The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-31
:. Pennington, Mary E. Pickett Olivia

c. Pennington, Mary E. Pickett, Olivia May Smith, Daisy Belle Zimmerman | Every seat in the big chapel was | taken and many negroes stood when | the graduating exercises began. Pr'n- l cipal Paterson was master of ceremo-
 nies and number of negro preachers I of Montgomery sat with him and the | graduating class on the stage. The exercises were opened with an invoca- | tion by Dr. Proctor, a negro minister | of Atlanta, which was followed by a polonaise on two pianos played by Eu- genia Nixon, Rosa Nixon Queenie Lee and Dora Beverly.
 With Principal Paterson introducing the graduates, addresses were deliver ed as follows, not one of the graduates referring to manuscripts: The Histo- ry of the Piano Forte" Elizabeth H. Brown, What Kind of Education is Best" William J. Baber; T am Nut One But Am One" Sadie Barnett; The Cry of the Children" Alfred C. Capel- | ton; Gertrude, the Model Mother" Pearl W. McAfee; Economy" Eugenia Nixon; The Marble Waiteth," Olivia May Smith; The Influence of Charac- ter" Mary Frances Pickett; Our Debt | to Clara Barton" Eva Williams; Paul Lawrence Dunbar" Ethel T. Glenn Those who were excused from read | ing their essays were as follows: L C. H Champney, Nothing in Excess" |" | Edgar J. Harris, The Man of Worth" |" Louise Judkins. Taking Ones Self Seriously" Mayme Ligon, Duty, Not Destiny" Joseph R. Lindsey. Queen | Elizabeth;" Lillian M Lowe, "A Perfect
 Woman, Nobly Planned" Louise Mitch ell, Do Ye Next Thing" John c. Pen nington, The Farmer of the Future" :" Daisy Belle Zimmerman, Little Things
 Make Life"
 The exercises were interspersed with
 music, instrumental and vocal, which | reflected the highest credit upon this
 department of the schools work. The
 piano duo from La Norma" by Lizzie
 Brown and Ethel Glenn was executed
 with finish and was received with en-
 thusiastic applause.
 Classes B and D. about fifty boys and
 girls filled the great hall with melody
 when they sang, "Springtime
 Nearly all of the essays were care
 fully prepared some of them showing
 depth of thought. A notable paper, | and one finely delivered was that on
 the negro poet, Dunbar. by Ethel Glenn. The paper on The Marble
 Waiteth" by Oliver Smith, sent a help | full message to her negro audience and | William J. Baber in his paper on What
 Kind of Education Is Best" expressed
 some good thoughts
 Prlnclpal PaterSon announced that
 the annual prize of $5 offered by the
 Sojourner Truth Club, an organization of negro women of Montgomery, for
 the best essay on The Negro in Our
 Civilization" had been won by Melissa | Culpepper and a slender negro girl went forward and read an excellent pa | per showing what her race has accom- | plished in commerce, in art, in ltera
 ture, in politics and in the sciences l The exercises were concluded with awarding the diplomas and a benedic- tion.
 | During the year just closed l,0Gs students were enrolled at the school
 which is maintained wholly by the State
 An interesting feature of the closing 1 exercises which nave covered three days, was a bell-ringing Tuesday af- ternoon. A tower for the bell has ] been erected on the school grounds and