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Collection: 1952 - Frank Bennett Fiske
Folder: 0000
Item: 01786
Title: Francine Fiske 8th grade graduation from St. Bernard’s Mission School with classmates
Date: 5/27/1933
Creator: Fiske, Frank Bennett,--1883-1952
Inscription/Marks: [Sioux County Pioneer Arrow 06-02-1933 p01] Fort Yates Schools are now closed—Will Enjoy Well-Earned Vacation. Saturday, May 27th, marked the end of the school term for children at Fort Yates. During the week activities were at a high pitch in all of the schools. On Wednesday the graduation exercises of the agency school were highly enjoyed. The playlets were well acted and well chosen. The names of those who were promoted, as read by Principal Hinds were specially interesting. The graduation exercises for the eighth grade of the agency school were held on Thursday following the program as published in this paper last week. The class presented a play and at the awarding of diplomas the stage was a scene of beauty with pretty dresses of the young ladies balanced by the somber hue of the gentlemens’ attire. The public school graduation, held Friday, was largely attended was largely attended. Superintendent E. D. Mossman gave the address which was an oratorical effort worthy of detailed attention that we are unable to give here. His subject being “Service” he urged the young people to regard life as an opportunity for unselfish service to their fellowmen and drew from the great characters of history ample evidence to substantiate his plea. Friday morning saw the dismissal of the children from the agency school when many cars brought parents in from distant parts of the reservation to meet the children. The closing exercises for eight grade graduates of St. Bernard’s Mission School were very pleasing. A stage prettily decorated faced the audience when the program began at 3 o’clock Saturday afternoon. The program with the names of those who graduated follow: March of the graduates. Class history: Marie Houk; Cornet solo: Leo Harmon; Address of farewell: Barbara Thomas; Valedictory: Francine Fiske; Address and presentation of diplomas: Reverend Father Bernard; Song: Class; Banquet for class, parents and friends; Giftorian: Virginia Carignan; Graduates: Francine Fiske, Catherine Januschietus, Agnes Jundt, Marie Houk, Gayton Merrill, John Holzer, Anton Helt, Albert Abraham. [Negative envelope] Francine Fiske's 8th Grade Graduation. Girls left-right: Francine Fiske, Catherine Januschietus, Agnes M. Jundt, Marie Houk, Martha Stangle. Boys left to right Fr. Bernard Strassmaier, O.S.B., Joseph George Abraham, John G. Holzer, Francis Gayton Merrill, Antone (Tony) Helt, Sister Seraphina Eleanor Ecker.
Summary: Outdoor portrait of Francine Fiske’s 8th Grade Graduation outside St. Bernard’s Mission. Two rows of graduates standing on the steps of the church. The girls are in front in formal dresses holding bouquets and graduation certificates and the boys in back with Father Strassmaier and Sister Seraphine Eleanor Ecker in suits with boutonnieres.Elsie Bartell, Francine Fiske, Gayton Merrill, Marie Hauck, Art Svoboda, Leona Awfully, Eleanor Stewart, Barton Thompson
Red ID: PH_I_14377 Image ID: 146181 Image Notes: 1952-01786

Collection: 1952 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Frank Bennett Fiske
Date: 1880-1952

Summary: Includes prints and negatives of portraits, agriculture, education, wildlife, hunting, Frank Fiske studio portraits, and some views of South Dakota. Fiske’s Native American photographs include portraits, Indian gatherings and ceremonies, boarding schools, Indian houses and dwellings, and Native American agriculture. Fiske’s documentation of daily life on the reservation includes such shots as Sioux customers waiting for a Fort Yates trading store to open; a Sioux dance in the streets of Fort Yates; a plow issue before the agency boarding school; an encampment of tipis, including those traditionally painted; and three Indian men being taxied off the reservation to join the army in WWI.

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