The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-04-19
SEV[NTY-TWO PASS
FOR GRADUATION
CLOSING EXERCISES OF tn e
AMERICANIZATIO CLASSE 5
TUESDAY EVENING WELL AT
TENDED-SEVENTY GRAD
YATES RECEIVE DIPLOMAS

A large attendance of friends and
relatives of the graduating class OF
the Evening School wherein pupils
were prepared for the responsible call
ing of American citizenship, were at
the washington Auditorium Tuesday
evening to attend the graduation exer-
ciSes for seventy-two who had sue
cessfully passed the educational and
naturalization tests and are now en-
titled 10 their certificates Of full Cit
zenship from the hands Of the judge
of the district court who will later
grant the same upon the appearance
of the class before him
Naturalization Examiner DanielSon
was in the city Monday and listened
to applicants for citizenship. Monday
evening he examined the class which
graduated on Tuesday. He was more
than pleased with the excellence of
the training given them by the teach
ers of the schools and pronounced the
class as a whole one of the best he
had examined in his travels through
the district.
Owing to the inability of the Hon.
Edward Freeman, Judge of the Dis
trict Court to be present as announced
on the program, Dean Gibson Of the
Virginia Junior College was pressed in
to service and delivered the address
of the evening to the graduates Dean
Gibson spoke very feelingly of the
privilege of becoming a citizen of this
the best country on earth and cited
five aims TO shoot at In the scheme
of life His address was well given
and equally well received
Superintendent W. E. Englund adj
dressed the class in a welcoming spirit
and was roundly applauded Mr.. Eng
lund also hammered home some out
standing facts on citizenship. Mr..
Thomas Ormandy, one of the gradu-
ates responded Mr.. Ormandy made
a very feeling response to the welcome
accorded himself and his colleagues
and spoke Of the very fine privilege
furnished by the schools in making 1t
possible to secure the necessary edu-
cational facts necessary for gradua-
ton.
Attorney Luther NJ. Bang represent
ed the American Legion and Mrs. A.
j. McMahan represented the Ameri-
can Legion Auxiliary. Both welcomed
the graduates into citizenship in brief
but sincere talks and brought greet
ings from the members Of the post and
unit they represented. They also
furnished each of the class with a
slight souvenir of the occasion, Mrs.
McMahan passing small silk flags and
Mr. Bang small printed souvenir
The evenings program opened with
the pledge to the flag given by the
students and audience followed by
the singing of the Star Spangled
Banner. The Ely Girl Scouts pre-
sented a demonstration of courtesies
to the flag in neat and finished
manner under the leadership of Mar
garet Mitchell Address of welcome
by Superintendent Englund respond
ed to by Thomas Ormandy. America"
was sung by the audience after which
Dean Gibson made the address The
American Legion Auxiliary Glee Club
rendered choice selections and also led
in the ensemble singing.
Mr.. Bang and Mrs. McMahan gave
greetings from the Legion and Auxil-
larry. DR.. j. E Thompson, president
Of the Board of Education, presented
the diplomas TO the graduates in a
neat address The program closed with
the singing of America the Beauti-
full.
The teachers more directly connect
ed with the Evening Schools were
complimented on their work, par
ticular praise being extended Ernest
Bailey director, Misses Clara Hand
berg, Miss Alma Turula, Miss Jessie
Livingston and Chas o. Zierhg. The
graduating class was made up Of the
following:
August Anderson, Andrew Anderson,
Leander Anderson, John Annala, John
Arko. Frank Bergant, Sam Braskerud,
Mabel Bunney, John Burja, Annie