The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-06-21
Eighth Graders Appear
in Closing Exercises

Biscuits while you watt" how to
make tabouret, folk songs in Ger
man, a reading and a debate, piano
solos, and other interesting numbers
on the program of the closing exer-
clses of the eighth grade of the Nor
NAL training school in the auditorium
Saturday evening showed some of the
many advantages open to the pupils
over and above the mastery of the
three RS"
| These exercises opened the com.
mencement week program. at the
State Normal school and large au-
dience enjoyed the various numbers.
Twenty-one pupils received diplo-
mas.
The program, was opened with a
flag drill by the girls of the fifth and
sixth grades, under the direction of
Miss Susan w. Norton. The drill
was that given at the general exer-
cises during the week, and it was re-
peated by request. 1t was exceed.
ingly we'll done and if applause is an
| indication it was greatly appreciated.
An instrumental solo, Simple
| Aveu," by Ada Garrett was the next
| number, after which Lena Bangerter
read my Country's Call" Walter
Codding and Ralph Ferguson repre-
sented the boys in a debate, resolved
that boys make better use of their
education than girls do. Minnie
Christensen represented the girls,
Catherine McMullen, her colleagues,
being prevented from taking part on
account of illness. The decision was
left to the audience.
The seventh and eighth grades
sang two songs, and James Thorne
read a, paper on Historic Places
Have Seen" He described several of
the historic spots of New England,
the scenes of Revolutionary battles.
. Lenley Harvey displayed a tabouret
ne had made in the manual training
department of the training school,
and explained in, detail just how it
had been made. Eleanor Farley
spoke on the value of domestic sci
ence as a subject which is of great |
practical Importance. Then, to show !
that she had gained considerable pro-
fciency in the subject she proceeded
to mix batter of dough, while Isa-
bel Fenstad explained the necessary
ingredients and the processes involv-
ed. The batter was placed in an
oven on the stage, and before the
program ended, she showed the audi
ence some excellent baking powder !
biscuits.
The German class, taught. by Prof |
W. J. Bell, critic teacher in the sew
enth and eighth grades, sang two pop
ular folk songs in German, after |
which Kenneth Eckel gave the class
prophecy. He showed considera BILE |
Imagination and an excellent grasp of |
the English language for an eighth |
grade pupil.
1nez Taylor played an instrumental
solo, "Nocturnette," in an excellent
manner, after which Prof Bell pre-. |
sented the class to Supervisor Floyd
7. Goodier. Before presenting the
diplomas, Mr.. Goodier spoke briefly
to the members of the class. First of
all he called their attention to the
Importance of good health and the
laws pertaining to health as they
had studied them. Young people, he
said, are prone to ignore these laws,
but when they do they usually regret
it.
Mr.. Goodier referred to good liter.
allure and music as factors in giving
one ability to judge standards of
value and asked the pupils to con-
tinue their work in this field.
Finally, he urged them to think of
their relation to their country, the fu.
ture of which, he said, will depend
upon educated men and women. The
burdens of the present war will fall
upon the boys and girls of today and
they should so educate themselves as
to be able to meet their burdens in
the best Way possible.
Those who received diplomas Sat
urday evening are:
Erling Bakken, Lena Bangerter, Le-
nora Boyd, Marjorie Galley, Min.
ME Christensen, Walter Codding,
Eleanor Farley, Kenneth Eckel, Isabel
Fenstad, Ralph Ferguson, Thanael Fin.
ney, Ada Garrett, Lenley Harvey, Pau
line McMullen, MALTA Olsby, Harold
SoroUs, 1nez Taylor, Katharine Ten
ney, James Thorne and Harold Wig
gen.
Miss Alma ROrVig. of McHenrv. one