORED SCHOOL.

  • To 8th Year.—John L. Jones, Emory F. Simpson, Auretta Outcalt Simpson.
  • To 5th Year.—Bessie G. Neal, Grace Noble Simpson, Claude M. Jones.
  • To 4th Year.—Evelyn May Simpson, Justine Jones, Mary Roberts.
  • To 2nd Year.—Lotta Roberts, Ethel May Jones, Benjamin Neal.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1896

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 14 May 1896 – Page 4, Column 3

COMMENCEMENT
VEVAY HIGH SCHOOL.

Last Friday night Commencement of Vevay High School was held at Metropolitan Hall.

The stage was artistically decorated with flowers.

The music was furnished by Genter’s Orchestra, of Madison.

The graduates numbered fourteen.

The following was the program:

  • Music.
  • Invocation.—Rev. G. W. Anderson.
  • Mucis.
  • Salutatory, “An Ideal Woman,”—Louisa Nora Kincaid.
  • “Cuba Libra.”—Walter A. Trafalet.
  • “Going, Going, Gone.”—Florence Norma Fisk.
  • Music.
  • “The World’s Battlefield.”—Gertrude Eugenia Curry.
  • “One Hundred Years of Civilization.”—Augustus Clyde Weales.
  • “Electric Lights.”—Edna Josephine Griffith.
  • Music.
  • “Music the Language of Heaven.”—Florence Kendall.
  • “Waterloo and Gettysburg.”—Chester Philip Drake
  • “The Path to Success.”—Mary Elizabeth Rozenberger.
  • Music.
  • “The Coming Woman.”—Leora Felostin Kendall.
  • “What Career?”—Clarence Frederick Brown.
  • “Life’s Golden Chain.”—Anna Margurite Jain.
  • Music.
  • “Be Your Own Diploma.”—Mary Elizabeth Bowen.
  • Valedictory—“The Eve of the Nineteenth Century.”—Charles Emory Thiebaud.
  • Benediction—Rev. L. A. Retts.
  • Music.

The large hall was crowded, many standing.

The graduates acquitted themselves creditably, and there is every reason to believe will make talented, good and useful women and men.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1895

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation for 1895 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 16 May 1895 – Page 4, Column 4

COMMENCEMENT OF VEVAY HIGH SCHOOL.

The 29th Annual Commencement of the Vevay High School was held in the Opera House last Friday eve.

Notwithstanding the unpropitious weather quite a large and appreciative audience was present. The stage was tastefully decorated in the colors of the class—pink and white—and blooming plants and soft lights. At the back of the stage upon a white background, hung in guilt letters, the motto of the class, Acti Labores Jucundi.

At 7:30 the graduates took their places in a semi-circle upon the state with Professors Trafelet and Danglade in the center, and the exercises commenced.

The graduates all delivered their orations in a highly creditable manner, their essays showing much thought and literary skill in composition. The program as rendered was as follows:

  • Music, Lead on March.
  • Invocation—Rev. Smith.
  • Music, Overture—The Silver Bell.
  • Year Chases Year—Clarence LaRue Banta.
  • Little Things—Joe Danner.
  • The Staff of Life—Wilhelmina L. Brockschlager.
  • Music, Princess May—Schottishe.
  • Before and After Taking—Alfred Shaw Barnett.
  • Moth—Mary Owen Siebenthal.
  • Music, Daughter of Love—Waltz.
  • The Legacy of the Ages—Amie Louis Joyce.
  • Carbon—Edwin J. Lanham.
  • Five Talents or One—Lela Barnett.
  • Music—The Peacock Stride.
  • Conditions of the Air—John Dickason Golay.
  • Valedictorian, Deeds are Fruits—Theodore Lawrence Bear.
  • Conferring Diplomas—Prof. Trafelet.
  • Benediction—Rev. Rhetts.
  • Music—Woodsocket Galop.
  • Music by Prof. Bush’s Orchestra, of Madison.

Vevay High School Exhibition – 1857

The 1857 Vevay High School (Switzerland County, Indiana) Exhibition report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 24 Jan 1895 – Page 4, Column 2

A LEAF OF LOCAL HISTORY.
About Some Vevay Boys and Girls of 1857.

Miss Lucille Weaver, of Craig, has kindly sent us a printed programme of a School Exhibition in Vevay in 1857, which we regard as a good local matter, and therefore reproduce in full:

“Exhibition of Vevay High School, Wednesday, April 15, 1857.

