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Decorah High School
1889 Commencement

Source: Decorah Republican June 18, 1891 P 5 C 4


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Decorah High School. The closing exercises will take place this (Thursday) evening, at Steyer’s Opera House at eight o’clock, being given by young ladies of the B and C classes, under the direction of Nettie Louise Brown, the deservedly popular teacher of rhetoricals. It is hoped that the patrons of the Public School will endeavor to be present. It is desirable that small children should not attend unless they come with their parents. The following is the program:

Music..................................Overture
Essay—Electricity ..Helena Catherine Nuefert
Recitation—The Drawn Tooth Leo H Draper
Music—Irene Waltz.................. .Bonnet
Recitation -In the Children’s Hospital...Libbie C. Hilior
Recitation—Annette.........Cora Estella Bates
Music—What the Dickey Birds Say... .Ermine
Essay—The Valley of the Tombs...Edith Gardner Hicks
Recitation—Sam’s Letter...Minnie M. Lommen
Music—One Heart, One Mind—Mazurka—Strauss
Recitation—Scene at the Natural Brldge...Caroline M, Hegner
Recitation—Startling Revelations...Hallie L. Headington
Music--Ermine Waltz.............Theo. Moses

The music is furnished by Ervin’s Orchestra, and a dance will follow the exercises of the evening.

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