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TTIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 29, 1910. Class of 1910 of the Omaha High School Notable for Many Things J o 0 ,' : . t'-.:o; v -V BnWTf . Vv " . i W .Trt-c" ITHIN a couple of weeks the annual flight of the, gradu ates of the high schools of the country will make i'.s appear nnce and darken the ulir . to everything else for a time. In Omaha this event Is of special impor tance, for from the Omaha High school one of the. largest graduating clause of America will i.e sent out. A total of 2"o'i ntutlfita will b on the stage on the night of commencement to receive diplomas stating that each one . has sucessfully completed the four years' I work necessary to obtain the coveted '. sheepskin.' This number Is the largest erer graduating In the history uf tne Omaha High school, the list being ; divided into 160 girlH and 95 boys. Thoaa who will receive diplomat are: i Borne of these will go to college to more fully prepare themselves before eneounter i log the rough buffets of the cold world, ; bt othsrs Intend to Btep from the stage with their diplomas In their hands and con oner th stubborn universe. To some atttrool Ufa is one hard grind and merely a daily routine and graduation Is a perfect ' haven of relief. These will not tempt fate a second time by starting upon another four years" trial In a college. But others ' are filled with the loftiest of ambitions ( and the benefits of a higher education, ap peal to them with a forco too gTeat to be resisted. The high school course of the present time Is arranged so that the pupil ls com pelled to take those studies which are considered necessary. Those which pertain more to the profession for which he In tends to fit himself in life are left optional to each one. Among the studies required for graduation are, four years of English, two years of history, Including American history, three years of mathematics and , one of sciences. Other things are entirely ' at the will of the pupil. Certain necesssary courses of study are regulated by tho business the boy or girl intends to take tip after high school. The Issuance of a diploma to a pupil tneans that he or she has successfully completed all the studies in the course he decided upon. A high school diploma stat ing that a boy has completed the course of business at the high school is as good as any received from a good business college. Admission to any college can be made from the Omaha High school and to many of them without the taking of entrance ex aminations. June 17 Is Commencement Day in Omaha for the high school students. Although the girls outnumber the boys almost two to one the boys will try to get even on ths number of certificates received by each ex. as a part of the boys will receive two of them, one for graduation from the high school and another for graduation from me umana High sohool cadet corps. All tho commissioned officers will be on hand In full uniform and In the order of the rank of each ha will get a paper stating that he is fully qualified to serve as an Mi&S (Judys QnmQ officer in the United States volunteer army. And in time of war the cadet with a diploma Is eligible to enlist as a full fledged officer Instead of a private with a gun. According to the school calendar kept by the school uuthorites the school year has two weeks, uf hard work yet to finish, but for the class of 1910 it is virtually over, especially In the case of the boys. All tne senloi who have kept their work up to a reasonable standard are exempt from the examinations to be held this week. On Monday, June 6, the boys who drill will travel- to Harlan, la,, for the week of the annual cadet encampment. The girls aro unable to enjoy hard work while the boys are on vacation and the. last week is the week of commenceent and social times. Leaving the high school means the break ing of many pleasant ties for the majority of every class, Just as leaving college Is to the college student after four years of life in It. There are the many literary so cieties, glee and mandolin club, the lan guage societies and friends among the faculty and classmate. Each senior, how ever, has a splendid record of the entire school life of his high school career In what is known as the "Annual" of the High School Register, the school paper. It contains pictures of all the societies of school, the athletic teams, individual pic tures of the entire class, .the honors ob tained and in short every activity of the year. This annual issue is furnished free to each subscriber of the paper and can be obtained by any member of the class. It Is managed both editorially and In the business part by the students themselves and always pays for Itself and leaves a surplus. The present class has made a record for Itself by the number of new Ideas It has originated and by the general breaking away from old traditions that have been w i . . v Vf irt i - , vr rsss i. i. xt h.i bsbi r a x -.i a t v i a si -. i m n ii m sin , s iiimh j ' ' . ..... "m. m i ..in IT aT . v m iry aW .'X.'smx i iWivninv s SI I lMl'JMaiiiiiiiiissMBSsssssssnasssssssssM"ss'' .a?