The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-06-10
MITCHELL HIGH
| GRADUATES CLASS
FORTY-FIVE XII EVE DIPLOMAS
In ANNUAL EXERCISES ON
THURSDAY EVENING.

4N S>N
THURSDAAS EVENING.
Forty-five young men and women
received diplomas from Supt. j. w.
McClinton Thursday evening as the
finished product of the public school
system of Mitchell, in the annual
graduation exercises of the high
school, The event was held in the
city hall auditorium, before an aud
fence of parents and friends that fill
ed the place.
The evenings program was opened
with the commencement march from
"The Prophet" sung by the mixed
chorus under the direction of Miss
|Mabelle Price, with Miss Helen Pow
ers at the piano. Rev. c. B. Harold
gave the invocation and two numbers
were given by the girls g3ee club,
Schubert's ~"Serenade" and Pinsuti's
Goodnight Beloved
DR.. c. S. Mcdbury, of Des Moines,
pastor of the University Place church
of Christ, then delivered the address
Of the occasion, intellectual Nobil-
ity." AS an inspiring, eloquent and
scholarly effort, the address by DR..
Medbury reached a plane approached
but by few speakers who have been
lon platforms i'll Mitchell,
."rhe fostering of intellectual no.
lbility is one Of the purposes OF the
present school program a Er.
Medbury. Write those two words on
the face of your diplomas and always
remember what they mean.
Gath is one of the requisites in
lyour future, Have faith in yourselves
Your fellow man and in God. With
1.-THE culture of your school, the back
ling of the community and the state
lyon may achieve anything.
MANY young people are ashamed
Tor their faithiin God. They are asham
led OF prayer and scripture reading.
I1t is not 'chenp' to believe in God.
"a definite purpose must be fol-
flowed IN your fight III life. You
| should settle now the problem of
temptatfon. Never let illegftilaate
lcoin touch your hands and you can
always look God and your fellow
Imam in the face.
"Nights OF reyelry with drink and
cigarettes destroy your a~lertness.
You girls should be ashamed to walk
a single rod with a man whose breath
smells Of cigarettes or liquor,
"You feel tonight as if nothing
could set you back. Keep it up and
nothing will ever set you back. You
must be undiscouraged and undis-
lcourageba1e. The characters of Hell
len Keller and Booker 4. Washington
ARE examples OF that dauntlessness
you should adopt"
DR.. Medbury urged the graduates
to keep in mind I4incoln when they
were called upon to perform a lowly
task. He urged them to keep in mind
their homes and live to help make a
cleaner city, a broader social lie
and q happier religion.
Following the address, Supt. Me-
Clinton presented diplomas to the
With a few appropriate
words: Florence Irene Aronson,
IWm. Hobart Brown, Myrtle Alice
Bonham, Ernest p. Bryant. Herbert
Is. Barnard, William Harvey Coacher
esther Re Crum. Florence Ellen Col
Inns, Herbert John Fox, Kenneth
kGeorge Foster, Willard e. Giles, Ell
liott Keith Hathaway, Howard Ry-
Hand lSibbee, John Norman Shelby,
1James "A. Salisbury, Paul Rovston
lScallin. Gustav "A. Victor, Harry Hill
van B~enthuysen, Floyd Ernest Wiler
1Inez May Beddoes, Marguerite r.
IDonnelly, Walter b. Heyler, Charles
10. sayler, Hattie Viola Barker, Ffaz-
Eel Louise rBoggs, Vera Hattie Ryek-
man. OPAL Donzella Ilafferty, Berthe
lIone Metcalf, Irma Evelyn Graves,
William Braden Hill. Charles Nc
ICune Samson, Jennie Delia Pfeifer,
1 Holly Elizabeth Allison. Letha M.
IBlack,nan, Alice Gertrude Erskine,
bella Belle Kjelmyrl, Jeanette owen
Rathbun, Minnie Caroline Rleuel'
Marion Kenyon Walrath,, Inez a
lfWells, Dorothy w. "A. Findlay, wa
Meta s.. Howe, Claude p. Knight,
l~lIefen Louise McManamen, Rheta
Lucille Noufse.
Tho graduating exercises OF the
| Eighth grade we're held at the high
lHchool assembly room at 2 o'clock in
tho afternoon, Supt. Mcclinton pre-
IssidiY,g. THE program opened with
the singing of the class song by the
| entire class, Misses Ethel Drake and
/ Beatrice Burns at the piano. MISS
Gwyenthe Upton played a piano solo
and two numbers were given by the
girls glee club, of the class. DR.. Med
bury gave a short address to the
graduates and the program closed
with the presentation of diplomas to
I73 graduates. "A large crowd was
present for the exercises.
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