South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-06-21
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
OF 50 GRADUATES
State Superintendent of Pub
lie Instruction Speaks
Interesting Program.

casion Of the commencement exer-
cises Of the class Of 1917. DR.. Horace
Ellis state superintendent of public
instruction. delivered the address Of
the occasion which was one of the
best ever listened 20 on any such oc-
casion DR.. Ellis is a raconteuT OF
note. His numerous stories. from
grave 20 gay, from lively 10 severe
were irresistible. The pathos, the
humor. and the telling effect of their
delivery enthused the audience 70 a
high pitch.
In the course Of his remarks he
| intimated that the citizens had not
been very good 20 the superintend
ent or the board OF education mas
much as they had not received the
| cooperation TO which they were en-
/ titled, and suggested a greater CO.
| operation. remarking that such a
graduating class as appeared before
/ him was the richest asset any city
/ could possess. He compared grad
uation 10 the passing successfully of
/ the first milestone of life; termed
I college education the greatest gift
/ that could be bestowed on the young
and urged the graduates in their
/ course through life To see and hear
only the beautiful things. All sor-
row and heartaches in the world. he
said. were the result of somebody's
/ selhshness.
Miss Ellen Studley delivered the
valedictory in the course Of which
she said:
AS we are saying farewell, it is
with a feeling Of sadness and regret;
regret that we must leave this insti-
tuition where we have passed such
four happy years; regret that we
must, perhaps. pass beyond the daily
contact and influence of those who
have here helped molG our lives; and
regret because Of the class Of seven
teen must cease to be anything more
than name, and a spirit among us
its members.
yet. in spite of this feeling Of re-
greet and sadness we have strong
feeling of gladness; gladness because
We have had these four happy years.
and We want 10 thank you who have
made them possible. You, the citi-
Zens of Mishawaka who have estab-
lished and ably maintained this high
| school. and who by your interest and
support in all the activities Of our
| school and class have made them
| successful.
I'VE want 10 thank you, the fac
ulty of NJ. II. s. You nave put life
into this institution, making it a liv-
| ing influence in the community and
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| that we have been able 10 sit in your
| classrooms and learn from the
/ knowledge of books, but we are
/ happy that your interest has extend
\ ed beyond them TO US, teaching us
/ by word and example many things
never found in books. AS memory
carries us back here, il will be 10
your lives with their q eat and strong
| and true characters, their lofty
ideals and inspiring purposes, rath-
er than to a mere building, or room.
or book
I'VE want TO thank you, our par
ents, who have made II possible for
us 10 attend this institution. While
we have been working here. you
have been toiling and sacrificing to
make this possible. We feel il is
far more 10 your honor than TO ours
that We have completed our course.
When We were discouraged and dis
heartened, il was you, our mothers
and our fathers. who supplied us
with fresh courage and enthusiasm.
Classmates this is our graduation,
J but II is also our commencement
commencing Of life we have been
preparing for. Entering it means
that our paths no longer run side by
side. but will diverge 20 all parts OF
the world. But wherever we may
go, let us endeavor 10 live up to the
highest ideals of the Mishawaka
high school and OF the class of II
and wherever we may go, we will be
bound together by happy memories
of days spent here. and by our COM
mon aim: To strive TO strike. to find
but not 10 fail.
And so, farewell. a word that
hath been, and must be "a sound
that makes us linger-yet, farewell"
Supr. Horton presented the diplo-
mas 10 the following graduates:
College preparatory: Walter Bark
/ ley. Ermal Bortner, owen Bowling,
I Florence Burnett, Charles Fingers.
| Margaret Freer, Wilbur Gartner,
II Robert. Mecklenburg, Helen Norris,
Martha Nieswonser. Ellen Studley.
II Roger Williams and Wilma thinner
man.
Four year commercial: Roy Beard,
Y Bernadetta Buchheit. Myrna Holmes.
Albert Stanley, Arthur Hunt, Joseph
Jontz. Rockford Robbins. Theodore
Schnabel Lillian Schwartz. Arthur
Snyder. Bernadette HuennerkOpf,
Harry Waidner.
Domestic science: Clara Brumil-
Ter. Esther Fahenstock, Maurine
Willett
Teachers course: Raymond Haas,
Ruth Winsted.
Art Mary Stearns.
There were three vacant chairs on
the platform draped with American
flags These represented Arthur
Hunt. Arthur Snyder and Rockford
Robbins. who have enlisted. Their
diplomas were handed TO their fam
lilies
The girl memb ers OF the class were
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