Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-05-31
EXERCISES OF THE
HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
WERE HELD BEFORE A LARGE
AUDIENCE AT OPERA HOUSE
LAST EVENING.

The graduation exercises of the city
high school were held last evening at
the Opera House. The hall was beauti-
fully decorated in the class colors, pur.
pie and white, while above the stage
was the motto in the class colors
"Nicht Wer. sondern Was' The grad.
yates, together with the faculty, aud
the president of the Board of Educa-
ton, George w. Mooers, were seated in
Il semi.circle about the stage, while
this was decorated with the class flow.
ers-the red rose, and with green foil
age.
Rev. c. L. Wallace said the invoca-
ton, after which the High School Choir,
us sang "The Dawning Light This
was very beautifully rendered. Miss
Marguerite LaRue acted as accompanies.
Chester Dodge delivered the salutatorv
address. his subject being Electricity
on the Farm. He spoke of the places
where electricity has been used to some
extent and showed how it has been sue
ceSsful, how it has made farming more
easy. Modern conveniences are econ
omv, not luxury. and no farm is up-to-
date which is not equipped with cleo.
trlcity. His arguments were splendid
in favor of electricity on the farm.
and the speaker inforced the idea that
North Dakota could, like other progress.
sive states, use the individual plants
run by gasoline at a small expense
Rehecca Calderwood was the next
speaker, delivering very interesting
Grafton on "The Economic Position of
Woman" She began by saying that
"Critcs have said Modern woman is
inferior to our grandmother>.' - "The
said, "were obliged to work to main
tain the family and the home: they
We're the ones who did the work in the
first place, just as the Indian woman
does now, but little by little, man. be-
gan to work in and take her place.
new inventions were made, until finally
there was no work for the woman to
do. This is what made the woman
restless, the rich woman had 50 much
time and so many Injuries, the poor
woman was left without work. The
speaker said that the time was close at
hand when the woman would again
gain her place in the working world,
and have the position that is hers by
birthright.
"Why and What You Pay for Fire
insurance. was very ably discussed
by Albert Powell. He spoke at first
of the fire insurance companies of for
mer times; what precautions they took
to see that no fires would break out.
He then spoke of the present compan-
les, how few precautions were taken,
either by them or by the people. He
gave statistics showing the cost of fires,
in other states and especially in our
own state. The two fires which have
occurred just recently at Minot and
St. John were over $4,000 losses, and
their causes are so far practically un-
known. He proved that these were
the reasons the rates of insurance were
so high that the company was bound
to charge for the negligence of the peo-
pie.
Freda Schlichting then delivered a
splendid Grafton on "Industrial Edu.
cation.'' She advocated workshops in
connection with the other school duties.
She said that the present school sys-
tenn is too one-sided; it is leading the
boys and girls away from everyday
work. It's scholarships are measured
by what is known of the dead lang
uages, rather than by what one does.
Pearl Webster then gave an interest
ing and well written Grafton on "The
Past and Future of China.' She show
ed how at one time it was the greatest
empire in the country, but for the past
few centuries it has been at a standstil]
and has scarcely advanced at all; but
now she is awakening, and since she is,
even the now strong countries of the
western hemisphere need tremble, for
China has more forces and power in
her country than any one other nation.
she not long ago was the Oldest en-
pire; now she is the youngest republic.
An Grafton on "Universal PeaceO
was given by John Smith. He stated
the wonderful advancements that ma.
ton could make when there was peace,
when the country would not have to
pay out money, so as to be in readi-
ness for war. He said the love Of
fighting is too strong; eve pray for
peace but We prepare for war;
The High School chorus sang "The
Joy Of Spring. after which Noel Rub
berg delivered his Grafton on "The In
dustrial Dispute Investigation Act. He
SAID that the question of strikes and
lock-outs were the greatest questions
confronting the present day people. The
chief cause Of these is the wage cues
ton. He said "this investigating act
has done great deal for the country
already. Out of about one hundred and
sixty strikes in the past four years,
nlnety-five of them have been arbitraa.
ed He told the people that it was
left to them to prevent Industrial trou-
bles.
The valedictorian address was given
by Dorothy Dodge. She delivered an
interesting address on "Child Wei
fare" telling how they were obliged
to work in the canneries and receive
such small compensation for their hard
work. She stated that more was BE-.
ing done for them now than has been
| in the past; schools and Fairgrounds
were being built for them, and that
laws had ben enacted preventing them
from working so long. In closing she
spoke to her classmates and said that
it was left to them to better the citi.
zenship, and that it was their duty to
make the most Of it.
After the rendition of "Coma
Spring. by the High School Chorus
President Mooers presented the diplo.
mas to the students. He first gave
them a few we'll chosen remarks, telling
them to work to find their place in tn;
world, and to fill it as they have done
while at high school.
The exercises were closed with the
benediction by Rev. Torbet.
The following is list of those who
received diplomas last night:
Freda NJ. Schlichting, Maebelle Ser
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