Roundup High School - Rodeo Yearbook (Roundup, MT)

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Roundup High School Commencement Exercises Friday, May 31, 1940 High School Gymnasium Processional- ------------- ---------------- High School Band Beethoven's The Heavens Resound Mistress Margarita by Arthur A. Penn- - - - -Girls' Chorus Commencement Address- - -- -- -- -- - -V . J. Jameson, '15 Introduced by W. W. Mercer, Chairman, Board of Education Pilgrim's Prayer by Delameter ------ High School Band Recognition of the Class of 1914 (Mrs. Sigrid Ellingson, Mrs. Margaret Taylor, Mrs. Eva Braithwaite, Mrs. Emma Freeser) by the Class of 1940- ---------- Elizabeth Palagyi The Class of 1940 (Bruce Donald Fawcett) honors the Class of 1916 (Mrs. 3. D. Fawcett) I Dream of Jeanie by Stephen Foster - - - - -Girls' Vocal H Violin Obligato by Miss Harriet Gillespie Presentation of Diplomas- ----------- b. H. Matzke Vice-chairman, Board of Education Recessional ............................... -High School Band Selection from Assembly Overture —Chenette

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Have you, when you happened to be in a pool room, standing on a street aorner, or working on a W. P. A. crew, ever taken part in a discussion of our government in which it was severely criticized? If you have you probably didn’t realize that you were exercising a privilege of free speech to quite an extreme. A citizen of this country may make almost any statement he pleases. In few other countries could this be done. In Germany a man is afraid to make any remarks critical of his government even to his own brother for fear of landing in a concentration camp. In Russia the secret agents of the government are very harsh with people who make critical statements. In most countries newspapers are censored somewhat and in some countries they are extremely censored. But in our United States even at the present crisis newspapers and other news agencies strive to give the people both sides of every ouestion. Usually conflicting reports are matched. Few people realize the significance of free speech and press, but they are the ideals for which the American people have fought. Y hen we really realize the advantages they give us then we will appreciate them.