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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
4
A graduation reminiscence likens 12 years of school to a sea voyage with mates and memories. It recalls pilots, crabs, Jonah tales, romance, pirates, and the voyage’s end at diploma day, noting the crew’s growth and the future beyond the gang plank.
This week we review the year's work with final exams on Wednesday and Thursday and a school picnic Friday. Sophomores enjoyed a Botany excursion to the canyons under Miss Olson, then joined by teachers for play. The Botany herbariums are finished, reflecting much effort along with a wienie roast and a Henricha pasture lunch. Marvin Farrow and Rachael Viers were the only students never absent or tardy this year.
Nine neighboring country districts declared a holiday to participate in Educational Day exercises. The piece recounts why such a day is worth celebrating focusing on the value of proper education, thanking contributors, and detailing school activities from the year end including World War study, landscape gardening, and character education. It describes student trips and events from May 9 including a banner removal, breakfast in the canyon near Steele City, visits to Odell Wymore Blue Springs Beatrice Riverside Park and a May 9 dinner in Fairbury followed by a movie and return home.
A class of fifteen will graduate from Diller High School this year. The students are Bertha Wenz Ray Larkins Orval Wiemers Donald Frisbie Della Behrends Marie Roelf Russel McCreight Gladys Lott man Hubert Filley Mazel Geer Alberta Folkers Howard Peters Wilber Kick Henry Diller and Henrietta Novotny.
Classified notices mix with student notices and names. A list includes Henry Diller seeking listening company and a man seeking a dependable wife not for money. Various student character traits linked to senior class, a school picnic planned for Friday, classes finishing studies and exams upcoming, and a bird house cover project by third and fourth graders with simple door decoration.
Pupils heard Thorton Burgess book Bobbie Coon and Mrs. O J Mayborn spoke on a Japanese doll Kanagwa shown to all grades. The doll is among fifty eight sent by Japanese children to American children as goodwill ambassadors. Scott Allen Miller and Robert Thompson were never absent or tardy. Second grade finished Palmer method priming with a review of oval shapes and letters. First primary held a year end picnic in Hartgel's grove.
A fragment from a yearbook or publication opens with a reflective motto about launching life after graduation. It questions future paths in ten or twenty years and wonders where to anchor their journeys as they begin a long voyage beyond school.
Editorial urges Diller High School’s class of 1928 to claim excellence and defines ideal as love for home town and peers. It argues towns die from resident disengagement and invites active participation in town life through events and involvement to revive spirit.
The MPs annual Junior Senior Banquet was held at the school house on Thursday with a sea voyage theme. Senior motto anchors the event as brown and canary yellow decor featured a brown ship centerpiece and life saver place cards.
The Senior class staged Educating Esther a three act farce by J C McMullen on May 4 at the opera house. Walter H Baker company Boston arranged it. H S orchestra provided music. Cast included Elwood Gardner Ray Larkins Bather Gladys Cottman Leon Green Alberta Folkers and others. The program notes a synopsis of marital strain and a staged ruse with a dancer and a supposed romance. The show packed the venue and the class netted 112 dollars.
Baccalaureate services were conducted Sunday evening at the opera house on May 13. The program included a procession, songs by schoolgirls, a sermon by Rev. W. B. Ludwick, and a benediction by Rev. M. Harris.
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