Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1916-06-01
IS ARE GRADUATED
MRS. MARGARET HILL McCARTER
GAVE COMMENCEMENT
ADDRESS
Eight Honor Students of 1916 Glass
Given Recognition Last Night
-22 Per Cent OF Glass
Averaged Above 30
From Fridays paily.l

The thirty-seventh class was grad
uated from the Abilene high school
last evening with a program at the
| Seelye theatre Mrs. Margaret Hill
McCarter, an author Of whom Kan
sas is proud, in an open hearted,
wholesome and motherly manner,
addressed the class of 35. Follow
ing the presentation by Supt. Stacey
J. S. Engle, president of the board
of education, presented the diplo-
mas. Breaking precedent, there were
no salutatory and valedictory
speeches but the eight honor stu
dents Of the class were given espe-
cial recognition.
Mrs. NJ. Fl. McCarter Gave Address
Mrs. McCarter's hearers, who
had read her works, saw the con-
tents of her masterpieces of Amer
lean literature unfold and become
personal, while they sat rapt in
beauty of her language and thought.
She told how of all holidays, both
national and legal commencement
was the greatest, and great not only
to the parent, friend, teacher, but
superlatiyely to the graduate.
Mrs. McCarter held that the
greatest discovery Of the present age
is children, and insisted that it was
only the recent years that the great
inherent possibilities of the child
have been found out. This develops
a great crying need for education
Of the child mind she established
She said in this connection:
at is niggardly and selfish not
to fulfill this need by not having
big, large, modern and commodious
buildings for these purposes with
only a nit increase in the taxes
"The products of this system
should be brave, helpful, truthful,
Christian, cultured, and Americans,
said she. "Out of this, the central
west, will rise the ideal Americans
and from here will come all of the
real American art, literature, indus
try and world builders, she pro-
phesied To substantiate this pre-
diction she told how the east reflect
ed of Europe and in the west the
great problem was orientalism. This
made the Mississippi valley the home
of the American and the Americans
of the future would be those grad
uating. The theme and spirit of her
books, that of typical Kansan were
reflected in Mrs. McCarters address.
The Glass
Of the 35 of the class s have
averaged above 80 in their grades
for the four years. Miss Edna Issitt
is the class best student and Miss
Daphne Swartz ranks second. The |
remaining six in order of their
grades follow: Deane Malott, Ruby
Burnworth. Chester Cassel, Mabel
Diehl, Ward Oakman and Marie
Davis.
Following are the names of the
graduates: Mile Barr, Ruth Bigler,
Harvey Brightbill, Ruby Burnworth,
Leona Carpenter, Chester Cassel,
Muriel Close, Verla Dahnke, Vercie
Darling, Marie Davis, Mabel Diehl,
Earl Edwards, Bruce Engle, Lester
Gish, William Goodell, Norman
Gross, Clara Hanne, John Haskell,
Walter Herman, Charles Hershey,
Edna Issitt, Herbert Kraybill, Ruth
Landes, Ernest Lair, Harley Little,
Mary Lloyd, Ignace Malm, Deane
Malott, Evan Markley, Ward Oak
man, Harriet Patterson, Gladys
Daphne Swartz, Cecil Taylor,
Harold Tober. Miss Cora Aust was
class sponsor.
The high school orchestra ana
the girls glee club rendered two Sc
lections each, which were heartily
received. The invocation was offer
ed by the Rev. H. F. Martin and
DR.. F. S. Blayney pronounced the
OF the class that graduated last
night Is we're boys, which is note
worthy, for such a class where girls
most generally predominant in num-
Der. Twenty-Five per cent of the
class averaged above 90 in their
four years of high school WORK.
Among the members are those who
have been prominent in the literary,