The Dickinson press., 1915-06-12
CLOSING EVENTS
HIGH SCHOOL YEAR
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES IN
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM +
JUNE 4. ADDRESS BY :
DIR. WALTERS OF
FARGO.
Baccalaureate Sermon by Rev. A. c.
Hacke. Supt. Berg Presents Di-
plomas. Class History. Fu-
ture Plans.
The Class

| Iure IldHSs
The Class
Of the fifteen whose names appear
on the class roll six-Dorothy Ayers
Beth Johnson, Stasia McKeever, Grace
Rapp, Viola Rapp and La Verne Ro-
quette-have been students of the
Dickinson schools from the first
grade up. In the grades Harold Lii
libridge came here from Grundy
Center, Iowa, Lily Sherowitz, from
Grand Forks, Grace Mcclure from
Taylor, Ethel Cummings from Nova
Scotia, and Mercedes Brown from
Minnesota.
In high school Marion Smith entered
in the freshman year from Manning
Harry Johnson from DeSoto, Wiscon-
sin, and Harold Rase, moving to the
city from Beach, came in as sopho.
mores. Rose Bettendorf has been
three years in the high school, he1
previous work being at Belfeld
James Soules made up work under a
special tutor last summer and entered
college last September.
The teachers in the grades from
1902 on were: Miss Featherstone
Miss Whitcher, Miss Nolan, Miss
Randall, Miss McDuffee, Miss
Thacker, Miss Peterson and
Miss Severson. Miss Elizabeth
Wilson was high school principal the
first two years and Miss Anna Hille.
sheim the last two years. Miss Hille.
sheim has been class monitor during
the entire high school course. Prof
Berg, Miss Walters and Miss Beebe
have been instructors the whole foul
years.
The plans Of several members, o.
the graduating class are indefinite as
yet. Nearly all will study further but
several will not 60 away the coming
year. Harold Lillibridge will do post
graduate work in the home school;
Mercedes Brown will be at home fo1
a year; Rose Bettendorf will teach;
Grace and Viola Rapp are not decided
whether they will teach or go away to
school; Ethel Cummings plans to take
the coming year and Lily Sherowitz
does not plan to go to school next
year; Grace Mcclure goes to St
Theresa college, Winona, Minnesota
Stasia McKeever plans to do steno-
graphic work for while before study
further; Dorothy Ayers will take
physical culture work, probably with
a regular college course at Oberlin
college; Beth Johnson and La Verne
! Roquette will go away to school;
Harold Rase plans to teach year
Commencement
Friday evening, June 4, occurred
the annual commencement exercises
of the Dickinson high school in the
high school auditorium.
The rain ceased shortly before the
appointed hour and in spite of muddy
streets and the general dampness, a
good sized audience gathered to see
the class of 1915 receive the reward
of their four years work.
The juniors had made the platform
very pretty. A low white lattice was
placed across the front of the stage
and this was intertwined with aspara-
gus fern and yellow chrysanthemums
and banked with green foliage plants,
the class colors-green and gold.
Palms on either side and the motto
"Grow" in gold letters suspended in
visibly above, completed simple but
very attractive setting for the closing
chapter in the high school life Of the
class of 1915.
Entering from the drawing room by
the center aisle, the class took seats
reserved in the center of the rostrum,
the faculty and school board occupy
ing seats back of the class and Rev.
A. G.. Hacke, DR.. Walters and Supt.
Berg on either side.
The girls were all very charming in
their white gowns. Each carried an
arm bouquet of red roses and the
boys Of the class wore single red
rose as a boutoniere.
The program opened, as announced
last week with "Gloria" from the
Twelfth Mass" by Mozart, effectively
rendered by the High School Chorus,
Miss Dumke directing. After the in
vocation by Rev. A. C. Hacke the
Girls Sextet- Misses Butler, Evans,
Ayers, Mcclure, Sherowitz and Nor
rison-sang "The Angels Serenade''
The address of the evening; was
lgiven by DR.. J. M. Walters OF. Fargo.
Dr.ea Walters chose as his theme
tThe God Of Pretense," which he said
was a theme more serious than some
land more practical than Others. He
told many humorous stories in his in
production, during which he gave the
characteristics of a sermon, lecture
and an address. A sermon begins
with a. text, though it does not always
fstay with it, and regardless Of pace
or circumstances, must be exactly
thirty minutes long. The doctor saia
this rule did not apply to other things
as trousers, for instance, else he would