Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-05-28
COmmencementM Makes Big
Week in OrOfinO Schools

day at the OroflnO public schools
this week. On Monday evening
Prof. and Mrs. Richmond gave a
reception and dinner to the high
school graduating class at theiI
home. The hosts were assisted in
the entertainment by the Misses
Greene and Sayles. The mouse was
beautifully decorated with home
grown flowers and evergreens. The
class colors purple and gold. were
conspicuously distributed among
the decorations Those who were
invited to participate in this ex-
cellent repast were:
The Misses Garnet Runkle, Georg-
| la Crabb. Mary Kolasa, Elizabeth
Whitworth Cummings, Cleo Frazier,
Veta Kerby. Also the Messre. Har-
ry Mullikin, Robert Johanson,
Leonard King, Vivian Orcutt, Carl
Fisk.
: On Tuesday evening, at the Rex
theatre, the high school glee club,
under the able direction of Miss
Phyllis Sayles, instructor in music
in the public cshools of Orofino,
gave fine musical concert. The
| glee club is composed of two sec
tions of singers, one composed en-
tirely of boys and the other COM
posed entirely of girls. This con-
cert was an evidence of the high
class of work done by the instruc-
tor in music. who is a Bachelor OF
Arts in Music, having won her de-
: gree this spring from the state col
lege at Pullman. Jazz is taboo in
the public schools of Orofino Only
the best class of music is permiss-
ible, fact which is highly COM
mendable. The school board made
no mistake when they engaged Miss
Sayles for next year at an In
creased salary. Besides the num-
bers rendered by the united glee
club, there were vocal solos by
| Lillian Shaw and Melvin Fuller
Agnes Edmonson and Lillian Shaw
I sang duet. Vance Dobson, plan
ist for the glee club, played a piano
, solo in his characteristic manner.
= On Wednesday evening the senior
r class of the high. under the di
{ rection of Miss Greene, gave {
4 fascinating play entitled "The Klep
r tomaniac." The play was humor
n Gus throughout, as might be in
a ferred from the title, the word klep
4 tomania meaning, propensity t.
steal. claimed to be irresistible. Th
director. and those who took par
acquitted themselves In { manne
i that is highly creditable. One coul'
only wish that such plays wer
given more frequently. A play o
this character beggars description
One must see 1t in order TO appre
ciate it. A hint to those who faile
to attend.
The commencement exercises 70
the Orofino high school were hel
Thursday evening at the Rex the
atre. The numbers on the program
were well selected and each pal
was rendered In most acceptabl
manner The boys glee club fu'
nished the first number on the pro
gram by singing "Your Journey.
The invocation was given by Re-
j. A. Hoffman,, pastor of tn
Methodist church. What be terme
as a double ladies' trio was give
by the Misses Loseth. Noyes, Rur
kle. Ross, Sayles and Mrs. Canton
The class address was given b
Prof. Soulen, head of the depar
ment OF education at the Universi,
of Idaho. Mr.. Soulen Is man
scholarly attainments and an alb
instructor, being favorite anon
the students at the university. F
Is not stranger in OrOfino. as
gave an address at the local HE
school early this spring. The
was pith and sense to what he sa
to the class of boys and girls wi
are graduating from the high scho
this year. A man who is VII
awake to the signs of the times,
knows how to connect up the pro
lens of the present time with t
life that a youth of our day mu
face. The words of wisdom that
spoke will be we'll worth remembe
ing by the class and, in fact by
who attended the exercises.
Prof. Soulen spoke on the val
of education, covering the subjt
under three heads: First, that {
ucation pays financially because
the knowledge that comes to m
in every wa of life through ed
cation. Matter contains the pos
bility OF wealth, but 1t takes &c
caion to develope its value. II
thought the speaker illustrated