The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-28
Advertiser Bureau.
 gatraa May 27

Selma were given today and were at-' tended by an unusually large number of the patrons and friends of the schools. The programs prepared were excellent and well executed.
 The commencement of the higher grades and of the high school will take place next Tuesday evening in the Academy of Music. Robert H. Mangum of Selma will be the orator. as announced today:
 Dallas Academy, Grade First, Mrs. M. B. McVoy, teacher.
 Exercise, Playing Birds
 The list of merit cards was read by the Hon. Daniel Partridge, Jr., follow ed by a short address to the grade.
 Pupils receiving five, six or seven merit Maas, Hattie Mcfarland, Irma King, Alberta Finch. Lida Gay, Tyler wilby. Hortense Long, Mabel Mo- Cullough, Keith LilienthaL Gertrude Melvin, Flossie Hagerty. Mabel Kirk patrick, Mary Hooper Bishop. Alex Rus sell, Vail Durham, Julian Dunklin, Will Ham Harper. James Moore. George Gal liher Eugene Hall, Sam Paisley. Milton Brislin, Louis Stearns, Frank Stevens.
 Pupils receiving eight merit cards Mary Oxford, Leone Clay, Bettie Hall,
 For excellent deportment-Mattie Mo- Farland, Gertrude Brislin, Tyler Wilby, FIossie Hagerty.
 Second Grade, Miss Eudora Conoley, teacher. Subject, Hiawatha.
 In this exercise the children gave brief sketch of TIiawatha's childhood and manhood with recitations from the poem and appropriate songs.
 Honors were read with pleasing re- marks by Colonel w. R. Nelson.
 Pupils receiving eight merit cards Mary Clay, Marguerite Elebash, Eleanor Gary, Addie Rhodes, Katie Gerhardt. Winston Anderson, Richard coieman' Mel Kincey, Forrest Patterson.
 Pupils recenving distinguished card Marguerite Galleher, Miriam Holzman. Francis Reese, Ernestine Warren, Marie Waller, Marguerite Houston. Ethel Cobb Etta Alison, T. B. Gowan, Lawrence Rrunson. Willie Jones, Robert kincey' Hans Poulsen, Lester LilienthaL
 Perfect attendance-Ethel Cobb. Hans Poulsef.
 Third Grade-Teacher, Mrs. Mary F. Knight.
 A hird exercise consisting of songs and announcement of the arrival or the spring birds, children guessing from description the names as they were called for, closed the year 5 work.
 Names of pupils receiving cards were then read by Judge Daniel A. Partridge, IT.. with appropriate and pleasing re- marks.
 Pupils Receiving Eight Cards-Sara Axford, Gertrude Jones, Blevins Dunk lin, Karl Jones.
 Receiving Distinguished Card-Creo- Ia Mason, Edna Anderson, Grace Hoiz- man, Elizabeth Cope, Miriam Peacock' Rosalind Rush, Pettus Groves, Presley Willie Cobb, Marion Smith, Louie Green. James Powell, Virgil Hawk. Ofie Ford, Lola Whitman.
 Present Every Day During the Year Alice Wise, Dora Yaretzky, ome Ford, Evelyn Owen, Marion Smith.
 Fourth Grade-Miss Georgia Wade, teacher.
 Subiect-"The Flower World"
 The theme was brought out in forcibIe manner by songs and recita- tions. Each child wore white ribbon, with the name of some flower painted thereon. and spoke about that particu- lar flower.
 The merit cards were delivered by Mir. W. R. Nelson with appropriate re- marks.
 Pupils Receiving Eight Merit Cards Ollie Finch. Louise Hansen.
 Pupil Receiving Distinguished Cards Ann Agee. Ellen Alison. Carrie -Diggs. Bessie Russell. Flora Butler, Kate Smith. Bertha Allen. Minnie Kincey, Angeline Paisley. Hazel Gowan. Annie Ruth Campbell. Charlie Jones, Moritz Frolich, Holmes Chapman, Archie Mo- Farland.
 Fifth Grade-E. P. Arthur, teacher.
 Subject-'United States"
 Each child representing State, tells the origin of it's name, geographical position, natural resources, growth and progress, people and occupations.
 The honors were read by Hon. w. R. Nelson.
 Pupils Receiving Eight Merit Cards --Matelyn Fowlkes, Tillie Alexander, Gladys Holzman, Ella Worrell, Mary Parker. Mary Milhous, Gussie Mason, Lucille Patterson, Nettie McPeck, Kath- crime Reese, Mary Anderson, Sadie Schwarz.
 Pupils receiving five or more, but less than eight merit cards-Laura Jones, Fanny Zmurry, Josie Carson. Helen Schuster, Louise Anderson, Will Eel lows, Belle Atkins, Clara Fulford. FL sic Hooper Harrison Atkins, Sidney Coleman. Herbert Lilienthal, Fullerton Hooper, Preston Mccullough, Charlie Maas, Cecil Cothran, Bennie Townsend
 Present Every Day--Earle Bibb, Lu- cile Patterson. Gladys Hickman, Mate- lyn Fowlkes, Nettie McPeck, Mary Mil hous.
 Distinguished in Deportment-Kath crime Reese, Lucille Patterson, Tillie Alexander, Nettie McPeck. Zula Thrash.
 Sixth Grade-Teacher, Miss Agile Davis
 Stories of King Arthur" formed the closing exercise in this grade, and in telling them, the children seemed to have learned something of the noble lessons taught in this old legend of the good king and his brave knights.
 The honors read by Dr. A. L. Andrews were as follows:
 Pupils receiving eight first honors- Pattie Brunson.
 Distinguished pupils, those receiving fewer than eight honrs, but more thar four-Josephine Jeffries, Ruth Walker Villa Cleveland, Sadie Cumins, BeatricC Cobb, Nelly Levy, Annie May Stoddard Mildred Swift. Rose Tarver. Helen Whit by, Eugene Elebash, Mark Gamble, Frank Kincey. Lawrence Slaughter and David Vaughan.
 Baker School.
 First Grade-Miss Elizabeth Cleveland teacher.
 In the First Grade, the exercises were the South" and "The Flags of the Ma tions." These exercises appealed to the children because they were full of color being illustrated with good prints oi Southern birds in their natural colors and with the real flags of the nations The honors read by Rev. J. w. Ray wera q foIinvys.