The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-06-28
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
CHURCHILL COUNTY HIGH
Teachers and Students Have Busy
Week In Varied and Interesting
Program.

eNeDlS dSSlSltu III Tile GOHl lutulOTd-
tion of Commencement.
On Saturday evening, the 18th,
Miss James and the girls of her de-
partment served a formal five-course
timer in their quarters to the SEN
iors, DIR. Hazlett, the teachers and
the County Board of Education.
roasts were responded to as follows:
The School Year Just Closed, Bryan
Laveaga; Girls Basketball. Matte
Steinbrook; Our Guests, Hostess
franc Mayfield; The Annual, Rus
sell Norton Getting Out the Annu-
al, George Davis; Your Ship Is
Launched, Mr.. McKillop To the
Graduates, DR.. Hazlett.
Immediately after dinner, all
went upstairs to the Auditorium, to
take part in the reception rendered
by the faculty by the graduates;
pupils, and patrons of the High
School. Two hours were passed by
the goodly number present in intro
duetions and conversation. The
evening closed with the serving of
light refreshments in the basement.
Sunday morning, in the Baptist
Church, DR.. A. Hazlett preached the
Baccalaureate Sermon to an apprec-
iatiYe audience that filled the main
floor of the church and overfowed
into the gallery. The theme was
Worthy Citizenship, and the
speaker developed it in a thought
provoking and impressive manner as
he dealt with some of the most SER
ious and pressing national questions
Of the present day.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
were fully occupied by pupils and
teachers in the final examinations of
the year FIFTEEN pupils, twenty
two per cent of the enrolment for
June, attained place on the Honor
Roll, thus making the last month of
school the etual OF any in the year
in the number and the best of any
in the proportion of pupils thus hon.
ored.
The First Annual Commencement
Play of the school was presented to
a crowded house at the Rex Thurs
day evening. 1t was an entertain
ing little drama in three acts, en-
titled THE Elopement of Ellen.
The Juvenile cast carried the action
through with credit to themselves
and to Miss Geissler, their director.
1t may be noted in passing that in
the three plays offered to the public
this year by the high school only
one pupil has appeared more than
once, and the work has thus been
made as profitable as possible to the
entire sheool. Parts were acted as
follows:
Richard Ford Howard Young;
Molly Ford Orchards Wife,. Mann
lie Comfy; Robert Shepard (Molly's
Brother), Bryan Layeaga; Max Ten
Eych (Robert's Chum), Elwood
Kaiser; Dorothy March Engaged to
Maxi, Minnie Carter; June Haver-
hill wellesley 1917), Walden Brow
der; John Hume (Rector of st.
Agnes), Bernard Koehler.
Friday evening, the Rex Theatre
was overtaxed to accommodate the
throng that gathered to hear and
see. Girls of the Junior and Sopho-
more classes filed down the aisle in
double rank at S:35, bearing chains
of green between which the gradu-
ates marched a moment later in their
baccalaureate caps and gowns. The
program included vocal music by
High School pupils and Miss James,
presentation of the class and the di-
plomas by Principal ]. r. McKillop,
and an address by Professor r. c.
Thompson, of the University of Ne
vada. Professor Thompson took
Conservation" as his topic and de-
livered himself in a manner that was
entertaining, eloquent, and wholly
effective. After illustrating recent
progres in economy of resource and
production, health and mentality,
the orator devoted himself to very
strong presentation of the crying
and comparatively neglected need of
the training, application, and pre-
dominance of the moral elements of
character That his utterances met
the approval of a large majority of
his listeneres was attested by the
ringing applause that he frequently
evoked.
After the program, friends and
relatives filled the front of the house
as they voiced their congratulations
and good wishes to the graduates.
Eleven young people of the COM
munity, the largest to graduate In
any one year from the local High
School received diplomas. They are:
Miss Helen Bowler, Miss Vora Bow
ler, MIR. George Davis, Mr.. Ralph
Latin. Mr. Leslie Lowe, Mr.. Edgar
Marpin, Mr.. Russell Morton, Miss
Mildred oa,, Miss Ethel Simmonds,
Miss Delispt Willis, Miss Lucille
Young.
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