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tiThe Seventh Annual Commencement n of the Owensville High School was l»eld 11 at the C. I*. Church Wednesday night, 1* March 13tli, 18S9. The program wus well arrainged and executed in .grand style. The graduate*, four in number, were ^ Messrs Charles Smith, William Bixler, g Chus. Sprague and Henry Skelton. The choir, which was composed of 24 of our t best singers directed by Miss Laura flt; Speck, rendered their selections in an V excellent and pleasing manner. The j r exercises were opened by a march and ! t the graduates and choir took their re- ^ snective places. It wduld be impossible t to criticize the program and hence we s refrain from making special mention of ' any part which was rendered in the fol- t lowing order: Anvil Chorus,” by the jiChoir; Invocation by l)r. Shoemaker;! t “Summer,” lclt;l hv Misses Maggie Louk- i * i hart ami Laura King accompanied ny#! tiie Choir; Natural Scenery of the Uni-| ted States, l»v (’has. Smith; “Tiie Silent j Night” by Messrs Kirkman, Speck,! ( I Mauck and Wilson; Napoleon Dona-! parte by William Bixler; “The Wolf is i; ! on the Ilill” hv the Choir; Ambition bv '• 7 • i 1i ('has. Sprague; Civil Service' Deform, j j i by Henry Skelton ; “Hunter's Chorus” j, ! by the Choir. Prof. Kirkman made aji | brief speech to the class, school and its ! ( ! patrons and then presented the Diplo-! mas after which the benediction wasi ! 1| pronounced by Kev. Murray and the oo-1 \ easion brought to a close. j| After the exercises fifteen couple re-j I paire.d to the Jmjucss House parlors to j spend the after part of the evening, at j 10:30 the guests were escorted to the ! dining room w here everything that mor-j tal man could wish for was served. The j I evening was passed at games, dancing !! and social talk and at a late hour the!j guests took their departure. j
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Owensville Gleaner
Owensville, Indiana, US
Sat, Mar 16, 1889
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Peggy M.
TX, USA 22 Jul 2017
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