The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-05-24
fine COMMENCEMENT
AT LITTLE MOUNTAIN
CLOSING EXERCISES WERE HELD
ON TUESDAY MORNING.
High School OratOrical Contest on
Monday Evening-Awards Of the
Several Medals.

The pride of Little Mountain is its
school. The people have a just cause
to be proud of this school. They have
a building and a school of which a
much larger community might be just
ly proud. In order to erect the build
ing they bonded the district to the full
amount allowed by law, and for the
maintenance of the school levied a
large special tax to supplement
the three-mill tax and the dog and
poll tax. The taxable property of the
district is small, and even this large
levy fails at times to run the school
the length desired, and whenever it
does fail, these people, realizing the
value of a good school to their COM
munity, do not hesitate to go down in
their pockets to make up the differ
ence. This year they have been able
to run eight months without charging
tuition. The bonds issued were insult
fcient to pay for the building which
was erected, and those interested in
the school have been carrying the bal
ance, and raising money in various
ways to pay the interest. There is no
better investment they could have
made for their community.
The enrolment is something over
one hundred pupils, and the tenth
grade the present year numbered fif-
teen, eight girls and seven boys, as
follows: George Derrick, Nellie Brady,
Olin Bundrick, Verna Huffman, Laur-
ence Brady, Eula Epting, Burke Wise,
Eva Swygert, Werner Buckley, Birdie
Clark, William Quattlebaum, Jennie
Lee Kinard, Robert Lee Riser, Her
man Boland, Leo Sbealy.
The school closed On Tuesday even
ing. The sermon to the school was
preached on Sunday by Rev. H. A.
Mccullough, of Columbia.
High School OratOrlcal Contest.
Some time ago a high school ora
torical association was formed, COM
prising the schools of Little Mountain,
Prosperity and Chaplin. 1t should be
stated that the Little Mountain school
is one of the accredited high schools
of the State, and, therefore, secures
State aid. 1t is the purpose of the
trustees, if possible, to add another
teacher during the next session.
The high school association had
contest in defamation by representa-
tives of the three schools in the as
sociation at Little Mountain on Mon
day night 1t was a very creditable
entertainment and four or five hun
dred people from the community wit
messed the exhibition Much interest
was manifested, and all who saw and
heard were high in their praises of
the character of the exhibition. John
ME I-angford, of the Prosperity high
school, presided. The exhibition in
cluded addresses by three girls rep
resenting the three schools, and three
boys also representing the three
schools, and two medals were award
ed-one in the boys contest and one
in the girls contest.
Contestants and Subjects.
In the girls contest were:
Miss Birdie Clark, subject, pledged
With Wine," representing the Little
Mountain high school,
Miss Evelyn Swain, subject,
"Mona's Waters" representing Chaplin
high school.
Miss Aida Rae Wheeler, subject,
"Hagar," representing the Prosperity
high school.
In the boys contest were:
George Derrick, subject, '"The Black
Horse and His Rider" representing
the Little Mountain high school,
Henry Quattlebaum, subject. 'Tn
Defense of Our Flag" representing
the Prosperity high school.
Magnus Shealy, subject, National
Crisis" representing the Chaplin high
school,
The Winners.
The judges were: Prof w. K. Tate,
of Columbia; Rev. S. C. Ballentine,
of Leesville. and Prof. o. B. Cannon,