- i . .j i . Mk. V rvi. l Mmmir- wr mi a m m llsj smbt wr ss i k ii ii i i r-r i l m mm . ,h: v Ammmm w WW - f A' ""V X' ' 1 1 Gobdou S3 KXLLIE The Twelve Graduates Eligible for Commencement Program. building up for two decades. The first and greatest break was in regard to the time-honored senior fair. When notified that a senior fair could not be held the otass . hit upon the Idea of the history pageant which was so successfully carried out and was then allowed to have a senior play which wus given last night at the Cretgtiton auditorium. Next, instead of hav ing ths annual senior banquet at which all were In unmitigated misery except the toastmaster, it was determined that a sim ple class party would bs much ths batter plain and by means of it the members of the class would cbme Into closer and more friendly relations with each other. Perhaps the greatost honor in an entire high school course la to be on the program on the day of graduation commencement day. Fond mothers and fathers have the proudest day of their lives when they sea their son or daughter on the high school rostrum. According to the law of life the greatest honors and greatest Joys come to him who works the hardest. And to be an honor student of the Omaha High school follows the strict Interpretation of this rule. Weeks and months of hard and grinding work fall to the lot of these pupils while they see their friends and' schoolmates partaking of the many pleasures of school life. The rule laid down by tho department of English in the Omaha Hieh school in re gard to those who are to be eligible to com pete for places on the commencement pro gram Is that only those students who have an average of ninety or above in English for the eleventh and twelfth grades of this study shall be allowed to try. This rule really means that the student must have a good average for the entire four years' work in English and his other work, for to get an average of ninety or above In the last two years' work one must be pro ficient in the first two years, and to be eligible In number of points one must keep up his other work. This year thirty-five boys and girls were able to try under this ruling and twelve of the thirty-five were announced as having written the best essays. Six of this present list will recite their compositions on Juno 17, the six who make the best orations of their eHsays in a second contest to be held In the near future being the lucky ones. The subjects treated upon by the pupils in theii"1 essays are so varied and so phil osophical In nature that after one has at tended a reading ofall of them he is fully able to quaHfy himself upon any subject. Problems of life and government which have pestered man for ages are definitely settled. The overwhelming proportion of girls to boys in the list of honor students causes a deal of worry to parents of high school youths until It is explained that when the proportion of girls to boys in the roll books of the school art taken into consideration the average draws a' little nearer equal, as there are almost twice as many girls as boys in the high school. Several curious facts have como to light In this year's list of honor students, and facts which have gone a long way to prove certain teachers' and parents' theories on what is proper high school life. In the first place, only one of the boys dances, and some of the girls do not. But none of the entire list is of the class of high school students who spend the greater part of their energy In the social life of the school. Another point to be noted is that most of them are members of literary or debating societies. One of the pupils, Edith Neale, who suc ceeded In winning out In the essay contest, was from Calhoun. She comes into Omaha during the week and gets back to her folks only once a week. In the meantime she evidently works hard. Ruth Mcllvalne, another. Is the preBl dent of the Pleiades Mleiary society and the vice