Order of Exercises

  • Prayer.
  • Declamation, Introductory, “Ambition,” Walter Armstrong.
  • Recitation, “The Rainbow,” Anne Gerrard.
  • Dialogue, “Dr. Wisepate,” By the boys.
  • Song, “My Home is on the Prairie Lea,” Mrs. Moore.
  • Dialogue, “Foolish Pride,” Misses Prudy and Clara LeClerc.
  • Declamation, “Speech before the Va. Convention,” James Goldenburg.
  • Dialogue, “The Quarrel,” Thomas Thiebaud and John Teats.
  • Duett, Piano, “Squiree Polka,” Misses G. Miller and H. Johnson.
  • Declamation, “Phenomena of Nature,” Edmond Gale.
  • Recitation, “The Coral Grove,” Ellen Bryson.
  • Dialogue, “The Little Rebels,” By the boys.
  • Music, Piano, “Yankee Doodle,” Miss Georgia Miller.
  • Dialogue, “City Finishing,” Misses Hattie Hill and Anne Gerrard.
  • Declamation, “Marco Bazzaris,” James Grisard.
  • Recitation, “Joys of Heaven,” Miss Mattie Northcott.
  • Song, “O, had I the wings of a Dove,” Mrs. Moore.
  • Dialogue, “It never rains, but it pours,” Missess G. Miller and E. McCallum.
  • Recitation, “Hagar in the Wilderness,” Eusebia Rous.
  • Song, “The Mocking Bird,” Mrs. Moore.
  • Declamation, “Supposed Speech of John Adams,” Willie Baird.
  • Music, Piano, “Hail Columbia” with variations, Mrs. Moore.
  • Recitation, “Voice of Spring,” Miss Julia Dumont.
  • Dialogue, “The Irishman who spoke French,” By the boys.
  • Song, “O, I am in Love,” Misses F. Roberts and H. Johnson.
  • Declamation, “Eulogy on the North,” Willie Armstrong.
  • Declamation, “Eulogy on the South, Enos Littlefield.
  • Recitation, “The Home-Bound Greek,” Lizzie Lamb.
  • Music, Piano, “Les fetes des Gondoliers,” Mrs. Moore.
  • Dialogue, “The Yankee Marksman,” By the boys.
  • Declamation, “Rienzi’s Address to the Romans,” James Grisard.
  • Declamation, “American Flag,” James Goldenburg.
  • Song, “Columbia the Gem of the Ocean,” Misses H. Goldenburg and C. Kessler.
  • Dialogue, “Opening a New Term of School,” By the young ladies.
  • Song, “The Gipsey’s Festival,” Mrs. Moore.
  • Declamation, “Union of Church and State,” Walter Armstrong.
  • Recitation, “Thanatopsis,” Miss Hattie Hill.
  • Song, “I Would not Live Always,” Mrs. Moore.
  • Declamation—Valedictory, J. Crawford Rous.
  • Benediction.”

Walter Armstrong became a prominent attorney and died in New Orleans.

Anne Gerrard is now the wife of Mr. C. W. Henderson, a prominent business man, of Cairo, Illinois.

Prude LeClerc became a Universalist Minister and married a Mr. Haskell a minister of the same denomination; she is now dead.

Clara LeClerc became the wife of Julius McMakin, who died several years ago and a few years ago she married Mr. D. P. Bond, and resides at Anderson, Indiana.

James Goldenburg died in Vevay 21 years ago.

Thomas Thiebaud became a shoe merchant in Vevay, and died many years ago.

John Teats was a merchant in Vevay and died many years ago.

Georgia Miller married Mr. E. F. Hostetter and resides at Milltown, Indiana.

H. Johnson was a daughter of Rev. Johnson, of Kentucky, and was here studying music. She married a Mr. Fig, and has since died.

Edmond Gale resides on a ranch near Los Angeles, California.

Ellen Bryson became the wife to R. F. Holder, and both are dead.

Hattie Hill is the widow of L. F. Hatch.

James Grisard is a salesman in the Meader Furniture Co., in Cincinnati.

Mattie Northcott was a daughter of Rev. Wm. Northcott, deceased, and is dead.

E. McCallum married John Blunk, and is dead.

Eusebia Rous became a compositor, and was working on a paper in St. Louis, where she died.

