Smyrna times., 1898-06-22
PREPARING FOR COMMENCEMENT.
Nearly a Full Week of Exercises, COmmenc-
ing With Sunday.

Those who complain of lack of eX-
citement in our town will have full
week of it beginning with Sunday next,
when our Smyrna High School will
turn twelve more graduates out from
its threshold, and start them into the
stern realities of life.
The exercises will commence on Sun
day next, when at 10. 30 o'clock in the
morning, the Rev. Charles A. Hill, of |
Asbury M. f. church, this town, will
preach the Baccalaureate sermon to the |
candidates for graduation.
On Monday night, the annual adj |
dress will be delivered to the class by |
| Dwight NJ. Lowery, Esq. of Philadel |
phia, a well known orator and attorney. |
| He is not an entire stranger here. In
fact he spoke during a presidential
campaign in our Opera House five or
six wears ago. He will take up the
subject of education.
Tuesday night, the seniors will hold
class day exercises. This is always an
amusing feature of the Commencement
Week Program, and this year it prom
ises to be even more laughable and
funny than ever. The program for
this night will be as follows:
Greeting by president. Ralph D. Stevenson
Historian n....................A.L A. Lee Clifton
Vocal solo Nina Wells
PrOphet Marion Start
Presentation Orator. ......... Emma Hazel
NlOhn solo. o..............'...' A Lee GIlIton ~ 1
Glass Orator r................F FANNIE Taylor
Vocal Quartette.
Mantle Orator. or..............:.; Nina Wells
Middle Respondent. ....... Blanche Hazel
Glass Song.
After the exercises, the class will re-
pair for their banquet, always a pleas
ant occasion.
The setting aside of a night for the
alumni. is somewhat of an innovation
this wear. so instead of having the
commencement exercises proper on
Wednesday night, it will be postponed
until the next night in order to give
the Alumni Exercises. AS far as it
is now arranged, the program will prob
ably consist of piano duett, by Miss
Bertha Smithers, '91, and Miss Edith
: Beck, '94; recitation by Miss Clara
| Nav Cameron, '97; violin solo by
, Mr.. J. Allison Start, 81; recitation
T bv Miss Katherine Beckett, '93; vocal
I solo by Miss Eba Wilds, '97. A fea-
ture of the program will be the Alumni
Address by the President of the AssO
l. citation, Mr. Gilbert Startling Jones'
d '95;. now State editor of the Whining
. ton Sun. The exercises Will not DE
i long owing to the reception which is tt
!. follow Immediately after the exercises
at the homeof Miss Katherine Beckett
S Each member of the association is al
lowed the privilege of inviting one, an(
:, the occasion promises to be a brillian
VI one.
: Commencement exercises will b.
IS held on the next, Thursday evening
at 730 o'clock. Each of the twelv
o candidates will deliver an essay, afte
% which they will be presented with
diploma by their principal, Prof
J. Charles Howell LeFevre in behalf O
n the Board of School Directors. Thes
Ia exercises will be interspersed wit
some local talent music. The homo
s of valedictorian will be given by Mis-
II Agnes Carrow and salutatOrian by Mis-
$, Emma HAZEL. The senior class an
81 their averages are as follows:
u Agnes Hudson CarrOw a. 9
ie Alfred Lee Clifton. "A. )
TO Mary Blanche Forde. e...............4.4 IA
Emma HAZEL. l.............. ...4.e
s. Thomasanna Pratt HAZEL. ......... a. 3
r. William Henry Maberry. As
" Bertha Poor Pratt. "A. ]
III Bessie Sharp Pratt. ................4.! t.!
- Marion Gordon Start. AZ
RVlph Davis Stevenson. AZ
lS Fannie West Taylor. r...............4.: ::
Wilhelmina Wells. s.................4.C I