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

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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 office aud march
ed in a body tC the corn palace AMI
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.
ano the instructors in 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 f. otto, whose singing receive
ed the very hearty appreciation OF
the audience. Mrs. Otto played the
accompaniment. The invocation was
delivered by Rev. ii. S. Wilkinson,
pastor of the Methodist church.
DR.. Thomas Nicholson's lecture on
"The Twentieth Century Man" oc-
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 a high degree.
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 mar
must be composed to meet the re.
%quirements of the age. He expects
the twentieth century man to be
superior in intellectually. 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 beer
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 beautifu
selection and played with good taste
Supt. Coursey intro luced Prof. M
a.. Lange. deputy superintendent o
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 wa.
to be used. In presenting the diplo
mas to the class he offered some goot
suggestions and kind words for THEW
future. The following are the grad
yates of the rural schools who havt
finished the prescribed course Of eigtl
years: Henry Mcleod, Alice Bourret
Ingatha rhormodsgard, 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 com
plimented the class highly on it's at.
%tainments, and asked at the close o
his address for the teachers to max,
the best effort possible to develop il
their pupils the physical, moral ant
mental natures with which the,
were endowed. Any teacher VIII,
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, wht
have finished the four years. course
Misses Jennie Devers, Mary Pratt
Katie Rogan, Edith Orswell, Addi
Rehbach, Eta Allison. Dora viii
liams, Maude Hofstetter. Anna
Thompson and Hattie Nicolaisen.
! At this point Prof. Lardner too
charge ofthe 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
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