Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-05-21
AS SENIORS TO GET
DIPLOMAS At HIGH
SCHOOL WEDNESDAY,
Commencement Exercises to
Be Held Here Wednesday
of Next Week
BY SUPT. w. T.. TEGNER

Seniors of the Plentywood high
school are busy with work and plans
for their Commencement exercises.
Final examinations for those not ex-
empt from the semester tests will be-
taken Thursday and Friday of this
week.
Glass Night was held Wednesday
evening and proved an enjoyable af-
fair. Novel names for the numbers and
the use of a loud speaker were fea-
lures introduced for the first time. The
| special numbers given on Class Night
included:
Piano duet by Bernice Erickson and
| Charlotte Benson;
Glass History by Barbara Kjelstrup
and Lloyd Stenmark;
Class Poem, written by Lloyd STEM
mark and read by Marvel Points;
Vocal duet by Ellen Taylor and
| Bernice Erickson;
Class Will, written by Dick Koike,
| George Robinson and Charlotte Ben
son. Read by Lloyd Stenmark;
Presentation of the Senior Key, by
Clarence HOLMAN, class president;
Acceptance of the Key, by Griffith
Collins, president of the Junior class;
Medley of Senior songs, by the
Class of 1896.
Baccalaureate services will be held
in the high school auditorium Sunday
morning at HOO o'clock. Rev. Orval
A. Schmidt of the Plentywood Luther
an church will conduct the services.
He will be assisted by Rev. Lindley OF
The Evangelical church and Rev. Cliff
ord of the Congregational church.
The Commencement exercises for
the Glass of 1896 will be held at 500
o'clock on Wednesday evening, May
q. The outside speaker this year is
DR.. Albright of the State Normal col
lege. He will speak on the subject
Let Us Remember" The subject deals
with life as a business proposition.
Six members of the graduating class
will take active part in the exercises,
each giving a short talk on the Ameri-
can high school. Bernice Erickson as
Salutatorian of the class and Char
lotte Benson as Valedictorian will
each give an address in keeping with
their scholastic position in the class
Both have exceptionally fine records
throughout high school, each having
an average of more than 81 per cent
In addition TO being exceptional stu
dents, both have taken part in mos.
all of the activities open to girls.
The other four speakers, chosen by
the class, will be Hazel Rasmussen,
Lois Kent, Leonard Highland and
Richard Gustafson. Hazel ranks third
among the girls and fourth in the
class as a whole. Lois ranks fourth
among the girls of the class, Leonard
ranks second among the boys and
Richard fourth.
The other seniors ranking amonc
the first ten in the class are Arnold
Smith, who ranks first among the boys
and third in the class. Arnold has q
fine record in the four years, having
a final average of SO per cent plus
Barbara Kielstrup ranks seventh, Mar
vel Points ranks eighth, Jean Glover
ranks ninth and Alma johnson ranks
tenth. Ranking the first ten is based
on the University scholarship require
ment, which limits those chosen for
scholarships to the upper quarter OF
the class. A more complete record OF
the activities of class members will be
printed next week.
The complete class roll of candidates
for graduation follows. The girls OF
the Glass of 1886 are Charlotte Ben
SON, Ards Christian, Alice Dionne,
Bernice Erickson, Jean Glover, Marion
Goodman, Helen Hardersen, Mae Hass,
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