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SIXTY-EIGHT IN
GRADUATING GROUP
Largest Number in History of this
City to Receive Their
Diplomas.
COMMENCEMENT TONIGHT
Exercises Will Be Held in Armory
Where Dr. Gillies Will Give
the Address.
HONOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE
Students Who Have Attended the
Full 180 Days Signaled Out
For Special Honors.
Fourteen graduates of the High
school, ten from the normal depart
ment and forty-four from the eighth
grade will take part in the com
mencement exercises to be held in
the Armory tonight. It will be the
largest graduating group in the his
tory of Bemidji and is taken to mark
the growth of the city.
All graduates will form in line at
the library and march to the hall.
The seniors will be given seats on
the stage with the faculty and board
of education, while the grade gradu
ates will use the front rows of
chairs.
Those students who have had a
perfect attendance for the 180 days
of the school year will be the guests
of honor and will occupy reserved
seats in the body of the house. These
students will be presented with cer
tificates showing that their attend
ance has been perfect for the year.
The custom will be continued next
year. Students below the seventh
grade have been asked not to seek
admittance.
Dr. Andrew Gillies will give the
commencement address. He is ex
pected to arrive in the city from Min
neapolis this evening and will take
the night train south. Dr. Gillies -is
known better in central and south
ern Minnesota than in this part of
the state but his reputation as a
forceful and inspiring speaker has
preceded him.
The program of the evening is as
follows: 1. Overture Orchestra
2. Invocation. .Rev. S E. P. White
3. Music"Bridal Chorus".
High School Chorus
4. Salutatory
Miss Dorothy Torrance
5. Music"Spring Song"....
Girls' Glee Club
6. Address Dr. Andrew Gillies
7. Music"Estudiantina"....
High School Sextette
8. Valedictory. .Leopoldine Rauscher
9. Presentation of Diplomas.
Dr. E. H. Smith, president of the
board.
10. Music"Fairy Waltz".
High School Chorus
The list of graduates is as follows:
High schoolOlive Cunningham,
John Gainey, Hilda Galchutt, Melvin
Galchutt, Charles Gerlinger, Walter
Jones, Stanley Knott, Leopoldine
Rauscher, Aleck Ripple, Florence
Ripple, Gladys Stanton, Hiram Si
mons, Jr., Margaret Slough, and Dor
othy Torrance.
Normal departmentMinnie Hun
tosh, Esther Krohn, Myrle Methven,
Mary Mead, Leopoldine Rauscher,
Aleck Ripple, Gladys Stanton, Mar
garet Slough, Ruth Wentworth and
Kate Workman.
Eighth gradeEdna Anderson,
Alvera Angvall, Jennie Bourgois,
Edna Buckland, Josephine Clark,
Alex Cameron, Luella Dennis, George
Galchutt, Pierre Gray, Gertrude
Grotte, Selma Hedman, Nora Grotte,
Helen Hurlocker, Perry Hulett, Alice
Hulett, Ralph Johnson, Emma^Jones,
Elsie Klinger, Emma Klein, Adolph
Klein, Irma Krause, Aloy Lap pen,
Nina Larson, Earl Mclver, Lucile
Moritz, Myrtle Neumann, Alvin Ol
son, Olga Olson, Esther Peterson, Sa
die Pierce, Grace Plummer, Myron
Plummer, Mable Plummer, Mildred
Richardson, Ruth Riley, Lenora Ry
an, Izorah Scott, Marjorle Shannon,
John Sloan, Leslie Slater, Willie
Ward, Edna Wright, Jeanette Stech
man, John Stechman.
VOLUME 10. NUMBER 29. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, FRJ
LATE NEWS.
STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
Cass Lake, May 31. (Special to
the Pioneer)At a meeting of the
members of the executive, agricul
ture, transportation, finance, legisla
tive, good roads, conservation and
immigration committees of the North
ern Minnesota Development associa
tion at Cass Lake, the following reso
lutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, that just reapportion
ment is the paramount duty of the
state legislature that this associa
tion stands back of every effort of
every member to enact a fair meas
ure and that no law will be upheld
until complete justice is done.
