The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-05-25

LIZ d e1Acet1S5 zdiiu patrons OIL LII
school. The stage was handsomel
decorated with the colors of the sc
Nor class, gold and white, and Gu
flowers, greens and moses adde.
further beauty to the attractive dis
play
At the hour designated for the ex
ercises to begin, 8 O'clock the grad
yates marched into the auditorium
in body and took their seats upo1
the rostrum, amid an enthusiastic out
burst of applause An invocation wa
offered by eight ninth-grade girls, af
ter which the formal ceremony O.
admitting the graduates into the bod,
Of the alumni association was car
RED out. This was followed by. ar
address by Miss Nancy Proffitt, or
4 behalf of the senior class, and one
| by Miss Claire Werner, president oil
| the alumni association.
/ The annual alumni Grafton was
next in order, and was admirably de.
| liyered by A. H Hunley. The Glee
Club sang &C, Were My Love a
Lllac,' and were warmly applauded.
DR.. A. B. Coffey, of the faculty of
the Louisiana State University, de-
| llvered the commencement address,
which was a gem of thought and
/ dlctlon. DR.. Coffey has been heard
here before and his ability as a pub
tic speaker is well known to our peo-
7le, but he outdid himself on this oc-
casion and at the conclusion of his
| magnificent address was rendered an
ovation by his enrantured hearers.
The bridal chorus from Rose Maid
en-" was rendered in an effective
| manner by the high school chorus,
| after which the diplomas were pre-
sented to the graduates by Hon. Ed
| ward N. Pugh, president of the par
| Ssh school board Those who re-
eelVed the coveted certificates were:
MISSES Ruth Aleman, Resale Allen,
Victoria Chambers, Grace Guillot.
Mamie FIunley. Eunice McGalliard,
Adele Michel, Nancy Proffitt, Irene
alchard and Lucille DeRussy, and
Messrs. Lawrence Bergeron and vii
liam Hanson.
In presenting the diplomas Mr..
Pugh took occasion to make a few
!emarks concerning the success of
the school session, and paid
graceful compliment to the class of
talented young ladies and gentlemen
Q whom the certificates of gradua
raduates was tandared aana .i.1
greeting bv the audience ,,,,aS, - la
eeiving her or his .ssheens15is, ;,
.sThe Rees,, u,s, e,,,,,as ,l psAeili
Club. and then fbe foatnra ~ ~ - 80
gram most anxiouslv a,,+ioi,s,tl's - -. =
awarding of the medals Voc $1,000 -
ed with. The medals wora ,ra ,sa
Is follows: Alumni assooia+ian 49,
70 Miss Nancy Proffitt bu Mic
Claire Werner npasida,st hie'
ISOLATION. second honar 1oa AZ 90
Miss Ruth Alenan nv mavor c,ba,1as
Maurin; Bookkeenina meda1 10 Wi.
bert Reiger. by sum ! Busaa
Interstate Trust and Banl1inp Cow
9any,s medal. for hest assav On s.G,,,-
migration to the South. with snaeial
Reference to Ilouisiana and Missis.
sippi. to Miss Lucille T,eRl7ssv ~
Representative S. Al. Marchand: fvne-
writing medal to Miss Ruth h1aman
BY Alex. Rloomensfia1 nrasidant ~
the Progressive Union.
: - = ~ teaSAei ~ l1lu-
a,e IL ehe hlsh schooI FACULTY, sang
- ne eIafueh OF MY Heart with
u'oiee eApi ession, ana the exercises
~ - : eo,ieistosu WIN TN. awarding OF
sale oopilie 11eMcoilln scnoiafship to
y 53,l5 a3 .lsaney ffoiIllt, by Principal I'll.
= r, ~ essloA.
4seiy nt'ilioef 9. lhe program was
SVEN III d most llnlshed and. effect
~ hldhleI, ana the entertainment
3.oSsu nttihs finale TO the series
e. ueasli.iua events winch marked
.lle termination oi the scholastic
SAL
u Is WorIhy OF note that each mem
=oer u the graduating class scored
rom = .slA s1, TO a Wnole unit more
.than the NUMBER OF units required for
5 :. me competition for
.ifst# hohors was very Keen, and the
maj ma result SHOWS that only the frac-
Ion OF a point separated the three
fltt having scored 80 20, Miss Ruth