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.