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Elgin Echo
Elgin,
Iowa
May 10, 1923
Front Page
GRADUATING TIME
The school year is drawing to a close and the
activities of commencement time are almost with us. This year Elgin
High will graduate a class of thirteen, seven girls and six boys. In
the personnel of the class there is an unusual occurrence, as the
daughter and two sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Gilson are members of
the class and will graduate at the same time. The teachers, school
associates and the members of the Alumni are all working in unison
to make the closing days of high school life pleasant for the
members of the class of ’23.
The class roll is as follows: Mary
Patterson, Bessie Chapman, Margaret Yenney, Edith Frieden, Cathryn
Ogle, Harriet Mosby, Dorothy Gilson, Russell Peters, Freddie
Klingman, Arthur Groth, George Gilson, Nicklaus Rennison, Donald
Gilson.
Class Motto: “Hitch Your Wagon to a
Star.”
Class Colors:--Nile Green and Old rose.
Class Flower:
Pink Rose.
The calendar of the events for commencement
week is:
May 25-Senior Class Picnic.
May 27-Baccalaureate Sermon, Rev. Deo. V.
Butler, Baptist church, 3:15 o’clock p.m.
May 29—Class Play, “Forest Acres” Elgin Opera
House, 8:30 p.m.
May 31—School Exhibit, at school, during
afternoon.
May 31—alumni Reception and Banquet, Opera
House, in evening
June 1—Commencement Address, Prof. D. Cram,
of State Teachers’ College, Elgin Opera House 3:15 o’clock p.m.
Besides, the Juniors are planning a big day
for the Seniors, but the date and the plans must still remain a
secret.
With all these activities the closing week of
High School life for the members of the Class of ’23 will be a busy
and happy one. In after years the thought of commencement time will
be a bright gem in memory’s wreath.
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May 24, 1923
Front Page
Announcement of Play listed below
May 31, 1923
Front Page
THIRTEEN GRADUATES
This is commencement week and the various
activities of our school will be held at the appointed time.
Sunday evening when the spacious audience
room of the Baptist church was filled to overflowing, saw the
beginning of the exercises. The church auditorium had been
appropriately decorated with lilacs and ferns and was appropriate
for the “Lilac Time of Youth” for such was the occasion as the large
audience had gathered in honor of the members of the class and to
hear Rev. Butler of the M. E. church, deliver the baccalaureate
sermon. At the given time the young people led by Rev. Butler and
the teachers, marched down the center aisle of the church singing
their processional hymn, “Onward Christian Soldiers.” The class and
teachers were seated in the center section while the High School
Glee Club were seated in the side section.
The words as spoken by Rev. Butler proved he
had made an exhaustive study of his subject. His remarks to the
class contained wisdom, encouragement and advice. His was an address
that fitted into the needs of everyday life, and showed God’s help
was necessary in living lives that were good and clean and in
getting the very best out of life. The services as a whole were
impressive with two special musical numbers by the Glee Club and the
audience joining in singing appropriate hymns. Geraldine Schori and
Marie Mosby also pleased with a vocal duet. It was a fitting and
impressive beginning for commencement week of 1923. The graduates
are: Mary Patterson, Margaret Yenney, Harriet Mosby, Edith
Frieden, Dorothy Gilson, [fold; names obscured], Donald Gilson,
Nicklaus Rennison, Freddie Klingman, Arthur Groth, Russell Peters,
George Gilson.
Tuesday evening the class play, “Forest
Acres,” was given in the opera house and although a heavy rain set
in about an hour before time for the curtain to go up, the seating
capacity of the house was comfortably filled and the evening was
made more enjoyable by music furnished by the Illyria Orchestra. The
play as given by the class of 1923 was one of the best that has ever
delighted an Elgin audience. The cast was well balanced and the
“make-ups” were especially good. There were no outstanding
individual performers but each member of the class took the part
assigned in a creditable manner. The large audience enjoyed the play
from beginning to end and the young people, together with their
coach Miss Florence Berg, deserve great credit for the pleasing
manner in which “Forest Acres” was presented. Following is the cast:
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Lemuel Crockett
Mrs. Crockett
Elizabeth Crockett
Hepsilbiah Crockett
Hiram Crockett
Franklyn Arthur
Miss Lucy Ruggles
Evelina Newcomb
Andy Hobbs
Jeffery Brixely
Elsie Brxley
Constance Loring
Nora
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Donald Gilson, “A Miserly Farmer
Mary Patterson, His Wife
Harriet Mosby, His Daughter
Margaret Yenney, His Daughter
George Gilson, His Son
Nicklaus Rennison, A Business Man
Edith Frieden, A School Teacher
Fred Klingman, A Bashful Maid
Arthur Groth, A Country Boy
Russell Peters, A New Yorker
Dorothy Gilson, His Wife
Cathing Olge, Their Niece
Bessie Chapman, The Maid
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