Commencement Notes From State Normal School Festivities
June 13 coverage of State Normal School events details the class reception at the dormitory, Baccalaureate service in the chapel, and a packed week of Senior activities. Notable moments include the tree planting for President Ackerman, a Junior Prom, Alumni attendance, and a large faculty reception with fern and red sweet pea decor.
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Ackerman
Miss Todd
Miss West
Mr. Butler
Gentle
Ostien
Gilmore
Pittman
Butler
Portland Letter Urges Organizing Fruit Selling Agency
A regular Portland letter advocates forming a Farmers Fruit Selling Agency to unite growers, streamline markets, and stabilize prices. It calls for cooperative action among local producers and support from civic leaders.
Value of prizes set for stock show in Oregon valley
Ten thousand dollars in prizes are announced for a best stock competition. John Day business leaders plan a valley event, with fruit growers associations involved. The gathering location is Port Lane Oregon, and the June date is noted.
Students stage well received senior class play
The Senior class game of As You Like It was performed on Tuesday evening in the Normal grove with an out of town alumni audience. Miss Jessie Rowland as Rosalind and Miss Gladys Luthy as Celia drew praise for acting and delivery. Other strong contributions came from Miss Evelyn Segal Touchstone and cast members including Marie Mitchell Orlando and Bogynska Jaques. A violin duet by Miss Gentle and Miss Ressi opened the performance, while Miss Parrott and Miss Todd sponsored the campus production.
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Oregon
G. A. Hurley
the Jolly
Jessie Rowland
Rosalind
Gladys Luthy
Celia
Evelyn Segal
Touchstone
Harry Lynch
Adam
Joe Bell
Oliver
Lyda Bell
Phoebe
Mr. Claybaugh
Silvius
Orlando
Marie Mitchell
Bogynska
Jaques
Commencement Day Highlights and Local Developments Across Oregon
Commencement exercises featured ninety plus graduates with speeches by Edgar B. Piper addressing citizenship and temperance. Local notes report John Day businessmen planning mills and a creamery, alfalfa expansion near Hermiston, and an Oregon Conservation Commission finding productive Uma tilla soil with strong farm loan repayment performance.
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John Day
Grant County
Bear Valleys
Prairie City
Hermiston
Umatilla
Oregon Conservation Commission
Pioneer Day for Polk Co Chautauqua Opens June 27
Polk County pioneers are invited to a June 27 reunion at the Dallas chautauqua. Tickets are free for residents of thirty years or more, with local and visiting speakers planned including W. H. Miller of Spokane and Chicago's Lyric Glee Club. Local reenactments may cap the day.
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Dallas
Polk County
Pioneer Committee
Dr. Starbuck
Chauncey L. Crider
E. N. Miles
Chautauqua Association
W. H. Miller
Western Retail Lumberman
Spokane
Mark Twain
Lyric Glee Club
Chicago
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The
Oregonian
Elowie
Elda McDaniel
Doxology
Fisher
Lord
O. N.S. Glee Clubs
G. A. Pollard
Miss Davis
Miss Hoham
Ernest C. Wigmore
Jerusalem
Herbert I. Jones
Victor Records
J. H. Ackerman
Portland
John Day Business Men
Organiz
Ing
Prises
PortLane
Ore
Morest Grove
Dilley
Mrs. Grant
Gertrude Nelson
Corvallis
Eugene
Sutherlin
Yoncalla
Cottage Grove
Salem
Brownsville
Independence
Gresham
Monmouth
Newberg
Springfield
Roseburg
Oregon Exposition Commission
San Francisco
Duke
R. S. Bixpy
Frederick
Tressa Hawley Jaques
J. F. Bonynska Oliver
J. C. Beijaques
Rowland de
LE Beau
Louie Conner Charles
A. B. Richarpbson
William
J. H. Luxon Touchstone
Oliver Martext
Emily de Vor Corin
Kate Henderson
Shepherds
J. P. Clayraugh
Nymen
Carrie Eilertson
Cilia
Guapys Luray Phoebe
Lypa Bell
Audrey
Carroll Hogue
Rose Linwe
Beatrice Horcnkiss
Cornelison
Amy Pechin
Osie Grice
Bryant
Churchill
Miss Marvin
the Normal
Edgar B. Piper
Dunsmore
Glee Club
Normal
Hoham
Piper
Harvey Scott
H. Charles Dunsmore
O. N.S. Orchestra
W. A. Wood
Will H. Burton
Burton
Polk CO
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