The Sauk Centre herald., 1911-06-08
Mabel Benson
Agnes L. Buckley
George Conkey
Alice Parker
Harry Hooper

The thirty-tirst annual commence
ment of the Sauk Centre high school,
held at the Opera House Friday eve
ming. June 2, resulted in the CONFER
RING of diplomas on fourteen young
people who had completed the course
of study and passed the necessary eX-
aminations. The names OF the grad
yates appear above.
Commencement is always a great
event in Sauk Centre, great for the
Board of Education under whose fos-
tering care the schools are conducted;
great for the young people who nat
urally rejoice in having finished the
course of study; great for the proud
parents of those who have earned
their parchments; great for the gen.
eral public which is proud of the
schools, the faculty, the teachers and
everything connected with the insti-
tuition of learning. 1t is also a great
day for the teachers who have labored
at the delightful task of instructing
the young mind and noted its de-
velopment, and in seeing the fruition
of these labors. The year just closed
is peculiar i'm at least one point,
namely that every teacher in the
high school, including the superin-
tendent. sewers his or her connection
with the school and will be succeeded
in the Fall by new ones.
The exercises of last Friday evening
were up to the usual high grade of
commencement exercises in S u k
Centre. The salutatory and the vale
dictory followed the customary lines.
though these subjects were treated in
a little different manner than is GUS
tomary. Both were delivered by
Young ladies, each of whom had clear
ly won the right to take these parts
by leaving a record of excellent schol-
arship. Miss Mabel Benson took first
honors. giving the valedictory; while
Miss Alice Parker's standing was only
a little lower, she taking the saluta-
tory. Both salutatory and valedic-
tory are given in another column.
The music for the occasion was ex-
cellent. being furnished by the high
school chorus of girls and boys over
sixty strong, under the efficient direc-
tion OF Miss ellis.
The stage was beautifully decorated
for the occasion, the Junior class, fol-
lowing tradition, performing these
honors for the Seniors. Emblems OF
the classes which have gone before
decorated the walls, that of the class
of 1911, a triangular banner bearing
the class motto. "Nihil sine Lahore"
on background of silver gray and
old rose, the class colors, being sus-
pended from the flies directly over
the center of the stage. The front of
the stage was banked with potted
plants and blooming vegetation. The
Juniors looked after the ushering
expeditiously and satisfactorily.
The candidates for diplomas sat in
a semi-circle on the stage, as usual,
the members of the Board of Educa-
tion being in occultation at the rear,
while the high school faculty found
seats rather more in the eleceric light.
Supt. VIM Angus presided. The in
vocation was by Rev. w. Osborn and
the benediction by Rev. J. T. B.
Smith.
The orator of the evening was D.
d. Mayne, principal of the State Ag-
ricultural Sc hool at st. Anthony
Park, who spoke on "The n w
Thought in Education" Mr.. Mayne
stirred up his audience and set them
thinking. He poked the old educa-
tional ideas vigorously in the ribs and
made them appear at times slightly
ridiculous. The idea of work was
the leading one throughout the ad-