The Dickinson press., 1904-05-28
Tenth Annual Commencement
Of the Dickinson High School.

Tenth Annual Commencement
Of the Dickinson High School.
AS is usual on such occasions, the
opera house was literally packed Thurs
day evening 10 witness the final act in
the public school life of eight young
people of our city.
The stage was set in a wood scene and
the undergraduates had arranged pot.
ted plants Of either side and festooned
the front and sides with the class colors,
green and white, while above was 1904
done in green and white. The effect
was very good, the whole making a pleas
ing background for the white gowns of
the ladies and the wealth of flowers
which were lavished upon all the gradu-
ates by friends and relatives.
The club drill by six little girls dress
ed in white with green ties and hair rib
bons. was we'll executed and very effec-
tive, showing careful training and pa.
tient work, and pleased the audience.
Following the invocation by Rev. ].
H. Dobbyn during which the audience
stood with bowed head, was a piano Sc
lection by Misses Oracle Currie and
Esther Fox.
Superintendent Davidson then pre-
sented Prof. NJ. A. Brannon of the state
university, the speaker of the evening,
and announced as the subject Of the
lecture "The End Of Education.
Prof. Brannon said in part: 1t is eight
years since l first came to Dickinson,
since then l have been here often but
never on SO happy an occasion as this
your school holiday Of the year. bring
- 80 -a,,, >r,%h~ ,oI lS>A cha AID laHx,
with but two teeth, l shall be thankful it
audience, gathered not with political or
laid aside, with the education Of the
| children and youth nearest your hearts.
| What is education? Herbert Spencer
said, education is the preparation for
complete living, and that includes
acquisition of power and the acquisition
of character. To gain power We must
have training; we must learn odo some
| thing and to reason, from cause to effect.
No loss is so great as the loss of power
TO reason. We must learn also to dis
tinguish substance from shadow-the
real from the unreal. The untaught
crowd are at the bottom of the ladder
but there is plenty of room up higher
and at the top. We must be trained for
good citizenship. A good citizen is loyal
to home and free institutions, to schools,
to the church and to the state. A few
years ago people sympathized with a
North Dakotan as coming from the land
of billiards and were suspicious of him
as hailing from the land of divorce. But
all this has changed. We must
be citizens of the United States, which
means an almost world wide citizenship.
Our citizenship must make US obedient
to law-not merely in refraining from
a few things but in our hearts-so that
we will respect the rights and relations
of one to another. We, in North Dako-
ia, almost reverence Theodore Roose-
welt. He is the greatest living expo
nent of obedience law. Respect the laws
on the statute books. This is a practi-
cal age, but we must not leave out the
ideal. Follow the ideal like a star
Store up enthusiasms-the word means
God in us. Learn to value friendship,
affection, truth and beauty, for without
these we are poverty stricken indeed.
Now if our school system trains %theyouth
to reason from cause to effect, to separ-
ate the substance from the shadow, to be
good citizens, obedient to law-what are
you as citizens of Dickinson doing to
help the good work along? Are you en-
thusiastic in your support, not only inan-
cial but do you in every way, first, last
and all the time, work to make your
schools centers of purity and progress?
Miss Anderson was in very good voice
oughly enjoyed.
Superintendent Davidson in present.
ing the class for graduation, compliment
ed them upon their work and spoke of
the progress the school had made in
rank and hoped ere the next year began
it would come to first grade require
ments.
Rev. J. H. Dobbyn on behalf of the
board presented the diplomas having a
personal word for each one.
The following is the roster of the class
and the subjects of the graduating es.
says and orations.
Geneyieve White-Tha Crusades.
Lola May Rowell-Power of the
Tongue.
Frances Ida Barber-Louisiana Pur-
chase.
Henrietta Fox-Napoleon Bonaparte.
Il Elizabeth Gertrude Robinson-Shake.
spears Heroines.
Winfield John Goodall-A Typical
American, Abraham Lincoln.
George Washington Routh-Marcus
A. Hanna a President maker.
Fred Christensen-Man for the Times
Roosevelt.
Il BACCALAUREATE.
Rev. ]. H. Dobbyn delivered the bac
calaureate sermon Sunday evening-ar
attentive and appreciative audience
. taxing to its utmost the seating capacit,
of St. Johns. The church had beef
: decorated in green and white in honol
+, of the graduating class.
Mr.. Dobbyn's discourse was one O.
), the best of its kind, replete with thoughts
: that the graduates of 1904 will remem
Der all their lives. We are able to give
but a brief outline.
Mr.. Dobbyn took for his subject tn.
rich young man who asked "what must
: do to inherit eternal life?" He pointed
the class to three C's as brought out il
!, Christ's reply, "Sell all that thou hast
Remuneration came first. No one who's
life is s%elf-centered attains the highes
good. In taking up the cross is the frs
c. "Follow me-. This was the young
mans career-to assist Christ up ant
down among the villages of Judea, It
heal the sick, bind up the broken heart
: ed and preach the gospel of salvation
mere can be no better career than this
and this is the second c. "And thou shall
D be perfect" By taking up the cross ant
a following Christ the third c is developed
y and we have character.
ALUMNI.
The alumni of the Dickinson higl
school gave a reception at Senour's hal
Friday evening from $3.50 p. m. On, il
honor Of the class of 1904. DeviatinI
e somewhat from past custom invitations
6 were issued to one but graduates. Tn
n address of welcome was by Joe Messer
l. smith and George Routh was selected t
respond for the class. The evening wa
!, spent socially without formality and wa
d most enjoyable. Cake, ice.cream ant
y trappe were served.
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