The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-06-01
.0AKLANDH|GH SCHOOL 9TH
ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
Exercises Were Held In The Maryland
Theatre Last Thursday Evening.

The fifth annual commencement
exercises of the Oakland High School
were held in the Maryland Theatre in
Oakland last Thursday evening at which
more than the ordinary crowd Of
friends of cdicatlon were present, the
house being literally packed with an
appreciative and highly interested audi
ence of ladies and gentlemen.
The program of the evening, which
was published in these columns last
week, was carried out in every par
ticular, the first number being musical
selection by the Oakland Orchestra,
followed by the invocation offered by
the Rev. DR.. John H. Howard, pastor
of st. Pauls M. +. church. Miss Orpah
Ashby sang very beautifully a solo
entitled "Haymakers, her accompanist
being Mr.. Dwight Townshend. Miss
Mildred Thrasher delivered the salu-
tatory, which was well timed and re-
ceived with much applause by the
audience, while her sister, Miss Carrie
Thrasher, was the valedictorlan Of the
class, the subject treated being Books
as Companions, which was also high
ly commendable effort on the part of
the young graduate. Miss Bess Hine-
baugh, who possesses a sweet, well
m2dulated voice. then sang a solo
entitled Youth"
DR.. M. Bates Stephens, Superintend-
ent of Public instruction of Maryland,
was the speaker of the evening and for
upwards of an hour entertained the
large audience with an address over
flowing with good advice directed to the
graduates, which, if followed by them,
will bring each individual member of
the class merited honor and no regrets
at the end of their race through life.
After another well rendered selection
by the orchestra DR.. Stephens present
ed the diplomas 70 the graduates and
Superintendent Rathbun presented
certificates of merit to the following,
the recipients having earned them for
being proficient along the following
lines:
A Certificate of Merit is awarded to
the student who has the highest general
average in his class, and to each one
who has been neither tardy nor absent
during the school term.
Highest Aveiage-F Year, Nellie
Schmidt, 50 per cent; End Year, Eva
Falkenstein, SO; Bird Year, Winifred
Weimer, SO; 4th Year, Carrie Thrasher,
SO.
Neither tardy nor absent LIST Year,
Fanny Newman; End Year, Mary Nay.
lor 4th Year, Louise Harmed MabeI
Falkenstein.
Honorable Mention-The following
students have a general average of not
less than 80 per cent: LIST Year, Ralph
Robinson; End Year, Icie Schock.
Winona Jones, Herschel Harvey, Mary
Naylor, Lorena Falkenstein; 3rd Year,
Pauline Jones, Carrie Mann, Felix
Robinson; 4th Year, Mildred Thrasher,
Edward Lewis, Clara Bush.
A Certificate of Proficiency in Type.
writing is awarded to each student
writing forty words per minute for ten
minutes on the Underwood Typewriter,
according to International Contest
Rules: Julius Littman, AZ; Gerald
Tanner, %; Donald Maffett, AZ.
Other musical numbers during the
evening were duets by Messrs. Julius
Littman and Ross Isenberg.
After the presentation of the awards
of merit, Rev. o. A. Bremen, pastor Of
St. Marks Lutheran church, pronounc
ed the benediction and the audience was
dismissed.