The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1911-06-03
GRADUATING CLASS OF LOCAL
INSTITUTION is AWARDED
SHEEPSklNS.
DR.. J. D. S. RIGGS SPEAKS
Ex-President Of Two Eastern Colleges
Delivers Address Of the Evening"
Merle kettIewcll, Cora Schilling,
Myrtle Grey, Frederick Richter and
Edna Rankin Win Honors.

All the world loves n graduate--a,
the honr OF graduation If not before OF
after. The event never fails to thrill
a community when u class of rWinsome
girls and fine. strong vonng men fin
ishes certain course of :.ady and
passes on to the next task Such was
the case last evening The high school
assembly hall was crowded to its last
limit, every seat was filled. chairs In
aisles. window lodges and even the
outer halls We're filled by people who
We're Interested in the graduation OF
the class of 1911 from the Missoula
county high school.
Pleasing decorations had been ar
ranged by the juniors, who used class
colors and school pennants with masses
of pale pink and darker pink carna :
tions and lilaes. a number of the
trophy cups. OF which the high school
proudly counts eight. made effective
flower vases.
Seats We're arranged on the platform
Tor the class of 1911. whose roll in
cludes: Lizzie Allaway. Una Margier-
lite Barden, Marguerite Marie Bonner,
Bessie Marie Borgers. GLADYS Brown,
Raymond Carroll, Earl Charles Deuel.,
Myrtle Grey. Hubert Gwinn, Hazel s.
Hawk. Hazel Louise Hill. Harry II.
Hughes. Ruby 7. s. Jacobson, Kath-
crime Merle Keitlewell. Hilda Frances
Marsh. Merritt NJ. Owsley. Edna Ran
kin, Marcus Peter Rasmussen, Fred
erick August Richter. Cora Evelyn
Schilling, Florence Josephine Shnll.
William Joy Smith. Jessaleen wilkins.
'-~ The Program. -
Miss Hazel Tietjen opened the pro-
gram with a solo, Love Has Wings"
and Might" DR. J. y. Maclean gave
the invocation and Miss Ethel Hughes
sang solo. Both Miss Hughes and
Miss Tietjen are alumnae with the class
of 1907, and the school is proud to
claim the connection.
DR.. j. ID. S. Riggs, ex-president of
Ottawa college and ex-president Of
Shurteff college. spoke earnest and
inspiring words of advice and congrat-
nlations which We're heard attentively
by the audience At the conclusion of
mis- address ]. NJ. Evans, president OF
the board of trustees. presented the
diplomas and then announced that the
tlewell. who receives the university
scholarship: second. Cora Schiling, and
third, Myrtle Grey. The Kohn gold
medal for oratorcal excellence was won
by Frederick Richter with the class dan
Grafton. "Our Indian Policy" and the
Flaherty silver medal went to EDNA
Rankin. who had for her Grafton Mod
erp Slavery"
Mr.. Evans expressed for the taxpay-
ing public and the people Mt large their
pride and satisfaction In this company
of students and in few well chosen
words exhorted them to independent
and steadfact think ing Then there
was piano solo by Miss Leila Nc
Donald and the benedlcton by DR..
Maclean.
The Address.
The text of DR.. Riggs address is Civ
on below:
We are all familiar, / presume, with
the famous arocryphal remark at
trlbuted to the great Florentine. Cali
leo. You will remember that he waS
forced. under peril of his life, to alb
jure the Copernican system. and to
deny what he had been teaching, that
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