Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-06-14
CLASS OF 1912, DALLAS COLLEGE,
RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES
AT ANNUAL COMMENCE
MENT EXERCISES.
PROGRAM IS IMPRESSIVE
Orations Show Result of Much Effort
and Are Well Received; Entire
Affair Most Successful; Church
Decorations Prominent Feature OF
Occasion.

Sober black caps and gowns amidst
banks of roses made an Impressive
picture wednesday morning at the
graduation exercises of the class OF
1912 of Dallas College.
Prof. William Caldwell played the
march and the class filed down the
isle led by Dean d. M. Metzger and
Rev. Chester P. Gates and took their
places on the rostrum.
The large Evangelical pulpit was
banked with roses Above the dias
was a motif worked out in greens
and pink roses. The figures "l2
were plainly discernible. Larga
punches of ivy were placed in con-
spicuous places on the pillars.
The class roll included Misses Ad-
die Boydston, (Bachelor OF Ele,
ments); Inez Ridgeway, (Bachelor OF
Elements) Edna Shore, (Bachelor o.
Pedagogy); Ada Farmer, (Bacheior
of Pedagogy; Wanda Keyt' Perry
dale, (Musc); Dorothy Bennett, (Mn-
sic) Zula Heistand, (Music); Messrs'
Elbert Farnham, (Baehelor OF Eie-
ments). and A. Lester Barnhaft'
CBaUhelor of Arts).
Program Successful.
The program was one OF the uioh'
successful ever given by preceuihs
class. The orations deserve specla'
nont,ou all of them showing much
careful thought and ingenuity on 'hs
part of the composees.
A. Lester Barnhart, B. A. Whose
Grafton at the Oratorical contest heiu
I'm McMinnville last month won nrst
nlace in composition above several oil
the hest orators of the state, gave
an excellent presentation of ratner
dificult subject, THE Dove In inc
ragle,s Nest" His delivery is not
strong but the composition was one
of the best ever written and present.
ed in Dallas
Another grafton which deserves Ia
vorable comment was that OF ElDert
Earnbam on weeds" He likehfi
,he lives Of criminals and unintell-
cont individuals to weeds which grow
, nm and destroy the life OF "how'rs
in community. His production was
e very cIeyerly thought out ana wen
% presented 80 ,r
4 THE rest OF the program was IN
/, a,oordance with the two above nam
A ed. Misses Inez Rldgeway ana E"'
: "a shore had very creditable pro
roductions which reflected credi'
Iupon the instructors OF Dallas Coi'
y Iege whose unselhshness and untai''
,,g devotion toward the uplifting o.
higher education helped them TO at
tain this end.
Urges open Air Schools
d. A picture OF the lives OF eohsunlp'
ives and those affected with dlseas
- are students OF the publl'
p s.bools exposing the healthier pupi
p to tuberculosis In its worst torin' a
> g. sone times the case, was preseh'
- "a a. a foreeful manner by Miss Al
die Boydston. Miss Boydston s"s
,as,e5 ss remedy for this evil ope
, 81 scbools where afflicted pupils II
U,erstes. and those unable TO max
tbeir grades on account Of III heal.
81 can be placed by themselves uni
sa cured.
= The diplomas we're presented
Or mean d. N. Metzger with Wora
conrratulation to each Of the grao'
ates. ,-,,.--,
e. Rev. Chester Paul Gates delivers
,be address 20 the class in his usu
forcefuI style.
Rev. C.. c. Polling, OF Poftian
cave short business talk irimef
atolv after the program /
The invocation was delivered
- p.v & S. Mummey. Presiding
m the Evangelical conference
lem