The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1918-06-06
RURAL SCHOOLS
COMMENCEMENT
TWO HUNDRED PUPILS RECEIVE
9TH GRADE DIPLOMAS.
HELD At OSKALOOSA SATURDAY
County Superintendent Jessie Duboc
Makes Splendid Record of coun-
tvs Educationa! Force. A
Noteworthy Occasion.

Mahasak County rural schools par
ticipated in great event in Oskaloosa
Saturday, the Commencement eXercis-
es of the eighth grades. The day was
pleasant and all that could be desired
i'll the way of weather conditions. The
temperature was within the limit of
comfort and circumstances appeared
to contribute toward the success of
the affair. The teachers and the par
ents were with the pupils and all in
all the Central Methodist church
where the program was given was fill.
ed almost to overlooking. Almost two
hundred pupils this year have com.
pleted the work of the eighth grade,
which in view of the war conditions
of the year, seems more than an ex-
cellent showing. The class was one of
the two largest in the history of the
count schools and much of the success
was due directly to the effort and the
endeavor and the personal popularity
of Miss Duboc, County Superintendent
Miss DubOc presided as chairman of
the program which was as follows:
The Program.
Pipe Organ Solo, Margaret Price.
Flag Salute, Graduates. A. j. Bass,
nag bearer.
Invocation, Rev. Wayne Lee Waters.
Vocal Solo, Riley Littlejohn. Mar.
garet Price, aCcompanist.
Vocal Duet, Lucretia and Rozella
Robertson, Mrs. Lacey Hickey, accom-
PIANIST.
Reading, Marie Morris.
Vocal Solo, Eugene Robertson, Rozel
la Robertson aCCOmpanist.
Reading, Lucille Van Iperen.
Vocal Solo, Olga Hueser, Malaine
Hueser, accompaniSt.
Piano Solo, Helen Smith.
Vocal Duet, Vclma and Thelma VIII,
holt, Esther Ruby accompanist
Violin Solo, Eloise Tyler.
Then followed the introduction oil
those who have won prizes in county
contests, followed by the presentation
After the formal dismissal he peo
pie fingered about the church Intil al
more five o'clock turning the affair i'll
to an enjoyable social in which con
CALCULATIONS and celebrations were eX
changed and many complimentary eX
pressiOns were extended Miss DubOC
for the record made for the year. The
many young people who had received
hOnors also came in for their full
share of the hOnorS.
The list of graduates. those reCeiv'
ing diplomas and entitled to enter the
high school course Of work without
further examinations is as follows b!
townships:
Spring Greek was the banner town
ship with twenty-five graduates anC
| White Oak close second with twenty
three, Harrison and Garfield tied FOL
| third with seventeen. Rose Hill fur
niShed eleven of White Oaks class ant
Cedar Consolidated School went ont
better with twelve.
The Graduates.
Adams-Lucile Krizer, Minnie Mid
! dlecoop, Marie Anderson, Harvc!
Bunting, Minnie Patterson, Grace Rus
sell, Howard Thompson.
Black Oak-Elmer Uttermarkt, 10
hanna Van Haaften, Julia Van Arkel
Alma Durham, Avis Van Howeling
Marvin Van Der WAL, Cornelius Var
Der Vert, Raymond Hoksbergcn.
Cedar-Meryl Bridges, Porter Lee
Katheryn Caldwell, Hazel Triplett
Elsie Fuller, Grin Epperly, Faye Phil
lippe.
East Des Moines-Ethel Chiffon, Av
| is belong, Irwin Chambers, JOSEPH
| Chambers, Laura Chambers, Hannah
Cubit, Gail Ellis, Lucille Ellis, Lorf
Myers, Lucy Myers, Harry Rees, Perry
Convey, Harold Freeman.
Garfield-Grace Smith, Iva Harvey
Avis Kent, Howard Parsell, Booker
w. Kiner, John d. Laughlin, Albert
Moffett, Mabel Okey, John Wester
camp, Lewis Westercamp. Dirkie Has
selman, George Bottger, James Hen
derson, Osa Willis, Alice Ashman
Nellie Ashman, Grace Boles.
Bd,fiMu
Harrison-Edwyn Baker, Myrtle Bal
nard, Harry Beintema, Eva Briggs
Wilbur Felt, Truman Hayes, Eva
Maudlin, Mildred May, Clara Moore
Clyde Picken, Frank Randell, May
Ward, Lily Dolesh, Beulah Rodgers
Clara Stanley, Otto Steele, Harry Win
agrasky.
Jefferson-Otto Moline, Ethel Ne
wins, William De Winter, Elmer Eve
land, Charlie Visscher, Blanche Wine
gardner, Ethel Winegardner.
Lincoln-Erma Smith, Dick Van
Zee, Vera Dunwoody, Hazel Elliott,
Lloyd Frazer, Nora Frazer, Allie Cor
such, Maurice Odell, Helen Voss.
WguvUqi
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Dalbey, Velmah
Hite. Edith Else, William Bennink,
Helen Stephenson. Johnny Wester-
camp. ai G.t }8eoa ~
eVi ri s abs s5 n3
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