Willie Baird is the proprietor of the Vevay Reveille.

Flora Roberts is the wife of James Grisard, of Cincinnati.

Julia Dumont is the wife of Mr. F P. Dupraz, near Vevay.

Willie Armstrong practiced law in New Orleans, where he died.

Enos Littlefield went to Texas, where he died.

Lizzie Lamb is the wife of Mr. Thompson, a prominent lawyer of Muncie, Indiana.

H. Goldenburg is the wife of Mr. O. S. Waldo, a prominent merchant of Vevay.

C. Kessler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Kessler, and sister of Mr. Victor Kessler, is dead, as are all of the members of this family.

J. Crawford Rous resides at or near Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he was engaged in manufacturing cement and in farming.

Miss O’Neal, who had charge of the school, came from Rising Sun. She afterwards became the wife of Mr. Victor Kessler and resided here until her death.

Mrs. Moore came here from Rising Sun, a teacher in music.

As this exhibition was one of the first ever given in Vevay the impressions will never be forgotten by some of the pupils still living. “The Mocking Bird” was rendered in Vevay for the first time on this occasion.

Vevay Public Schools Promotions – 1894

Vevay Public Schools [Switzerland County, Indiana] promotions for 1894 appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 31 May 1894 – Page 5, Column 4

VEVAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Names of Student Promoted.

Promoted to Senior Year.—Clarence Banta, Lela Barnett, Shaw Barnett, Lawrence Bear, Minnie Brockslager, John Golay, John Farrell, [?] Glenn, Louis Joyce, Joe Panner, Ed. Lanham, Mary Siebenthal.

To Junior Year.—Pearl Boyd, Warren Froman, Irene G[?]r, Edna Griffith, Lila Jackson, Florence Kendall, Lura Kendall, Nora Kincaid, Kate Cotton, Edith Jaynes, Mary Bowin, Lizzie Rosenberger, Joe Krammel, Walter Trafelet, Emory Thiebaud, Gussie Weales, Harry Coleman, Fred Brown, William Ogle, Forred Teats.

To Freshman Class.—Gertrude Plew, Bettie Wright, Nellie Simpson, Mable Froman, Nancy Williamson, Clara Robenstein, Nettie Lanham, Hannie Mead, Eva Lanham, Madge Pattie, Anna Brockslager, Minnie VanPelt, Nona Long, Grace Knox, Ida Lock, Edith Golay, Josie Frake, Mary Rosenberger, Lydia Bodkin, Pearl Martin, Edith Werstelle, Lizzie Krummell, Clarence Knox, Clifford Plew, John Schewe, Harry Dupraz, [?] Tardy, Clarence Cole, Mary Lamson.

To Eighth Year.—Jennie Anderson, Katie Bear, Pearl Dyer, Maggie Clendenning, Carrie Brown, Bessie Rochat, Edna Kincaid, Carrie Peelman, Zella Jain, Adah Shaw, Ernest Griffith, Elmer Pickett, Howard Gole, Ivan Saberton, Oscar Haskell, Charlie Saberton, Harry Shaw, Charlie Barnett, Willie Spivey, Jesse Teats, Andy Tilley, Walter Baird, Willie Stevens, George Turner, Lane Siebenthal.

To Seventh Year.—Nora Bair, Hattie Bowen, Eddie Cole, George Davidson, Clyde Drake, Wallie Fallis, Clara Gordon, Eva Graham, Uly Jain, Orville James, Eddie Findley, Lucy Johnson, Minnie Kendall, Addie Kiesel, Charlie Larison, Mattie Long, Fallis Lantz, Minerva Otter, Annes Pattie, Nettie Peelman, Nella Reser, Maud Reed, Nola Siebenthal, Annie Shaw, Bennie Thuneman, Adah Walton.

To Sixth Year.—Mabel Anderson, Lulie Bowin, Anna Curry, Jennie Dupraz, Pearl Haskell, Laura Holcraft, Mary Lanham, Minnie Miller, Bessie Pleasants, Bessie Reed, Nannie Simpson, Nora Sullivan, Lena Powers, Pearl Windhizer, Mary Joyce, George Anderson, Walter Bear, Eddie Brockslagher, Earl Brown, Willie Coleman, Charlie Jaynes, Harry Mead, John Otter, Frank Still, John Sullender, Annie Peelman.

