Fergus County Democrat. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1904-1919, 1913-04-08
GRADUATES OF
HIGH SCHOOL
EIGHT STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE
THEIR DIPLOMAS ON JUNE
NINETEENTH.
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
Program That Will Mark End Of
School Year-cIass Play in German
Next Friday Night-GirIs in Home
Science Class Entertain at Dinner
at Lincoln School.

Commencement day at the high
school will come this year on Thurs
day, June 10, and the school year will
come to an end June 20. 1t is possible
that the commencement day exercises
may have to be advanced day in or
der to accommodate the speaker of
the occasion, but so far as now known
1t will be on the date stated. The
seniors are, of course, already looking
forward with the keenest interest to
this, the greatest day in the school
lives, and that interest is shared by
the other classes.
The Graduates.
There are eight members of the
graduating class this year, all but one
being girls. They are Patience Ed
ridge, Bernice Hobensack, Annie Lang
ford, Eta Littlejohn, Helen Mcdonald,
Nathalie Smith, Alice Teagarden and
William Woods. The class of 1913 has
been unfortunate in one way. 1t be.
gan as big class, but the number has
dwindled year by year through the
removal of students to other places,
Motto and CoIors.
William Woods, the sole representa-.
tive OF the sterner sex, is the class
president The motto of the class is:
"Vincit Qui Laborat" (He Conquers
Who Labors) and the class colors are
gray and pink.
Commencement week will begin
Sunday, June Is, when the Bacca.
laureate sermon will be delivered, the
class making the selection. Other
features Of the week will be the Junior
Prom and class play.
A German Play.
1t happens that ali members of the
senior class are taking German and
on Friday evening of this week the
class will present at the gymnasium a
German play, "His First Christmas
Gift"
Declamatory Contest.
The annual declamatory contest will
take place the last week in April and
it is expected that eight or ten stu
dents will participate in this. The
winner will represent Fergus at the
Missoula state contest.
Prof. Lincoln now has a squad OF
young athletes in training for the ath
letic meet at Missoula and while nc
stars have been developed this year
number of the boys are showing ex
cellent form.
A New Feature.
The high school has just been
equipped with a novel machine for
projecting images. Unlike the old
stereopticon, this machine projects
either slides or a photograph or 9th.
er object direct. Where photos or
drawings are used the projection is
made by system of mirrors. In the
study of biology this machine is es-
pecially valuable. 1t is equipped with
microscopic attachment by which a
blood corpuscle, drop Of water or
any other minute object may be
thrown on the screen, magnified enOr-
mously. It is also so constructed that
1t may be made into a moving picture
machine with very little trouble, and
Principal H. A. Sackett, like other edu-
Gators, believes that moving pictures
are shortly to become one of the most
important adjuncts of school work.
The girls of the advanced class in
home science entertained the members
of the city school board and their
wives, with few other guests, at a
dinner Saturday evening and the af-
fair proved to be a delightful one,
bringing together congenial COM
pany.
The repast was cooked and served
by the girls, under the supervision of
Miss Edwards, the instructor, and it
called forth the warmest praise. The
girls set the table, which was taste
fully arranged with fern as a center
piece. and the smallest details were
carefully looked after. At each plate
was name card, with a hand-painted
menu card, the menu being as follows:
Mint Cocktail
Roast Lamb, Drowned Potatoes
Creamed Asparagus on Toast
Biscuits Orange Marmalade
Egg Salad
Cheese Balls
Bavarian Cream
Coffee Mints
Following the repast a number of
brief addresses were made. T. T.
Taylor had been selected as toast
master, but was suffering from a cold
and his place was taken by e. G. WINS.
Mrs. T. T. Taylor was first called up
on, her subject being Some Reflec-
tions on Domestic Science" and her
extemporaneous remarks showed that
she had given much thought to this
as we'll as other branches Of school
work