Iowa Old Press
The Alton Democrat
June 16, 1894
Will Be Interesting
The first annual commencement of the Alton High School will occur at the
Opera Hall on Friday evening, June 22. The graduates are Miss Mary N.
Desmond, Clarence E. Tanton and Louis Gerla.
The programme is as follows:
Invocation.
Soprano solo---Violin Obligato.................Braga.
"Angels's Serenade,"
"The School Master's Guests....Cynthia Meyer.
Oration,............................Clarence E. Tanton.
Immigration.
"A Bombastic Description.....Harry Vander Linden.
Quartette...................................................Silas.
"The Owl"
Oration,............................................Louis Gerla.
Is Our Country Retrograding?
"Hezikiah Stubbins," ................Gerrit Vandenburg.
Oration,....................................Mary N. Desmond.
Curiosity, The Mother of Invention.
Trio-----Female Voices.................................Smart
"The wood Nymphs."
Address to Class......................Principal of School.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Quartette..............................................Thompson.
"Good Night."