The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-06-05

the year 1911-12 came to close
thursday night when thirty-nine
graduates receil ed diplomas from the
high school at the hands of Supt. {.
H. Edmunds. Fifteen diplomas from
the State Board of Education were
also presented 70 that many Young
ladies and men Of the graduating
class who had completed the full
Latin-Greek course offered by the
school.
Thursday night was given over TO
the young ladies Of the class and they
certainly held sway over their aud
fence. To them was given the eXecu-
ton Of the individual numbers on the
program and hey acquitted them
selves most creditably in the execu-
ION of their parts. The excellent
training received by the young ladies
AT the hands of their teachers in
the school was plainly noticeable to
the observing audience who heard
essays and other numbers with inter-
est and frequently expressed their
pleasure by their applause. The fact
that it was ladies night" of COM
mencement had it's effect on the peo-
pie of the town. for they came out in
full force and the theatre was filled
TO overfowing before the time for the
curtain to go up and then the people
We're still coming in.
during the exercises the medals
for compositions, penmanship, ath-
letics and defamation were delivered
by prominent citizens Of Sumter Per-
haps, the contest Of most interest was
the one for the Rhame Declaimers'
medal which had taken place on the
previous night. The guesses as to
who would get the medal were va
rious. but Mr.. Mark Reynolds solved
the problem when he announced that
the judges had decided in favor Of
Roger Siddall, who was presented the
medal Mr.. Reynolds made few ap-
propriate remarks concerning the val
ue Of oratory and congratulated the
declaimers on their efforts of the pre-
vious evening. This medal is award
ed annually by Mr.. w. f. Rhame of
this city to the graduate among the
WI in, hn
mencement.
The medals for penmanship We're
presented to Miss Nan Team and
Geo. Bultman of the 10th grade and
Miss Iris skinner and Porter Rivers
Of the 9th grade. He named Edward
Wright and John Haynsworth of the
10th grade and Misses Bessie Walsh
and Mamie Edmunds of the 9th
grade as deserving honorable men,
ton. The papers in this contest had
been submitted to the judges who had
decided upon them without knowing
the names of the contestants. The
medals We're given by gentlemen of
the town to encourage the students
in the valuable art Of penmanship.
Those donating the medals were
MessrS l.. l. Parrott. II. l.. Scarbor-
ough. II. j. Hardy and R. l.. Wright
Miss Julia Reynolds was the winner
Of the ID. \. Il. medal and also of the
1 Il 1,1 NI, n -,
making the presentation speech an
rounced that the judges had easily
found one paper first in each contest
| and it was this person whom he would
present with the medal. He then
nlmes and Miss Reynolds was found
To he the winner in each of the con-
tests.
Mr.. 6. NJ Hurst presented to Nor
ward DuRant the medal annually
| school who made the best record in
athletics.
graduates and their friends was the
| awarding of the diplomas which
came. as usual. near the end of the
program. Fifteen boys and twenty
! two girls were presented their diplO-
mas from the high school by Prof
Edmunds, who then stated that he
had fifteen diplomas from the state
Board of Education To present to
students who had completed the FUN
Latin-Grcok course. These were then
girls.
Tho singing of the school during
thu evening was good, the music
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