The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-17
THE HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES

The HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES
Glass of Twelve Receive Their Di-
plOmas as Graduates of the
Schools Friday Night.
The corn palace Friday evening
was the scene OF a brilliant gather
ing Of people who went there to paw
their annual tribute to the %gradutes
OF the Mitchell high school, and a
sea of faces greeted the speakers Of
the evening, for there was hardly a
vacant seat in the large auditorium.
The presence of so many people in
dictates that the schools of the city
have a warm spot in the hearts of
the supporters and at the close of
the school year they perform a pleas
ent duty by giving their undivided
attendance at these exercises.
The stage was handsomely and APP
propriately decorated with the class
colors, apple green and old rose,
while the class flower, pink and
white roses, found a prominent place
in the arrangement. In an arch
across the middle of the stage, sus-
pended in frame net work, was the
class motto; Finiums ut Coepiamus.
At the appointed hour Supt. +. II.
Hoff conducted the graduates to the
stage and the first number on the
program was renuered by the Mitch
ell band. In the absence Of Rev. G.
n. Powell, the invocation was given
by Rev. a. Craig Bowdish, pastor
OF the Congregational church, whose
prayer was directed to the future Of
the graduates and the progress Of
the cause of education. The saluta-
tory was given by Miss Bessie G..
Mcguire, whose welcome was cordial
and sincere. Her grafton was ON
the subject of Turning Points,"
In this she referred to the necessity
OF young people preparing themselves
for decisive movements IN their lives
which can be met successfully by
preparation in their school days in
laying the foundation for a broad ed
ucation. The young speaker offered
some good suggestions along this
line and cited instances in the lives
of men who by their successes illus
trated this point. Miss Mcguire
presented her Grafton with splendid
effect and made it all the more i'm
pressive on this account.
MISS Alice Jones, one of the men,
bers Of the graduating class, contrib.
lted a piano solo, "Poet and Peas.
ent'' with skill and grace, and her
number was heartily applauded.
For the first time in the history OF
the commencement exercises that
we remember the usual class orations
we're not given, Supt. Hoff follow
ing the plan in a great many places
of securing a speaker to deliver an
address. He was very fortunate in Sc
curing DIR. Fl. K. Warren, president
Of Yankton college, who deliv-
cred a most interesting and instruct
i've address on the every day subject
of "Work'' His remarks were char
acterized by presenting the subject
as one elevaling to mankind, and
declared that the greatest successes
Of the world are achieved only by
hard work. He held that work was
the fundamental law Of God, and
the point that he wanted to press
home vas that the way Of life is rug
ged, and filled with labor that must
be performed if success is to come
III the slightest manner. And this
success. he said, was not a thing OF
%chance-it comes to TAI only by his
application in a steady and earnest
manner. 1t is the diligent man who
finds his reward at the end Of a sue
cession OF years, and from Genesis tc
Revelations, said he, there is moth
ing held forth as a reward for the
lazy uluu. liz GOuSuOo opOa III
necessity for physical activity us an
aid and upheld athletics that were
honest in there character, and be.
lieved that they we're found hene-
fetal as a stimulus in life, for they
quickened the other faculties OF
moral and mental quality. All Of
these, he declared, must be kept in
use or they will decay. Or. Warren
referred to work that is of a repuls.
i've nature and that the world was in
clined to.look down upon the MA
who INDUCES in it, but he said that he
honorcd the man who was engaged
in a class Of work that was product
i've of benefits to mankind. There
are classes Of work in the worlc
which must be performed that the
human race might live and the mar
who consents to perform this labor is
an honor to mankind, and far more
worthy the respect Of the people
than the scion Of an a%ristocratit
family who tolls not. He said he
to)t a nitv for tho hov mr. uirl mor