1905 Perry Township Graduates

Thanks to Darlene and Howard Libbey for this information!

Fort Wayne Journal Gazette of May 25, 1905

The Commencement exercises of the Perry Township schools will be held in the M.E. Church at Huntertown on Saturday evening, June 3. 

The graduates are:

            FLORA DOONAN

            BRICE METCALF

            CLARA NELSON

            LOYD DUNTEN

            ANNA BUNTING

            JOHN BLEEKMAN

            IVA ROBINSON

            ELMER URBINE

            AGNES DIEBOLD

            WALTER V. KELL

            LEORA ROOT

            LOYD RUNDLES

            CLARENCE MARTIN        

            LOUIE H. DUNTEN

The program of exercises follows:

March – MISS EDNA TILDEN

Invocation – REV. W. P. BARTON

Music – Apollo Quartet

Salutatory – FLORA DOONAN

Oration – “Selling and Giving” by  BRICE METCALF

Oration – “No Success Without Labor” by CLARA NELSON

Oration -  LOYD DUNTEN

Music – Apollo Quartet

Oration – “Why Not Be Successful” by ANNA BUNTING

Oration – “Popularity of  Good Books” by JOHN BLEEKMAN

Music – Apollo Quartet

Oration – “Life is What We Make It” by IVA ROBINSON

Oration – “Character” by ELMER URBINE

Oration – “Education” by AGNES DIEBOLD

Music – Apollo Quartet

Oration – “An Investment in Knowledge Pays Best Interest” by WALTER V. KELL

Oration – “Never Say Fail” by LEORA ROOT

Class Poem – LOYD RUNDLES

Music – Apollo Quartet

Oration – “Class Prophecy” by CLARENCE MARTIN

Valedictory – LOUIE H. DUNTEN

Class Address – E. G. HOFFMAN

Presentation of Diplomas Superintendent – H. O. FELGER

Music – Apollo Quartet