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Camas Prairie Chronicle
Cottonwood, Idaho County, Idaho
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High school commencement exercises at Odd Fellow hall featured well-presented parts by graduates, a speech by County Superintendent J. J. Staley on improving rural schools compared to city ones, and diploma presentations by M. M. Belknap. A five-course luncheon was served to graduates, faculty, and Staley at Phoenix hotel.
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Standing room was at a premium at the commencement exercises held by the high school graduating class at the Odd Fellow hall last Friday evening and the exercises were the best ever held here. The hall was tastefully decorated for the occasion with the class colors, purple and gold, and potted plants and flowers were used in profusion. The parts taken by the members of the graduating class were well presented, while the speech of County Superintendent J. J. Staley held the close attention of the large audience for an hour and a half. He spoke along the lines of the need of better school advantages in the rural districts and compared at length the city and country schools, showing how greatly the former had been developed and how little attention has been paid to the needs of the latter. M. M. Belknap presented the diplomas to the graduates after a neat speech, after which the exercises were concluded.
A short time before the commencement exercises a five-course luncheon was served at the Phoenix hotel by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McDonald to the graduates, school faculty and Prof. Staley.
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Odd Fellow Hall, Phoenix Hotel
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Last Friday Evening
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High school graduating class held commencement exercises at Odd Fellow hall with decorations in purple and gold, well-presented parts by graduates, a speech by J. J. Staley on need for better rural school advantages compared to city schools, and diplomas presented by M. M. Belknap. A five-course luncheon was served beforehand at Phoenix hotel by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McDonald to graduates, faculty, and Prof. Staley.