The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-31
LARGEST CLASS
IS GRADUATED
Fourteen Students Awarded
Diplomas Last Night
Five Give Orations.

Before an audience hat flied the
auditorium, fourteen students were
graduated from the local high school
last night. The class was the largest
in the history of the local school.
Following a piano duel by Miss
Ruth Snyder and Miss Winnifred Nell
son and the invocation by DR.. c. E.
Coles. Charlotte Thompson gave the
salutatory and her Grafton, THE PAN
ANA Canal" Miss Thompson spoke
of the early history of the canal, the
work that the United States had done
in building 1t, and the great value It
would have to world commerce.
Spoke of immigration Problem.
j.. Hiram Dangerfield, one of the
graduates to finish with the highes.
honors, spoke of 1.-THE Problem of
immigration" He told of the open
IGOR policy that this country had
maintained for man, years. until now
the ever-increasing number of immi-
grants had brought the United States
people face to face with problems
that needed immediate solution. He
spoke of the difficulty of the educa-
fional problem, the criminal situa-
ton and the political question arising
among n growing. number of for
elgners. He advocated a change in
the naturalization laws.
FRANK MAYER. one of the graduates,
1oiiowed with vocal solo, which was
exceptionally we'll sung.
lara Hagen spoke on Education
Ut LIE. In introducing her SUBJ
1ect. she referred to the MANY prob.
lems OF education, and. then. dealt
entirely with the equipment for life.
one spoke of the. difference between
e1ucation n learning. and advocated
education that equipped a man tn
nsnt me battles n solve the prob
Appealed for Honesty.
An Appeal for Honesty" was tho
subject of Donald Wells grafton. Mr..
Neiis advocated more stringent pure
1000 laws. He spoke of the care nene
PIE exercised in everything but the;r
1000, and of the great patriotism IN
Mmicn they defended their country
n aes . invasion or danger from with.
~, ne. tnen, referred, to the neglect hv
the sreat mass of people in solving
ene pure food problem. one of the
greatest before the COUNT todo, 'he
Valetictory Given. 4
Grace Kolars. the yaledictor,,n
Inc last Of the graduates to snea was
me Cinemetograph" was tho smhiant
" ner Grafton. She spoke of the great
educational advantage of the motion
lecture, and the uses it was being mt
70 to increase the sum total ne ~
worlds knowledge. AK
a vocal solo by Miss Re..
sic Iharaldson, Superintendent n =
wolfe presented the class for
tion: He made special presentations
70 the parents and to the t~axpayers If
the city, after which he presented
Inem to John Bailey, president OF the
BOARD OF e%ducationa for their diplomas.
Presented With Diplomas.
Mr.. Bailey. after several fitting re-
marks, awarded the certificates or
graduation. =.
Mr.. Wolfe also presented TWENTY
sever students, who finished. tha
eighth grade work this year and who
begin high school studies in Septem-
Der. They also were given diplomas
by MIR. Bailey. The eighth grade stu.
dents to be promoted. are:
Alice l.. Kaufman. Florence M. Ey-
ans Ida H. Rand. Benjamin r. Frank
lin. Mae F. Fogle,. Vivian Knapp, Al
vim c. Moebeck. Ellen c. Clynch, AL
fred Lundeen, Grace Bydal, Alfredia
M: Melbye. Henry Wood. Rudolph
WICK. p. Lorene .Capes, Anton W.
Rottweiler. Ida A. Lawson. Stephen
Zipoy. Herman j.. Cresien. Dewey G..
Anderson. Herman j. Elkey. l.. Ger
aldine McNicol. John Sticklemeyer,
William Reuter-. Esther Arneson.
There were six Of the eighth. stu
dents who had one condition. and they
will make this up during the SUMMER.
This will enable them to enter high
school in September.