Class Day Exercises at Local High School
Graduating class holds program in the high school auditorium this afternoon featuring salutatory, valedictory, class prophecy, class will, class criticism, and class poem as main event.
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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1910
Page
16
Graduating class holds program in the high school auditorium this afternoon featuring salutatory, valedictory, class prophecy, class will, class criticism, and class poem as main event.
Large attendance at Muscatine High School class day exercises for January and June divisions. Miss Gail Hamilton salutatory, Miss Carrie Heezen valedictory, gifts presented, poems read, and a final address by Will Eichenauer. Students praised for scholarship and future hopes.
Gail Hamilton addresses classmates at the close of a four year course of study. She notes a shared look back at past events and a hopeful gaze into the future. The speech promises polite critique and a song by a class member as part of the ceremony.
The critic’s province is not mere fault finding but constructive analysis. Rebecca Goodman argues that criticism should ferret out faults with the aim of improvement and betterment, guiding rather than condemning.
The piece extols praising virtue over fault while detailing a class president Clark Barnard and many classmates. It blends humorous sketches with thanks to faculty, and ends with the author expressing gratitude for the role and guidance received.
The January Division presents a President's Address signaling a shift from schooling to new labor and opportunities. It speaks of breaking four years of association to enter a field of usefulness and a new destiny for graduates.
A senior speaker reflects on four years of hard study and shared memories at Muscatine High School. He praises teachers, lines up the future as life’s struggle, and urges courage, preparation, and steadfastness under the motto Never unprepared as graduates face unknown trials.
Will Eichenauer recounts the June Division events at Muscatine High School as students prepare for graduation. The passage reflects on ending school days, upcoming diplomas, and the new era of life with varying paths after graduation as determined by parents.
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