To Fifth Year.—Josie Bowen, Josie Brandon, Daisy Bair, Anna Davison, Ivy Haskell, Clara Kiesel, Maggie Krummel, Perle LeClerc, Ella Leap, Bessie Leap, Edna Ogle, Goldie Oakley, Nellie Stucy, Dora Williamson, Lelia Thiebaud, Ethel Boyd, Willie Barnett, Craig Baird, Henry Dillgen, Charlie Grammer, John Grenat, Clifford Jones, Everest Kendall, George Robinson, Arthur Rook, All[?] Ricketts.

To Fourth Year.—Clara Allen, Abbie Berleman, Delia Bates, Myrtle Fallis, Inez Jaynes, Josie Jennings, Fanny Jain, Flora Kiesel, Cinda Land, Bettie Long, Bessie Martin, Maggie Pickett, Nettie Pleasants, Anna Reed, Alice Simpson, Kattie Saliender, Eva Towers, Cleveland Bowin, Carl Denning, Willie Griffith, Roy Jonson, Bennie Hollcraft, Anthony Lock, Jesse Ricketts, Tait Siebenthal, Earl Simpson, Harvey Schroeder.

To Third Year.—Freddie Lanham, Walter Chapman, Walter Lock, Howard Allen, Philip Golay, Freddie Thuneman, Clemmie Dittgen, Earl Lientz, Clyde Norris, Charlie Morris, Ben Knox, Chester Kiesel, Arnold Smith, George Banta, Frank Spivey, Jimmie Shaw, Albert Lawrence, Lillian Stucy, Julia Leap, Susie Leap, Dollie Pleasants, Flossie Smiley, Nona Weales, Lilie Coleman, Madge Fallis, Laura Jones, Tenie Grenat, Mabel Cotton, Helen Mead, Laura Clendenning, Carrie Haskell, Hallie Haskell, Vera Smith.

To Second Year.—George Boyd, Earl Golay, Walter Patton, Harry Pavy, Jeff. Simpson, Harry Davidson, Charlie Rennat, Ernest Pickett, Willie Johnston, [?] Bowin, R[?]lin Buschman, Henry Rosenberger, Willie Lawrence, Sam Moody, Anna Webb, Addie Tower, Stella Means, Mary Jones, Mamie LeClerc, Allie Patton, Lura Bowin, Zella Bowin, Clara Works, Maud Pavy, Bertha Meyers, Esther Bennett, Belle Turner, Jennie Moody, Eunice Long.

COLORED SCHOOL.

  • To High School, Freshman Class—Belle Simpson, Lulu Ethel Simpson, Lulie Jones.
  • To Seventh Year.—Fannie Simpson.
  • To Sixth Year.—Auretta Simpson, John Jones, Emory Simpson.
  • To Third Year.—Grace N. Simpson, Bessie Neal, Jesse Neal, Claud Jones.
  • To Second Year.—Eva May Simpson, Mary Roberts, Lulla Roberts, Justine Jones.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1894

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 31 May 1894 – Page 4, Column 3

HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.

The twenty-eighth annual commencement exercises of Vevay High School was held in Metropolitan Hall last Friday night. The graduates numbered twenty-one. There was a departure from the usual custom of having class orations, and an interesting lecture was delivered by Joseph Swain, L. L. D., President of the State University, on “A Plea for Higher Education,” which was highly appreciated.

The following are the names of the class of 1894 and the subjects of their orations:

  • Emma Estella Knox, “The Sweet Girl Graduate”
  • Josie Elizabeth Lamson, “Do World Do More”
  • Fred L. Haskell, “The River of Life”
  • Mary Luella Jain, “Natnie and Her Beauties”
  • Nelly Grant Lanham, “A Day Dream”
  • Clara Pearl Bowin, “Ideals”
  • Marion Hartford Griffith, “Our Nation’s History”
  • Nell Adelia Protsman, “Husks”
  • Junita Graham, “Stained Walls Grow The Ivy”
  • Jessie M. Thiebaud, “Black the Heel as well as the Toe”
  • John Baltzer Kincaid, “That Turnip”
  • Perle Edgar Danglade, “Seaward Ever Away”
  • Ruth Boyd, “From Sunrise to Sunset”
  • S. Grace Tiley, “Great Expectations”
  • Frederick Lewis Tardy, “What’s up To-day?”
  • Ida Cozier Long, “The American Girl”
  • Sallie Emma Shaw, “Ability and Opportunity”
  • Pearl May Turner, “Teating To-night”
  • Hubert P. Lindenschmidt, “Hope and Fear”
  • Wilhelmina Kiesel, “Success or Failure”
  • Mary Edith Shaw, “Out of School Life into Life’s School”

