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cAnnouncemen ts

Commencement Sermon Sunday, March Twentieth

First M. E. Church, Seven-thirty O'Clock

Declamatory Contest Monday Evening, March Twenty-first

Auditorium, Seven-thirty . O'Clock

Reception to Graduatins Class Tuesday Evening, March Twenty-second

Superintendent and Mrs. C. G. Selvig at their Home

Concert Recital Wednesday Evening, March Twenty-third

Auditorium, Seven-thirty O'Clock

School and Alumni Luncheon Thursday, March Twenty-fourth

Dining Hall, Twelve-thirty O'Clock

Senior Class Exercises Thursday, Mar·ch Twenty-fourth

Auditorium, Three O'Clock

Commencement Exercises Thursday Evening, March Twenty-fourth

Auditorium, Eight O'·Clock

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Commencement Sermon Sunday Evening, Seven-thirty O'Clock

March Twentieth

Processional March Opening Prayer Hymn Scripture Lesson ' Anthem-"Andante Cantabile"

Organ ' Rev. Earl Baumhufer ~

" Holy, Holy, Holy" Rev. R. M. Vordale

Tschaikowsky Girls' Glee Club

Hymn "Faith of Our Fathers" Address-"Play the Man" Rev. Gilbert G. Curqs Anthem-"Hallelujah Chorus" - - Hanael

. Mixed Chorus Hymn Benediction -Postlude

"How Firm a Foundation" Rev. Frank Davis

Organ

Inter-Society Declamatory Contest Munday Evening, March TwentY'first

Auditorium, Seven-thirty O'Clock

Agrarian-Home Economics-Lincoln-Pioneer­Sanford

T . M. McCall, Presiding Overture Northwest School Orchestra Home Economics Club-

Inge r Lundin, '24, Erskine "The Highway Man" Doris Olson, '26, Fertile "The Selfish Giant"

Maria Sanford Club-Elida Erickson, '28, Clearbrook

"The Soul of the Violin" Florence Hanson, '29, Mentor

"The Soldiers' Reprieve" Lincoln Society-

Kenneth Parduhn, '27, Cedar Bend - . - - - - "To the Unknown Soldier" Wesley Sheldrew,' '26, Oregon City, Oregon .

- I - ' "Happiness and Liberty" Pioneer Society-

Melvin Hole, '27 Dalton - - - - -- - "The ft,epublic That Never Retreats" George Roisum, Bagley "The Union Soldier"

Agrarian Society-Harvey Johnson, '29, Rollag

"The Mission of America" Joseph Skatvold, '26, Twin Valley -"John Adams on the Declaration of Independence"

Concert Recital by

Department of Music

Wednesday Evening, Seven-thirty O'Clock March Twenty-third

Under the direction of Ruth Gurley, Rose Polski and Grace Warne

Less than the Dust Kashmiri Song

Auditorium

From "The Garden of Kama" . Amy Woodeforde Finden

Doris Olson

Piano Solo-"Butterfiy" Lillian Bakken

Der Sang en Fugel paa Lindekvist God Morgen

Joseph Skatvold

Slumber Song "My Lover is a Fisherman" -

Duna Mandalay

From "Songs from India" Doris Olson

Joseph Skatvold

Violin Solo--"A ve Maria" Oscar Norbom

Roses of Picardy

Merkel

Soderberg - Grieg

Gilmour Strickland

McGill Speaks

Bach-Gounod

Wood Doris Olson and Joseph Skatvold

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Senior Class Exercises

Thursday Afternoon, Three O'Clock

March Twenty-fourth

Auditorium

Carl Widseth, Vice President of the Senior Class, Presiding

Song

Greeting

School

Miss Laura Gerber

Demonstration-"The Appropriate Hat" Sophie Breiland, '27, and Nellie Strickler, '27

Class of 1927 Hannah Degerness, '27

Response for the Class of 1928, Chester Torgerson, '28

Vocal Solo-"Invictus" Huhn Elmer Anderson, '25

Class Prophecy

Class History -

Music-"Mandalay"

Class Will

Address -

Song

Gunda Gullingsrud, '27

- Ishmael Rynning, '27

Speaks Double Quartet

Lawrence Spears, '27

Mr. D. H. LaVoi

School

Note:-The Senior class play, "Applesauce," was pre­sented under the direction of Miss Anne Simley, head of the English department, Monday and Tuesday evenings, Feblluary 28 and March 1.

