Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-06-09
Exercises Attended 81 Crowd That Fills Opera ~
House u The Doors. The Graduates zs

s The TIig igh school year at Devils Lake.
closed on friday evening with a graduss
ating class Of tWent young men and
women. The prog 81 as given inl|
the opera house and one Of the best
ever given by an simila lass ia for:s||
.mer years, d here was sa large gather
Ing of$ relatives and fri ends to witness
the closing exercise
ls Ple entiful decorat atoms of palms and !
flowers aided 'by the forest scenery
the stag 4, with the o1ulds and Bel aiming
faces :of the young people, made a
very pretty picture. The progr am was
sintersp spersed with splendid musical se-l
5lections by the 81 High s chool 8 Glee|
Club. n the rend ton Of Rub bensteinss
sttL Longing, Offenbach' 81 { 4oyelY ghtt''
and Mend elssohn's Spring son ng,' g.,
there was deli ight full blending of
voices. Miss argaret Ia Rue pre-
sided sat the plano as accomp and
charmed the audi ience with two ms tru-
mental solos. After Rev. G. Bailey
had given the invoca ation Miss Mary
Burke, = niece Of Gov. John; Burke, Of
{ North Dakota d eliYered the saluta atory
address. Her subj ject was q
Sides to z, very Quest "a, 8 IN which she:
made s strong plea for broad minded
ness. She took ,Abra il am i'm coin 5as5
e notWort ny exampl e oR a 81 road minded
man, ma king a strong picture Of his
announcement Of slavery, while at the
same time shoWing 8 the greatest s. M
pathy for the South in heir sufferings:=
I Miss Burke, y ad ddress wasS given with;
splendid oratooric cal Il effect and showed
careful preparat ion anu thoug ghtful
stud subj
rank Palmer, son offS XXX -senato and
Mrs. Fra nj Palnler Fort Totten, n.
D., took for his subj ject S The Americas
Indian. Frank Was brough il b among
the Sioux Indians On the Fort Tottten#
reservation and Ia his addressS showed
las clean perceptio of the Wrongs to
q the red man the white and What IS
{ now required to bring the Indians to
more dyaneed cfV V1li izatio His be:
def iss that the system Of lection
and assistance that has been adopted
by the Goyernm toward the Ameri-
can indian fosters irregp nsibilit and
greater lazines ess: orcing the red man
the white n1anss ways OF living
without instruc ion i'll many cases IS
i slow murd claims IL is q tact
that the tribes that receive no. allow
ance of 3fnanciaI ASST stance are ad-
sVancing faster toward s ciyila ion than
those taken care ofsby the government.
He believes on roWing the Indian On
B B his own resource les, ereby making him
Of Ills II oWn saIv ion.
I5 Iiss Gertrude Hines was the next
speaker and mad plea for country
" ife. She poke Of he lJeWs Eng gland
Factories filed with boys and girls from
he farms who were attracted TO the
by the lights theater ana general
glare beside which arm life looks
drab and dreary Miss Hines adyoca,
ssS ted more pleasant homes On the farm
more mode cont yiences, IL
n tightening Of bor and more time tc
enjoy nature Ia siits fullest sense. she
i men toned man offs2 s2tthe new conyiences
and invent tons al were tending to
ward making m more Inviting
among them ttlhte telephe one. the ruraii
deliYery. the electric me, the
phonograph.
Miss? KathIee Cow al, daughter oi
# Judge and M rs. j Ohm 81. Gowan, gage
Al an able ora on ons An1eric politics
taking for her sub j5ect .'.Ishi he Science
of Exigencie she made d forcefu
arg gument against the s,ss; present f7unresI
81 IL politics, the selfish disposition e
take care ofs numb ber one always tina,
came down not oill tie indiYi
81 dual but to- sections 81 the country
each demanding What Il seemed beg
sor itself not ear'in Rhet her othel
Ssindiy iduals or ther sections suffered
Z u or not
Miss GoWan believes that perfsc
ovefment VIII come only trusting
in tho people len III til 4 leaders the.
appoint AM obe eging ttllile laws of so,
U.S. ana MAJ IllIiss eGsowan demons tratal
herse publ speaker 81 no Iaeal
abiii Her add ress WAS dalivare,