The Opelousas courier., 1901-06-22
IN. defamation and debate

IIOu, UGCIauldGIOu dIlO UCOAGC
being. residents Of the country.
They were Miss Helen Cain and
Messrs. Beverly Phillips, Seth
! Young and Yves and Eloi Fonte-
not, the sixth, Miss F.McSpadden,
being the only resident of the
town. 1t was the closing session
of the High School Literary So
ciety, and the young ladies mani
tested marked proficiency in
elocution, while the young gentle
men gave many evidences of the
possession of fine oratorlcal talent
and will doubtless some day make
their mark in the pulpit, in the
forum or ON the hustings. No
better illustration of the useful
ness of our High School to every
section of this great parish could
be found than the simple fact
stated above; and we here
and now send greeting to
the inhabitants of every such
section, however remote, with a
cordial invitation to send us their
brightest grammar grade boys and
girls to share with our own, with
out money and without price, the
advantages offered by this fine
institution. Its career of useful
ness has only just fairly begun;
and we make bold to say that old
Opelousas will see to it, should
ali other means fail, that that
career shall suffer no check, even
should ignorance and prejudice
do their worst. For, with all their
shortcomings, we believe that
among the people, of this old
town there is enough of the divine
spirit of philanthropy, enough of
the practical spirit of modern prog
ress and enlightenment, enough of
public spirit and civic pride, aye,
enough of selfish worldly wisdom
to prompt them to rise up as one
man and say: "This noble insti-
tuition, erected at the cost of so
much effort and so much sacrifice,
shall not languish, nor shall its
usefulness be in anywise impaired.
Rather shall that usefulness be
increased aud extended to every
: section of St. Landry, to the end
that some of those gems of
purest ray serene, some of those
J flowers which might otherwise
forever 'blush unseen, that are
scattered over our prairies and
along our bayous, may be brought
to light to uplift our citizenship,
to rekindle our patriotism, to
bless with their effulgent ray and
sweet perfume the community,
the State and the nation"
Other striking features of the
program were flag drill, a cake
walk, and some excellent vocal
and instrumental music. The
evening closed with a reception to
, the graduating class by the class
of 1902, when delicious refresh
, ments were served and various
! advertisements INDUCED in until
a late hour.
THURSDAY.
! The assembly hall was again
! : filled on Thursday night, when
. the senior class day exercises took
! place, the music being under the
direction of Mrs. G. Rogers. The
! seniors met upon the stage after
q supposed lapse of ten years
;; since their graduation, reread the
l essays that they had read ter
> years before, and recounted then
interesting experiences, which
! were both entertaining and anus
! ing. Songs of greeting between
the seniors and juniors closed the
program, when the audience was
, dismissed and the reception to the
! seniors by the alumni took place
| in one of the spacious class-rooms
where dainty refreshments were
!, served, toasts were offered ane
. all went merry as a marriage bell
= FRIDAY.
AS our paper goes to press OF
T Friday evenings, we cannot give
3 the proceedings of that night, bu
doubtless the program as pub
T lished in last weeks COURIER wa
! carried out. u
!, Here is the list of graduates
o Misses Lena C. Andrus, Corri'
: E. Childs, Helen B. Cain, Ceci!'
> C. Curio, Camille M. Mornhinveg
Jennie Mair, Maud Phillips
a Penelope Slemmons, Nina j. San
doz, Helen G. Taylor, Emil.
] Ventre, Florence E. Wartelle, AM
= Messrs. N. Marion Childs. Beverl,
: A. Phillips, Chas. j. Robin ant
. Bayard j. Sandoz.
J New Orleans has just lost tw'
+ of its most prominent AM
J valuable citizens and business me-
Q by death. Mr.. w. B. Smith, o
y the old and we'll known firm o
= Schmidt G Zeigler, died last Sat
! Z urday, and General Eugene May
one Of her most popular and enter
prising citizens, died on Sunday