The Savannah morning news., 1903-06-12
PRESENTED
SAVANNAH PREPARATORY SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT
AT THE GUARDS ARMORY.
LARGE ATTENDANCE AND INTER-
EsTING EXERCISES.

Annual Address. Was Delivered by
Presented by Mai. Strong, Head
INSTRUMENTATION BuIIOch Won Bis
bee Medal for Best Average in
SchOol-Francis w. DRsher and Ar
thur Charles Marks Won in Dec
lnmatiOn COntest-Dancing After
Programme Was Completed.
The fourth annual commencement of
the Savannah Preparatory School was
held at the Guards Armory last night.
The occasion brought to the hall large
number of parents and friends of the
students and the very interesting pro-
gramme prepared for the evening, was
pleasantly carried out. The evening
was given to declarations, music, the
delivery of an address by Col. George T.
Cam and the delivery of medals by
the head master Maj Strong. The
school, just closing it's term, has been
very successful and numbered about
seventy on the rolls during the year.
The graduating class consisted of Ben
jamin H. Gibson (97.7, Julian NJ. Solo
mon, Jr. (93.D and Charles Theodore
Pottinger (92.0).
The programme opened with the saluta-
tory by Julian L. Solomon, Jr., which
was appropriately brief and quite in
teresting. The contest in declama ton
followed. The participants in this con-
test and their subjects, were as fol-
lows:
How Jimmy Tended the Baby"
Douglas S. Blois.
THE Man Without a Country" w.
S. Pottinger, Jr.
Just Before Christmas" Arthur
Charles Marks.
Scene from Nicholas Nickleby,"
Francis w. Dasher.-
Learning to WHISTLE" Francis B.
Henry.
What william Did," Allen s. Cults
All of the boys did well, and the
judges, Rev. Charles II. Strong, Lieut.
James H. Butner and Mr.. Edwin c.
Ryals. could not decide upon the most
creditable until after conference. The
prizes were finally awarded to Allen S.
Cults of the advanced course and Ar
thur c. Marks, junior department.
After the contest the valedictory was
delivered by Benjamin H. Gibson. This
was a very able and carefully prepared
COSs anu SIlONOd AulA app GGlsINlOH
of the task that had been set the
speaker,
Col. CAMS Address.
Col. George t. Cam, then spoke
briefly to the boys of the school and
the audience. To the boys he gave
some excellent advice and spread be-
fore them the examples set by Wash
ington, Robert e. Lee and John Wes-
ley and other great men who had carv-
ed out wonderful destinies from the
rugged road of life The fact was en-
phasized that energy and faithfulness
were the means used by those highest
to attain and keep their places. The
pathway to honor and fame is open to
all who wish to work for it; but the
way is largely uphill and no one can
accomplish anything worth doing un-
less close and steady attention and
hard work are given. r
Col. Cam spoke of class in college
which had for it's motto quit you like
men," and he hoped that the boys of
the Preparatory School might take this
also to themselves and be always the
best representatives of manly, cour-
ageous and. well educated men. The
message left by Wesley to the boys
was for them to lead useful lives, and
from other great men the advice SEEM
ed to be the same.
Maj. Strong, head master. made quite
a little address before delivering the
medals and he was heard with interest.
He spoke of the great opportunities
that are now available for the young
man who desires to learn something of
the wonders being brought into light
in this age. The classics are no more
the only books to be studied, for the
world has grown wiser and has opened
fields for observation and study in
every corner of the earth, in the heav-
ems and under the seas. The age of spe-
cialties is here. he said, and every stu
dent should endeavor to give his time
to studying, as much as possible, some
particular trade or profession.
Gold Medals Delivered.
The address was replete with good
advice and encouragement ~ the stu
dents and was received by them as
earnest and we'll intended. The thought
contained was well worthy of consid-
GRAFTON and attention.
At the close of the head masters adj
dress medals were delivered as fol-
lows tf
Bisbee annual gold medal, for best
record during school term, CASTOR Bull
loch. This is a very handsome and
expensive medal and is awarded to the