The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-05-25
43 SENIORS ARE.
GRADUATED FROM
HIGH SCHOOL HERE
Commencement Exercises are
Held in Gymnasium Tues
day Night
Class Address is Delivered by
DIR. Frank Slutz of
Dayton

1oilIiduHIS the EVENTS OI Dlu1I IOl
high school commencement week
graduating exercises for a class o1
43 seniors were held Tuesday night
in the high school gymnasium.
Marking the completion of their
twelve years of grade and high
school career the evening also mark
ed the close of 10 years of service
of A. J. B. Longsdorf who recently
resigned as superintendent of schools
here.
Supt. Longsdorf was given an
ovation by the assembled audience
following speech by John Tosh
president of the board of education
reviewing the progress that has been
made during the 19-year period.
Auditorium Well Filled
The auditorium was we'll filled
when the orchestra directed by Prof
Sidney Hauenstein swung into the
professional which marked entrance
of the class.
Ranking scholastic honor students
of the class, Mary Margaret Basinger
and Beverly Biery delivered the
valedictory and salutatory orations
respectively.
Musical numbers by talent from
the class consisted of vocal num-
ber by Jane Howe and a cello solo
by Earl Dean Luginbuhl.
Class Address
The class address was delivered by
DR.. Frank ID. Slutz of Dayton who
spoke on the subject "On Being a
Person for These Tines. DIR. Slutz,
widely travelled educator, previous
ly had appeared before Bluffton
audience, having delivered the class
address at the high school commence
ment exercises twelve years ago.
Illustrating his talk with anecdotes
and epigrams, DR.. Slutz emphasized
the need in the present day of put
ting the home and home life above
ones vocation and the Importance of
maturing emotionally and relaxing
from the strain of wartime living.
Despite all that has been ac-
complished thru our technical skill
we can never substitute It Tor moral.
ity and to attempt it is to court
disaster. We must learn to think
in global terms and science and
religion must supplement each other,
the speaker declared.
Superintendent Speaks
John Tosh, president of the Board
of Education presented diplomas to
the graduates and in connection with
a brief address to the class he re-
counted the progress made by the
schools during Supt. Longsdorf' s
tenure of office.
In responding, Supt. Longsdorf ex-
pressed his appreciation for the loyal
and united support given by school
patrons. His teaching career covers
a period of 35 years in Ohio schools
In his 19 years here as superintend-
ent there were 1888 graduated from
the Bluffton schools making total OF
1857 alumni, he said.
Music for the program consisted
of orchestra numbers directed by
Prof. Hauenstein. Invocation at the
opening of the program was offered
by Rev. J. N. Smucker of the First
Mennonite church and Rev. L. N
Bigelow of the Presbyterian church
pronounced the benediction.
Members of the graduating clas:
were:
Robert Amstutz, Wayne Bader
fischer, Robert Burkholder, Davie
Dean, Dale Huber, Roger klay, Jack
son Koontz, Maurice Kohl, Raymond
Kohl, Warden Loganbill, Ear Dear
Luginbuhl, William Mericle, Iarr!
Minck, Evan Neiswander, Kenneth
Reichenbach, Robert Stratton.
Nadine Altman, Mary Margare
Basinger, Beverly Biery, Florence
Anne Blome, Imojene Bronson, Joal
Buckland, Dorothy Burkholder, Rutl
Burkholder, Aileen Diller, Fred;
Fritchie, Helen Greding, Margare
Griffith, Mary Elizabeth Habeggel
Janice Hankish, Anna Hochstettler
Jane Howe, LaDonna Johnson.
Madalene McCune, Virginia Miller
Lois Oyer, Clare Reagan, Miriam
Schaeublin, Mary Gene Siefield
Glenna 'Swick, Alice Augsburgel
Levon Which, Joyce Young.