The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-05-26
CLASS OF 1910
GETS DIPLOMAS
STRONG ADDRESS BY DIR. H0MAN
twenty-five Graduates Form Largest
Class of Hood River High School
Decorations Beautiful.

Graduation Night" for the % mem
bers of the class of 1910 in the Hood
River High School was celebrated
Tuesday evening in the Odd Fellows
hall, the class address being given by
DR.. Fletcher Homan, president of
Willamette University, at Salem.
A large crowd filled the hall to wit
ness the exercises and the class of IL
boys and II girls were seated on the
platform in perfect labyrinth
of greens and flowers. The back wall
was a mass of green and in the center
the class numerals were marked out in
California poppies. Roses, beautiful
Hood River roses, were in profusion
everywhere. Thousands of them were
used in the decorations and each
young lady of the class carried a large
bouquet, while every member of the
class was the recipient of many flowers
of all sorts.
The exercises were opened by a
violin solo rendered by Will Chandler
and following the address the audience
was pleased with vocal solo by Mrs.
P. S. Davidson.
\ The address by DR.. Homan was
briefer than such speeches usually are,
but it was pointed and contained much
from which the young graduates and
other hearers could benefit. He took
up the requisites for success in life
and placed as first and most important
a thorough preparation for the activities
of the world. He emphasized the
value of a college education by which
the brain power of the young man or
the young woman is developed. The
ability to do is worth little less in life
because they have been developed
to their highest efficiency and under
stand the use of their reserve power.
DR.. Homan acknowledged that few
men had attained to high places with
out a college or even high school
education, but they were exceptions
and they were seldom properly
balanced to accomplish things in life
and at the same time get the highest
Joy from living. 1t is the man who
can use his power who succeeds.
DR.. Homan expressed the necessity
of independence on the part of a man
in the world and warned the graduates
against being so given over to friendli
ness that they failed to develope in
dependence and self-reliance and
became mere followers of the crowd.
Common sense and an ability to look
after ones own interests were other
essentials to success in the eyes of
DR.. Homan. He told of the need of a
strong moral character in a time
when integrity was appreciated as
never before. He illustrated that the
success of Col. Roosevelt in winning
the hearts of the people of many
nations was largely do to Roosevelt,
the moral man, the man who stood
for the square deal'
In closing his remarks he told the
graduates that pull meant little
and that each man carried his own pull
with him. The man who is worthy
and willing to work diligently needs
not and can not use better pull.
There is no lack of opportunity today
for the right sort of young men.
The final part of the exercises was
the presentation of diplomas to the
class by Carl H. Vaughn, president of
the school board. The members of
the class were:
Regular graduates Lottie Olivia
Kinnaird, Kitty Irene Bragg, Ray
mond Edward Nicholson, Eta lone
Blagg, Grace Ellen Stewart, Steve
Miles Eby, Helen Orr, Eva Lenore
Brock, Roger Waldo Moe, Hester
Elizabeth HARRISON, Herbert Phillips,
John Harris Copper, Merrill Cornell
Gessling, Harry Arnold Clapp, Walter
Albert Kresse, Sherman Eli Buck,
William Avery Cass, Carrie Sparks,
George Chester Higgins and Leila
Lincoln Radford.
Special Graduates Susie Mildred
Vaughan and Marie Virginia Johnson.