THE ALLIANCE HERALD, JUNE 6, 1918 wiiiiniuiiimmimmmiiiiHtHiiiwiiiHiiiiiiHiiiitiniiimHiiiiHHnmmtt HONOR LIST THK I XKMPTTONH l-'ROM EIXAL E. A Ml NATIONS -- STl'DKNTS who have not been tardy, who have not been absent to MMNi five day, and who have taken all previous exam ination during the semester, are excused from taking the final examination. If they have a general average of 90 per rent. The following students were excused from taklnr. the exam inations No examination are given below the third grade: Helen Kenning M .-fie Marshall Emily t'onklln Knlba Cole Arline Dobry Hutli Fink Nellie Tracy Oeorge Williams Mildred Ilurr k Mollrlng Ilex Thompson Clifford Lester THIltD ORADE Marguerite Whittaker Myrtle Williams M li n V;fdum Merlf Pfte Clifford Carr Marshall Howe John Market Avon Bobbins Orval .lohnson Itolctt (iarrett .llmmle Uribble Sarah Admas Lucille Dickenson Vivian Dow Vera Lowry Ruth Schlll Nellie Sturgeon Howard Cogswell Orin Ham Hon William irlsh Charles McClure Orare Fink (ilen Worley Stella Moore Willie Keiser Ixwell Beans Parker Davis Robert Laipg Verne Laing Hubert Llehe Paul Thompson Mardell Drake Miriam Harris Johnny Weaver Marie Malek Forest Keithler Mildred Pate Orly McFarland Buster Calder Cecil Bird Dorothy Hurst Lllla Graham Vivian Corbett Hnzel Herman Carmen Benton George Herman I I i ind Messez Merle Mark Fred Purdy Oral Edwurda Lois Boyer Dorothy Hampton rM It 1 it URADK Ford Mnori' Delmar Pollard Dudley Shaw Nell Gavin Elizabeth Malek Thelma Sanders Kuth Wilson Charles Wolfe Delbert Cole .lanire Wilts rarm chiade Florence Lotspelch Charles Ervlng Frank Conklln Elmer Johnson Frank Mounts Evelyn Kuhn Joseph Cuslck Marjorle Ehrett Mabel Sturgeon Jack Young SIXTH GRADE Leota Whlsman Edna Bauch John Prlchard Garland Baker Charles Cross Gladys Sturgeon Betty Shaw HeleJi Hawes Phyllis Thompson William Bicknell Floyd Erwln Kntherine Harris SEVENTH (iKADK Margaret Schill Lester Cross Elsa Walbridge Thomas Liehe Mabel Garrett gog I h .11 I II t.KADE Royal Irwin Ruth Stanton La Rhea Lunn Frances Qrassman Bernice Shanklln Sybil Hutchinson I. ... Simpson Katherine Baker Asenath Schlll Helen Woods Ruth Lemons Thelma Larson Beatrice Pate Marie Rathburn Alice Schlll Howard Bennett Leila Cutts Corlnne Mollrlng Maude Nason Esther Nation NINTH OHADE Elzic Simpson '"Margaret Shauver Clarence Conklln Tom Miller William Williams (Jog TENTH GRADE Ray Edwards Howard Ijotspeleh Stanley Wright $g HIiKVKNTH UKADE Clarissa Soth Viola Soth Thelma Westley Grace Spacht TWELFTH GRADE Esther Sheldon Naomi Slaughter Hasel Thompson Dora White PITILS NEITHER ABSENT NOK TAHDV DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR 1017-18 :o: Beginning ir-t Grade Vivian Jeffers. First Grade Victor Bostrum, Lloyd Scott, Donald Wilson. Second Grade. Dorothy Davis, Ralph Garret, Franklin Campbell, Lily Law rence, Williard Donovan. Third Grade Marguerite Whittaker. Harold Jeffers. Marshall Rowe. Robert Garrett, Helen Fennlng. Fourth Grade. Elizabeth Malek, Ruth Wilson. Vera Lowry, Dudley Shaw Fifth Grade. Verne Laing, Ruth Moxon, Mabel Sturgeon. George Jeffers, Parker Davis, Frank Mounts, Paul Thompson. Sixth Grade. John Prlchard, Leah Wadum, Charles Cross, Helen Hawes, Ray Twilegar. Seventh Grade. Elsa Walbridge, Neva Beal. Maud Twilegar. Mabel Garrett. Arthur Lawrence. Eighth Grade. Ruth Stanton, George Purdy, Frank Siedler, Clarence Ralls. Oral Edwards, Vovella Coursey. Ninth Grade. Helen Brown, Lucille Curry, Glenna Lawrence, Elsie Simpson, Margaret Shawver, Robert Lawrence, William Williams. Tenth Grade. Rose Bauer, Ruth Hawes, Helen Woods, Ray Edwards, Horace Fuller. Eleventh Grade. Thelma Larson, Lois Mote, Grace Spacht. Twelfth Grade. Beulah Reddish, Esther Nation, Vera Nlcolal, Dora White, Howard Bennett. THOSE NEITHER ABSENT NOR TARDY FOR A LONGER PERIOD THAN ONE YEAR. :o: TWO YEARS Mabel Garrett, Charles Cross, Helen Hawes, Frank Mounts, Paul Thompson, Verne Laing, Parker Davis, George Jeffers. Vera lowry, Dorothy Davis, Ralph Garrett, Thelma Larson, Rose Bauer, Helen Brown, Lucille Curry. THREE YEARS Paul Thompson, Verne Laing, Parker Davis, George Jeffers, Charles Cross, Mabel Garrett, Beulah Reddish, Lois Mote, Grace Spacht. FOUR YEARS Charles Cross, Verne Laing, George Jeffers, Elsie Simpson, Bobert Lawrence. FIVE YEARS Verne Laing, Charles Cross, Dora White. ELEVEN YEARS Esther Nation. EEEEEEEEEEEWEEEEEEEEI """""""""mniiiiiniiiiinm THREE MILLION ACRES HOMESTEADS OPEN lO-Acre llotnewtcHilM Can He Secured In Set en States 2HO,000,000 Acres for Entrt Secretary of the Interior Ijine an nounces that the principal activities of tin- hist month in connection with land classiflcal Ions appear In the ad ministration of the enlarged homo stead act and the slock raising home stead act. 1'nder the former act