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Commencement Exercises

Thursday Evening, Eight O"Clock

Auditorium

Processional March Northwest School Orch~t~a _

ll.w~U~ .. • Invocation l1ev. P. E. Moen

Demonstration "The Mortgage Lifters" Douglas Clark, '27, and Loren Parkin. '27

Music-"Italian Street Song" from Naughty Marietta

Boys Glee Club I

Demonstration "Flowers for Interior Decoration" Ruby Hanson, ;2'1 , and AdeJine Buness, '27

Class Address-"Forward Ever, Backward Never" Arnold Aakre, '27

Trio-----"Ave Maria" Gounod Miss Ruth Gurley, soprano, Miss Grace Warne,

violin, and Miss Rose Polski, piano

Address-Dean F. J. Kelly, University of Minnesota

Music-"Praise Ye the Fathers" Mixed Chorus

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Gounod

Presentation of Diplomas and Scholarship Awards Superintendent C. G. Selvig

"Minnesota, Hail to Thee"

Arnold G. Aakre Rolf Anderson Sophie O. Breiland Ole Breivold 0

James Brown

Class of 1927

REGULAR COURSE

Adeline Luella Buness -G. Douglas Clark Harwood E. Conner Alfred Norman Danielson Hannah Degerness Elsworth Dowers Annie Catherine Dunbar Chester J. Engman Alfred Mariam Erickson Ralph O. Erickson Melvin Flaskerud -Gunda Helen Gullingsrud Clara B. Gunufson 0

Ralph L. Hamrick Ruby E. Hanson Selmer Oliver Harstad Elmer Hedstrand Myrtle Clara Hetland Melvin T. Hole Gladys Geraldine Huartsoll Arthur W. Johnson Clarence N. Koznek Clarence R. Krogstad Maurice O. LillQ Morriel O. Mortensen Harold N. Nicholson Vivian Maebelle Olson Randolph Ostlie Kenneth F. Parduhn Loren W. Parkin Eldor R. Pederson Ann Louise 'Radneicki Orlando J. Rudser Stanton C. Rudser Ishmael C. E. Rynning Otto Saugen Glen Newell Smith Ruth Soltis A. Lawrence Spears Donald C. Spong Olaf N. Stenborg 0

Arthur V. Stordahl Edna May Story 0

Benjamin F. Strickler Nellie A. Strickler 0

Ivan M. Suchomel Bessie G. Swenson Ruth 1. Thorssen Carl G. Widseth Russell Younggren

Thief River Falls Fisher

- Hazel - Wanke

Warroad Eldred

Williams . Stephen

East Grand Forks Gary

Hiwood Lancaster

Hallock Lengby

Goodridge o Fosston Nielsville

Fertile Angus

o Eldred Fertile

East Grand Forks o Shelly

Dalton o Gatzke Callaway Warroad

Fertile o Oklee Pencer

Orleans Thief River Falls

o Montevideo o Cedar Bend

Euclid Angus

Wanke o Leonard

Leonard Kennedy

Thief River Falls o Bluffton

o Tabor o Shooks

o Oklee Clearbrook

Gatzke: East Grand Forks

Euclid Euclid

Ogema Crookston

Gully o Gonvick Northcote

ADVANCED COURSE

Elmer Oswald Anderson Adeline Luella Buness Naomi R. Forder Karrol I. Gandrud Ruby E. Hanson Caroline Hruska Arthur W. Johnson . Rose Victona Kozojed Mathilda Rose Kotrba Harry Albert Lewis Victoria E. Lewis Maurice O. Lillo . Earl E. Luchau Inger C. Lundin Henry H. Mackowiak Clarence Nelson Doris Esther Olson Vivian Maebdle Olson Kenneth F. Parduhn Edna Peterson Stanton C. Rudser Orlando J. Rudser Wesley Butel Sheldrew Joseph L. Skatvold Phinney H. Stenborg

- Clearbrook Eldred

Middle River Detroit Lake.

Eldred Lockhart Callaway

Thief River Falls Erie

W'arroad Warroad

Oklee - Gary Winger

Crookston Gary

Fertile Thief River Falls

Cedar Bend Grygla

- Leonard Leonard

Oregon City, Oregon Twin Valley

Clearbrook

Northwest School Scholarships and Special Awards

CALEB DORR SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS-During the present year, 1926-1927, two scholarships of Seventy·five Dol· lars each and eight of Forty Dollars each were awarded for leadership in Boys' and Girls' club work.

On Commencement Day six scholarships of Twenty·five Dollars each will be awarded to students who have shown marked progress in their work. A leadership scholarship of Seventy-five Dollars, available for next school term, will be awarded on basis of highest leadership record. In addition awards will be made for the best home project by a boy and by a girl; best declamation given by a student for each of the five student literary societies; to the six members of the Inter· School debating teams; and to three students who have made most progress in music.

LOAN FUNDS-The class of 1917 has provided $140 and the Fairfax·Andover Social Club has provided $150 to be used as a students' loan fund. The Northwest School faculty also proYided a scholarship and loan fund.

SELVIG DEBATING TROPHY-The 1927 debate resulted in a tie between the Pioneer and Lincoln teams.

INTER-SCHOOL DEBATE TEAMS-The members 01 these teams are: Elmer Anderson, Clearbrook; Carl Widseth, Gonvick; Otto Saugen, Thief River Falls; Ann Radniecki, Wanke; Mabel Fletcher, Bagley, and Irma Hoppe, Crookston.