The program as rendered was:

  • Music, Princess Ida March
  • Invocation, Rev. W. E. Morris
  • Music, Adalusia Waltz
  • Salutatory, Emma Estella Knox
  • Music, Sleiga Hide Gallop
  • Address, A Plea for Higher Education, Joseph Swain, L. L. D., President State University
  • Music, Leontina Mazurka
  • Valedictory, Mary Edith Shaw
  • Conferring Diplomas, Superintendent
  • Benediction, Rev. J. Carey Smith
  • Music, Nevetian Polka

The large audience highly appreciated the program and by their hearty applause acknowledged the commencement exercises of the class of [? ?].

The music for the occasion was furnished by the Vevay Mandolin and Guitar Club.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1893

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 1 Jun 1893 – Page 4, Column 3

Vevay High School Commencement.

Twenty seven years ago Vevay High School produced its first graduating class, and since then annually the number has been added to until now they are numbered by the hundreds, and are scattered throughout the country. Many of them are matured men and women, and some of them have also seen their children graduate in the same school. As a rule, the graduates are good and useful people. Many of them, after completing High School course, graduated in colleges.

The twenty seventh annual commencement, last Friday night, was a pleasing and interesting affair. The class of 1893 was composed of fourteen—eleven young ladies and three young gentlemen. They very creditably acquitted themselves—not one used manuscript, and none even hesitated. Each spoke in a distinct voice. The productions evinced close study and careful training—creditable to pupils and instructors.

The orchestra, led by Prof. Genter, produced superior music. The class evinced excellent taste in decorating Metropolitan Hall for the occasion.

The ushers, composed of girls and boys of the junior class, skillfully performed their duties, seating the large number without confusion and supplying each with a program.

The large audience preserved excellent order, and seemed much pleased with the exercises.

The following was the program:

  • Overture.
  • Invocation.
  • Music.
  • Salutatory, “Flowery Beds of Ease,” Grace Holmes Griffith.
  • “Columbus,” Annette Danglade.
  • “Serve Thyself,” Dale Danner.
  • Music.
  • “For Future Consideration,” Tene C. Protsman.
  • “The Pendulum of Justice,” Frankie E. Stucy.
  • “Moments, the Golden Sands of Time,” Clara A. Banta.
  • Music.
  • “Dreams of Home,” Dortha M. Kincaid.
  • “Mechanism,” Clarence E. Tait.
  • “Words,” Mayme E. Stucy.
  • Music.
  • “How Big was Alexander, Pa?” Fannie Gertrude Walton.
  • “Life’s True Aim,” Elva Stoops.
  • “The Money Value of an Education,” Clifford Weales.
  • Music.
  • “The Nineteenth Century,” Susan Kendall.
  • Valedictory, Anna E. McKay.
  • Conferring Diplomas.
  • Music.
  • Benediction.

Vevay Public Schools Promotions – 1892

Vevay Public Schools [Switzerland County, Indiana] promotions appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 9 Jun 1892 – Page 5, Column 1

Promotions in Vevay Public Schools.

To Senior Class: Clara Banta, Grace Griffith, Susie Kendell, Anna McKay, Tena Protsman, Frankie Stucy, Elva Stoops, Clarence Tait, Fannie Walton.

To Junior Class: Willie Baird, Emma Knox, Josie Lamson, Ida Long, Edith Shaw, Sallie Shaw, Fred Tardy, Clara Bowen, Ruth Boyd, Perle Danglade, Neva Lock, Nellie Lanham, Hubert Lindenschmidt, Nellie Protsman, Bessie Peelman, Jessie Theibaud, Pearl Turner, John Kincaid.

To Freshman Class: Lela Barnett, Mary Sibenthal, Ella Bear, Shaw Barnett, Fred Dupraz, Edwin Lanham, Joseph Danner, Chester Drake, Lawrence Bear, Charlie Davison, Minnie Breckschlager, Norma Fisk, Anna Bosaw, Clarence Banta, Louie Cole, John Golay.

