El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-28
DOUGLASS SCHOOL
+ CLOSES 18th YEAR
Commencement Exercises at
Ell PasO Theater Monday
Night Largely Attended.


To an audience numbering 500 many
of whom were white persons, the stu
dents Of the Douglass (negro)s high
school at the FL Paso theater Monday
night presented the commencement ex-
ercises which marked the closing Of the
twelfth annual session Of that school,
and admittedly one OF the most sue
cessfuI ones
FREQUENT and prolonged applause
greeted the rendition Of the different
mum bers which had been included in the
program arranged for that occasion
The Offering Of the vocal numbers. es-
peciaIly that of "Infiammatus' from
Rossini's famous Stabat Mater gave
evidence of the fact that the students
of the Douglass school possess excel
lent voices. among Whicn the LICI Lu-l
toned soprano voice OF LQeila. Fened
Williams DredOminated. In the singing
Of the musical selections the students
showed careful and Conscientious tram
The actual demonstration of the max
ing Of a ia bOret by pupils IN the lnuuS-
trial department or the ScnOOl PROVED
tO he one of the most entertaining ana
interesting features OF the program, as
wei as showing the high standard TO
which this department mas Deeh
brought by the management OF the
For the demonstration. a blackboard
was placed on the stage. at the size OF
which was a work bench supplied with
all the necessary tools. on the black
board Augustus o. Moody drew the az
ferent sections of the taboreL and as
William u. Wright explained the az
ferent processes in the making Of the
tabOret naming the tools as they were
used. Vernon Collins, and j. Il I'd
wards. with saws. planes, and squares
selected the boards and reduced Lnem
to correspond to the dimensions OF the
figures on the blackboard After that
the boards were fastened together and
the tabOret completed was held up 4or
the audience to view
CrozIer Presents DipIOmass
y r Crozier, superintendent Of the
FL PaSO schools, presented diplomas 10
the ten students who composed the
graduating class They were; Otis
Lawrence Banks, Carrie Thelma HUFF,
Augustus O'Neil Moody. Bessie Fen
Meta Scott. Luella Rhea Williams
Tasmania Dolores Darden. Lillian Mae
Latham Matilda Desseline Moultrie,
Mary Letitia SteptOe and William
Eugene Wright In making the preSen-
tatiOn of the diplomas. Mr. CrOzier said
Il am happy 10 be with you for sew
eral reasons SIX years ago when j
came to FL PasO there was one Eradu-
ate from the Douglass school and hve
from the FL PaSO nigh school This
year you have 10 graduates. and we
mad 81 That is a falr comparison when
YOU consider your population here, and
ours Ii also shows on your part an
appreciation and interest in your
school. and hearty support
Frequently / have carried visitors
from different sections OF the state and
country TO the Douglass school. and the
opinion expressed by all was TO the
effect that the Douglass school was the
best negro school in the state OF
Texas" he continued
Let me urge YOU 10 encourage your
children 70 keep up their interest IN
the Industrial department OF the school
You have seen the demonstration that
was given here tonight IT showed
what can be accomplished along these
lines / have seen some excellent
articles turned out in the school, and
wish il had been possible to have had
more of them on the stage tonight Just
to show the people what your children
are accomplishing in this work.
Latin geometry. and French are all
right in their class but do not let your
interest in the industrial department Of
the school flag"
After 8Tr Crozier had given the
graduates their respective diplomas. ".
NJ Coleman, principal of the Douglass
school arose ana thanked the white
persons in the audience for Inc in
terest they had manifested in the
school He praised the city officials and
the assistance they had rendered him
and the school
The Program.
The fun program given Monday
night follows:
Class mOtto2'Aim high"
Inv4catiOn-Rev- A D. Jacques. pas
tor NJ z. church.
Music-'S Summer" fR Wagner
Essay--Character building IN school
life Tasmania Dolores Darden.
Original stOry--LurIl Monticello
LUella -Rhea Williams.
In1ammatus." from RossinTs
Stabat Mater.
DrilI-'ReveI OF the Maids Nine
girls.
Designing, constructing and finishing
a tabOret VIM r. Wright. demon
strator; Augustus o. Moody illustrator;
Vernon Collins and j. T. Edwards,
assistant demonstrators
lng-'When Malindy SINGS"
paul L Dunbar). Carrie Thelma Hun.
Music-FOlk sOngs-(a) Roll. JOr-