15.87.1

Print, Photographic, Composite

1909

Waseca High School Class of 1909. 9 1/2" x 7 1/2" black and white composite photograph; 13 oval portraits of the 1909 graduates of Waseca High School or Waseca Central; center portrait: Superintendent, C. E. Payne; graduates identified: Mary Beck (salutatorian), Lillian Sutter Holbrook, Anna Roesler, Edward Roesler, Caroline Pfaff Mahler, Agnes Adams, Elsie Dalton, Frank Dunn, Mayme D. Johnson, Jessie L. Kassing, Jake A. Reigel, Harold Swartwood, Caroline Wiegand (valedictorian).

1909 WHS graduation ceremony took place at the Ward's Opera House: "Flocks of colored paper butterflies screened the side of the stage which was tastefully decorated in the class colors, olive green and white. The class motto chosen from the German was prominently lettered about the stage, "Von mogliehkeit zu wirklichkeit" meaning, "from possibility to reality". Backside note: Donated by Pete Mahler, c/o Caroline Pfaff; also names of graduates in the photographs were listed, but not in identifying order. Other notes about this graduating class are from "Memories" (of Waseca High School) p. 35.