To Eighth year: Maggie Dittgen, Florence Kendell, Lena Kendell, Mary Bowin, Dora Bodle, Eva Williamson, Lizzie Rosenberger, Pearl Boyd, Clarice Mead, Julia Bear, Nora Kincaid, Rosa Dralle, India Bowen, Ida Lock, Dellie Peters, Joseph Krummel, John Schewe, Harry Coleman, Gus Weales, Forest Teats, Willie Ogle, Walter Trafelet, George Pleasants.

To Seventh year: Nellie Simpson, Florence Coleman, Nellie Haskell, Nettie Lanham, Eve Lanham, Clara Robenstein, Hanna Mead, Mary Lampson, Grace Knox, Nona Long, Josie Drake, Edith Golay, Bettie Wright, Garnet Plew, Madge Pattie, Ida Spers, Mary Rosenberger, Lizzie Krummel, Nancy Williamson, Carrie Lyon, Anna Brockschlager, Mary Brown, Lillie Ogle, Pearl Martin, Undine VanPelt, Grace Schroeder, Lydia Bowen, Harry Dupraz, Robert Gordon, Clarence Cole, Earl Tardy, Charley Kincaid, Clarence Knox, Clifford Plew.

To Sixth year: Archie Boyd, Walter Baird, Charlie Cole, Carl Dralle, George Davison, Earnest Griffith, Henry Martin, Oscar Haskell, Uly Jain, Harry Rochat, Willie Spivy, Willie Stevents, Ivan Saberton, Charlie Saberton, Lane Siebenthal, George Turner, Jessie Teats, Andy Tilly, Everet Webster, Leo Webster, John Heady, Jennie Anderson, Carrie Brown, Katie Bear, Pearl Dyer, Zellie Jain, Edna Kincaid, Mary Larrison, Maggie Clendenning, Bettie Miller, Carrie Peelman, Bessie Rochat, Lora Still, Adah Shaw, Blanche Pavey, Dora Martin, Howard Cole.

To Fifth year: Hattie Bowin, Ruth Day, Mary Davidson, Eva Graham, Clara Gordon, Addie Kiesel, Minnie Kendell, Lucy Johnson, Mattie Long, Falba Lyons, Minerva Otter, Agnes Pattie, Madge Rook, Essie Rook, Anis Rochat, Mary Manuel, Maud Reed, Nellie Reser, Ada Walton, Nola Siebenthal, Anna Shaw, Charlie Barnett, Fred Brown, Clyde Drake, Wallie Fallis, Everett Graham, Orville James, Tom Knox, Harry Mead, Frank Stills, Harry Shaw, Bennie Thunemann, Charlie Larrison.

To Fourth year: Mabel Anderson, Bettie Bodie, Anna Curry, Daisy Curlin, Jennie Dupraz, Pearl Haskell, Laura Hollcroft, Bettie Jennings, Mary Joyce, Maggie Krummel, Grace Lanham, Mary Lanham, Minnie Miller, Anna Newton, Bessie Pleasants, Bessie Reed, Lenora Sullivan, Mamie Simpson, Lena Tower, Dora Williamson, Pearl Wintizer, Eddie Brockschlager, Earl Brown, Willie Coleman, Roscoe Ellis, Otis Furnish, Eddie Findley, Clifford Jones, Harry Kerth, Ray Peters, George Robinson, Aurthur Rook, Robert Rudd, Albert Ricketts, Louie Rosenberger, Walter Bear, Frank Fallis, Harry Schewe, Amie Todd.

To Third year: Charlie Grammer, Sterling Jones, Eugene Webster, Eddie Otter, Clarence Otter, Clemmie Thuneman, Henry Digtten, Lewis Anderson, Frank Wright, Craig Baird, Henry Plew, Henry Corns, Willie Land, Everett Kendell, Jesse Peelman, Willie Barnett, Ethol Scott, Leila Thiebaud, Anna Davison, Lollie Wyatt, Clara Kiesel, Nora Smith, Lulie Larrison, Lulie Corns, Nellie Stucy, Pearl LeClerc, Ebna Ogle, Josie Bowen, Ethel Boyd, Hallie Rudd, Goldie Oakley, Ivy Haskell, Ida McLane, Clay Webster.