nearly 43fi, 000 acres were designated for entry. These lands, practically all of which were included in (dividual applica tions for entry, wepe distributed through the states as Indicated In the following table: Colorado 101.192 Idaho 79,762 Kansas 22,961 Montana 79.862 Washington 81,917 Wyoming go Total 434,559 The total area thus far designated as non-irrigable for entry under the enlarged homestead art and Its amendments in tracts of 320 acres each is now nearly 280,000,000 acres. The results of the field examina tions made during the past eight or nine months in the administration of the stock raising homestead act of December 29, 1916, are rapidly be coming available to that classifica tions under this act are now being made at a substantial rate. Favor able classifications made during April and resulting in designations for en try In tracts of 640 acres each amounted to 1,615,586 acres. The states affected and the acreages iu each are Indicated below: Colorado 447,620 Kansas u 004 South Dakota 185,750 Wyoming 966,832 T",al 1.6,15.586 There had been previously desig nated 1.301,504 acres, so that at the end of April nearly 3,000,000 acres were available for entry under this law. These designations will permit of favorable action upon about 4,500 applications for these greater home steads. The field, examiners who hp ve been occupied during the winter months in examining lands applied for in the southern slates, principally New Mex ico, Arizona and California, are now being ransferred to the north nnd work now is or soon win be under way in the states of Colorado, Ctali. Nevada. California, Oregon, Wash ington, Wyoming, Mo-tana and Idaho. PERU NORMAL NOTES The forty-eighth nnnual rommence ment exercises of the Nebraska state normal school at Peru were held last Wednesday closing with r.n address by Vocational Director C. A. Fulmer, and nn alumni banquet and reunion. Approximately 150 students were graduated from the advanced nnd de gree course in addition to seventy five from the Junior year courses. Nothwltshtandlng the disadvantages of inclement weather conditions those attending the exercises of commence ment week were unanimous in voting it "the best commencement week Peru ever had.' During the past eight years Peru has graduated from its advanced courses more than 1,500 sludentH. an average of approximate ly 200 per year. Among those secured for summer school faculty outside of the regular instructors are: Principal, J. G. Mns ters. Omaha high school, history and sociology; W. H. Morton, superin tendent Fairbury city school, educa tion nnd mathematics; J. H. Bretnall, professor of biology, LaCrosse. Wis., as substitute head of the department of biology to take the place of Prof, lean, who is away on leave of ab sence for the summer. Miss Boetje, art supervisor, Sioux City, la., will assist In the public school are depart ment. Miss Josephine Richards, head of the commercial department, Te eumseh high school, will assist in the commercial department, as will also Miss Dunlap, head of the commercial department in the Greeley, Colo., city schools. Notwithstanding the fears that were entertained earlier In the year. the summer school attendances prom ises to be fully up to the average, if not actually in advanoe, of former years. Another increase In the summer school may be looked for In the de partments of manual training, which will conduct a twelve weeks' course especially designed for strong high school graduates who have had at least one year of manuel training. Many positions will be open to these young men. Emergency certificates will be granted by the state depart ment to those who show proficiency in the work and secure schools. Com bined with this, will be special in struction In athletic courses. I HflBEttMh 4MflflE The radio buzzer courses are at tracting a number of conscrinted men. The heavy demand made for wo men to fill executive positions, to gether with teh excellent courses pro vided for the special training of exec utives, will mean a heavy increase in the nerollment of advanced students. MICKIE SAYS Insure Your Tractor Investment Keep your tractor properly lubricated and it will serve you long and well. It will give you bigger returns from your labor and fuel bigger crops and a bigger share in winning the war. STANOLIND Gas Engine Tractor Oil exactly meets the severe lubricating conditions that arise when you burn kerosene or other heavy fuel in your tractor engine. Follow your tractor manufacturer's directions and use this real tractor oil that keeps compression tight, saves cylinder wear and gives adequate, even lubrica tion most economically. Use Stanolind Gas Engine Tractor Oil and you will insure your tractor investment. 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