Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-21
CLOSING DAYS OF
HIGH SCHOOL
Addresses, Music and Presentation
OF Diplomas

odist church was crowded last night
with people who had assembled to
witness the fourth annual commence
ment exercises of the Occur d'Alene
high school. The time for the com
mencement of the exercises was 8
O'Clock, but some time before the
hour arrived the people commenced
to arrive, and by the time for the
rendition of the program, the audito-
rum was crowded to its utmost ca
petty, and many were unable to find
seats, and were compelled to stand.
j. c. Whiae, chairman of the school
board, presided during the evening,
and the program opened with selec-
ton from the orchestra. Following
this came an invocation by Rev. Gist,
and then pleasing solo by by Mrs.
DR.. John Hunt Sheppard, and upon
its conclusion Mr.. White introduced
DR.. G. Ross Baker, of Spokane, who
delivered the address of the evening.
Was Masterful Address.
DR.. Baker is a fluent and eloquent
speaker, and from the time that he
commenced until he concluded he
commanded the closest attention OF
the vast audience. His address was
an appeal for upright and pure living,
for the sublime and lofty, and took
the position that success in this world
was dependent upon a good and
strog character, and that 1t could not
be measured by the standard of the
world. He pointed out the fact that
men who had achieved greatness from
the worlds point of view had really
failed when measured by the true
standard of success, and that many
who from the viewpoint of the world
failed, had really achieved true sue
cess. He maintained that to accom-
plish the most good in this world that
one must have high ideals and live up
to them, and that to be vigorous of
intellect, and to possess moral
strength, the body as well as the mind
must be taken good care of. He
pointed out that of the great men OF
the world, most of them were men OF
sound and strong bodies. and con-
tended that while in some instances
men and women of weak and sickly
bodies had achieved success, and
been a power of good, they were an
exception to the general rule. Dur
ing his address he spoke in brief
way of the genius of the world, and
showed that they had all been men
who were devoted to hard work, and
that even genius never climbed to
the height of greatness without con-
slant endeavor and hard work, and
that the belief to the contrary was
Int a delusion. He closed with an
eloquent appeal for righteous living
and good and clean lives.
The address was followed by a So
10 Let There Be Rest" by |. A.
Buckley, accompanied by Mrs. r.
E. Church on the piano, and Ray
mond Fahringer on the violin, and
upon its conclusion the audience in
its appreciation encored him and he
RESPONDED with another selection.
Two Receive Scholarships
Principal Davis then made a few
remarks. and in the course of them
GALLEY TWO
took occasion to compliment the grad
Mating class very highly upon the
work done. and stated that two sehol-
arships had been given by two OF the
colleges of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
of WaHa Walla. and Whitworth, OF
Tacoma. The scholarship given by
the first institution was awarded TO
Miss Lou Kilgore. and that of the sec
ond to Miss Viva Baldwin. Certifi-
Gates of admittance to the University
we're also given each one Of the grad
yates.
Earl Shoup was then Introduced By
Mr. White, and announced that the
class had SIS left in money secured
from its class play, and other enter
tainments. and announced that the
class had decided to spend $40 of this
amount in purchasing for the high
school a set of stoddard's lectures;
$40 to the athletic fund. and s. vas
TO be donated TO a fund for
the construction of q high school
building.
Mr.. White then in short address
presented each of the graduates with