The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1912-05-31
i. C. I. S. COMMENCEMENT.
The School Graduates One of Its
Best Classes.


The Union City Training School com
mencement was inaugurated last Sun.
day morning with a baccalaureate ser
mon by Rev. J. NJ. Pickens, OF McKen-
zie. A large audience heard the distin.
guished minister in a splendid discourse.
On Monday afternoon at the school
auditorium the inter-society debate took
place with the question: That Organized
Labor is a Greater Menace 70 the United
States Than Organized Capital Affirma-
tive, Robert Chambers and Grover Will
son. Negative. Waller B. Caldwell and
Fred Key. The society represented by
the affirmative came off the victor.
On Tuesday night at the opera house
a large audience was assembled to hear
the contest in defamation This was
as follows: Ed Harrison, Capitalization
of the United States; Fred Key, Mount
OF Laws; Brandon Davis, Abe Lincoln;
Joel Breyard, fhe South and Her Prob
lens; Robert Chambers, Old Trappers
and Christmas Dinners; Clarence Buff
| ford, The New South. Musical num-
bers were furnished by Mr.. 0wnby's
class as already mentioned in the class
recitals. The subjects selected were in
deed highly suited to the occasion, and
they were treated with the ripest thought
and study. The compositions were gems
and the speakers delivered them with
poise, spirit and oratorical effect. We
certainly would like to offer an opinion
of the relative merits of these declama-
tons, but comparisons are sometimes
unpleasant and disappointing. Fortu-
nately everyone OF them was an extra
ordinary effort and a credit to the
school, The judges awarded the medal
offered by Judge Stuttgart to Fred Key.
On "Wednesday night at the opera
house the graduating class appeared in
one of the best oratorical exhibitions
in the life Of the Union City schools,
outclassing any similar event probably
by the Training School. The opera
house was packed with the friends and
patrons of the school and everyone was
high in praise of the event. The Train
ing School has been fortunate in the
character and personality Of its young
men and young ladies. The classes this
year are the best OF the school.
The program appeared last week.
The papers were as follows: Pratt Wad-
dell, English Literature; Paul Erwin,
Robert E. Lee; Miss Ruby Henderson,
Little Things; Grover Wilson, Paying
the Price Miss Katherine Henderson,
Woman's Sphere; Ralph Quinn, Moral
Courage, the Crown Jewel; Frank Key,
Our Bob; Waller B. Caldwell, Progress
OF Civilization; Biddie Garrigan, Vir-
tues and Defects Of a Young Woman;
Valedictory, Ralph Quinn. Mr.. Own
by's class contributed the musical num-
bers, and they we're in keeping with the
other features of the occasion Prayer
was offered by Rev. ZwingIe, and when
the exercises were closed the medals
were delivered by w. III. Stuttgart, Jr.
Waller b. Caldwell won the medal of
fered by Mr.. Seid Waddell for the young
men in the oratorical contest. Miss
Biddie Garrigan won the medal for the
young ladies offered by Dietzel Bros.
Jewelry Co.
Rev. Stuart delivered the certificates
in bis usual delightful manner, and the
following medals we're also delivered:
Scholarship medal offered by Z. S.
Parks, won by Harold Thompson, aver
age "a 1-18; Latin medal offered by
the faculty, won by Miss Nellie Dietzel,
average SO; mathematics medal offered
by Jno. T. Walker, won by Harold
Thompson, average 90 1-5; athletic
medal offered by Bransford & Andrews,
won by Grover Wilson.
Too much praise cannot be given to
Miss Walters, the expression teacher,
who coached and trained the essayists
and declaimers. Miss Walters is not
only an artist OF ripe talent in her work,
but she is in full accord and sympathy
with every detail and delightfully."- con-
genial, very popular and eminently sue
cessful ia her achievements.
We are authorized to announce that
Miss Walters has consented to return to
Union City and continue her work here
next year The young lady has been
offered studio work by the Y. w. G. Al. \
a very strong organization Of the Chris
tian young ladies Of Louisville, but she
has finally decided to come back to
Union City.