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Closing Exercises Of the
AbbeviIIe Graded Schools.
The Ending Of a Most Successful
Year. Honors-- Medals Ora
ory-Elocution-- Happy Hearts

LILO IuuAuS VI
Year. Honors-- Medals 20 Ora
ry-Eloeution- -Happy Hearts
The commencement exercises OF the
Graded school, last week closed what is
Generally regarded az the most pros
ferrous wear in the history of Abbeville
city schools, aud many have been
heard to remark that the commence
ment exercises this year were better
than thew have ev"r been before.
Instead of having everything crowd
ed into one evening, as has been the
case heretofore, the school manage
mept decided to have two evenings for
the exercises of the graduating class.
The first of these was Wednesday
| 22nd. and u small admission was
charged to the Opera House, where
the exercises were held, the proceeds
to 20, after all expenses were paid,
into some nice memorial to be given
nv the class of 1907 to the school.
| This was quite On Innovation, and
there was some criticism by those who
did not understand why any entrance
fee should be charged. We are, how
ever, following a precedent established
in many larger places than Abbeville,
land the price of admission, too small
to keep any from attending, brought
in a sum large enough to pay for hall
rent, rent of piano, and other neces-
sary expenses, and then leave enough
over to purchase a very nice encyclo'
paedia for the school,. which will be
properly inscribed as the gift of the
Glass of 1907 to the High School De-
partment of the graded school.
The Opera House was literally pack
ed on this first evening, and the order
of exercises, as follows, was carried
through without a hitch in the pro-
gram: 20"
PROGRAM.
|. /. Instrumental Duet oodNymphs
Misses Hollingsworth and Clark.
2. Song and chorus-My own Unit
ed States.
3. Instrumental solo-Pas des AM
phores, Miss Cheatham.
4. REGULATIONS: 7.
Lecture on women, Miss Holl-
ingsworth.
Alameda, Miss Cox.
The whistling regiment, Miss
Lyon.
5. Song-Away to the woods, Young
ladies OF graduating class.
6. Instrumental trio-Polish dance,
Misses Lyon, Cheatham and Sign
7. Vocal solo--I hid my love-, Miss
Cramer.
8. Declarations:
South Cardinals hero, Goode
Thomson.
The home in the government,
Andrew White. ..
The plain man In plain clothes,
Hugh Cromer.
Against Capitalization, Foster
Bradley.
9. Song-Young ladies Of the grad:
uating class.
10. Instrumental duet-March from
.Tannhaeser, Misses Cheatham and
lLyou.
II. Song aud chorus-Good old U
Is. A.
Great credit for the succsss of lhi,
ever ing is due to Miss s ella Simpson,
under whore able management mos
uf che mu. icil numbers Were prepared
md carried out.
G eat interest centered around the
contests In %elocutlon and defamation,
for which prizes had been offered by
two of our big-hearted trustees and
public spirited gentlemen, Messrs
Visanska and Speed. Two separate
committees had been appointed to act
as judges of these contests, and their
decisions were to be rendered the next
day and announced the following
evening.
On Thursday evening, commence
ment occasion proper. The Court
House was crowded long before TIM
for the exercises to begin, and many
went away, it is said, because o. tneiI
inability to iDd standing 70 m even
Inside The building,
After brayer by Rev. E. B Kennedy
a song was rendered by the members
of the graduating class, ass 's!ed 10y
several girls selected from the lower
kgTades in the school.
Superintendent l. w. Dick then in
troduced the 81 eaker of the even
ing, Hon. Jos. A. Mccullough, of
Greenville, 5. c., who held the close
attention of the large audience by a
thirty minutes address along the llues
OF advanced educational thought and
work.
Miss Septima Holliugsworth had
won the second place in her class and,
as its representative, welcomed the
audience in a sslutatory, well written
and splendidIy read.
After a song Down on the Ohio'
by Josephine DuPre and Blanding
Dick, with chorus by the singers Sc
lected from the school Mr.. Dick
ANNOUNCED the names of the ff-
teen members of the graduating
class, stating which were entitled to
full certificates and which had taken
only q partial course in the High
lSchool course, and the certificates
were then delivered to the graduates
by DR.. Frank E. Harrison, Chairman
of Board of Trustees, who accompa-
MED this official act with some we'll
selected words of timely advice to the
young ladies and gentlemen just 60
ing out as representatives OF our
school.
Mr.. Dick explained to the audience
the conditions Of the medal contests
that bad been held on the evening
previous and introduced Rev. E. B.
Kennedy, who had been asked TO an
nounce the successful contestants and
present the beautiful gold medals to
the fortunate ones. This Mr.. Kenne-
DIV proceeded to do in a graceful little
speech, replete with wit and wisdom
Mr.. Andrew White, who had taken