president of the German society. She has often written stories for the Keglntor, the school paper, which have won out In competition with other efforts. Nellie Elk-utter Is one of those who Is able to koep up ber lessons and do work In the litciary part of the Register also. She is"a former officer of the Browning Literary society. Ruth Shelson wrote one of the two descriptive essays which won out. She is a member of the Browning society and on the staff of the Register. Gladys Clifford Is an officer of the Elaine society and a member of the Regis ter staff. She Is also a member of the Col lege club. I mi a Gross Is a member of the Browning society and on the Register staff of writers. Florence Rhodss won out not only In the essay contest for commencement, but also In the contest for places on the musical program. She Is a member of a literary socioty. ...... Florence Smith Is another girl from ou of Omaha, living in Benson. Her's waa the othere descriptive esuay which won a plaoe. Marie Gordan is a literary society girl and a member of the Colkge club, in which she Is an officer. All of the boys are members of the Demosthenlan Debating society. William Grodlnsky also won honorable mention In the essay contest conducted by the Daugh ters of the American Revolution. Richard Barnes waa president of the Demosthenlan society for two terms and is on the Register staff. He is a member of the high school debating squad also. Stuart Gould Is vice president of the Demosthenlan society and president of the German society. He is a member of the Register staff. EMILY i THINKS IT IS AWFUL) Fashion's Long; Hani on the Purse of Dressy Women. i HAW) TO AVOID LOOKING DOWDY tartllna- Flcarea Shonlsg the Change of Standards of Fashion and Price Within Last Few Years. Two hundred and sixty dollars were paid this season for a hat! I know this to be true because I saw the hat and the woman who bought it. and I was told the price. What was It,? A handful of straw, a wisp of tulle and a spray of feather. Two hundred and sixty dollars! Of course, this la not to he taken as an average price, even among the very rich. But the averages, as well as the single Instances, of modern extravagance are startling. Fifteen years ago S25-S30 at the ouisiae wouia nave bought the most elaborate bonnet in the most expensive hopping center of the world. New York. Today the Fifth avenue shops are asking S3e for the plainest domestlo toque or shade hat, and have shelves full of French ! Importations at prices ranging from $100 to $176. The $10 "trimmed" sailor that used to be worn with serge dresses; the mull hats costing $5; the big rough garden hats at about the same price; the leg horns Chat used to run as high as $15, even $20, today have been replaced by $30 round hats, $00 picture hats, $50 lingerie hata and hand made straws runing Into the three numerals. I am taking figures represented by the customers of Fifth avenue milliners and even the highest class department stores. There are, to be sure, plenty of smaller establishments on the other avenues, to eay nothing of the popular grade of de partment stores, where more reasonable prices obtain, but even In these places, though the quality of millinery is not at all the same as In (he Fifth avenue shops, the rate of increase Is proportion ately high. Furthermore, not only has there been an increase In the price of ; millinery of almost GOO per cent, but the quantity now considered necessary for a woman of fashion has trebled or quad rupled. Where two or three hats were onoe though sufficient for a season, a dosea would today seem no more extravagant. Hlah Frlcee Demoralised. The effect upon women extravagantly ncllned of the constant repetition of these sxnorbitant prices is Inevitably demoralis ing. One goes Into a hat shop, for instance, Asking for something in black straw that one may put right on. A saleswoman In clinging black, with bejewsled fingers, lan guidly lifts down from a mirrored case a I quite unpretentious little hat. "This one," she says as though it. were too trifling to waste time over "you may have for $40, or this one it is of course rather smarter $50." One then protests that one wants an ordinary little hat With a manner of Indescribable compassion, the saleswoman holds at arm's length an obvious pariah for $25, drops it as soon as possible and caresses a very smart Imported model. "This is only $1j0," she tells you she is confidentially Ingratiating now. "It may, of course, seem expensive to ' one not versed in modern millinery, but the feathers