The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1934-06-08
los BISMARCK HIGH
SENIORS CONCLUDE
COURSES THURSDAY
no Honor Students Announced
by Principal at Final Ex-
ercises for Class

Announcement of the 10 honor
students in the class Of LOG Bismarck
high school seniors, withheld until
graduation night, marked the COM
mencement exercises which were held
at Bismarck city auditorium Thursday
evening.
Disclosure Of the pupils holding the
10 highest averages was made by W.
II. Payne, principal, as he presented
the class to George F. Will, school
board president, who conferred the
diplomas.
Earl Birdzell, valedictorian, was
commended by Payne for holding the
exceptionally high average OF 9o23
for his four years work. He received
the Knowles award, diamond and
pearl Pin presented each year by F.
A. Knowles. Floyd Emerson Logee,
Jr., salutatorian, and Philip German
ranked next in scholarship. Payne
emphasized the point that the three
high ranking students were promln-
ent in debating and sports, two being
on the championship debating team,
all three being debaters and two be-
ing football lettermen.
I Others Win Mention
The other honor students listed by
Payne according to rank are Ruth
Saxyik, Marie Florence Rupp, Mar
jorie Mitchell, Dorothy E. Ode, John
Yeasley, Fanny Alice Roberts and
Elizabeth Wheeler.
Will gave a short congratulatory
message to the graduates IN behalf
Of the school board before he present.
ed the certificates.
Rev. Roy E. Olson, chaplain OF the
Minnesota state reformatory at ST.
Cloud, was the speaker to the 1884
graduates, drawing upon his exper-
fence with penal institutions and
courts Of justice to warn the graduates
and their parents Of some OF the social
influences against which they must
prepare defenses.
"The challenge that faces this class
and faces the older generation as no
other challenge faces them is the
complete breakdown of respect for
the authority Of our constitution de-
clared Rev Olson after stirring ap-
peal to the parents to examine what
IS happening in the moral and spirit
ual world.
Upholds Today's Youth
youth today is not worse" he con-
tinued. The conditions in which we
ask youth to find ideals and idols
are infinitely worse. Youth today is
1 mirrored reflection Of what the
adult Christian world has created or
1T least approved"
Rev. Olson appeared for respect
for the law on the part OF older per-
sons In large and small matters for
the sake OF boys and girls who are
taking tremendous licking from the
world because someone failed to i'm
press upon them the necessity Of
obeyiug laws Respect for law. ne
emphasized, must come from the old.
er people.
This class is going out into q
world in which morals are going down
by leaps and bounds" he told the
audience before urging to them te
change the jazz atmosphere and filthy
movies and literature with which youth
Is surrounded. TT is unfair ne
concluded, to surround the child With
temptations and then to punish the
child for yielding TO them Turning
to the graduates. he gave them a flnal
charge to live their lives IN accord
Ance with Gods commandments anc
to ever pursue an upward path in al
things.
Was Second Talk Here
This was Rev. Olson's second ap.
pearance before the high school group
this year. His talk here was one oil