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COMMENCEMENT, Valder Business College and Normal School. At Steyer’s Opera Home, Friday, June 28th, 1895 |
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The Normal Class of '95, in the Valder Business College and Normal School hold their graduating exercises at Steyer's Opera House, on the above date. The graduates number nineteen in the Higher English course, four in the business college, (in addition to 52 who have previously graduated in the year.) and six in the shorthand and type-writing class, making thirteen in that department. |
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The program is as follows:— AFTERNOON SESSION—2 P. M. Prayer....................Rev., F. P. Shaffer Base Solo…... ...............Selected Prof. B. J. Bowman. Oration...... . . . .....Progress of Education Edward Payne Howe. Essay....... .. . . A Cluster of Pansies Louise Marie Anderson. Oration....................Man’s Heritage Charles Louis Child. Essay.......... ... . .... Pearls of Character Mary S. Rollins. Vocal Duet......................Selected Messrs, Hopperstad and Halvorson, Essay......... ... ............The New Woman Sarah Maria Quandahl. Oration............. Polygon of Forces George Lavard Struble. Oration.............The Still, Small Voice Anna Mae Elwick. Solo............... .... ...... . ........Selected Mrs, M. H. Montgomery. Recitation..........................Thebes Laura Amelia Johnson. Oration.... Electricity, the Queen of our Centnry Thomas S. Kennedy. ..................Noted American Women Ida Johnson. EVENING SESSION—8 P. M. Music............................Selected Orchestra. Song...............Mendelssohn Qoartette Misses Haugen and Halvorson, and Messrs. Ellickson and Himle. Oration.......... .... . .Impersonated Ideas Henry Robert Jones. Oration..............Black the Heel of Your Boot Charles Vernon Oliver. Solo .................... ........Selected A. E. Ellickson. Oration..............Thy Speech Betrayeth Thee Almira Rosalia Davis. Oration........Liberty Enlightening the World Anna Hoyme. Oration........ ...............True Heroism Clara Isadora Rollins. Music................... .........Selected Orchestra. Oration........... ... ......Driftwood Harry Raymond Hislop. Essay…............... The Land of Pyramids Clara M. Sydow. Oration.........She Hath Done What She Could Grace Elinor Little. Oration...............Some Flowers of Fancy Ida Nelson. Music...............................Selected Orchestra. PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS. An admission of 10 cents will be charged. All are invited to attend. |
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