are made of 300 separate pieces, the roses are colored by hand and the straw is of the kind woven only by a certain French house,' and so on. And presently thi $25 domestlo hat looks rather poor and plain beside the foreign Importations a few of which are, considering their beauty, quite reasonable. At the dressmakers the ad vance is much the same and one repeats the lnsidlouely corrupting experience. Where the most elaborate evening dresses were once sold for $150, scores now sell at sums from $225 up to double that amount. Women hear $250 so commonly quoted for after non dresses, tea gowns, cloth costumes and bouse dresses, that, many who ought not to pay over $50 for their best frocks come to think $125 for a muslin or foulard dis tinctly cheap. American Extravagance. In no country do women spend so much money on their personal adofnment as in America. The American woman Is clothes mad; not only does she wear more expen sive clothes and jewels than women of other countries, but she wears a far greater variety, and her taste for elaborateness amounts to a erase. Nowhere in the world does one see this same over-elaborate dres sing rave among tne aeciasse women abroad at Trouvllle, Ostend, or same such continental watering place. Throughout Europe the women of high nobility and so cial position are like wrens compared with these cockatoos of the half world. It is an unpleasant thought that It is the latter who set the standard which our fashionable women follow with naive avidity. For, though we have gradually become used to the exaggeration f regarding American women as queens and princesses we have forgotten that the husbands are not all kings and princes of finance. The result is that our women, each striving to look as if she were the wife or daughter of royalty, are driving decent, practical husbands and fathers Into frantic, heart breaking methods In their attempts to maintain a purely fictitious position. The American woman constantly complains of the American man's undue absorption in business and of his resulting deficiencies as lover-husband. How much of this, I wonder, is directly owing to the obsession that unless a man can maintain bis wife In the alleged "position" of the American woman, he is considered rather a failure? Membership Roll Class of 1910, Omaha High School Girls. Dorothy G. Abraham Ethel Minnie Albach Edith Beata Anderson Mabel Anderson Julie Marie Anheuser Sara M. Ay res Edna Bartlett Margery Beckett Mabelle A. Berka Blanche Bessei Beulah Augusta Besslre Harriet Blake Hazel Evelyn Bonlne Llda Estelle Brengle Helen Martha Buck Grace Gertrude Burington -Marie-F. Bush ' Eunice Muriel Butlln Violet H. Carlson Marlon Carpenter Rose A. Carr Katharine Case Marllla A. Case Nnllle I. Chrlstensen Ethel Marie Clark Blanche M. Cohn Helen Fay Cole Uoulse B. Copeland Mona Helene Cowell Sara Craig Helen Lenore Davis Blanche Beatrice Deaver Hazel B. Degen Elizabeth Doud Esther Frances Dugher Crystal Edgtngton Nellie R. Elgutter Zela O. Elmer Mae Marguerite Engler Stella M. Evers Marguerite M. Fab Ina Mae ' FltsgeraTft Anna M. Fleishman Anna J. Frankum Gertrude Frost Daisy Jane Fry Pauline E. M. Gale Alice Gideon Gladys Glfford Henrietta GUmore Kthel M. Glasgow Maria Gordon y Ruth Gould Maud Grebe v Pauline May Green Rone Grodinsky Irma H. Gross Elsa Helena Haarmann Erna I.isete Hadra K Lucile Hater Mabel A. Hamilton Edith Viola Hargadlne Nancy M. Haze Lottie M. Hensman Cora V. Horn llda A. Horn Edith H. Jacobson Stella Alma Jensen Anna Emella Johnson May R. Johnson Tecla K. Johnson Marguerite Inez Kent Irene Bates Kirschstein Ida Kulakofsky Annette Lady Ruth Lake Esther Elizabeth Larsen Addle M. Lee Isabel Alice Linn Marion U. Lombard Henrietta B. McCague Eorantha Lois McGavock Ruth Mcllwalne Elizabeth McMullen Sadye Marowltz Mildred W. Marr Ruth Mohr Mathews Helen Olive Maynard Minnie Mercer Dorothy Meyer Helen Morey Avllda Downing Moore Mildred C. Mullin Florence Barney Nason Edith Louise Neale Ruth Margaret Neef Amy Laura Nelson Esther Marie Nelson Nora J. Nelson Minnie Louise Nygaard Ruth Odeil Florence G. Oney Edna Frances Ostrom Irene B. Owens Clara E. Parker Cecelia M. Peterson Clara Louise Peterson Elsie M. Peterson Ruth Cornelia Peterson Gertrude A. Pfelffer Mary K. Phillippl Nellie L. Plckard Nellie A. Prltchard Lydla Marie Ramer Irene L. Ratchford Claire Rau Helen Marie Rayley ' Alice A. Reddan Lilians Eugenie Refregier Florence Martha Rhoades Helen Elizabeth Robinson Giselle Avis Rodman Fanny B. Rosenstock Dora W. Sass Henrietta E. Sehnetz Marguerite