Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1917-06-01
GRADUATES GET SHEEPSklNS
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day schools by DR.. Brown and ne sad
that all tests made have PLAINLY SHOWN
this to be fact. He said that 1t IS
now recognized that the children have
various talents and 1t IS up to the
school to develop them, and that the
school must develop the one talent nu-
pil the same as the ten talent pupil,
50 that he or she can make full use or
it.
"The parent who says that he wants
his child to have the same education
as he had and who expects his child
to get out into the world and fight for
himself the same as he did is making
most absurd statement. New occasions
bring new duties; time makes ancient
good uncouth,'' the speaker said. =.
DR.. Brown said that the number OF
pupils who stay in the schools the first
EIGHT years has more than doubled the
last six wears. The number OF gradu-
ates from the high schools has increas'
ed ten times as fast as the population
in the past ten years. This means that
the bows and girls will have to be well
trained in order to make good: IL
they do not get better start taaA
their parents did they witt not have
any start in life. TO put $4,000 ed"
ucation on ten cent boy OF girl Il
said to be a great tradgedy but great
er tradgedy than this is to put ten
cent education on a So, 600 boy or g,sL
DR.. Brown said that II ne was TO give
any advice to the pupils he would sey
to them in the words of Brown ue'
the means first-God will surely pro,
vide for its use.' In closing ne sara
to the class that whatever they might
try to do in this life, they should 90
it we'll and give themselves wholly to
it and try to do it completely.
Following the address by DR.. Brown
Superintendent Dobbyn presented the
class of 1917, which, he said was the
largest class in the history OF the
school. Out Of the ffty-four graduates
"a completed the academic course, ten
the commercial, one the industrial and
nineteen the normal. Four of the grad
yates of the normal department were
undergraduates, having taken the nor
NAL course to prepare them for teach
mo Mr.. Dobbvn announced that after
The wear all who wish to take the nor
nal course must be high school grad
nates and they will receive first
Grade certificate which permits them
fo teach in semi graded and rurA
schools.
Mr.. Dobbyn expressed regret for the
absence of four Of the graduates, oscar
Levin. Leo Crimes, Warren Highly and
Calisle Palmer, who, he said, have gone
to the training camps to prepare 10
fight for the freedom Of the human
race. ,
S. C. vasaly, member Of the board
of education, presented the diplomas
to the graduates. in the absence OF I.
C. Gordon, president of the board. he
said it was customary each year to
speak of the graduating class as the
best one in the history Of the school
and this, he said, was very true, ~
each year there has been some improve
ment in the schools, in the way of bet
ter buildings. more and better teach
ers, more subjects, etc. Mr.. Vasaly
said that the class Of 1917 was second
to none.
Miss Esther Swanson, valedictorian
and Otto Domian, salutatorian, were
presented with scholarships in five col
leges and one business college, which
scholarships were offered by these. in
stitutions to the two graduates having
the highest standing. The scholarships
offered, and of which the recipients
can choose any one, were from st.
Olaf's college, Carleton college, Gusta-
vus Adolphus college, Hamline univer-
sity, Manchester college and the Cole
gian Business Institute of Minneapo-
Lis. j.. Z
The program closed with selection
by the high school orchestra.