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Show VIKING SAGA . . . i Another school year has come to a close and the members of the staff of the Viking Saga column wish to extend their thanks to their readers; also to the Pleasant Grove Review for the priviledge of publishing pub-lishing this column each week. The students have taken advantage of this opportunity given by you. Ina Claire Hayes. LOCAL VALEDICTORIAN WINS READER'S DIGEST AWARD Karl Banks, principal of Pleasant Grove high school, announces that the coveted Reader's Digest Award for Scholastic Achievement has been won by the valedictorian of the class of 1939, Miss Mildred Bezzant. She will receive an engraved parchment certificate upon gradu-i ation. The Reader's Digest confers this annual award as encouragement to young men and women throughout the nation who, by their scholastic achievement, give promise of growing grow-ing into leadership in their communities. com-munities. Principals of progressive preparatory prepara-tory schools and high schools in creasingly advocate an interest among students in the most significant signifi-cant articles which appear in current cur-rent magazines. Their belief is that vital contact with the living, quickening quick-ening thought of our day is essential essen-tial to education, both before and after graduation. As one principal expressed this thought in a letter to the Reader's Digest, "Your award and your magazine appeal to me as a way to keep our best students in the mental vanguard through the different transition from school to society at large." Our own local educators are. among the progressives of the na-l tion who use this method of relat-j ing text material in magazines to current modern life. It is their broad-minded foresight which has made it possible for our students to compete for the Reader's Digest Award. Graduation exercises of the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Seminary proved to be one of the most outstanding events in the lives of the 'mighty' seniors. A dramatic pageant, written and directed by William C. Smith, teacher teach-er and principal of tlje seminary, and presented by the graduates of '39, May 14, to a large and appreciative appre-ciative audience was very remarkable. remark-able. Much credit is due the students and Mr. Smith for their fine cooperation coop-eration during the preparation and final night of this fine piece of work. We wish to thank the following fol-lowing persons for the aid they gave in making our pageant possible: possi-ble: Mrs. Smith, Mr. Jensen, Laura Banner, Myrtle E. Henderson, E. R. West, Ralph Ungerman, and others. Especially do we wish to congratulate congratu-late Gordon Wright, Olive Adams, John Fugal, Arlo Walker, Gene Christensen, and Glenn Neilson for their outstanding performance. Additional students aiding in the pageant were: Gene Christensen, Vern Deveraux, Bruce Garlick, Bill Told, Verlyn Olsen, Glenn Robertson, Robert-son, Don Smith. FORMAL TEA The young ladies of the class of '39 and their mothers were entertained enter-tained Saturday afternoon at a formal for-mal tea held at the home of Mrs. E. R. West. The tea was given by the Faculty Women's Club of which Mrs. Karl Banks is president. During the course of the afternoon after-noon musical numbers were presented pre-sented by Virginia Jacobs, Carol Clark and Marilyn Richards, all members of the senior class. Each girl was presented with a dainty corsage. The graduating seminary class of Pleasant Grove held a party for Mr. and Mrs. William C. Smith Wednesday Wednes-day night in appreciation. Games and songs constituted the evening's entertainment. A delicious luncheon was served and to climax the evening eve-ning Mr. and Mrs. Smith were presented pre-sented with a lovely gift. |