E. Scott Ruth Sheldon Irene Dolores Shepard Jasmin Sherraden Mary Alios Sidwell Minnie C. Sieck Florence Eleanor Smith Margaret Isabella Squair Gladys Madeleine Stivers Eva Elizabeth Strlngham Frederlcka Swartzlander Helen E. Taylor Berntce Ada Thomas Gertrude E. Thompson Kthel M. Tlerney Frances Millard Todd Irma B. Vancura Kathryn Van Nostrand Mabel Walworth Cleo E. Warthen Edith Lydla Waterman Elolse West Lydla Elizabeth Wlckstrom Mabel T. Wilding Stella Louise Willard Gretchen Parr Williamson Noreen Moore Wilton Mabel M. Wirt Luclle Wolfe Florence M. Woodhall Stella A. Wright Josephine Clark Yates Mary Alice Yeats Gall M. Yeoman Boys. Jaobo Albert Irving B. Allison Clarence H. Allyn Orville H. Andrews . William Arthur Aycrigg Richard H. Barnes Stanley C. Beranek Abe Bessei Sam Block Edward S. Burdlck Lumlr C. Buresh Joseph O. Burger Edward M. Burnham Gustavo Adolf Carlson Homer L. Carlson Joe R. Carnaby Wilbur R. Coons John Ix Cutright O. Dean Davidson John Calvin Davis Louie Herbert Doods Fred Colburn Fernald Robert Halbert Flnley H. Scott Frajser George D. Gelb Elbert L. Gladwin Stuart Gould William Grodzlnsky Warren Hamilton Henry George Hansen Charles F. Hardy Winfred Bronsart Harm Kenneth Edward Hatch Harold Havlland J. Wilbur Haynes Wilson B. Heller Hugh G. Heyn Charles Sanford Hoffent, Jr. Leonard W. Hoffman Warren Harold Howard Arthur Brandon Howell Charles B. Hudson Ixthardt M. Jensen William Gilchrist Johnson Clifford C. Keirle Alfred C. Kennedy, Jr. Philip Kline J. Harry Kulakofsky Russell Newman Lockwood D wight D. Long James McAllister Robert McCague Philip M. McCullough Wallace B. McDonald Fred Thomas Malone Lee H. Mitoush Floyd R. Merselles Alfred Millard. Jr. William Barton Nash Leon Miller Nelson Edward E. Newman Chester C. Nieman Casper Yost Offutt ' Clarence K. Patton Philip W. Payne Bernhardt M. Peterson Don Warren Plttman Lew Bob Pixley Merrill C. Rohrbough Max M. Rosenblum C. Earle Reel Hiram Aivin Salisbury Pink William Sandy Harry E. Schellberg , Larren O. Scott Maurice A. Shilllngton Claude J. Shruni Lawrence G. Simpson Edward Esher Smith F. Warner Smith, Jr. Sanford W. Spratlen Harold Sterner Robert R. Ktrehlow George Sugarman Will E. 8. Thompson Chandler Trimble Wallace B. Troup Allan A. Tukey James C. Van Avery Clarence Edward Wassberg Charles B. Vaugh F. Milton Weeks Thornton E. West Iawrence Wilbur Kymphus R. Workcuff the flag and give up the struggle. It is not that women ten years ago used to wear the same clothes for many seasons, but that the clothes used to be cheaper and bills more easily paid. The trouble is that -with too many women today the new season comes with last season's clothes not yet paid for! To get new ones, there fore, can only take a woman more deeply into debt, and she gets ' into the under mining habit of paying a little "on nc count" and charging a good deal more, so that while she is continually paying more than she can afford, her bills as steadily increase. Emily Post in the June Every body's. ' And this position remember means. In great part, simply clothes. Degrading" Btrnvalr. Steadily the struggle to be well dressed sharpens. Steadily, as prices rise, the stan dard for clothes rises with them. On every side one hears the same cry, "What are we to do about clothes?" "I don't see how I am to get any at all this year!" "Every thing is twice as expensive." "The fash ions have changed and look like a dowd!" Then one more brave and Independent says, "I don't care! I can't afford new clothes. I have several dresses that have scarcely been worn. Surely they will be all right." Whereupon she goes to a lunch eon, or a country club, or the horse show, or into some concourse of people, and awakens to the tact that her drees looks skimpy and ber hat queer. (Why do last year's hats always look queer?) And as there Is nothing (hat makes a per son so self-conscious as the sense of being frumplly dressed, she struggles, first vig orously, then weakly, and at last succumbs, buying new clothes at prices that she can In on way afford to pay. In utter dis couragement a woman of moderate means concludes that she must either spend more than she ought or line up with the frumps. That is pretty nearly the situation as lit looks to her ambitious eyes at present, and she who has always been well dressed, she who baa been used to perfectly ap pointed things, finds it hard to haul down PUSHING INTO MEN'S SPHERES Women Breaking- Into Occupations Hitherto Monopolised by the Men. The mere fact that women "do things" signifies that they have