The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-06-24
CLOSING OF THE sARwas SCHOOL
AFTER MosT SUCCESSFUL LEHMAN
ENJOYABLE DAY.


EDITOR News This is the season Of
commandments and such like. and OF
course every well regulated communIt,
must, make its contribution. The PAT.
rons and friends of the Sardis publi.
school met last Thursday and enioyed a
day of rare pleasure and entertainments
For some months Prof. W. l.. Cults has
been teaching very successfully. and the
people were delighted at the show of
progress made by his pupils.
After the opening exercises two spell
ing classes were called out. and each.
for time, exhibited an aptness in or
biography that is always pleasing to
those who realize the value of good
spelling. Then a reading class of small
boys and girls showed their progress in
this art and stood a most creditable drill
on punctuation marks and other charac-
tefs used in reading. This ordinarily
neglected feature impressed all that the
worthy professor understood what is
necessary to an accomplished reader.
Seldom has class in grammar acouit-
ted themselves better than the one which
answered the questions and analyzed
sentt nces on this occasion. They showed
practical notion of the different parts
of speech, and their relation, that was
chez ing.
The address of welcome was well deliv-
cred by Walter Marshall, and euloav
by Mr.. John Green, after which the class
in arithmetic was called out. 1t seemed
not to be the intention of the professor
to make display of his best drilled
pupils, but to exhibit progress made so
he examined a class that began in addi-
ton only short while ago, and exhibited
their skill in the properties of numbers
and in fractions. Especial mention
might be made of Master Fred Bass.
who showed a decided tact and skill in
handling numbers.
Prof. Cults then made a breezy little
talk, and cheered his hearers by assur
ing them that it was "better further ON
and announced a two-hours' recess for
dinner What made the dinner hour SO
enjoyable was the abundance of delica-
cies spiced with a bountiful supply of
iced lemonade free to all. The lemonade
department of the business was in the
hands of Mr., Andrews, and he tried as
hard to please everybody as if he had
been vending the beverage at high
profit. This was kept up all day. Be
sides, the social feature was enjoyed by
old and young-especially by the large
number of love-sick SWANS who had
such favorable opportunity to be heard
by the fair charmers.
The first exercises after dinner were
speeches by seven little boys-Bobbie
Gamble, Eugene Bass, Berner Perry.
Shealy HOFFMAN, Lawson Garrett, Fred
Bass and Henry Scott and this was fol-
lowed by an Grafton on the South by
Johnny Green
The following little girls then spoke
Jessie Belle Ward, MaVde Perry, Emma
Scott, Mary Jolly oxford, Cora Butler
and Mamie kirksey and these were fol.
lowed by an excellent address on
Temperance Reform by Mr., Jamees II.
Oxford.
The second division of little boys then
came upon. the stage, consisting of Byron
Holder, Jeptha Andrews, Henry Ander-
son, Morpheus Andrews, Benny Oxford,
Charlie Scott, Hill Oxford and James
Butler. These were followed by the fol.
lowing girls Willie Scott, Minnie Ward.
on reading Lena Andrews, on the i'm
portance of writing compositions Win
ME Anderson, on education. Benny Ok
ford treated the crowd to Brother Fox
and Sister Owl p Irby G. Marshall, "The
Little Maiden = John York, with happy
effect, spoke of 'tBill Mason's Bride .
Walter Marshall did himself credit in the
delivery of good speech on sMind is
the Glory of Man . Johnny Green, on
Education" and James Oxford brought
out the risibilities of the crowd by recit-
ing the yankees Experience in Love
Making"
The closing address was made by
Archie Perry, after which the people re
luctantly and slowly withdrew, feeling
better for the experience of the day, and
every one praising Prof. Cults for the
married. success of the Sardis school.
Hon. George Kaigler, Terrelrs worthy
commissioner, was present during the
day, and greatly interested himself in all |
that was done. He is much elated at
the advancement of the county's educa-
tional interests in tbepast few years.
w