Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-11
High School Notes
PAUL KMBRELL

Friday night closed a series Of vel
interesting entertainments given BY n
Lawrence County High School.
Large crowds attended all sxereis,
and despite the fact that We were hir
dersd BY rain, we had very great So,
cess In the weeks work
| Bacculaureaie sermon was preaehe
Sunday night in the flat below th
school building where a lsmporar
stage had been erected.
Monday night the occasion was al
oraioricsl contest. The judges wer
N. Richardson, r. B Williams and Mr..
". NJ Neal. The decision was no
made pnblic until FndaV night
The Athsnian play was schedule,
Tor Tuesday night but owing to sever,
rains we were forced 10 seek refuge il
the court house, and not having th,
necessary preparations for the play, w
put on The annual debate, The sub
ieet and debatCrs have been mentioned
before and nothing need be said Only
that Ihe Alhenlans or affirmative side
won The decision A gold medal was
10 be given the best annual debaieI
but the decision was not given out till
Friday night,
Wednesday and Thursday nights re-.
specliveIy, the Athenians aud Striblines
put on their plays. Both we're largely
attended and enjoyed
Friday night, commencement night,
we we're entertained by the class
Of 1913. The exercises were very en-.
joYable and we're not closed until
eleven o'clock After the commence.
meLl program we we're 10 find out who
had been winning medals all the week.
The first prize awarded was a ten. dol.
lar gold piece which went to Miss Lena
Lamb, This was presented by Prof.
Joe Sims The next thing was the
medal for the best annual debater
which was won by Jesse Hammond
Prof ThornberrY presented the medal
with the most beautiful and touching
words We were then 10 know who
had won in the oratOrical contest and
Prof. COllman was chosen 10 present
this medal. After few words Of ex.
PLANTATION. he called Hiss Lena Lamb
forward and presented her with the
medal,
To sum up all the proceedings, the
Striblines won everything except the
decision in the annual debate. We
won more than we expected and al.
though we are proud Of oui society we
must SYmpathize with the losing so
cietV. One of the worlds greatest
generals said, "A great victory
is the saddest thing in the world, ex-
cept a great defeat" We are sorry to
know that the Athenians must 90 down
in defeat but we would be more so il
we knew that we must 60 down. We
know how 10 sympathize with them iol
last year we suffered the same thing al
their hands. The society gave yells
and at the close, stood on the stage
waving the Stribline pennants anG
singing the song Of victory.
This is the last High School note,
that will appear until next term. VIZ
wish TO say that this has been the mos
successful year in the history of the
school This year we turned out 25
graduates-more than all our othel
graduates combined and we hope thai
in years TO come this old college will
stand as memorial Of all the gooC
work that it has done. We hope tha
will do for others what it has done
or the class of 1913, MAY it live
long and be the prOpelline power il
leading The girls and boys of our fai
land to Virtuous manhood aud woman
hood.
For Mr. SlriblinG who made it posi-
BILE for Lawrence County to have sucl
an institution of learning we wish
long life of usefulness which will b
acceptable in The sight Of the Almieht
Maker.
For each society we wish all success
that the future may have in store 10
them May they each grow in great
ness and influence and become S
bound together by the ties Of brother
hood that one will mourn at the other
failures and rejoice at the others sue
cess, is our prayer,