The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1914-06-20
SCHOOL EXERCISES
WERE INTERESTING
CLASS or 1914 AVERAGED lip WELL
WITH CLASSES or THE PAST
SOUGHT TO LIMIT EXPENSES
School Authorities Discouraging expsn-
sIve Attire For Closing Exercise
Hon. Fs@ A Pleasant Speaker

The class of 1914 are now members
OF the Crystal Falls alumni, their en-
try into the ranks of that body having
been made during the past week when
the three young men and the Ia young
women were given their diplomas.
The school exercises of 1914 were
well in keeping with those of former
years and attracted fully as large, II
not larger, attendance to the exercises
than on former occasions The de.
lightfully cool evening of commence
ment coupled with the fact that the
new school auditorium provides
place where such exercises can be- held
with comfort 10 ALL undoubtedly con-
tributed 10 the large attendance, es-
pecially upon the part of the men of
the city.
The class day exercises were held on
Tuesday afternoon. On that day the
individual pupils were given an OPP
portunity 10 speak, delivering the
addresses which they had prepared for
the occasion. 1t would be too lengthy
task 10 treat of these individual
essays and give them the attention
which each deserves in order TO
weight their merit and contrast them
If there was any individual excel
lnece of one over the other in one line
il was balanced in another so that the
class averaged up we'll in their per-
formances
One particularly interesting feature
OF the closing exercises that came to
our note and one which the parents
In all stations Of life in this district
should encourage, was the limiting Of
dress on the part Of graduates. Prof.
BurkhaIt asked the pupils 20 limit
their expense for dress 60 as close TO
$40 zach as they possibly could and an
effort was made on the part Of the
pupils 60 conform 90 his wish. All
will agree that the girls put up just
as fine an appearance as those Of any
class, no matter how expensive gowns
were worn. People don't look at
the dress; they look at the girl and
her ability 10 do things and do them
we'll An expensive gown ion hide a
Ounce nor does it give tasty appear
ance 10 slouoh. What the schools
want to do and what Supt Hill and
Prof. Burkhart is striving TO do bring
out is to teach pupils TO be self reliant
industrious and frugal and parents can
help them by conforming TO the re-
quest that graduation expenses be
limited
The class of 1914 presented 60 the
high school beautiful oil Iainting Of
Prof. Hill. 10 has been the custom
on the part Of each class 10 present
the school with some statuary or other
piece OF art and no contribution has
been more in place and of better Ia ste
than the one of 1914 for the long and
earnest service of Prof Hill has earned
for him this lasting token.
On Commencement night the princi
pal attraction was the address of Hon.
S. ID. Fess congressman from Ohio.
Mr.. Fess took for the subject of his
discourse the thought that the best
thing In man Is mind and the highest
end TO which the mind can be trained
is 20 make better manhood and
womanhood. All who listened TO him.
and the Apditorium was crowded ex-
presses themselves pleased with his
discoHrSe
The certificates were given ont by
Prof Burkhart, principal Of the high
school and Prot Hill addressed the
class for the last time The music of
the evening WAS excellent the high
school orchestra furnishing the prinoi-
pal part of II
The work Of The year VAS formally
closed on Thursday when certificates
v.re given ont in the grades and the
teachers left on the following day for
their homes
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