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CALGARY HERALD

MAR 31, 1925

NASP0550

 

DIPLOMAS GIVEN O.S.A. GRADUATES

 

Tenth Closing Function is Witnessed by Many Friends of Students

 

 

The Olds School of Agriculture held its tenth closing function on Friday evening, March 27.  The proceedings began at 6 o’clock, when a tasty and sumptuous banquet was provided for the graduation class “25” their friends and members of the staff of the O.S.A..  The banquet was followed by the graduating exercises.

 

In the course of his opening remarks Principal F.S. Grisdale mentioned that since the opening of the school in 1913 more than 1,500 regular students had passed through the Institution.  The enrollment for 1924-25, amounting to 191 was the largest since the school was established.  A new department in the school curriculum this year was the beginning of a third year course.  This course, given to the two-year graduates of any agricultural school in the province has as its aim the preparing of students for entrance to the university by giving matriculation standing.  Some students had enrolled in this course and the prospects point to increased numbers next year.

 

The address to the graduating class was made by J.G. Taggart, superintendent of the Dominion Experimental Farm, Swift Current, Sask.  Mr. Taggart was formerly on the Olds staff and later principal at Vermillion.  It was pointed out that the students while eminently fitted for leadership in his district, should realize that the long practical experience of the farmer on the land was worthy of consideration.  That old established practices found by actual operation to be practical should not be changed for idealist methods that might or might not prove successful: in short, there should be a happy co-operation between the methods on the farm and the advanced knowledge obtained by the student at the schools.

 

The presentation of diplomas to the 40 graduates was made by Mr. Eisenhauser, irrigation instructor at the schools and university.

 

The following received diplomas

 

AGRICULTURE

Mr.

S.

Graham

Brooks

Mr.

L.H.

Holdsworth

Winborne

Mr.

W.R.

Holmen

Islay

Mr.

S.

Honoway

Delta

Mr.

A.

Kirkwold

Calgary

Mr.

S.

Leader

Lacombe

Mr.

S.

Murray

Oak Bluff

Mr.

J.E.

McKee

Benaito

Mr.

J.

McQuarrie

Westlock

Mr.

D.

Mason

Olds

Mr.

J.T.

Parker

Ohaton

Mr.

E.S.

Soderstrom

Armenia

Mr.

J. R.

Wetmiller

Latham

Mr.

W.

Cram

North Edmonton

Mr.

L.

Cooper

Toronto

Mr.

W.

Shearling

Wetaskiwin

Mr.

D.

McGregor

Abee

Mr.

E.

Pengelly

Red Deer

 

 

 

 

DOMESTIC SCIENCE

Miss

Alma

Adler

Olds

Mr.

C.

Adsett

Munson

Mr.

H.

Alfrey

Carstein

Miss

Dorothy

Crossweller

Delta

Miss

Annetta

Douglas

Horse Shoe Canyon

Miss

Jean

Gilchrist

Maple Creek

Miss

Edith

Graves

Weldon

Miss

Anne

Gibson

Ininsfall

Miss

Agnes

Heie

Kingman

Miss

Elizabeth

Koetke

Holden

Miss

Kathryn

Koller

Craigmyle

Miss

Bertha

MacKay

Innisfall

Miss

Isabel

McNaughton

Rumsey

Miss

Josephine

Storrow

Killiam

Miss

Anna

Vettor

Carstairs

Miss

Bessie

Walton

Knee Hill Valley

Miss

MUriel

Welsh

Okis

Miss

Susie

Wright

Lacombe

 

 

 

 

 

 

For presenting the Prize and Scholarship the principal very emphatically thanked those who have assisted in the work of the O.S.A. by contributing very generous prizes each year.  Special thanks was tendered to P. Burns of Calgary and the United Grain Growers for their co-operation in this connection.  The P. Burns prizes are paid for practical work.

The winners were:

 

FIRST YEAR AGRICULTURE

Mr.

 

McDonald

Mirror

Mr.

F.

Bennett

Latham

Mr.

S.

Hutchinson

Duhamel

 

 

 

 

SECOND YEAR MEN

Mr.

J.E.

McKee

Renalto

Mr.

W.

Cram

North Edmonton

Mr.

Donald

McGregor

Abee

 

 

 

 

FIRST YEAR WOMEN

Miss

Florence

Rushfeldt

Vulcan

Miss

Luella

Hogan

Oyen

Miss

Gertrude

Strahota

Killiam

 

 

 

 

SECOND YEAR WOMEN

Miss

Isabel

McNaughton

Rumsey

Miss

Muriel

Welsh

Olds

Miss

Anna

Vetter

Carsfairs

 

 

 

 

GRADUATING DRESS

Miss

Alma

Adler

Olds

Miss

Agnes

Hele

Kingsman

 

 

 

 

SET OF      (?)

Miss

Florence

Rushfeldt

Vulcan

Miss

Luella

Hogan

Oyen

 

 

 

 

MEAL SERVING SECOND YEAR

Miss

Muriel

Welsh

Olds.

Miss

Josephine

Storrow

Killam

 

 

 

 

SHEEP AND HORSE JUDGING MEDAL

Mr.

S.

Murray

 

 

 

 

 

LELAND PHILLIPS PRIZE

Mr.

J.E.

McKea

Benalto

 

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