The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-01
THE INSTITUTE OVER
Graduating Exercises Of Institute and
County Schools Mere He'd Last
Friday Evening.
Address Of the Evening Was Made by
DR.. NiChOlSOn-PrOf. LANCE Pre-
Sented Diplomas.
Supt. COufSey Was Presented With a
Token by the Teachers and Pupils
Of County Schools.
FROM THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
FROM THE COUNTY SCHOOLS
'lasses From County Schools and
Normal Institute Were Grad
uated ,Friday Evening.

There was a very appreciative au-
dience at the corn palace Friday
evening to witness the graduating
exercises of the Dawson county
schools and the normal institute.
The graduates assembled at tie coun-
ty Superintendent's office aud march
ed in a body TIC the corn palace ann
before entering the building Miss
Fannie Mccormick played a march
while they took their seats in the
front row. Seated upon the stage
was County Superintendent Coursey,
ann the instructors i'm the institute.
Miss Windle. conductor, Miss Corwin
DR.. Nicholson, Miss Brown and Prof.
Lardner.
The first selection on the program
was a vocal number by Prof. Ru-
delphi L. Otto, whose singing receiv-
ed the very hearty appreciation of
the audience. Mrs. Otto played the
accompaniment. The invocation was
delivered by Rev. H. S. Wilkinson.
pastor of the Methodist church.
DR.. Thomas Nicholson's lecture on
"The Twentieth Century Man &C.
cupied the greater pratt of the even
ing and it was a treatise of a sub
ject that.aroused the interest of the
audience to d high degsee.
DR.. Nicholson declared that the
twentieth century was demanding a
stronger parsonage for the work OF
the future then that of the past and
he set forth in interesting particulars
OF what the twentieth century man
must be composed to meet the re.
quirements of the age. He expects
the twentieth century man to be
superior in intellectuality. n morals,
and physical force than the past CEN
turtles have produced i'm the way of
greater patriots, greater inventors,
greater educators, who have been
and are receiving their training to
occupy the places that will be made
vacant. At the close Of his address
DR.. Nicholson was heartily applaud
ed.
a piano duet was rendered by Mrs.
Maude Silsby- Nichols and Mrs. a.
r.. Hitchcock that was a Beautiful
selection and played with good taste.
Supt. Coursey intro luced Prof. M.
a. Lange. deputy superintendent OF
public instruction, who presented
the diplomas to the graduates of the
common schools of the county. Prof.
Lange made a few remarks along ed.
ucational lines concerning the advan.
tages OF AN education and how it was
to be used. In presenting the diplo.
mas to the class he offered some good
suggestions and kind words for theiv
future. The following are the grad
yates of the rural schools who have
finished the prescribed course of eigtl
years: Henry Mcleod, Alice Bourret.
1ngatha Thormodsgard, Roscoe Sher
man, Julia Nelson, Regina Scheich,
Martha Tllormodsgard, George Nc
Leod.
Supt. COursey presented the dip
Tomas to the graduates of the Davi-
son county normal institute. He CON
plimented the class highly on it's at
tainments, and asked at the close o,
his address for the teachers to make
the best effort possible to develop III
their pupils the physical, moral ane
mental natures with which the,
were endowed. Any teacher who
failed to make this a strong point
in her work, he said, would be a fail
ure. The following are the gradu.
ates Of the normal institute, who
have finished the four years. course
Misses Jennie Devers, Mary Pratt
Katie Rogan, Edith Orswell, Add {
Rehbach, Eta Allison. Dora viii
liams, Maude Hofstetter. Anna
Thompson and Hattie Nicolaisen.
L, At this point Prof. Lardne1 tool
charge OF the program and introduced
what was in the nature Of a surpris'
to Supt Coursey. He addressed som
words of high commentator to tn
superintendent in behalf of the teach
ers and scholars Of the count,
schools and told him how much hi