Fremont NE Graduation Commencement Programs 1881 and 1885

The following is the content of two graduation commencement programs from Fremont High School. One from 1881, the other from 1885. The programs were found at an antique shop, and the information was submitted by:

Diane Birrell - [email protected]

15th Annual Commencement
Fremont High School
Tuesday Evening, June 14, 1881

Graduates of 1881
** English Course ** Nell Ames
Rosa Fisher
Minnie Gust
Clara C. Meek
Laura E. Moses
Jennie Rawson
Frankie Taylor
Will A. Shell
Jacob Youngman

** English and Partial Latin **
Hattie A. Coe ** Latin-English Course ** May Belle Van Ness
Emma Brinkerhoff ** Latin and English ** Lucy E. Keeler
John F. Smith, Honors

PROGRAM

Prayer................................................................... Dr. Bushnell

MUSIC
Anthem--"Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord"................ Class
"Our Boat is Launched; But Where is the Shore?"... Laura Moses
"The Ends for Which We Strive"............................. Will A. Shell
"The Sun Coming North"......................................... Lucy Keeler
MUSIC
Piano Solo,............................................................. Miss Fannie Pease
"The Summit--How to Reach It,"............................. Clara Meek
"Through the Breakers, to the Shore,"...................... Rosa Fisher
"Act Well Thy Part; There All the Honor Lies"......... Hattie Coe
MUSIC
Quartette--"Rowing Swiftly Down the Stream."........ Arions.
"Every Man Is a Pebble--That Turns The Course of
The River," ...............................................................May Belle Van Ness
"American Orators,".................................................. Jacob Youngman
"Enduring Tablets,".................................................... Emma Brinkerhoff
MUSIC
Piano Solo................................................................. Prof. Von Schloenbach
"Where There us a Will, There is a Way,"................... Frankie Taylor
"Bitter Waters Sweetened,"........................................ Jennie Rawson
"Mutual Forbearance,"............................................... Minnie Gust
MUSIC
Quartette................................................................... Arions.
"On The Fence,"........................................................ Nell Ames
"Ohio, And Ohio Men".............................................. John F. Smith

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
BY H. R. FINEFROCK, PRES'T OF BOARD
CLASS SONG
BENEDICTION

====================================================
19TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
FREMONT HIGH SCHOOL
OPERA HALL
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, '85

CLASS OF 1885 ** English Course **
Libbie A. Beck
Jennie L. Jenkins
Maude A. Lynch
Kittie M. Quill
Lillian E. Richards
Nellie M. Stahl
Lillie V. Tucker
Isaac N. Kuhn

Maggie L. Keefe (Partial German and Latin)
Roelif B. Smith (Partial German) ** Latin-English and German ** Laura A. Reiff ** Latin-English ** Anna M. Jenkins ** English and German ** Bessie E. Jandorf

PROGRAMME,
Thursday Eve, June 18, 1885
8 P.M.

Prayer ...........................................................The Rev. L. E. Prentiss.

Piano--"Good-Bye".-Grand Waltz ..................Prof Schloenbach.

Bill of fare....................................................... Kittie M. Quill.

Essay -- Happy Days...................................... Lillian E. Richards.

Oration--To-Day ............................................Isaac N. Kuhn

"Annie Laurie"(Dudley Buck)........................... Brainard Quintette.

Essay--A Storm in Mid Ocean......................... Maude A. Lynch.

Essay--Amusements......................................... Libbie Beck.

Essay--Women of History................................ Anna Jenkins.

Piano Solo....................................................... Miss Jandorf.

Essay--Chatterton............................................ Maggie Keefe.

Oration--Women of Fiction.............................. Jennie Jenkins.

Vocal Solo--My Little Darling.......................... Mrs. F. Dorr

Oration--A Giant Vice..................................... Lillie Tucker.

Essay--Modern Manias.................................... Laura Reiff.

Selection.......................................................... Brainard Quintette.

Oration--Gordon............................................. Roelif Smith

Oration--The American Girl............................. Bessie Jandorf.

Our Class......................................................... Nellie Stahl

Piano Duett--"The Dragon Fighter" (Polonaise,)
..........................................Profs. Menkhaus and Schloenbach.

PRESENTATION OF DIPLOMAS
By the President of the Board
BENEDICTION

===================================================

From the ENGS Newsletter Archives:

Fremont High School
Class of 1897

Frank H. Brown
Alfred G. Elliek
Joe D Hicks
Warren B. Sisson
Frank W. Phillips
John Alfred Rine
W. Warren Sigler
Ethelyn Ruth Adkins
Adalaine E. Brown
Amy Claire Allen
Myrtle Ione Cramer
Bessie West Doyle
Erma Goff
Grace Greves
Alma Lundeen S.
Louise Stegner
Florenee A. Yakish
Franklin K. Hollenbeck
Worthy Noyes
Frank G. Shephard
Nettie Alice Boyer
Elizabeth T. Forster
Charlotte V. Greene
Edna E. Morse
Alma E. Patterson
Louise A. Seitz.

GRADS OF FREMONT - CLASS OF 1901
Noted in Fremont Tribune 6 Jun 1901 3:6

Latin Course:

Leon Andrews
William Connell
Herman C Fish
George C Gage
Irving E Grandy
Lloyd R Haven
Charles Albert Keene
Joseph H May
Lyle D Milliken
Phil Mowrer
Warren H Mulliken
Willard L Noyes
Leta E Adams
Charlotte Baxter
Dorothy Bell
Barbara E Belsley
Maybel E Diehl
Elizabeth Hewitt
Beatrice A Howard
Margaret Hughes
May Hull
Fairie Morris Moffitt
May M Reynolds
Augusta Evangeline Soukup

English Course:

Emil M Hahn
Julius F Johnson
Norman A Koeberlin
Allan Edward Noreen
Emery O Peterson
Schuyler D Pilsbury
Lulu M Champney
Eva V Cook
F H Louise Dengler
Florence Hartwell
Lilly Larson
Nora M Peterson.

Diplomas were presented by Mr Manville
musical selections were by Plambeck's orchestra.

Return to the Dodge county NE main page

Background supplied courtesy of The Design Shoppe