Hermon DeKalb Central School - Demon Yearbook (De Kalb Junction, NY)

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 HCBKIRK TO SPSAii doing graduate work at St. Lawrence, and Syracuse, receiving his I4aster% degree from New York University, where he is also matricula- ting for his doctorate. After his graduation from Clarkson Mr. Hobkirk taught for sev- eral years in westcnester County and on Long island on the secondary level, in 1936, he was named principal of the elementary school in Cartnage, New York, where he remained until 1944, when he accepted nis present position as Director of Off Campus Teaching and Place- ment at Potsdam. Due to this extensive background and present position, we feel that Mr. Hobkirk is well qualified to bring a message not only to the graduates but to tne undergraduates, friends, and relatives. GRADUATION PLANNED Graduation this year will take place in the Baptist Church on Monday evening, June 26th at 8 P.M. Mr. J Stuart Hobkirk will be the main speaker. The rest of the program will consist of two numbers by the girls' chorus, presentation of awards and diplomas by Mr. Walter C. Best, president of the Board of Education, presentation of prizes by Mr. Bowler, and a short skit presented by the honor students of the high school and the eigntfl.gjpade. This skit , as this reporter understands it, is a great secret as our Beacon goes to press. However, it will take the place of the usual speeches presented in the years before by the graduates. Both the faculty and the stu- dents this year felt that speeches took too much of everyone's time and effort and that the audience never really appreciated these speeches, especially during the usually very warm and humid weather that seems to prevail every graduation evening. Sunday, the 25th of June, at eight o'clock, Mr. Eugene Navias will conduct the Baccalaureate services in the Baptist Church. Everyone is very cordially invited to both of these events, which close up the school year 1949-50. J JUNIOR HIGH GRADUATION The junior High School graduation takes place simultaneously with the senior High activities. The honors in this class have gone to Ceylon Durham Jr. as valedictorian while Virginia Raymo carried off the salutatorian honors. Other members of the graduating class include Edward Boclair, Orton Dimock, Marilyn Kennedy, Marjorie Kennedy, Lawrence Langtry, Floyd Newcombe, Floyd Streeter, Arthur Tibbits and Gladys villeneuve. SCHOOL PICNIC The Annual school picnic for the Junior-Senior High School HHn ntS has t)een slsted for June 23 to be held at Lake Bonaparte while the grades 1-6 will celeferate a combined picnic and play day the same day on the local school grounds. 'V FURNITURE STORE UNDER CONSTRUCTION A modern cement block structure, 32 feet by 75 feet, is being uiit by Cnarles Hall, contractor, for John Gyeen, furniture dealer.

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1 Miss Marion Durant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs; Ernest Durant, and Miss Audrey Wbod, daughter of Mr and Mrs neland Wood, have been named vale- dictorian and salutatorian, respec- tively, Both have taken an active part in school activities. This year, Richville Union Free School is very fortunate in having as its graduation qpeaker, Mr J, Stuart Hobkirk,. Director of Placement of Potsdam State Teachers College. Mr Hobkirk has had vast ex- perience in the education world, • graduating from Clarkson G llege, (con't on pg. 2;

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