The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-06-23
EVANSVILLE.
(By George w. Diefenbach)

was a busy one for those connected
with school work in this community.
The high school gave its final play,
"Her Homer, The Mayor" on Monday
and Tuesday nights in the w. o. W.
Hall. Between the acts the activl-
ties usually held on class night were a
feature, much enjoyed by all.
On Wednesday the Home Econom-
les department held its annual ex-
hibition. The teacher, Miss Marian
Price, and her pupils are to be COM
mended for the fine quality of work.
The room was decorated in spruce and
laurel. Thine exhibits were the work
performed during the year consisting
of dresses, suits, gowns, slips, under
garments, luncheon sets, doillies, din
ing room sets, laundry bags, bloom
ers, bed linens and many other needle
work products. The girl graduates
each made a complete bed room set,
including the spread and curtains.
Their particular display in the exhibit
ton was a perfectly appointed bed
room, having secured and improvised
the necessary furniture and dressed 1t
with the linens they had made in their
school work. Their note books were
also on exhibition, which were on
house planning and management and
contained complete information for
planning and furnishing home for
a family, consisting Of kitchen, DIN
ing room, living room and two bed
rooms; alsi bath. There were also eX-
hibited salads, cakes, cookies, candies
and other foods and dellcacles which
the pupils were taught to make. One
notable exhibit was school lunch ar
ranged in lunch box, consisting OF
custard, salad, nut bread sandwiches,
with the necessary convemences to
make such lunch desirable. A dainty
lunch with tea was served to the VS.
itors in a cleverly arranged booth.
Miss Ruth Stahl poured tea and Mary
Bevans and Margaret Mary Boucher
served cocoanut sweet-meats, oat-
meal cookies and sandwiches on ia
bles appropriately set for the occa-
sion.
On Thursday evening, the com
mencement exercises were held in the
Methodist church, which was far too
small to accommodate the very large
number who desired to attend this
annual event, which is being regarded
with more Importance with each pass
ing year. The program consisted OF
several numbers by the school Glee
club; the invocation by Rev. j. E.
Johnson, followed by the introduction
of Mr.. Finley C. Hendrickson, mem
Der of Allegany county bar, OF Cum
berland, by Prof. F. E. Rathbun, who
was the principal speaker OF the even
ing. Mr.. Hendrickson's talk was
humorous in places but packet full OF
things for every one to think about;
the subject being "Our Constitution"
in which he showed the very trying
and serious period thru which the
great men of our country passed IN
framing the wonderful document
which has brought our country up to
its present position, and how every
one must work to preserve 1t by up
Brightness of heart and life. Prof. f..
E. Rathbun followed by giving some
things of local interest pertaining to
the school situation; called attention
to the present crowded condition OF
the school building; pointed out that
an additional wing is necessary to the
east end of the building, but cited the
shortage of funds for that purpose.
However. all feel that there must be
some way of remedying these con-
ditions. Mr.. Rathbun stated in his
address that Grantsville leads in the
TRANSPORTATION of pupils to eentral
school. The members of the gradual
ing class are: Pearl Meek Beachy,
Ruth Brunette Emory, Viola Ethel
Butler, Helen Uena Folk, Mildred
Anna Opel, Maud Genevieve Pope,
Walter Martin Reichenbecher, Velo-
ra Virginia Swauger and Paul Con-
rad Wisseman, who were presented
with diplomas by Prof. Rathbun.
Prof. Ralph R. Webster, principal OF
the school, announced the honor STU
dents-Helen U. Folk, Ruth B. Emory
and Velora V. Swauger. He also
presented bronze medals, suitably in
scribed, to Dorothy Edwards and
Clyde Miller, who participated in the
Fraley (girls) and Dawson (boys)
defamation contest. Miss Edwards
won second place in the Fraley con-
test at Kitzmiller, and secured for the
school library a set of eight hand
somely bound volumes, Anthology OF
Literature" Miss Kate Bannatyne,
grade supervisor, presented certiti-
Gates to 80 seventh grade graduates
from % schools of the Grantsville
Supervisory unit and who are eligible
to enter high school in September.
Those receiving certificates are:
Grantsville school: Fern Baker, Eve
lyn Beachy, Mary Bevans, Naomi
Stanton, Marguerite Folk, Allan Rod