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H.0RA. ILLINOIS. THURSDAy. JUNE 3. 192i
NUMBER 38
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Held at HlRb Bcbool AaAioriast ham Tbursday  Itlgbt Was  KIChIr
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Commencement exeraises for the elass of ltS4 were held In the spscl- ous high school auditorium whtcb had besn equipped witb some SOO ad¬ ditional seaU ta..tafcs caraof the erowd. Despite this fact, eve^ avail- ahto scat Was taken by intereated paranta of tha gradnatee aad frienda id the btgb acbool, demonstrating that the people of Flora and nearby caaununitles appreciate the high atMool and the work that to beinir done by thto inatitutioa.
We are certain that' it anyone en¬ tertained a rtoubt a"! to the nselul- nsss of tbe higb scbool and the serv¬ ice rendered to the community, state and nation and had witnessed til,e ap- paarane* of the 58 graduates, as they took their places on the stage, this donbt would hsve entlraly dissp-' psared. As he loolnd upon tbe Joyful jsnd triumphant faces of those yonng iieople who had successfully and sat- totaetorily completed the prescribed eonrse Ib the high school snd were aow ready to take the nezt step In tJtlm prapsratlon for a- life of uaefaW ^^Mland service: hi wonld nndonbt- etHy have become one of tbs many 'boasten for tbe Hartsr-etanford Townahip High school. - The eseraises begaa wiW the soag "-Besintlfal Btoe Dannbe," by tbe Stria' choras ei tbo blgb school, nn- dor tbe etttotont dIreeUon of mnsia anporvtoor. Miss Lillian HendstSoa, bad aaatoted by Hiss Msjorie Oibsoa,  lAlfBtot.
Ju ths oonclnslon of thto song, thO andience arose for ths iavoesitioa. Whteh wos pronoBDced tn s very im- prsssira way by rIv. F. P. Miller pt the Praobyterton Aarcb.
A new featnra for commenceraSnt aseretoes was injected Into tbe pro* cram at tbto polat whea Prtncipal R. W. Dato anaoniieed tbe followiag aebolarabip awards: A $6 bUI to the JTanior making tbe higheat averago tor the year, given by the First Na¬ tional Bank. Mtas Leslto Snyder, by Virtae of her average, received tbto prtoo    ¦ ^
A 16.00 bill to tbe Juntor ranking aaoond given by the Flora National Bank, Miaa Marjorie Oibaon waa giv¬ en tbto award, ainee abe ranked aeo-, and. A 110 check to the. Senior l>ay jnsi™g tbe highest average and a tlO check to the Senior girl having the highest sverage tor the year, tlieae awarda wera given by the Flora Jonrnal-Reeord and were preaented by L. U. Wood, who made a short and biterestinc pnsentBtlon speech. Don¬ ald Kincald and Stella Ulm reoeived theae cbeefcs, sveragtag 96 pliu and tt plus, .raspeetively. ftglls Ulm has Ml addittonarand ratbsr annanal rec¬ ord and age tbat she.niitkt.bs svbnd et In that abo has nsrar Atohod,a dar ot school aor-baa Bhe bsdb taHr In bar school life. ^
Tbe Rotaxr CUtob'Honor na|« whHb wera gtven to sts Senlora ftkat- num- .per cent ot tbB>«ra«bM- '   Ing the bluest vrnr- _     -^ "'   for   tho fear'a
WOrttrwsra pMbBnl%l byVW. A. Karr, praaldaat oOttie loaal If^mary dab. arbo bsa BiMHhinddmpreaatoa-waMil Wbrlaed tjie siaas that Mk