The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-06-07

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Mr.. Epps stated that there had been
a number of papers which were ex-
cellent. but that one paper i'm each
case had been found to be a little
better than the others. Upon opcn
ing the envelope containing the name
OF the winner of the ID. a. Il. medal
which had been contested for by the
girls of the tenth grade, it was found
that Miss Mary Mellette had been the
fortunate contestant.
The u. DC. medal which was con-
tested for by the boys and girls OF
the tenth grade was awarded u Miss
! Mary Mellette also, whose paper, Mr..
Epps stated. was in little better
style than that Of the author Of the
history, Mr.. Harry G.. Brearley and
Mr.. Wilfred Shaw were highly COM
plimented upon the papers which
they turned in, although they had not
done quite so well as Miss Mellette.
The penmanship medals which
were awarded by the school to the
pupils doing the best writing were
awarded by Mr.. Neil O'Donnell The
medals were presented to Miss Anna
Strother of the tenth grade, Miss
F'lornce Of the ninth grade, and
Shepherd Nash of the tenth grade
and Wilcox DesChamps Of the ninth
grade.
The medal for athletics which was
donated by Mr.. c. II. Wilson to the
member fthe high school track
team who made the greatest number
| of point in the State High Schoo,
I track meet which was held In Co
lumbia was presented to Leon Le-
Grand, who had made the highest
Z number Of points in the meet The
medal was presented by Mr.. C. NJ
Hurst.
The two prizes for the oest ready
writer which are donated ,y Mr.. /.
{. Strauss were presented By Mr.. c.
Capers Smith. In this contest a sub
ject was given to the pupils of the
tenth grade and they We're given one
hour in which to write a composition
on the given subject. The prizes fell
to Miss Elizabeth White and Wilfred
Shaw. who were adjudged the for
tunate winners.
The next medal presented was one
that had been the subject of much
discussion rs to who would be the
winner. This was the Rhame De-
chalmers medal presented to the
graduate who had made the best
defamation on the night before. Ex-
pectation was high in several quarters
tor all OF the speakers had done vel,
and each one had his supporters who
thought he ought 10 have the medal.
but seven orators could not each get
one medal when thore was only en-
to give so the judges had to do away
with sentiment and come down to
plain mathematical figures and work
out who should get it by algebra or
some other system that dealt in in
Unite quantities, so small was the diff
ferences between the contestants. 1t
was finally decided that the honor
went to Mr.. John Kemper Bradford,
Jr., and he was presented with the
medal by Mr.. r. Dozier Lee.
The diplomas were brought on the
stage and Prof. s. Fl. Edmun6s, af-
ter presenting the class to the pub
lie. presented the diplomas to the
| hfty-three members of the class.
When this was done he stated that
! Prof. Hand had brought with him
thirty diplomas for high school grad
yates which are given by the State
! department of education to those pu-
pills who had performed the requlr-
, ed amount Of work. In this class all
of the pupils who had taken the full
Greek-Latin or Latin-French course
were entitled to these diplomas and
that there were thirty who had thus
ef med them.
The songs rendered throughout the
evening were well selected and added
much to the program.
During the giving out of the diplo
mas Prof. E1:ndnds stopped to pay
tribute to Miss Anna Sanders who was
not present because of sickness in her
family. He stated that she had work.
ed hard during all of her playtimc
and under the most disadvantageous
circumstances u get her diploma and
that she deserved much credit for her
: work