lost their old oc cupation, a fact which can not be con cealed by tho problems of bridge or the problem of Bridget. The Inventive faculty, commonly and properly supposed to be masculine. Is most naturally directed to domestic advantage when possessed by a woman. A new mechanical device for a woman's work basket, Invented bya woman, is less sur prising today than was the fact that Mrs. Nancy M. Johnson of Washington was tho first person to take out a patent for an ice cream freezer, in ls3, selling the rights for $41,500; yet both of these inventions pertain to woman's traditional occupations. The broom has been an accepted symbol of woman's sovereignty in all ages, but Mrs. Blssell has found a successful business career, not by sweeping cobwebs from tho sky, but with the purely mundane carpet sweeper. The Business Men's league of New Or leans has given Miss Kate M. Gordon a gold medal in recognition of her services to the city as president of tho Women's Drainage and Sewerage league. It was largely through the efforts of Miss Gordon that the women of New Orleans got tax suffrage, and, as president of the Dralnago and Sewerage league, she Is said to have cast more votes than any other citizen of the United States. The women, if they so prefer, may vote by proxy. Miss Gordon, It is declared, cast more than 1U0 of those proxy votes. The latest developments mark the new day by completely Ignoring the economic traditions of woman. Women are serving as guides In Maine; there is a woman wireless operator, Mrs. R. H. Tucker, on a steamship on Puget Sound; Captain Mary B. Greeen is a pilot on the Ohio and Mis sissippi rivers; the granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the daughter of Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch is a civil and hydraullo engineer, a member of the An.erican Society of Civil Engineers. The Delineator COLUMBIA HONORS A WOMAN Miss Abbey Porter Lcland of York is Made a Fellow' New In the recent elections to college honor Teachers' college of Columbia unlvcrsky has singled out a young woman for au lienor that has but few precedents itl ths history of tho institution. Miss Abby Lo land lius been chosen a fellow In education. She is one of three women on whom, so far as tho colUyo records show, this signal honor has been conferred. Since lMt there have been fifty fellows elected from Teachers' college. Some of llicbo have been honorary, some teaciiing, some graduate and one travel. The first woman in the list, Miss Llda Bell Earhart, wus elected in the school year 1905-0& She Is now a member of the faculty of the Providence Statu Normal school. The sec ond woman was Miss Mary Davis Swartz, who in l'Ju7-tis was made a traveling fellow. Sho is now an assistant professor in the School of Household Arts of Teachers' col luge. Miss Lcland, the third of the trio, has had a remarkable career as a student. Although scarcely 40 years old, sho has accomplished in the educational field what is rarely attained at that ano by either a man or woman and at tho same time has taught in the public schools uf tho city and has maintained the normal young woman's healthy interest in social amusements. Sim acquired her llrst degree In law) when she was mudu a teacher in pedagogy at tliv State Normal college at Albany. In Uw she was graduated from Barnard college with the degree of bachelor of arts and tho following year was made a master of urts by Columbia university, her major study being philosophy. During ber senior year at tiainaid and her graduate y ear at Columbia Miss Lcland taught In tho public schools uud was active in many phases of college life. At Barnard she was pitsident of lour college organizations, among them the Greek letter society i'Ul Beta i'l. As Boon as she was eligible, that is, after having taught three years, MlhS Leiaiid took tile examination for u promotion li cense. Of several hundred who took this examination she stood No. 1. Her special uubject was history, Lust year she was one of 2.M who loon the written examina tion for the principulships in the publto bchools sad vaa not only one of the forty ulna who passed the severe tests succibs lully, but Is ranked as one of I lie youiiK t persons, if not the very yuungcfct, who has ever so succeeded. This year Miss Lelund is a graduate schular at Columbia university and Is doing her last work toward the degree of doctor of philosophy. Her major study is ths philosophy of education and the then her dissertation will be In the field moral education. New York Sun, 1. thel smgot Ml 1