The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-06-13
COMMENCEMENT.

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High School was held in the Pres
byterian church, Friday evening
attended by a very large audience.
The following is list Of the
graduates and their Grafton
subjects.
Matte Bryan. salu atoriau, "Origin
of the Greek Myth"
John Glasgow, Japan"
Edna Goodrich, Revenge De-
feated.''
Elmer Johnson, ''Education of the
Negro
Evangeline Miller, Cecil Rhodes. "
George Wyckoff, 1.-THE Story Of a
Hero"
Amanda Sundberg, "Our Duty to
the Philippines
Estelle Wilbern, ''Vergil's Debt to
Homer.
Fred Irlpp, An Educational quail
fication for SUFFRAGE"
Ella Cloud, 1.-THE Years Roll"
Robert Town, ''The Boer Struggle. y
Ella Wood. 1.-THE Influence of the
Modern Drama"
Harry Hawley, Valedictorian, MAR
conf and his Successes.
These subjects are timely and
worthy of consideration by any
one. Each one delivered their
grafton in a manner that was
pleasing and interesting to the
audience, acquitting themselves
with credit and demonstrating
that their labors have not been in
vain and that their instructors have
accomplished much during the past
year, whether the knowledge they
have acquired is put into practical
use or not. ~
The exercises were opened with
selection from the orchestra,
followed by invocation by Rev.
Thomas Handy. The program
was interspersed with selections by
tho orchesta, high school chorus,
vocal duet by Misses Fryberger and
Ruby Smith.
At the conclusion of the valedic-
torians address, Supt. Porter then
spoke of the school work, the faith
fulness of the teachers and regret
of the loss of the sevrice and assis-
lance of Misses Mclaughlin and
Mabel Smith. He then read a state
ment of those neither absent nor
tardy, that is, on hand promptly
each half day school was taught.
Room 3-howard Rose, Edmund
Swanberg, Gladys Taylor.
Room Grace Trip. same record
for three years.
Room 5-Nellie Bloom, Gwendo-
line Swanberg.
Room earl Barklew, Claud
Jenkins.
Room 7-Frances Gordon.
Room 9 Cora Nicholson.
Room 1O-Leslie Austin, Rudy
Rippberger, Myrtle Turner, Charles
Beard.
Room 11-Maggie Alderman,
Fannie Hinricks, Florence Lyon,
Nellie Lyon, Cyril Taylor, Maude
Runyon, Harry Hawley, the last nam
ed has this record for four years.
J. A. Town, president of the
school board then said to the class
that it was a pleasant duty for him
to present the diplomas. He liked
their motto, "We Have Crossed the
Foothills, Yonder are the Mountains"
because it was not printed in latin
but english and could be read by
every one and because it was q
good motto clearly expressing what
they had done and what was before
them.
He also said the school board had
been considering the increase of
co urses that could be taken in this
school, but the time did not seem
to be just now, however the school
would be kept up so that it's standard
would be maintained and rank with
any of it's class in the state.
With the benediction by Rev.
c.. H. Curtis the audience was dis
missed and congratulations extend
ed the graduates and presentation of
presents.
It is not generally known that to
be valedictorian is not an empty
honor as they often get at least
one college certificate emitting