Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1922-05-25
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES

: The Commencement Exercises a
e High School last Friday night wert
attended by the usual packed house
l expressive of universal interest In
our young people. Judge Richards In
= the address of the evening was al
, his best. His talk to the Glass was
] timely and his eIhortation to "Ac-
| leurate Thinking and Obedience to
: law struck the key note OF success
for these young people. He INDUCED
somewhat in interesting reminiscense
of his experiences in Payette in the
early days for the Judge was one of
the pioneers of this valley some
thirty years ago when what is now
Payette was yet primitive sage brush
The address was replete with good
and inspiring suggestion and advice
offered in so forcetul a way as to
make a lasting impression on all
| who heard him.
Senator John r. Mckinney, Clerk
! OF the Board, presented the diplomas
to the Class of 1922 in happy man
ner Preceding the presentation he
! spoke Of his experiences az a School
| Board member and OF his attendance
! at the meeting of the Inland Empire
Teachers Association in Spokane in
| April where he learned at first hand
from the Committee on High School
| Standardization that the Payette
High School was last year one of only
twelve High Schools In Idaho fully
and Internationally accredited by
the inspectors sent out by this Com
mittee and he assured the graduates
that this means that they would be
received without examination, in the
subjects they had completed here, to
any College or University from Ohio
TO the Pacific Coast. He also called
the attention OF the patrons TO the
fact that the per- capita cost of edu-
cation in Payette is less than in any
other Independent Glass A school
district in the State, drawing the
conclusion that We are getting maxi !
mum results at minimum cost. He
said we ought to be proud OF our
ranking. but doubly proud OF the |
fact that this rank has been achieved |
at the lowest possible cost.
The music numbers by the mem |
bers of the H. S. Glee Clubs was of I
the usual high order.
THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY
The Glass Play Green Stockings /
WAS enjoyed by the record crowd of !
754 people. all of whom were highly /
pleased with the play. The Depart
ment OF Public Speaking and Eng
lish and the instructor Miss Sanders |
are certainly to be congratulated
when young people of high school /
age can appear in public with such
ease of manner and dignity OF bear
Ing as was evidenced in this difficult
play. They proved once more that
local talent can and does please the
best.
All in all the Commencement ac-
tivities Of the Class OF 1922 were un-
usually pleasing to the patrons of
the schools.
HONORS FOR FORMER STUDENTS
Donald Lauer who entered Stan
ford University last fall finished the
year with Rank No. 8 in class of
over 500. This is no surprise to his
instructors in the High School
where he ranked the highest Of any 4
for several years past. I,
Inez Senger Is graduating with Il
honors at Moscow. having the joint
honor of authorship of the first
prize song Gem Of the Mountains" /
and also captured second prize with
another, "A Toast to Idaho.
Ettley Loughrey is graduating this
year from o. A. c. having completed
the course with honor while making
his own way outside OF regular
hours applying the tonsorial art in
herited from his father.
Earl Keller and Ted Driscoll have
gained distinction in the University {
OF Washington by representing the
University in their Glee Club adyer-
tising trips while holding their own
in good shape IN their scholastic
work. 4
Edward Turned has been chosen on
the strength of good work as a stu
dent in the University of Chicago.
Assistant Instructor in Anatomy in
that institution for next year at the
modest salary Of 5000 This will re-
quire about two to three hours daily Z
permitting him to continue his
studies in the Rush Medical School.
And 55 other students from Pay
cite High School. now in Colleges
and Universities In many states are
making good. So far as the reports
sent from these Colleges to tn, High
school, tell the story, not one of
them has fizzled OUT. We are proud
Of them-ALL OF THEM.