The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1905-06-16
ME- NORMAL ROUNDUP
Commercial Exercises at Nor
NAL Concluded Last
Week
Banquet Saturday Night Brings
Annual Event to a
Close

Last week was devoted almost en-
t irely to commencement exercises at
he Normal. The class play, infor-
NAL reception to President and Mrs.
Koehler, the presentation of diplomas
Friday evening and alumni banquet
Saturday evening kept the class OF
1905 pretty well occupied all week.
THE GRADUATING EXERCISES
Nineteen young men and women
received their diplomas from Judge
Burtt, of Huron. a member Of the
board of regents. The presentation
of diplomas was made at the opera
house before an audience of friends
and relatives of the members of the
graduating class. The stage was oc-
cupied by the class of '05, the Nor
nal school chorus of fifty voices and
by the members Of the faculty. The
young ladies Of the class were dressed
in white and carried white roses.
The stage vas ta%stefully decorated
and presented a delightful appear
ance.
The exercises were opened with a
prayer by Rev. j. W. Taylor after
which the following program was
rendered.
Over the Meadows Fair. .Geibel
Normal chorus-Miss Smith. &C
companist.
Grafton The Grand Stairway
Miss Mayme Mccormick
Oratlon............. Universal Peace
G. Gilbert LundQuist
Oration......You Can't Rub it Out
Miss Carrie johnson
Legende, Violin Solo,. ....Bohm
Miss Wander Stine-MrS. Ora
ham, accompanist.
Miss Serelda Murdy
Grafton National Resources
Edwin ]. Roundey
Grafton Crossing the Ruhicon
Miss Frances Wilson
Presentation of Diplomas ...........
hon. A. ". Burtt
Good Night, Beloved. ......Pinsute
Normal Chorus
Extended mention of each grafton
is not possible because of lack of
space. Each and every one of the
speakers, however. acquitted himself
or herself in a manner rejecting
great credit on the school and the
instruction and training received
there. The following excerpts from
each Grafton indicate the argument
advanced in them.
Miss Mccormick: 'School is not
merely a place where we learn facts
that will be Of practical value in
after life. but it is preparation for
life in a broader. better sense. The
difficulties and problems of school
life are disagreeable, but if they are
met and solved promptly and efi-
ciently they teach us TO overcome
still greater difficulties in our later
life"
Mr.. LundQuist: I'VE ind the ma
terial and moral progress of human
ity closely interviewer. so that if
material progress has not the desired
result then morality will also be eff
fecsed. Mans whole nature could be
5 changed that he would abhor war.
especially now when the advance in
science aids 10 making the weapons
of war 50 deadly. The submarine
mines, torpedo boats and the long
distance guns tend more than ever
before 10 make wal an agent for utter
destruction OF life and property.
The world is realizing this fact and
wal is beginning TO dig its own nav
With its own great power.
Miss johnson: Outward
in life is not enough. II will O
last. II is like a falling star, the
b%riliianey eel but for a short time
and then fading away. Success in
life is always two-fold-outward ana
inward, material of matter and moral
of mind. hand and heart. Every
good deed we do. every triumph we
achieve is due to ourselves The i'm
pressions made By every speaker.
whether on the platform or in con-
verSation. n the moral resultant.
not of what he says, but what he is:
of his manhood. sterling or counter
felt"
Miss Murdy: Socrates motto was
Know thyself,' and his method OF
knowing himself was to ask eserybdy
questions and in their replies he
would get a rejection of his own mind.
So sincere was he to know himself that
never did he show the slightest i'm
patience nor resentment when the ar
gument was turned against him..
Mr.. Boundey. Nature is mans
treasure cup Through the dim ages
of the past up TO the present time,
she has always stood ready to giye and
TO assist us from her bountiful store
houses. which, like the miraculous