Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-06-29
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Opera House Crowded With Friends
Of Graduating Class
CLASS NUMBERED TWENTY-SIX
Prof. Waldo Of Kalamazoo Delivers a Very
Able Address

The class of nineteen-eleven were
given their diplomas Wednesday
evening of last week at the gradua-
ton ex rcises in the Realty Opera
House. The auditorium was crowd
ed when the first numbef on the pro-
gram was announced the Girls
Glee club opened the exercises with
an enjoyable selection. The invoca-
tion by Rev. w, z. Doty, of the
Methodist church, followed Miss
Ruth B ennett rendered an exceeding
ly difficult but excellently executed
piano solo.
Then Prof. d. B. Waldo, principal
Of the Western State Normal school,
of Kalamazoo, gave an inspiring and
profitable address to the graduates.
lie mentioned five things as impor-
tant in cur lives. There were health,
work, humor and play, love of ma
ture and the broadening effect of
meeting many people He urged the
retaining of health by sane living
rather than dissipation and a vain
attempt at recuperation He urged a
greater devotion to the school of
fresh air, OF right eating and sleeping,
and deplored the conditions of mod
ern life which tend to wreck the bo-
dies of even the strongest. But
second TO nothing else was work.
He showed the graduates how ex-
ceedingly important was this phase of
life, how it was its all impelling mo-
tive power, and what happiness
might be found in it if undertaken in
the right spirit But, yet, he remem-
bered that all work and no play makes
John dull boy" and gave humor
and play an important place in the
development of an all around man or
woman. He cited instances showing
that had it not been for an abound
ing sense of humor, many great men
such as Line oln could never have
stood the terrible strain to which they
had been subjected He plead for
play, for wholesome recreation. Love
of nature was another thing which he
thought essential to the highest type
OF man. Love for the birds, for the
flowers, for everything beautiful in
nature was necessary in order to
round out the man Of to-day, and he
lauded the ever growing back to ma
ture idea. Last, he urged the young
graduates to avail themselves of every
opportunity to meet people for the
broadening effect it would have upon
their lives The entire address was
clean-cut and straight to the point
Here following the address. the
girls glee club delighted the audi
ence with another selection after
which Superintendent Ellsworth pre-
sented the certificates of graduation
to the eighth graders who had COM
pleted the required work. Those
honored were: VIM. Atkinson, Clar-
ence Banghart Ruth Bennett, Mar
jorie Bildson, Max Bildson, VIM. G.
Brewbaker, Dale Callihan, Hazel
Gary, Irene Dallas, Samuel Deitz,
Wealthy Grain, Georgiana Gossett,
Laudra Godfrey, Verne Handley,
-ustin Howe, Helen Judge, Ruth
Kelley, Elaine Losey, Elsie Lindner,
Anna Luty, Byron McCarty, Dewey
Murphy, Lura Miller, Lillian Mosher,
Edwin Mahr, Mildred McConkey.
Fern Nelson, Nellie Nelson, Mamie
Osborn, Bessie Oswald, Helen Parr,
Malcolm Smith, Fannie Thompson,
Archie Wood, and Ralph Tinkham.
Ezra Smith, president of the school
board, presented the high school
graduates with their diplomas. The
members of the class of 1911 are:
Marcella Adams, Paul H. Austin,
]. Ethyl Bower, Dallas D. Brock,
Clyde J. Creaser, Rua A. Day. Mar
jorie Delavan. Gretchen Eyer, Lest
er F. Fishbeck, Sadie B. Gerard,
Roy ]. Gulick, Bristow Hood, Laurel
G.. Welch, Harry d. Jackson, Lola
a. McCarty, Ella ]. Miller, Lawrence
z. Montigel, Floyd D. Oswald, Err
nestine Irene Palmer, Beulah L.
Parr, T. Arnold Robinson, Bessie
L. Schwartz, Letta NJ Soper, Mabel
A. Wyant, and Alger H. Wood.
The class officers are: President,
Lawrence f. Montigel; Vice-Presi-
dent Rue f. Day; Secretary, Letta
M. Soper; Treasurer, Lester F. Fish
beck.
The opera house stage had been
made very beautiful for the occasion.
The junior class had decorated it
and they had spared no pains in maxi
ing it pretty. 1t was covered with
bunting and streamers in the class
colors, red and white, while above
the arch was the class motto in white
against background of green.
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