The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-02-05

Saturday evening, january Z4Ln,
students in the musical department
who are taking piano lessons from
Miss Schwartz and vocal instruction
from Miss Nelson, gave a recital
which was credit to both the instruc-
tors and the students. Mrs. La Due
and Mr.. Swendsen, members of the
Board of Control, were the honored
guests.
Monday, January Goth Rev. SANS
berry, pastor of Central Park Meth
odist church of St. Paul, delivered
the Baccaleaurate sermon for the
members of this semester's class of
graduates. Rev. Sainsbery was
inspirational and some excellent spec
ial music was rendered by the school
choir.
Wednesday evening, January 18th,
the banquet of the graduates for this
semester was held. 1t was very
enjoyable occasion for all concerned.
About one hundred and forty teachers
and graduates were seated at the
tables.
Thursday evening, January 10Th,
graduating exercises were held for
the students completing work this
semester in the various departments
of instruction. One hundred and
twelve girls were awarded diplomas.
One young lady received diplomas
from four different departments
many others from three departments ;
some from two and the majority from
one. One hundred and forty-four di-
plomas were awarded as follows
81 in sewing, 81 in cookery, 80 in
beauty culture, IA from the Eighth
Grade, IL in bookkeeping, 9 in mil
linery, as nurse maids, and 5 in
stenography.
A.
The instructors at the school are as
follows: Miss Bess Noonan, Super
visor; Miss Mable Stauffer, Civics,
Arithmetic and spelling; Miss Leila
Brearry, History, Reading, and Pen
manship; Miss Ruth Thorbus, English,
Geography, and Reading; Miss Mar
garet Sutherland, Cooking; Mrs.
Florence Clark, shorthand, typewrit-
ing and bookkeeping; Miss Margaret
Kennedy, millinery; Miss Mollie
Booth, beauty culture; Miss Hefty
and Mrs. Sharp, sewing; Miss Ida
Nelson, vocal; Miss Isabelle Schwartz,
piano; Miss Bertha Kellner also
teaches Grade subjects at Fairview
cottage. Subjects from the Sixth
Grade up are regularly taught and
there are at present two small girls
being given special work in the First
Grade.
The Commencement program as
presented Thursday evening was as
follows:
Prelude .......... Miss Schwartz
Invocation .......... Rev. Sparkes
To Wild Rose ........ Mcdowell
Address-Rev. James Wilson Dean
Dayton Ave. Presbyterian Church
st. Paul, MINI.
Solo Miss Nelson
Presentation of Diplomas 49,.
....... .......... Mayor Parker
Dance of the Leaves ........ -.
............. Luigi Boccherini
Lassie of Mine ..... Walt
Glee Club
Benediction ......... Rev. Sparkes
DR.. Beach introduced the speaker
of the evening, Rev. James Wilson
Bean. DR.. Beach stated that it was
an exceptional pleasure for her to
have Rev. Bean deliver the Com
mencement address at the institution
because they were friends of long
standing, having been engaged in
Welfare work in the same town
twelve years ago.
Rev. Bean is a tall, slender gen
tleman of pleasing personality and
captivated his audience at once with a
series Of aptly put remarks on the
topic "What Strange Things Names
Are" He said "string bean" applied
well to himself and that since there
were ten thousand lakes in Mime
sofa, it was not unusual to find a
"Beach" prominent in the state. His
hearers took favorably to him from
the start and he went on to give a
story from the, opening chapter of
"The Americanization of Edward
Box" in which he brought out the
identifying Of a barren island off
the shore of Holland, which had form
erly been the cause of many ship
wrecks and harbored a band of pi-
rates. King William appointed one
of his subjects to be Governor, mayor
and judge of this island, to clean out
this nest of bandits. The island was
a barren strip of ground on which not
even blade of grass grew, Rev. Bean
said. He went on to show how the
man in his capacity Of governor, may
or and judge set about to beautify
the former barren sandbar. How his
good wife entered heartily into the
undertaking with him and how they
raised a family of boys and girls
who went out into the world and be-
came vigilant in uplift and progress.
How the island became the ideal
scenic spot to which William Chase
an American artist, took classes of
his students each wear and declared