The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1904-06-01
THE GRADED SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT.
An Immense Audience Present at the
Closing Exercises of a Successful
Session.

An Immense Audience PreSent al the
Closing Exercises of Successful
Session.
The fourteenth annual commence
menu of the Graded Schools, which
was held in the Opera House Thursday
evening, was attended by an audience
that taxed the seating and standing
room capacity Of the house to the ut
| most limit. It was an interested and
sympathetic audience, for every one
present was a friend and we'll wish<
or of the school, of which every citizen
of Sumter has just cause to be proud.
The exercises last night we're of a
character to please and entertain even
less partial and more critical audi
ence and to fortify and strengthen the
good opinion that Sumter people en-
tertain of our schools. The pro-
gramme had pleasing variety that
relieved it Of the monotony that too
frequently characterizes school COM
mencements and at the same time
gave the audience some insight into
and conception of the results accom-
! plished in the educational training Of
| the children who complete the course
Of study in these schools. The mem
bers Of the graduating class who ap-
peared on the programme acquitted
themselves with great credit and were
the recipients of well earned applause.
The good results to be attained by
the systematic teaching of vocal mu-
sic in all the grades become more evil
| dent each year in the improvement in
| the chorus singing by the pupils. The
singing last night was particularly
good. A commencement without the
Second Regiment Band and Orchestra
and Prof. Schumacher would not be
| complete, and this organization, and
| it's accomplished director, with a
public spirit that is truly commenda-
| bic give their services freely and, as
on this occasion, have frequently de-
clined outside engagements that would
pay handsomely rather than fail to
assist in making the annual COM
mencement success.
Tie programme was as follows:
PART I.
nvocation-Rev. N. W. EdmuDds.
Song by School-Forth to the Bat
| tie.
Salutatory-Miss Mary Burgess.
Music, Climax Overture-Band.
The Sinking of the Ships-V. NJ.
Manning.
Chorus-Bob White.
Defamation, America, :" Phillips
L. G. Bryan.
Music, Band-U. S. March,.
Awarding Prizes-U. D. @.
Glass Memorial-Miss Halle Jones.
Music, Observation-Disclosures.
Glass History-Miss Lizzie Dinkins.
Song by School-Swing Song.
Awarding Osteen Essayist Medal.
Awarding T. B. Jepkins's bicycle
for best composition on good roads.
Music, Violin Solo, Feast Polonaise
Prof. Schumacher.
Defamation, ga Relenting Mob, !"
Victor Hugo-James D./Graham.
Overture, Wilheimina Gavottea
Band.
Curtain.
PART II.
Song by School-Mystery of Love.
Glass Criticism-Miss Hennie Brad
ford.
Music, Special selection-Band.
Defamation, "Ole Bulls Christ
mas Story''-Hal ". Hardy.
Defamation, ".Stonewall Jackson, !"
Hoge-E. MUIR Hall.
Music, Wedding of the Windsor
cbestra.
Awarding Rhame Declaimer's Med
" Presentation of Certificates, by
Supt. Edmunds to the Graduates:
Winifred Atkinson, Hennie May
Bradf6rd. Louis Gain Bryan, Mary
Ann Burgess, Elizabeth Crosswell
Dinkins, James DuPre Graham.
Eugene MUIR Hall, Harriet Ruf
Jones, Vivian Meredith Manning,
Allie Lucille NRandle, Arrie Camilla
Stuckey. Leonora Glenn Williford.
Music, Band-Belle of the West.
Curtain.
Military Drill and Awarding Medal.
March by Band-Jersey Carnival.
The two prizes-s5 in gold each
offered annually by Dick Anderson
Chapter, Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, for the best composition on some
subject connected with the War for
Southern independence we're won by
Louis c. Bryan, !of the 10th grade, and
Hazel Dick, of the 9th grade. The
subject this year was The Battle of
Gettysburg. The prizes were present
ed by Hon. T. B. Fraser.
The Osteen Essayist Medal, giveC by
Mr.. Fl. G. Osteen for improvement in
English composition. by pupils Of the
10th grade, was won by Miss Halle
Jones. In this contest the members OF
the 10th grade wrote their compost
tion, each, at intervals during. the
session. The committee who read the
com positions decided that Miss Jones
not only wrote the best composition,
but that her paper was the best on
each subject. The medal was present
ed by Maj Marion Noise.
The Columbia bicycle, offered
through Mr.. T. 3. Jenkins, for the
best composition on Goods Roads, by
Col. Albert A. Pope. President of the
Pope Mfg. Co., and the pioneer in
the good roads movement in America.
was won by Miss Louise Murray Of