The Mena weekly star., 1916-05-25
N. HIS. GRADUATES ||TSLARGEST CLASS
lad g Members. 15 Young Ladies and s Young Men-President Flu
 trail of the University of Ar kansas Made Chief Address.

The Ninth Annual Commencement
 N the Mena High School held Friday |night marked the graduation of the
 largest class thus far sent out from
 4hat institution. There were twen-
 fy-three members-fifteen young la
 ajes and eight young men, composing 4he class of 1916 as against four
 Graduates at the first commence .snent in 1908, which is a good indica-
 fion of the increasing benefits flow Hing from the high school
 # The young people receiving their sniplomas Friday night were: Russell Burtch, Nena Crowson, Wayman Hrain, Douglass Dover, Tom Dur .ham, Oyian Goddard, Mary Harman. sImogene Henderson, Dessie Jones.
 Hoyt Jones. Ruth Kelly. Hortense
 King, Gladys Lee, Hazel Montgomery. |Beuah Neal. carol Patton, George |pottorff, Flossie Rogers, Carlisle Rector, Irene Thornton, Lillian Wat Bon, Fern Wiley and BerDice Wood .Guff.
 The exercises were held in the
 Ardome where the stage was beau #ifully decorated with ferns, roses, ahe national flag and the class colo Eprs Of white and lavender, all in Splendid harmony with the group of aine young women and men who had Apn this night reached the first goal &n the preparation for life work. The program was opened with an @rchestra selection by Miss School Held, Ward Brown, Hubert Knight Ihnd Ed Reeves.
 Miss Lillian Watson as saluta- Horian of the class chose for her Subject an Eulogy of David Owen |Dodd, the unsung hero of Arkansas, |whose history should be known to livery citizen of the state.
 The valedictory address by Way 'man Crain was omitted for the req Bon that MT. Grain was unable to att Bend because of illness, but readers |bf The Star will be given an oppor- Itunity to read the production, as ahey will also the salutatory and the klass prophecy, the latter given by Miss Nena Crowson.
 The musical numbers on the pro- gram were a vocal solo by Miss Carol lpaton. quartet by Misses Carol Pa Hon, Lillian Watson, 1mogene Hen- Herson and Nena Crawson. and class kongs by the entire class with Miss @unice Schoolfield as the accompan- bst for all the vocal numbers. President J. c. Futrall of the Uni kersity of Arkansas, the speaker of #he evening, who was introduced by E)r L. W. B. Long of the First M. K. church, used as the theme of his Bddress the change and evolution That is taking place in the education |al system of this country, showing |that the time was when it was Thought that only he needed an edu- Fation who expected to enter the pearned professions, such as law, |medicine teaching and the minis |try; but now the belief is that a youth, no matter what trade. profes- |sion or calling he may choose. must |have thorough and practical edu- fation if he would succeed The ad- |dress throughout was an inspiration fo the members of the class to strive Tor the fullest attainment of the Twentieth century ideals of educa- Hon, so that they may be able to do Their share of the work of the world.
 Minor Pipkin on behalf of the board of education presented the diplomas to the graduates. and in SO Idoing reviewed the work of the past |year, pointing out the factors that |have been cooperating during the past year to make the school a suc- |eess. and make possible the largest |elass in the history of the school Thief among these cooperating fae- Itors he mentioned, the loyal band of |teachefs. the influence of the Pa- Fent-Teachers' Association. and the |sehool spirit that in the latter days Iof the term was created hy the pi- |ano declamatory and reading con- |tests.