The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-06-13
SEVENTH GRADE.

Genie Hoyt would have been on
the yearly Roll Of Honor, had she
not been absent from sickness.
EIGHTH GRADE.
Isidore fletcher.
The following pupils We're neither
absent nor tardy during the year:
lst Grade, lst Division.-AIbert
Carr.
2nd Division.-Murr Hall. Ray
mond Stansill.
9Th Grade.-Hattie Sanders. Yer
non Stansill.
7th Grade.-Henry Moses.
Sth Grade.-Berta Winburn.
10Th Grade.-Miss Armida Moses.
Miss Armids Moses who won tie secood
honor ueda. vas the salutatorlsn OF the class,
aad thet duty sbe discharged gracefully
Her essay was we'll written and the delivery
was excellent, her enuuicla,ion being so clear
aud distinct tha, esch word could be heard
ia the remotest part Of the bouse
Con- nissiooer Marion Noise performed tie
pleasant duty of awarding tie second bonor
medal to Miss Armids Moses.
Then came a .sTwiligh, Song by douoie
ouarte,te.
Mayor Stuckey awarded the first honor
medals to Messrs. David McCalium and Cecil
Wilson, These young men tied for the hrst
place 10 the class, aud the School Board and
erintendeut Ednupds decided that the
only way out Of the dilemma was to award
each of them medal The tie was not
alone ou the past years work, but for sx
years their standing in class has been exactly
the same and it was impossible foT their
teachers to decide between them. Suca 8
thing has never occurred in TIE school, before
and it is not likely TO occur again.
The certificate. were presented to the mena
b,rs of the graduating class By Mr. Neil
O'Donnell. chairman of tie School Board
The graduates were Misses August< Folsom,
Bessie GilleasIe, Rosa Gillepsle, Armios
Aoaes and Sophie Richardson aud Messrs
! Rooert Graham, David hcCsilun aod Cscll
Wilson.
The exposition Of TIE class notsc-''Lshor
onnia yincit"-by Sup i Eamunds was one
OF the mos: enjoyable features Of the evening.
Mr. Eduunds has ds7o,ed himself TO his pro-
fession VIII sll of tbe eerues,ness and eothu-
siasn of an intensely esrces! natrre
aud the SUBJECT of his hriaf ad-
dress appealed to hin vito Pc
culiar force, and his remarks came from g
full hear, AND mind that has been trained
by experience. None kncws better than be
the value of patient and CONSCIENTIOUS wo7K
and ais preceps and example fit together as
the complement one o. tbe other The result
| bas oeen seen in his success as teacher aud
in the influence he wields over his pupils.
His speech was gem in thought and dctloo
and delivery, aud the eeauty OF it all was
in:ensifsd Nv the fact that every person 10
the large aud ience knew that he spoke only
what be felt, that he has lived op 10 the
high standard he hss set for himself, aud
that his pupils have been infueoced to real
! ize that conscientious labor is the only sure
road 70 success.
ssTbe New Hail Columbia" song by
the school, concluded the first half OF the
programme. While the curtain was down
the Orchestra played an overture.
Part II of the programme began Wild
soog oy the school-Lullaby, by Sullivan.
Then followed ,hs declarations for the
gold medal offered aonually oy &r. ".
Rneme The declaiuers we're:
Cecil Wilson-"Baale of Kiog's Noun
| t.ii
Robert Graban-'Mias Flora McF imsey. -
David McCalla0-"The Back Horse and
His Rider
When the committee consistiog of Messrs.
RI Manning, Joo. Il. Kuigdt and &. G.
Os;esc, retired to decide to whom the Dedal
should re awarded mixed double qesrtette
sang the 'sBostmen's Goodnight
The i'Ciass Criticism was read oy Hiss
| Sophie Richardson, who amused and eoser'
tanned the audience With well written com-
me- tary on the characteristics, faults a6o
! foibles Of ber classmates.
The Oeclaimers Medal was presented oy
Col. Jro H. Knight, who, n announcing TIE
co. rsittee's decision and delivering the
medal to Cecil Wilson, the successful! com
| pe,itor, made few happy and we'll timed re
marks He stated ,ha, the committee had
difficulty in arriving st decision, and, IL
| fact. the decision vas Dot unanimous and toa1
all of the committe regretted that there were
not three medals to award, for they would
have liked to give each boy medal, SO vel
had each one acquitted himself.
The exercises were brought to close with
q song by the scaool-"A Ailler's Wooing'
and march by the orchestra.
Mr. D. l.. Rambo, who had charge of TOT
music and trained the children and directed
the singing, deserves separate aud specla
mention for the work be has accomplished
The school is fortunate indeed io having in
the faculty mar who is not only teacher
of abili,, in class room work bu: an accom-
plshed musician, whose work for the scboo
in this special branch, outside of mis- regula'
duty, has been of incslculable value. he has
voluntarily undertaken work that 10 many
schools special teacher is employed to do
and be has done it we'll.