The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-06-06
WEST END SCHOOL.
Successful Session Brought to Close
With Splendid Exercises ON Sat
urday Evening.

! close last Neeh Will q 41lOol t+AN01iOA' '
program rendered by the children in
! the graded school building on Satur-
! day evening. This school. while not
under the immediate control Of the
city schools, is yet a part of the sys-
tenn. Mr.. z. F. Wright, president Of
! Newberry Cotton Mills. and all the
board of directors, have taken an ac-
tive interest in the school. and are al
ways contributing something to the ad-
yancement and betterment Of the peO-
pie who live in the mill village. The
school for the past several years has
been under the mana cement of Miss
Laura Blease, who has been untir-
ing in her efforts, and who has &C
complished a great work for the chill
dren of that community. 1t is worthy
of note that two of the pupils who took
prizes in the high school-James Kin
ard and Geneva Thornton-received
their primary training under Miss
Blease in the West End school.
The mill authorities have recently
arranged a reading room and library,
which is on the second floor Of the
handsome school building in West
End, and which has been a delight
to the people of the mill village dur
ing the past winter and spring. They
have shown their appreciation of the
kindness of the mill authorities by fire.
quenting this place very often and
taking advantage of the good and
helpful literature which is to be
found there. Some of the visitors who
were present on Saturday evening for
the first time beheld this restful and
beneficial room with its books, maga-
zines, periodicals, comfortable chairs,
electric fans, etc. President Wright
has done much for the good and pleas
ure Of the operatives and they are
very appreciative of his efforts in
their behalf.
At the closing exercises on Satur-
day evening President Wright an
nounced the prizes and spoke in very
complimentary terms of the excellent
work which Miss Blease and her as
assistants, Misses Bernice Martin and
Ethel Bowers, have been doing.
The following is the program:
Prayer-Rev: J. D. Shealy.
Chorus-School.
Recitation-Pearl Bouknight.
Recitation-Emma Franklin. .
Recitation-Willie Mae Culbertson
Recitation-sarah CLANCY.
song-Second Grade.
Recitation-Annie Kinard.
Recitation-EarI Chandler.
observation-disclosures Caldwell and
Pearl Padgett
Recitation-Irby Goree. =
Song-Fourth and sixth grades.
Recitation-Carrie Nell Swindler.
Recitatlon-Bernice Caldwell.
Recitation-Lilly Johnson.
Recitation-Grace Eargle.
Chorus-School
Recitation-Clarence Longshore.
Recitation-Janie Vines.
Recitation-Celeste Taylor.
Recitation-Leone Swindler.
Song-First grade boys.
Recitation-He1en Anderson.
charge! of the Light Brigade"-
Ten boys.
Drill-Third grade.
"Old Mother Hubbard"-David
Thornton
Remarks by President T. F. Wright.
Heart Drill"-Twenty girls and
boys.
"Rock Me to Sleep'-Miss Lera
Koon.
Tableau.
Benediction-Mr. A. M. Gardner.
The program was read by Rev. J. D.
Shealy.
Some good records were made by
this school. The enrolment for the
year is ITO Of this number the fol-
lowing children made highest aver
ages in scholarship in their respective
grades:
First Grade-7mma Franklin, Eva
Robertson.
Second Grade-B. F. Tompkins.
Third Grade-Lilly Johnson.
Fourth Grade -Bernice Caldwell.
Fifth Grade-Annie Kinard
Sixth Grade-David Thornton.
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