Resolved, that this association re
news its recommendations to the
state board of investment to exercise
its lawful authority to dispose of its
holdings of bonds in other states for
re-investment of these funds in local
securities.
Resolved, that the executive com
mittee be instructed to prepare and
present to the association at its next
meeting the plan of campaign in
favor of the R. C. Dunn one mill tax
road amendment heretofore endorsed
by the association.
Bryan a Favorite.
Minneapolis, Minn., May 31.
Minnesota Democrats favor Wilson
for the Democratic nomination for
president providing Bryan is not in
the running. That is the interpre
tation of the county conventions held
all over the state yesterday. As be
tween Wilson and Clark, Minnesota
democracy favors Wilson in the ratio
to more than two to one. Scattering
counties- over the state instructed for
Bryan, but the general sentiment is
for instruction for Wilson first with a
delegation of Bryan men w& .will
Join a Bryan stampede if it is seen
Wilson cannot be nominated. Near
ly all Wilson men are really for Bry
an and ready to go to him as soon as
his name is presented to the conven
tion. Many Clark men also favor
Bryan.
Photo by American Press Association. 'M'
TEACHERS SCATTERING
Start Leaving Today for All Corners'
of the State for Vacations and
Home Visits.
MANY BACK IN SEPTEMBER
Teachers of the public schools will
complete their work this afternoon!
and a number of them will leave for|
their homes this evening and tomor-1
row. Miss Inez Patterson left this!
afternoon for her home at St. HilaireJ
where she will remain a couple of
weeks before going out to the Pat
terson summer home at Maple Lake.
Miss Patterson will teach at home
next year.
Miss Mabel Wheeler will leave on
Monday for her home at Winona
where she will spend the entire sum
mer, returning in the fall. Miss An
ne McGillan will spend part of the
summer with relatives at Stillwater
but most of the summer will be spent
at St. Paul where she has accepted a
position correcting state examination
papers at the state capitol. Miss Mc
Gillan will also return in the fall.
Miss Myn Lyons will spend her va
cation at her home at Verndale,'
Minn., and will return for the open
ing of school in September. Miss I
Lulu McCrum will leave tomorrow
for Thief River Falls and will re
main at home during the summer, i
Miss McCrum will not return to Be
midji as she has accepted a position
in the public schools of Blackduck. i
Miss Charlotte Wunsch will leave
this afternoon for Morris where she
will spend the entire summer with
her parents. Miss Dorothy Clark
will spend her summer at her home
at Redwood Falls, Minn., and will not
return in the fall. Miss Lulu Fuller
will leave tomorrow for Grand Rap
ids where she will spend a few days
visiting friends before going on to
her home at Hubert for the summer.
Miss Eliza Loe and Miss Mabel
Wager will spend their summer at
Ship of Flowers Sunk In Memory of Heroes
Who Died at Sea During the Civil War.
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In memory of the army and navy heroes who died at sea during the civil war a floral boat was recently sunk hv^
the Hudson river at New York. Therewere appropriate exercises, and a firing squad from the First company of the
coast artillery discharged a salute. The service was under the direction of tent No. 18, Daughters of Veterans of
the Civil War. The boat, six feet loogand four feet wide, was towed to the middle of the river, white It was eat
loose to float until It sank
DEFECTIVE PAGE
Lake jfallie near Detroit where they
HasfeJtttsss^^&^taga. ^TJa^w^
have as their gffests during part.of
the summer Misses Ethel Murray,
Frances Mosford, and Edna Hill. Miss
(Continued on last page.)
5fe?
"M CHIPPEWA" ON SALE
First High School Annual Off the
Press and Causes Many Favor
able Comments.
ON SALE AT ONE DOLLAR EACH
Complete with half tone engrav
ings, zinc etchings, and interesting
reading matter, the High school an
nual, "The Chippewa" is off the press
and on sale by members of the staff
The book is the first of the kind ever
attempted in Bemidji, and the mem
bers of the present class hope that
others will also issue annuals and
use the name "Chippewa."
The book is divided into ten parts.
