This 1898 Farnam High School graduation announcement has been submitted by Betty Hoppe-Stevens. The announcement is in the possession of Georgia LeMeire, a 1940 graduate of Farnam High School. The members of the class included Kittie Dryden, who is the mother of Georgia. Georgia's aunt, Gertrude Dryden, married Harry B. Taylor, the son of one of the original eleven contingent that came to Dawson County and established the settlement of Keystone in 1883.
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Class Motto: "Only Embarked." |
 | The Class of '98 cordially invites you to attend the First Annual Commencement of the Farnam High School at the Congregational Church, Friday evening, April 22, 1898. 8:15 p.m. |
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Class Roll: C.J.Balser, Gertrude Dryden, Charlotte Ainlay, Mayme Garven, Kittie Dryden. ------------------------- Programme"Only Embarked"First Annual Commencement Exercises of the Farnam High School. Held in the Congregational Church, Friday Evening, April 22, 1898. "No Excellence Without Hard Labor." |
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Invocation. Instrumental Music............Washington Post March. Cora B. Caley. Salutatory........................Gertrude Dryden. Oration............................"The Middle Ages." Charlotte Ainlay. Song..............."Life's Battlefield."................Offenbach. Pansy Dunton, Emily Foote, B.J. Ainlay, H.N.Stilley. Oration........................................"Value of Time." Gertrude Dryden. Oration........................................"Our Country." Kittie Dryden. Trio............."O, Blessed Sea."................White. Emily Foote, H.N. Stilley, B.J. Ainlay. Oration........................................"Class Prophecy." Mayme Garven. Oration..................Valedictory.........."Self Reliance." Clarence J. Balser Solo...."On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away."....Dresser. H.N. Stilley. Juniors Farewell............................"Education." M.T. Faulkes. Seniors Response.............................Charlotte Ainlay. Presentation of Diplomas......................Col. Geo. B. Dunton Song..........."Under the Moonlit Sky."........Thompson. Pansy Dunton, Emily Foote, H.N. Stilley, B.J. Ainlay. Benediction. |