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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1911
Page
20
A Geneseo High School alumni reunion discusses education as the shaping of life, not just training for jobs. The speech argues education should cultivate culture, discernment, and right living, with reminiscences by alumni and praise for teachers and school officials.
An audience at Freeman's hall recalls a high school graduation night from twenty five years past. President Wells and faculty presided as diplomas were awarded, with poetry and songs marking the ceremony and a class motto "Not Finished, but Begun" echoed by Mrs Mattie Farrell in an anniversary poem.
Miss Hattie Greene delivered a nostalgic address at Geneseo Township High School alumni reunion, praising the class of 86 and the old seminary lineage. The program featured alumni songs, later mingling, with notes on out of town attendees and local society updates.
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