To Second year: Dessie Martin, Lucinda Land, Flora Kiesel, Gladays Furnish, Alice Simpson, Anna Reed, Eva Tower, Maggie Pickett, Bettie Long, Myrtle Fallis, Rebecca Williams, Vonia Ferguson, Lucy Schafer, Josie Jenings, Nettie Pleasants, Clara Allen, Leonard Danner, Clifford Wagner, Cleveland Bowen, George Banta, Bennie Hollcroft, Harvey Schroeder, Earl Simpson, Jessie Ricketts, Roy Johnson, Willie Griffith, Anthony Lock, Jimmie Schaffer, Tommie Griffith, Ward Boggs, Freddie Peelman, Tait Siebenthal, Robert Smith.

From Colored School:

  • To Senior Class, Anna Robinson.
  • To Seventh Year, Eulalia Simpson, Lula Jones, Belle Simpson.
  • To Fifth Year, Fannie Simpson.
  • To Fourth Year, John Jones, Anretta Simpson.
  • To Third Year, Emory Simpson, Lillie Whitehead
  • To Second Year, Willie Whitehead.

Vevay High School Graduation – 1892

Vevay High School [Switzerland County, Indiana] Graduation report appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 2 Jun 1892 – Page 4, Column 1

Vevay High School Commencement
at Metropolitan Hall last Friday evening was in every respect a success. There being twenty graduates there was not sufficient time for all to deliver their declamations and essays, but judging from samples of representatives, the class of 1892 is fully up to the average High School class graduates.

The large stage was beautifully furnished, including lace curtains, having the appearance of a parlor.

Fronting the audience, in rear of rostrum, was the Spanish flag of 1492 and to the right the National colors, 1892.

Blooming flowers and shrubbery gave the stage a beautiful and cheering appearance.

An orchestra from Newport, Ky., furnished superior music.

The following was the program:

  • Overture.
  • Invocation by Rev. W. S. Rea.
  • Music.
  • Salutatory, Minnie Brown.
  • The Lost Utopia, Ben. Waldenmaier.
  • Simplicity, Josie Brockschlager.
  • Our Aims, Milton C. Boerner.
  • Music.
  • A Small Lock Sinks a Great Ship, Lora Tilley.
  • Limited Emigration, Bryant A. McMakin.
  • Hedged In, Lenore E. Tardy.
  • Entente Cordiate, Carroll J. Walton.
  • Music.
  • John [his X mark] Smith, Florence O. Pleasants.
  • Progress and its Agencies, Ben. L. McHenry.
  • Growth and Decline, Isola Reser.
  • The Almighty Dollar, Clarence Shaw.
  • Music.
  • Only a Girl, Mary VanPelt.
  • The Young American, James L. Kendell.
  • Drifting upon the Dead Sea of the Past, Emma Grisard.
  • Man—The Coming Man, Paul E. Stepleton.
  • Battling Waves Polish the Pebbles, Anna Patton.
  • Music.
  • Look to the End, Myrtle Craig.
  • The Choice of a Vocation, D. Hedden Baird.
  • Valedictory, Josie A. Findley.
  • Presentation of Diplomas, Superintendent Aime L. Trafelet.
  • Benediction by Rev. D. N. Manly.

Vevay Public Schools Teachers – 1891

Teachers for Vevay Public Schools [Switzerland County, Indiana] appeared in:
Vevay Reveille – 18 Jun 1891 – Page 4, Column 2

Teachers of Vevay Public Schools.

At a meeting of School Trustees of Vevay last Saturday night the following were employed as teachers for the coming school year:

  • Amie L. Trafelet, Superintendent, $85 per month.
  • Miss Nettie T. Northcot, Principal of High School, $65 (provided we don’t need assistant in High School, if we do, then $60 per month.)
  • Miss Mattie McKay, 8th year, $40.
  • Miss Grace Stepleton, 7th year, $40.
  • Miss Abbie Coleman, 6th year, $30.
  • Mrs. Mary E. Robenstein, 5th year, $30.
  • Miss Julia Knox, 4th year, $30.
  • Miss Sadie Hall, 3d year, $30.
  • Miss Lettie L. Dyer, 2d year, $30.
  • Miss Hannah Waldenmaier, 1st year, $30.
  • Miss Minnie Simpson, teacher colored school, $30.
  • Jonathan Myers, janitor, $20.

Teacher for German department not yet employed.