The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-27
OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
FIFTY-SEVEN BOYS AND GIRLS
AWARDED DIPLOMAS.
CROWDS AT COMMENCEMENT.
EXERCISES ENDED WITH THE
HIGH SCHOOL YELL.

Thronged With Friends of the
Graduates-Despite the SweIterinS
Heat, the Exercfses Were Appre-
ciated-PrOSramme Included Many
Excellent AUTHORIZATIONS to the
Graduates by Judge Barrow Was
Full of Practical Common Sense.
President George a. Mercer of the
BOARD of Education Delivered the
Diplomas.
The commencement exercises of the
High School were held last night at
the Theater. That these annual events
sre popular was as evident this year
as ever, for the first floor and the bal
cony. despite the warm weather, were
crowded.
Seated in a double, semi-circular row
on the stage were the members of the
graduating class, the decorative effect
being sought and obtained in the ar
rangement that gave the Sweet girl
graduates" the inner line. In this bow
of beauty sat the members of the
Board of Education and the faculty Of
the High School, President George A.
Mercer, Mr.. S. B. Adams, Mr.. Lee Roy
Myers and Mr.. ]. r. Saussy, and Prin-
cipal H. F. Train, Mr.. ]. NJ. Cannon
and Mr. T. S. Lucas. Supt. Otis Ash
more and Rev. c. H. Carson, Jr., also
occupied places on the stage.
In opening the exercises Supt. Ash
more bespoke on behalf of the grad
yates, order and decorum. Efforts had
been made, the superintendent said, to
SO arrange the programme as to avoid
too great length, the heat of the night,
aggravated by the gathering of so large
an audience, being such as to render
brief exercises more attractive. BY 10
O'Clock, Supt. Ashmore predicted, the
programme would be concluded. 1t was,
however, 1O:45 o'clock, when it ended
with the boys and girls joining in the
school yell.
Tne Class Exercises.
Rev. Mr. Carson. himself a graduate
of the High School and formerly a
principal of the Barnard Street School,
offered an invocation, after which Ros-
enfeld's Orchestra played the ''Vidette
March and Two-Step," which was pre-
liminary to the forensic effort of Mr..
Armand V. Berg, on Commencement
Day" This was gracefully delivered,
with clear ana decisive enunciation.
The speaker was roundly applauded.
"Curiosities of Habit" was the title
of an essay by Miss Nannette n. Keck.
This was the first of the several essays
the young ladies read, and the hope
that it might prove a criterion of the
excellence of those that followed was
realized, for it is seldom that grad
yates of such youth as those of the
High School present papers so attrac-
lively.
Several songs were sung by the class.
interspersed with the other numbers of
the programme.
was the subject of Mr.. H. Herbert
portance of Normal Education"
was read by Miss Bessie
Livingston with fine expression. This
was followed by a debate, the subject
of which was that lively issue as to
whether Or not the word ''obey" should
be omitted from the marriage vow.
Miss Miriam L. Lovenstein took the
affirmative and Mr.. Dean Newman the
negative side of the argument. After
very close presentation of the views Of
both disputants, it was left to the au-
dience TO settle in its own mind the
momentous question.
Mr.. Charles Feidelson, one of the
honor pupils, chose as his subject
Georgia" and won marked applause,
after which Miss Margaret w. White
read her essay on THE Future of the
Girl Graduate" a paper that all COM
mended most highly.
Judge Bnrrow's Address.
Judge Pope Barrow was the orator
of the evening. He was introduced by
Col. Mercer who referred to Judge
Barrow's present distinguished position
and the former honor he enjoyed in the
United States Senate. Col. Mercer de-
precated an introduction that, he. said,
came from one who had been side
tracked, because he could not use his
legs. and who is less well known than
him whom he introduced, a bit of
pleasantly that Judge Barrow repaid
in his opening remarks, in which he
thanked Col. Mercer for his kindly
words saying that, if the president of
the Board of Education had been side
tracked because he could not use his
legs, he still rolled about on wheels
very effectively.
There was no studied preparation in
the address, but it probably took the
better for that reason. Both boys and
girls appreciated it-particularly the
former 1t was practical and common
sense, Astounding in sound advice and
wise counsel. It bore, too, the beauty
of the testimony of a strong man to
the truths of Christ, one whom Judge
Barrow commended most highly to the
boys to be the mark and model of their
action.
In not all of the teachings of the
Scriptures, however, did Judge Barrow
advise his hearers, for the policy that
bids a man turn the other cheek was
so changed as TO counsel the boys
never to brook an insult, but 10 have
an eye ever to their honor. IF man
insults you, hit him." said Judge Bar
row. 1T doesn't make any difference
how big he may be; hit him. Hit him
hard, too, right between the eyes.
That's the best way when you find
yourself in a difficulty. 1t will save a
lot of future trouble.
do not be weaklings; be strong.
Join a football team; play on a base
ball team. Ride horse, when you can
get one to ride. Don't be like a city
bred man, who can't run, who can't
jump, who can't ride and who can't
swim. Be a man."
Advised Physical Culture.
For the girls Judge Barrow advised
physical culture. Nerves, he declared
are the bane of women. To avoid
nerves the body must be sound. and
for II 10 be sound every attention must
be paid II. Days will come, he de-
clared. when a hack Of nerves viii be
felt and bitterly deplored, when the
girls who heard him will grieve that
they had not the nerve that ,tFot,lS