Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1921-06-06
lincoln HIGH
SCHOOL PACKED
Glass of 1921 Draws Huge
Crowd to it's Commence
ment Exercises in
High School.
GIVE FINE PROGRAM
Supt. Kelly Makes Urgent
Appeal to Seniors to
Succeed.

Succeed.
The largest crowd ever gathered to-
gether for school program in this city
assembled in Lincoln high school audi
torium Thursday evening to attend the
Icorlmencement exercises of the senior
class Of 1921. So packed was the as
sembly room that late comers could not
even secure standing room. 1t Is but
fitting, however, that this, the largest
class ever to have been presented with
diplomas in this city, should draw to its
exercises the largest
crowd. Seats were this year reserved
for parents of the graduates.
Promptly at 8 o'clock. the seniors
filed upon the stage which was deco
rated with a profusion of ferns and
beautiful bouquets Of peonics. With
those in the front row sat the beloved
Irof. Kelly, who has been with the class
since its kindergarten days. and the
Rev. Harry F. Shook. who gave the in
vocation The girls were all attired In
fluffy white dresses and several wore
corsage bouquets.
The high school orchestra, led by Miss
Rosalind Cook, opened the program.
playing "Andante" from symphony in
g." this selection being followed by the
Invocation.
Next on the program came the boys
g.ce club which sang "America
Triumphant" the song which made such
a hit at the annual spring glee club coll
cert. Kenneth Bourne took the tenor
solo part.
Gives SalutatOry.
The salutatory was given by Miss
I.unice Karr, who received second hon
ors for scholarship III the class with
marking of 96. IS. She likened the class
to seed sown by gardener in good
soil and by him carefully nurtured and
cultivated until the harvest. She spoke
Of graduation as long anticipated JOY.
as the fruitage of honest effort and
with words of praise cxtolled Prof.
Kelly and the teachers and parents.
Five oratiOns were given by the SEN
iGrs. all of which were unusually fine.
An Grafton on South American De-
velopment" was given by Jerome Spar
Doe. The purposes of the immigrants to
North America and the immigrants to
South America were vastly different.
The men who settled our fair land came
OF race of liberty loving people and
Jared forth to this land in order that
they might worship according to the
dictates of their own cOnscienceS, while
tic men who settled South America
came mainly in search of gold. The
United States had been enjoying indie
pendence years before Simon Bolivar,
the greatest liberatOr Latin America
ever had. made the heroic struggles
which wrested the. countries Of Venc-
zuelu, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and
Bolivia from Spain and gave to them
ttcir freedom.
Different Credit Systems.
However, although America leads in
development and education,
she is vastly inferior to the countries
OF South America in the appreciation
OF what is artistic and beautiful. An
contrast between the two
Americas is in the matter of credit sys-
tens. the time given for paying up an
account in the United States being
thirty days and in most South American
countries two years. A respect for law
IS characteristic of people in the United
States and this is in Il large measure
responsible for the greater development
in this country. A misconceptiOn of the
mea ming and intent of the Monroe Doc
tline prevalent in South America has
been an obstruction in the path of
between the two countries
and it is up to America to dispel this
"History Of Third Degree
William MacgOey's Grafton dealt with
the History of Third Degree" The
practice of forcing confession from a
person suspected Of crime. today
known as the third degree, was started
in Bible times and has been in use up
to the present day. The third degree
was used during the Spanish inquisition
to wiring from even the merest suspect
a confession of faith in some other
religion than that most practiced mt the
time. The haplcss victims were tor
tured almost beyond human endurance
and then thrown into dark dungeons.
there to languish until Il confession had
been wrung from their lips. Methods