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 - abirrel@nfinity.com

        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


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        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

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        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.

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