The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-06-06
GRADUATION EXER
CISES ENJOYABLE
SPACIOUS JUNIOR HIGH AUDI
TORIUM PACKED FOR I'M
PORTANT EVENT.
SPLENDID TALK BY DR.. WELD
SPEAKER SOUNDS WARNING
NOTE BECAUSE OF SCARCITY
OF TEACHERS.


OF TEACHERS.
The Commencement program. full
account of which it was impossible to
| publish last week, opened at S:15 with
a selection by the Symphony orches-
ira. After the invocation by the Rev.
| Sparkes, DR.. Blk gave cornet solo,
accompanied by Mrs. Whitson, which
afforded the keenest enjoyment to the
audience.
Denton Reed followed with the sal
utatory address. An address of this
kind of necessity conforms to certain
rules, but the salutatorian neverthe-
less found different lights on the sub
ject which he set forth admirably. 1t
is point to be commented upon that
the honor students this year were
boys and boys from the country, cir
cumstance which has not happened for
many year. The valedictorian, Glib
ert Stegner, besides keeping the high
est record in the class made his way
through school by working after
hours.
DIR. Frank Weld, president of the
Moorhead Normal made the principal
address of the evening. DR.. Weld is
not primarily a public speaker, nor is
he the "silver tongued orator" so often
rood oho,,4 uo1x,o,1o,. b;c avnorionoo
as president of the great state institu
ton for a great many years, to say
nothing of previous years in other
places, made him master of his sub
ject Education in the Great Crisis"
which was we'll presented and ex-
ceptionally scholarly. His talk re-
minded one Of a pecan nut; plenty of
meat if one will dig it out. In par
ticular DR.. Weld explained the ne
cessity Of keeping up the schools dur
ing the war, pointing out how France
and England suffered through neglect.
He also urged the young people to be-
come teachers telling them that it was
as much patriotic duty as anything
else. The alarm about the shortage
of teachers, he asserted, was called
/ for, and he warned schools against
| hesitating to raise the salaries of their
teachers in proportion to the increased
cost of living, saying that if they did
not do so their school buildings would
be infested with trash" which would
not be admitted on the faculty of
self respecting school. False
economy" was his term.
The girls quartette rendered two
selections "Boat Song" and "Hush Yo'
Honey which created much favorable
comment.
Gilbert Stegner, valedictorian, made
the formal farewell speech according
to the custom of the school. Every
sentence was the product of careful
and earnest thought and the speech
was delivered admirably, conveying
to the audience in general, the Board
of Education, the faculty and the class
itself, the sincerity in which it was
spoken. Gilbert left no room for doubt
as to the ground on which he and the
class he represented, stood, with re-
spect to the government.
| Following another enjoyable selec-
ton by the orchestra, Supt. Aygarn
spoke briefly and fittingly to the class;
afterwards presenting them to Pres.
| McGibbon of the school board who
awarded the diplomas. The class
| passed by him each one receiving the
coveted diploma for which he had
striven for four years. The benedic-
ton was pronounced by the Rev.
Goodger.
| The class which was graduated
Wednesday night marked the close of
the 38th commencement from the
Sank Centre schools, which began at
the time where there were but three.
graduates. Experiences have ranged
through all these years, but never IN
Its history can the school claim to
have graduated a class at such a
momentous time. A future is IN
store for them which none can imag-
| inc, except to know that whatever may
be their lot, the class of 1918 shall
| give a good account of themselves,
| taking advantage of the age in which
they are living.
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