East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-05-27
THE CLASS OF 1910
PASSES INTO HISTORY
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
WE'RE OF HIGH ORDER
Large Crowd Assembled to Hear Pro-
gram of Graduating Class Of High
School-Orations Reflect Credit Up
on Institution.

Before an audience which taxed the
! capacity Of the Methodist church to
the limit, twenty-three students COM
posingsthe largest class ever graduated
from the Pendleton high school, were
last night awarded diplomas at the
completion of a splendid commence
| ment program. Nine of the outgoing
seniors represented the class by ora
tions which were Of a high quality,
both in composition and delivery and
| amply fulfilled the hope voiced by the
salutatorian that they would reflect
credit upon the institution in which
the class has received its instruction.
After an organ voluntary by Mrs.
A. ]. Owens and an invocation by Rev.
Ralph e. Storey, Miss Pansy ireland
delivered the salutatory, bidding the
people welcome and expressing in a
few words the significance of the oc-
casion. She was followed by Harvey
McDill in an Grafton on Scientific
Farming" in which he pointed out the
advantages of modern methods, ro-
tation of crops, conservation of mois-
ture, diversified and intensive farm
ing. and at the same time sounded a
warning to those who persisted in
their obsolete and ruinous ways Of till
ing the soil. Two vocal solos by Miss
Bernice Ruppe were heartily received
by the audience.
Miss Laura Mckee in an grafton,
'The Storehouse of Literary Treas
ures," told something of the great
a, 90 h. H. ;at,
and women Of letters have bequeathed
to the world. She was followed by
Lyman Rice, who urged the adoption
of central banking system by the
United States in vigorous language
and in a forceful manner. vocal
solo by Mrs. j. S. Landers was
greatly appreciated, and an oration
Conservation of Our Natural Re-
sources" by Hawley Bean, very ef-
fectively presented one Of the most
important of our national problems,
and advocating a policy securing a
maximum of efficiency with a mini
mum of waste.
Miss Lottie Mentzer's grafton on
"The Work of Jane Adams" was a
deep appreciation of the worth and
work of one of Americas greatest wo-
men. Hans Struve followed with an
Grafton entitled Conquest of the Air"
which traced the history of mans
achievements in soaring since its orig
in and predicted its advance in the
immediate future.
Miss Edith Crockatt in her Grafton,
''The Twenty-first Century" held the
entire attention of the audience as
she raised the veil of the future and
showed the life of the next century,
with it's advancement in all lines.
Lawrence Whitman concluded the stu
dents part of the program with a
splendid valedctory address in which
he expressed all that commencement
meant to the class, its obligations. it's
regrets. and it's promises.
In the absence of DR. c. ]. Smith.
chairman of the board of education,
Supt. ] s Landers made the conclud-
ing address and presentation of di-
plomas. Two beautiful vocal selec-
tions by Miss Edna Gates and a bene-
diction by Rev. Nathan Evans COM
pleted the program of the evening.
A number not on the program
audience When the last diploma had
been awarded which marked the pass
ing into history of the class of 1910,
a thread was pulled and large BAN
ner on which were the numerals
1911." was unfurled and dropped
over the heads of the graduates as an
emblem of the class which had inher-
tied all of the power, wisdom and
dignity which attaches to the name
Senior"
The personnel of the outgoing class
is as follows:
Hawley Bean, Grace Bean. Iva
Helen Black, Thomas Boylen, jr,
Cecle Cole, Margueriette Cooley, Ed
it'll L. Crockatt. p. Campbell Crock
att, Aubrey G. Graham, Gladys Ham
ley, Pansy Ireland, Kathereen Lea
Kirkpatrick, j. Harvey McDill, Lot
tie Mentzer, Laura Isabel Mckee
Zetta Price. Lyman G.. Rice. Jewell A.
Roork, Cleo F. Straughan, Hans
Struve, Freb Weber, ]. Laurence
Whitman and Quindora Wilcox.
All were the recipients of many