The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-06-09
SCHOOL YEAR
CLOSES With
SO GRADUATES
Commencement Exercises
For Fargo High Held
Friday Evening
PRESIDENT WELD
PRESENTS DIPLOMAS
Aaron Aronson, Valedictor-
ian, Completes Work
In Three Years =

Nearly 500 people attended the
commencement exercises OF Fargo
high school held in the auditorium
Friday evening, diplomas being pre-
sented to class of So members by
Frank Weld, president Of the state
normal school at Moorhead.
The graduates with the members of
the city board of education, the speak
er, the high school faculty and Super
intendent Deamer occupied the stage,
which was profusely decorated in
class colors. Music was furnished by
the high school orchestra.
Tyler Gives Invocation.
The Right Reverend John Poyntz
Tyler, bishop of the Episcopal do
cese Of North Dakota, gave the invo-
cation shortly after $3.50 o'clock. This
was followed by selection from the
orchestra.
American Ideals" was the title of
the address given by Miss Ruth
Hardy, salutatorian. The class his
tory. by Miss Cora Blanchard was OF
especial interest. as was the class
poem by Miss Dorothy Blanding. The
class prophecy was given by Imman-
uel Johnson and was very entertain
ing, especially to those in the audi
ence who were acquainted with the
members of the class.
Gives Winning Recitation.
Miss Ethel Tousley of Fargo. winner
of the state defamation contest held
at Grand Forks a year ago on the
recitation of The Perfect Tribute"
gave this masterpiece of Andrews
last evening. Her repetition in every
way equaled. If not surpassed. her
work at Grand Forks when she de-
feated her rivals for the state honors.
Aaron Aronson gave the valedictory
address. his subject being, The Cos
pei of Labor" Mr.. Aronson complet-
ed the four-year course Of high school
work in three years.
Weld Presents Diplomas.
On behalf of the members of the
city board of education, Frank Weld,
president of the Moorhead normal,
presented the diplomas to the class
of III. wishing each member god
speed and emphasizing the value of
higher education. He hoped the
members of the class would not end
their education with the completion
of their four years Of high school
training.
Songs given by the senior chorus
with orchestra accompaniment were
Unfold. Ye Portals from "Redemp-
"Tannhauser," Land of Freedom,
Land of Fortune" and THE Star
Spangled Banner by the chorus and
the audience with orchestra accom-
paniInent.
Following the exercises the mem
bers of the class and the high school
faculty banqueted at the Pirie cafe.
Glass Roll of 1917.
Marian Archer Addison. Margaret
Alfred. Hannah Gesine Amundson,
Oscar Anderson. Aaron Aronson.
Dora Leana Aronson. Fred Eugene
Ball, Louis Solomon Barosky. Harold
Duane Rillmeyer, Cora May Blanch-
ard, Dorothy Blanding, Daniel Leon
ard Edlund. Hildur Harriet Edlund.
Bertha Elizabeth Everhart. Mary
Elizabeth Feckler. Ercell Wainwright
Frost, George Eddy Gardner, Bernice
Dainard Gestie. Nellie Margaret Gil
more, Helen Burnett Graves. Walter
Fridtjof Halland. Beverley Vernon
Hancock. Ernest Roy Hanson. Ruth
Allen Hardy, Gudrun Henning, Harry
Eugene Hofmann, Elizabeth Jane Ho-
gan, Alice Hoover, Fannie jacobson,
Dean Carroll Turner Jensen, 1mmanu-
ell Johnson, Oscar, William Johnson,
Ruth Therese Larson, Esther Eliza
beth Lasson, Ross Elmer McPhail,
Margaret Louise Macfadden, Wesley
Ruben Melzian Alberta Rose Myers,
Sadie Nachumsohn, Norma Marie
Nelson, Edith Dorothy Oberg, Margie
Madeleine Parsons, Florence Carolyn
Plath, Arene Marjory Richardson, Lid
var Rynning, Ada Florence Sands,
Gustaf Lydian Schoberg, Gertrude
Mae Schwarz, Alan Arnold Shively,
Frances Sim, Clarence Lamour Siv-
ertsen, Sidney oliver Sorkness, Luz
ella Myrtle Spencer, Ednah Gertrude
Stitt, Ethel Beatrice Tousley, Glenora
Watkins, Forest Leland Watkins,
Gerald Edward Weissert, Lucille Au-
gusta Wood.