Commencement at Central closes one of its finest years
Central College wraps a landmark year with crowded Jubilee program and prize debates. Performances by Owen Houser and Tunis Kempkes highlighted a busy week including a Beard Medal contest won by W. B. Pietenpol, a baccalaureate sermon by Dean Severn, and a large field meet. Diplomas and honorary degrees were awarded at the Wednesday commencement, followed by a well attended concert and alumni gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Owen Houser
Lorentz Hanson
Wm. Ter Louw
Margaret van Niewaal
Tunis Kempkes
Elsie Hamilton
C. H. McDowell
Vennis
Beard
Bert Baron
W. B. Pietenpol
H.H. Severn
Baptist
Lyman van Houten
Vernon S. Phillips
Cedar -Ra- Fridt Jone
Bla Aublet
Keable
Earl Blazier
Sylvia A. Noffsinger
Congo
Guy W. Churchill
Sylvia Noffsinger
Guy Adams
May Evans
Joseph Faassen
Isabelle Hynes
Kathaleen Todd
Madge Vander Zyl
J. F. Sanders
Keokuk
Iowa
Elizabeth Graham
van Spankeren
Percy Lapham
Joyce Lapham
Ladies ‘Aid Society
the Baptist Church
Alumni Association
S. P. Shaw
Rose Wilson
Hiawatha
Dora Hospers
J. Dale Stentz
L. F. Bousquet
Glee Club
Forrest Kingsbury
Prof. Shure
Farewell chapel closes college year with talks and plays
The farewell service Tuesday morning featured short talks by old students and friends. Rev. Elijah Brown Jones of Cedar Falls gave a well received address on God's Ideal Character. A Mills prize reading contest followed with Frahm winning. Senior class day ended with the two act comedy Mr Bob enjoyed by a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Brown Jones
Cedar Falls
Jones
Joyce Lapham
F. W. Frahm
Maude Lee
Libbie Cox
Mary Hollis
Leona Watt
Muriel Laland
Percy Lapham
Bob
Commencement Notes at Ames Hedrick and Pella
Professor Dudgeon will spend vacation in Ames and Hedrick and return to Pella about the joth to teach in the Summer School. President L A Garrison was missed due to health but improved. senior class enjoyed a picnic with him. Lyman Van Houten and William Ter Louw are mentioned with awkward incidents during the trip and evening outings. all note a good time overall.
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Dudgeon
Ames
Hedrick
Pella
L. A. Garrison
President Garrison
Lyman van Houten
William Ter Louw
William
Commencement Notes At Pella High School Ceremony
The Pella High School commencement last Thursday featured an address on W H Taft by David Vander Ploeg, with Henry Van Spanckeren and others contributing readings, music, and a class poem. Principal H J Vanden Berg presented diplomas as students celebrated a year of progress and discussed future plans for a larger high school and expanded manual training programs.
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Pella High School
Canada
van der Ploeg
Helene Bootsma
Teresa Sheehey
Freda Reuvers
Dorothy Hynes
Minnie van Niewaal
Bernard Vander Linden
Louise Gaass
Henrietta Brunia
Central College
Laura Kramer
Board of Education
H. J. Vanden Berg
Red Wing
G. E. Monkman
Frush
Pella
France
Germany
United States
Tragic Keokuk Suicide Of Miss Helen French At Home
Miss Helen French 22, sister of Mrs. H C Payne, ended her life at her Keokuk home after a period of ill health and mental distress. She taught a Sunday school class earlier that morning before she fired a fatal shot while her sister sought help. Her passing shocked many friends in Pella where she had visited frequently. The inquest and funeral plans followed, with Dr. Payne and his wife traveling to attend.
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Helen French
H. C. Payne
Keokuk
Dr. Payne
Miss French
Pella
Suicide of Mrs Vander Leest Near Pella
Mrs Koen Vander Leest living ten miles north of Pella allegedly hanged herself in her home Wednesday morning. A family member found her lifeless body hanging from a kitchen beam after returning from the fields with coffee. No reason for the act was given in the report.
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Koen Vander Leest
Coen Vander Leest
Pella
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Joe Porter
Robi. Fleisher
Jay Kempkes
Will Pietenpol
Ira van Cleave
Harry Phillips
Porter
van Cleave
Kempkes
Pietenpol
Porter Kempkes
Yom Livingston
Fleisher
Churchill
Houser
Phillips
P. O. Silvara
Harry de Reus
R. C. Speer
W. E. Bailey
W. E Bailey
Samuel Zane Batten
First Baptist Church of
Lincoln
Nebraska
Ira Maurice
Joseph Clyde Clark
Henry W. Pietenpol
Chotaro Takebayashi
George Alfred Baitsell
B. S
Vernon W. Carris
Stella B. Clark
R. Anna Dickerman
Gertrude Gezel
Cornelia Hasselman
William TerLouw
A. Earle Blazier
Percy C. Lapham
Frank E. Wheatcraft
Dean H. H. Severn
Samuel Zane Batten, D. D
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