Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
1894 CLASSES
GET DIPLOMAS
Commencement Exercises are Held
Throughout Pine County During
the Past Week.

Among the many young men and
women who received diplomas for
completion of their high school work
were the classes at Askov and Fin
layson. The large d. B. S. hall in
Askov was filled almost to capacity
Friday night when a class of Is babe
adieu to their high school careers
and received the certificate which
was the token for having completed
successfully the required four years
course of study.
Professor j. A. Vandyke of Itasca
Junior College at Coleraine, was the
speaker and talked on the subject,
ION the Threshold" In introducing
his subject the speaker gave a de-
scription of the famous painting, ION
the Threshold where a young man
was leaving his home for the outside
world to make his way. The moth
er's hands were on his shoulders and
the young sister, grandmother and
dog were looking on, while the father
was carrying his bag to a waiting
horse and carriage outside the door.
Prof. Vandyke likened this scene to
| the graduating class before him and
said they were at the threshold and
were about to go out into life.
What is the young man of the pic
ture taking with him? asked the
speaker. What training, what educa-
ton? Has he received and is he
taking those elements of character
which were taught in the home? The
children are our best crop. We want
to grant them better then we had,
that is why we tax ourselves, said
the speaker.
Small Communities Help.
The small communities of the
country is the nations main source
of strength in manhood and woman
hood. The young people are trained
in culture. The Askov high school
is a part of great system in sup
plying strength to the country. Mr.
Vandyke told of a place in the Range
country where a certain stream car
ried waters to the Arctic ocean and
a little ways off was another that
carried its water to the Atlantic and
another which carried its waters tC
the Gulf of Mexico. He compared this
to the young people from the small
communities being sent into the vast
system. The Mississippi is small al
the source but as the tiny stream
progresses throughout its journey tt
the Gulf, it gathers more water unit
it gradually but surely becomes {
great river. The rural young people
are small at beginning but combine
with others in a great system.
Prof. Vandyke advised the young
people to go out and take up theil
leadership.
Other numbers on the program in
cluded two selections by the senior
string orchestra conducted by Mrs. A
Henriksen; salutatory by Edith Han
sen; valedictory by Ruth Hansen; two
cello selections, Erling Nielsen ac
companied by Mrs. Nielsen; two voca
selections by Mrs Svend Petersen &C
companied by Mrs. Henriksen; fare
we'll song by the graduating class
and a selection by the high schoo
chorus.
FinIaysOn Graduates Thirteen.
Finlayson high school held its 16tf
annual commencement exercises il
their high school auditorium on Ma!
81. Thirteen seniors marched t.
their places on the stage i'm time will
the Professional played by Mrs. Lynn
Smith. The girls were dressed il
pastel shades and wore corsages o
roses. The boys wore dark suits will
tea rose boutonnieres. Rev. H. SpOr
leder, the local German Lutheran pas
tor, spoke the invocation and benedic
ton.
For special music for the occasion
a triple trio of high school girls san;
two numbers: "An Old Fashioned
Garden" and 1.-THE Brown Bird Sing
ing" Members of this group wer
Marian Englund, Ardyce Faudskal
Hilma Martin, Esther Darsow, Esthe
!, Elsola, Jeanne Arth, Mildred Koivun
iemi, Ella Kraetzner and Doroth