The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1901-06-22
GET DIPLOMAS.
Class of 'Ol Finished its Labors Last
Thursday Evening.
CREDITABLE EXERCISES
In all Of the Departments Of the School-Wsek
Given up to Promotions and Reports.

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lin the Crystal Falls schools and, like
its predecessors. 1t has been a week OF
excitement and bustle. The exercises
began last Sunday evening at the
court house when Rev. A. A. haywood
preached the baccalaureate sermon to
the class. Mr.. MaywOod's address
was excellent and very appreciative
audience listened TO it.
The semi-annual promotion exer-
cises Wednesday were opened by the
kindergarten department. As usual
the exercises Of these little ones at !
tracted many visitors and proved |
specially interesting. The Violet drlll
deserves special mention. Fifty-four
pupils were promoted to the first
grade
Tie exercises Of the first and the
third grades. Central school, Misses
HyslUp and Kleyn, teachers, were held
together in the Parks building.
Numerous visitors pronounced the
entne program excellent. The Rose
and Doll drills were special features.
Twenty-Five were promoted from the
first TO the second grade and seventeen
from the third TO the fourth grade.
The second grade, Jennie l.. Maxam,
teacher, sent out class of %. The
exercises reflected much credit TO
both teacher and pupils. The Birds
Chorus and the recitation, "Our Hired
Girl. 4" by Catherine O'Brient deserve
special mention.
Miss Conlin. of the fourth grade,
promoted class Of thirty. While the
entift program bespoke careful train
lag, the Mother Rose drill and The
Owl critic by Gwendolin Harvey
were pecially enjoyed.
TIE fifth grade Miss Gulgrent
teacher promoted thlry-eight. Ne
editor thoroughly enjoyed "Grandma
Shaws Visit The exercises, while
comparatively short. were generally
creditable.
Misses Hooper and Gibson, Of the
: Maple Grove school, Joined programs
and gave the many visitors an enjoy
able hour. The Doll drill was very
pretty. Ten were promoted from the
first grade, eleven from the second ano
six from the third.
The seventh and eighth grades helc
their exercises In the opera houS'
Wednesday afternoon. A very large
crowd attended The teachers
Misses Roman and Richmond, had pre-
pared an operetta which was well ex
ecuted by the children and proved L
be pleasing feature Of the exercises
We understand chat the exercise
at both the Shafer and the WesterI
were very creditable. The un
usual number OF eleven will be sent II
from the Western 70 the Centra
another year. Just why we are un
able TO state, but the parting in on
department of the Western brough
many a tear
on Thursday evening the com
mencement exercises were held at tn
opera house. The large hall wa
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up in the back Of the room. Indu:
trious hands had been at work all ola
decorating the stage so as To get 1t ]
an attractive garb and they were Gel
tainly rewarded for their pains for tn
. decorations were excellent. Prompt
at $50 the 'boys' band" compose
nrincinally of high school boys, playe
a selection.
Then followed the addresses D
the members Of the class. Time Is e
short TO enter into the merits OF th
several papers presented SO suffice
to say, they were all good and all Il
members did well. We can say tn
conscientiously, too, for the perform
ance OF this class was certainly u
best we have witnessed yet. Ed.
Parmenter, commissioner OF Dickil
son county, made very fine addre
TO the class. Mr.. Parmenter'S addre
was weighted with good advise and
made an excellent impression upC
the class and the audience Pre-
Hill followed with short addre
when delivering the diplomas an
then came the closing musical sele
tion telling OF the end Of school life
CRYSTAL Falls for the members OF q
class OF '0l. The names OF the mel
bers OF the class are as follows; Ma
!, Brooks, Agnes Behan, Maude Ha
bour, Lily Bosanko, Zilla Hope
Cora Uren and Russell Ball.