The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-05-26
CLASS OF 1922
GIVEN DIPLOMAS
School Patrons Crowd Auditorium
and Enjoy Excellent Commence.
ment Program.

Seventeen young men and women
received diplomas last night at the
commencement exercises in the high
school auditorium, testifying that they
had successfully completed the four
year course in the Oroville high
school w E. Grant, president Of the
school board presented the parch-
ment rolls. In doing so he quoted from
an article which valued high school
education at $4,000, and he said that
he felt that he was privileged to hand
over documents to the class represent
ing a total value of $4,000.
This crowning event in the school
year now closed brought out large
attendance of patrons of the school
who filled the auditorium to capacity
and who testified by generous ap-
plause to their enjoyment and appre-
citation of each number on the excell-
ent program arranged for the exer.
cises
The principal address was given by
Prof. 0. L. Waller, head of the engin-
eering department State College Of
Washington Professor Waller talked
of education and dwelt on the propO-
sition that education is thing acquir-
ed, not given; that success in any line
rof endeavor comes from hard and in.
telligent work, and the requirement
of a knowledge of how to think to ac-
curate conclusions.
The two members of the senior
class who won places on the program
were Miss Thelma Shafer, salutator-
fan, and Miss Thelma Piper, valedic.
torian. Miss Shafer spoke of the wide
and ever widening field of opportunity
for women in all lines of endeavOr to-
day, while Miss Piper discussed the
3O-10 plan of taxation for support OF
the schools in this state.
Prof. Jos. Miles read the class re-
view, history of the activities of the
seniors, paper that was especially
enjoyed.
A feature of the program, not pre-
viously announced, was the presenta-
tion of medals by w. A. CRUDE on be-
half of the Knights of Pythias to Sid
ney H. Jackson, Wiltrude E. Carrel
and Chester M. Gjerde for their REG
ords in having won the highest honors
in the study of United States history
and civil government. The presenta.
ton was made the more effective by
brief but thoughtful address by Mr..
CRUDE, who pointed to the fact that
while the great majority of Ameri-
cans feel that the institutions that
they reverence are secure because of
their own devotion to them, there Is
an ever growing element of reyolu-
tionists in this country, kept in state
OF ferment by constant and highly or.
ganized agitation, that would destroy
these institutions and replace the
Stars and Stripes with the RAD flag Of
mob despotism. The medals were of
gold, silver and bronze, the first going
to Sidney Jackson, the second to Miss
Carrel and the third to Chester Gjerde.
The invocation was delivered by
Rev. Rev. James Opie, and the musical
numbers by the seniors and by Miss
Curtis students were excellently done.
Following are the members of the
graduating class: Richard J. Ioudon,
Earle c. Hills, Thelma Piper, Thelma
Shafer, Robert Killian, Edna P.
Schultz, Lois M. Olson, Jessie A.
! Mitchell, Frances A. Barney, Sidney
H. Jackson, Elvin H. Curtis, Oscar ].
Coy, Ralph S. Noble, Wiltrude Z. Car
rel, Carol p. Taylor, Lloyd s. Grant,
Chester M. Gjerde.
| The class Labor, Laugh and
Love-"
Glass colors-Crimson and gray.
Glass flower-Violet.
Officers-President, Richard ]. Lou
| don; vice-president, Earle .. Hills;
secretary-treasurer and valedictorian
Thelma E. Piper; salutatorian, Thelma
Shafer.