1919 Cresco High School Commencement

Cresco High School Photo
Extracted from David Shedlock Postcards

HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
Class of Thirty-Nine Will be Graduated From Cresco Public School.

The 39th annual commencement exercises of the Cresco high school will be held from June 1st to 7th. The opening event will be the baccalaureate sermon by Rev. H. M. Normann in the opera house Sunday evening, June 1st at 8 o'clock.

Tuesday, June 3d, there will be a base ball game between Preston and Cresco.

Wednesday, June 4th, class day exercises in the Methodist church at 2:30 p. m. In the evening of the same day there will be held the Junior-Senior banquet.

Wednesday, June 5th, the commencement exercises will be held in the Methodist -church at 8 o’clock. Hon. George W. Clarke, exgovernor of Iowa, will deliver the address. Thursday evening, June 6th, the class play “Stop Thief" -will be presented at the opera house.

Commencement Program.

Invocation....................Rev. J. A. Pettit
Address................Hon. Geo. W. Clarke
Music..............................Girls' Glee Club
Presentation of Class..............A. I. Tiss
Presentation of Diplomas...........W. L. Barker
Benediction..........Rev. W. A. Bockoven
Class Day Exercises.
Invocation..............Rev. E. G. Copeland
Piano Solo............................Lucy Kakac
Salutatory......................Burton Morgan
Class History......................Lucy Kakac
Class Poem..........................Helen Perry
Vocal Solo............................Gladys Burr
Class Will..................................Ellen Dell
Class Prophecy............Aubrey Johnson
Violin Solo........................Kenneth Fiske
Reading......................................Ellen Dell
Valedictory......................Joel Steinmetz
Cast of Class Play.
Joan Carr..............................Lucy Kakac
Mrs. Carr..................................Ellen Dell
Caroline Carr....................Edith Grabau
Madge Carr..........................Helen Perry
Nell..........................................Gladys Burr
William Carr....................Clifford Miller
James Cluney................Burton Morgan
Mr. Jamison....................Joel Steinmetz
Dr. Willoughby............Aubrey Johnson
Rev. Mr. Spelvin..........Edward Shields
Jack Doogan....................Kenneth Fiske
Joe Thompson......................Jovial Foss
Sergeant of Police...............Harry Moldenhauer
Police Officer O’Malley.............Raymond Miller
Police Officer Clancy ..........Adelbert Williams
A Chauffeur.................Wendell Phillips
Class Roll

Class Motto: Real—Not Camouflage.
Class Flower: Red Rose.
Class Name: Aces.

The commencement program was extracted from Library of Congress Micro-Film using: Chronicling America, transcribed and prepared for the Web by Bill Waters. This Report was published in the Cresco Plain Dealer May 30, 1919, P-FP, C-2