The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-06-21
TIE GRADUATES ANNOUNCED.
Only Two Out Of a Glass Of Thirty
four ran to Make the Graduating
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Only Two Out Of a Glass Of Thirty
four ran to Make the Graduating
Average.
The boys and girls Of the high school
/ have begun TO prepare in earnest for their
! commenoement exercises which take
/ place in the theater on the night Of June
/ 90.
The examinations were finished last
week, and the students who will soon be
students no longer at least for the sum
mer, are busy now preparing essays, vale
dictories, salutatory and recitations for
that occasion, which marks an
epoch in the life of every school
boy and girl, their graduation. The
honor pupils whose averages were made
out on Saturday, were announced in Sun
days MORNING NEWS, and the names Of
those who will graduate were announced
yesterday.
Out of class of eleven boys and TWEEN
ty-three girls, eleven boys and twenty
one girls will receive diplomas, represent
ing an average of more than IS per cent.
in the studies they have been occupied
with since entering the high school three
years ago. The girls graduating class is
composed of Misses Lizzie Ambrose, Rosa
Beckett, Sallie Cabaniss, Matte Charl-
ton, Hattie Clark, Georgia Cope, Marie
Edwards, Jessie Freeman, Marie Furrer,
Agnes Hutton, Jennie Meinhard, Katie
Meylor, Lottie Peck, Ada Roberts, Sadie
Iraub, Belle Van de Veer, Perla Abra-
hams, Floride Banks, Bessie Earr, Susie
Kent and Alice Miscally The entire
boys class will receive diplomas. The
boys arc c. Percival Baker Daniel Charl-
ton, Samuel Clay, Martin Cooley, Freder-
lex Hnbbell, Herbert KaytOn, Cornelius
Mccarthy. Elton Osborne, Hugh Roberts,
Edwin Ryals and Robert COburn.
In making up the averages on Saturday,
one member of the boys class and several
of the girls mentioned were found to have
averages which placed them below the
graduating mark. Since then, however,
the superintendent and teachers in the
high school have gone carefully over the
marks and several corrections have beeu
made with the result stated above, that
only two of the entire class instead of six
or seven, as was supposed, failed to make
the passing mark.
This is quite a good record for a class
Of thirty-four representing as il does the
work of three years and not of the last
year of school as many suppose. Mr..
Herbert Kayton who leads the entire
class will be vaiedictorian to the boys,
and Mr.. Percy Baker who takes second
honor will deliver the salutatory. Miss
Marie Furrer who leads the girls class
will deliver the ualedictory to the girls.
The es=ayists are Sam Clay, Fred Hubbell,
Edwin Ryals, Cornelius Mccarthy and
Misses Sallie Cabiniss, Georgia Cope,
Katie Meyler, Belle Van De Veer, and
Marie Edwards These twelve names
represent the honor pupils.
The teachers are busy now preparing
the programme of final exercises for the
high school, which will be concluded with
an address by Hon. p. w, Meldrim and
the delivery of the diplomas by Col. Geo.
A. Mercer, president of the board of edu-
cation. The honor pupils above mention
ed will each have an individual part in
the programme of exercises and the entire
high school will participate in the singing,
which will be led by Prof. w. N Smith,
assis ted by Cobb's orchestra.