The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-05-29
DIPLOMAS PRESENTED
TO GRADUATING CLASS
EIGHTEEN YOUNG MEN AND
YOUNG WOMEN RECEIVE
REWARD OF MERIT
Address to Graduates Delivered by
DIR. f. ID. Kershner of Fort
Werth-Scholarsh are
Awarded

| I Wednesday was commencement
day for eighteen young men and
youngs women of the Waxahachie
High school. The graduating exer-
cises of the class were held in the
auditorium of the High scvhool
building at ten o'clock with a large
crowd of friends and patrons of
the school in attendance. The seats
in front were reserved for the rel
atives of the graduates.
The decorations consisted OF
ferns and pennants. The ferns were
placed along the edge of the stage
and a bowl of sweet peas rested on
the table.
The members of the class were
seated in two rows on the stage
While the crowd was assembling
number of selections were rend-
cred by the Wise Orchestra
The invocation was offered by
Rev. A. c.. Parker, pastor of the
Main Street Christian church.
! Before turning the exercises over
| to the class Superintendent VIM
briefly reviewed the work of the
school for the year just closing. He
explained that the reason there was
no exhibition of work by the pupils
in the different grades at the close
of the year was because of the time
LOST DURING ha napin oitic ono m +bo
schools having suspended about ten
days on that account He said the
enrolment for the year up to May
list, was 1,734 and that the scholas-
tic population of the city was 1,345,
the other $50 pupils coming from
outside the city.
Mr. Winn said if this ratio of in
crease continues for two more years
additional rooms will have to be
provided. There was only one va
cant room dhring this year.
He announced that the board had
created two new departments for
next year-a department of domes-
tic science and a department of man
ual training. Facilities for taking
care of these departments will have
to be- provided.
Mr.. Winn spoke of the successes
of the ward buildings and said
the change had been entirely salts
factory to the board. The ward
| school was no longer a proposition
of trial but a proposition of sue
cess. He said the work had been
much better because OF having these
schools which relieved the main
building of congested conditions.
Mr.. Winn declared the board had
worked faithfully for the schools,
and that he had not gone to them
with a proposition that was in the
interest of the school which they
refused to carefully consider.
He eomplimented the teachers by
saying they had been efficient in
their work and had veen loyal to
him as superintendent, to the board
and to the schools He said they
had worked in harmony and not iii
antagonism.
There is always one factor, he
said, necessary to exist If the schools
are a success. That is cooperation
of the patrons of the schools. If
the board and teachers do not have
the cooperation of the people the
schools will prove a failure. he re-
turned his thanks to all who had
in any way contributed to the sue
cess of the schools during this year,
Prof. P. j. Herndon, principal of
the high school, then took charge of
the program. He explained that
some deviation had been made in
the usual scheme of presenting the
program.
The first number on the program
was by Willis Finley, member OF
the tenth grade. His subject was
"a Juniors Request" and the an
swer to this request was given by
members of the class, Misses Belle
Works, Clara Boyd and Maude Har'
| ''Wanderings of Aeneas," while
Clara Boyd's paper described The
Sojourn in Italy" The final vie
tory of the wanderings of Aeneas
and his followers was pictured by
Miss Maude Harris under the sub
ject of ITALY at Last
Following musical number by
the orchestra ]. Lea Cannon, presi~
dent of the board, presented the
scholarships. He said he would
forego making an extended address
in order to give DR.. F. d. Kershner,
president of Texas Christian Univer-
sity, more time in which to address
the class. Mr.. Cannon said that
Mss Clara Boyd and Miss Maude
Harris had tied for highest honors,
and that DR.. Hornbeak, president OF
Trinity University, helped to solve
the difficulty by giving another
scholarship in Trinity.
The scholarships were awarded
as follows:
Miss Clara Boyd, a scholarship
from Southwestern University ana