The first is devote to the schools and
gives a concise statement of what
educational facilities may be found
in Bemidji. The second book is de
voted to the faculty, showing a half
tone of each member. An appropriate
paragraph is printed below.-*
In the third book, classes are fea
tured, preference being given to the
seniors. Each graduate has a half
tone with his or her scholastic, ath
letic, and other achievements in a
paragraph below. The juniors, soph
omores and freshmen and normal de
partment are each represented by
several pages embelllshedjwith cuts
and reading matter. ,_
Book four is devoted to literature
and in this books are found the host
specimens of High school writing,
ranging from sonnets and essays to
stories and orations. Book five is
given over to editorials and book six
to music. Book six contains pictures
of the girls and boys Glee clubs and
of Misses Murray and Wheeler, direc
tor and accompanist respectively, rffe
The cast and story of "Red Acre
Farm" are given in hook seven, while
book eight is devoted to athletics and
shows pictures of the football and
basketball teams with short para
graphs on track and baseball. Book
nine is devoted to society and tells of
the school parties of the past year.
Book ten is one of the largest and is
devoted to the advertisers without
whose aid "The Chippewa" could not
have taken Its present form.
The entire book, with the excep
tion of the outs, is the product of Be
midji industry. The students furnish
ed the copy, the pictures were made
by Hakkerup, and the printing and
TEN CENTS PER WEEK.
DUMAS LOSES IN
SUPREME COURT
Highest Tribunal in State Decides
Indictment Good and Evidence
Sufficient.
VERDICT OF "GUILTY" STANDS
Must /Now Appear Before McClena
han For Sentence After Which
He May Again Appeal.
THE OPINION COVERS CASE
St. Paul Lawyers Believe His Attor
neys Will Now Best As All Points
Were Considered.
Minneapolis, May 31.(Special at
3 p. m.)It is said here that a spec
ial term of court will be called to
pass sentence on Dr. Dumas.
St.-Paul, May 31.(Special to the
Pioneer)The state supreme court
this morning handed down a decision
to the effect that the indictment
against Dr. D. F. Dumas, of Cass
Lake, which was returned by a grand
jury in Beltrami county is good and
that the evidence was sufficient to
warrant the jury verdict of "Guilty
of attempted arson." TffiS court was
unanimous in the decision and they
brief covers the case thoroughly^ i
TheN&cisiea n&w requires tne dls
trict court to, summon Dr. Dumas
and pass sentence. After the sen
tence has been passed, Dumas' attor-'
neys may ask for a stay of sentence
in order to carry the case to the su
preme court for a hearing on the ev
idence and law. The present decis
ion covers the points certified to the
court by Judge McClenahan.
Lyndon A. Smith, attorney general
for the state, said this morning, "The
decision covers the case so thorough
ly that Dumas' attorneys will prob
ably not appeal from the district
court although they will have that
right. The decision is believed to
show the feeling in the court on the
case and that an appeal of the en
tire case would have the same re
sults.
"In this appeal just decided, the
supreme court was asked to decide if
the indictment was faulty and if the
evidence brought out showed an at
tempt to commit the crime charged.
Both points were decided affirmative
ly. This then places the case where
the judge will summon Dr. Dumas
and pass sentence. After the sen
tence, his attorneys can take an ap
peal of the entire case to the supreme
court, although as I said before tho
present decision so thoroughly covers
the case that such an appeal will
probably not be made."
Prior to the handing down of the
decision of the supreme court this
morning, it was generally supposed
that if the opinion was hostile to Dr.
Dumas' case, that his attorneys
would appeal the entire case as soon
as possible. Relying on reports from
St. Paul but without having seen the
decision itself, those who have fol
lowed the case locally believe that no
such appeal will be made because of
the thoroughness with which the
case was covered at this hearing.
binding was done by the Pioneer.
Since the book has been on the street^
it has caused much favorable com
ment and not a little surprise that"
work of its excellence could he turned
out in this city.
Copies of The Chippewa" will hef^
one sale in the Armory this eveningf
at the subscription price of $1. Tho^^-V
edition was limited to 260 copies and|t
of this number over half were soldf ^:k\
before the book was off the press. ItJ3CW
will be found interesting by all whojjgg
are watching the development of the^-.^\
local schools whether or not they^p||
have children enrolled. The book can
also be obtained at the Pioneer office
or Netser*s drug atore*^
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