The Dickinson press., 1906-05-26
GRADUATION.

Thursday evening, May "a, at the
opera house occurred the commence
ment exercises of the class Of 1906. Rain
had beenffalling for forty:eight hours
and was still coming down in sheets,
which made it unpleasant for all con
cerned, but it did not seem to keep any,
body at home. & ( 4,
The stage was prettily decorated in
the class colors, Alice blue and maize,
by*thejunior class, composed of Misses
Ethel Dodd, Mildred Smith, Emma
Christensen, Minnie tRosendahl, Alice
Amundson and last but not least, J..
Deane Wiley. Across the top of the
stage was the year, 1905, lin. blue on a
yellow background, ,draped with blue
,festooning paper. .on. either side ana
running across the front, of. the stage
were like decorations, while banks of
potted plants and two large palms we're
gfacefulAv&$ arranged on eeachside of the
stage. The juniors received many.com-
pliments upon their decoratiVe.. 'iA%brk.
Qeane. Wiley, Arthur Parker and Wal
ter Ray acted as ushers.
The evenings program opened with a
Dutch drill by Misses Edith Kim,
Gladys Sco6eld, Emma christensen,
Nellie. Dinsdale, Cola .litch.sand Alice
Merry, who wore the sweetestaof Dutch
natingt3 Recalled, the 5,yyi9pung ladies
sang iinnfGerman 4 selection from the
Flying. Dutchman and danced a-clog
dance, which SO pleased the audience
that they were obliged to repeat the en-
core.
The class. composed of Florence F..
| White Tho-,e A AH.xloeo~ :ll:.~ A
kim, Victor F. kim, Marion E.ff1owe,
Frank Ray and; M. Alice aCuskelly,
then entered and, occupiedR places oi
honor on the stage. Others placed be-
lore the public were the speaker of the
evening, Prot. Squires of Grand Forks,
Prot. Davidson,J F.. Davis and A. N. JEFF
ferries. of the Dickinson school board. and
Rev. r.. Kellogg.
An overture by the Davis orchestra
was followed by the invocation by Rev.
R. J.. Kellogg, the audience standing.
Miss Gladys WEIGH recited in a very
pleasing manner the story of the death
of John MacClure from the Bonnie
Brier Bush"
A selection by the orchestra followed,
after which the speaker of the evening.
Prof. V. P. Squires of the University at
Grand Forks, was introduced by Prof.
R. L. Davidson, who announced the
subject Of the address as "A Basket OF
Fruit"
After complimenting the class upon
completing the full high school course
and the Dickinson school for the excel
lency of its work, Prof. Squires face
tiously inquired if handkerchief Airta.
tions and clog dancing were now a part
of the curriculum, and said if all the
work was as perfectly done as the
|"Dutch drill" it must be thorough.
Taking up the subject of the evening
Prot. Squires said: =
"The four years of hard work in
school are the seed time and graduation
may be termed the blossom, but wha,
shall be the fruit? "
"The first, fruit of education should be
a happy life. Laugh and the world
laughs with you.' We receive impress
sions from without but we depend much
more upon our inner nature. Educa,
tian gives US resources within ourselves
the seeing eye, the hearing ear, L
appreciate nature. II opens the worlc
Of good books, the life-blood of til.
master spirits of literature, and give!
never failing springs of happiness. OH
says, DO your duty, never mind aboa
happiness But. it is our duty to be
happy. Pleasure, the qualification D
the within of thetmoment, Lis often mis-
taken for happiness. Pleasure is TIL
seductive siren that lures us on to down
falf5Fhile Happiness Ms the lfffeG ins1f
II ancelof theNso1l Il sss 3 b NY 4 3 &
1.-THE second fruit Of education sfhoult
be high aspirations. We must dream