Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-04-24
PROGRAM FOR
HIGH SCHOOL
EXERCISES

Plans are making for the COM
mencement exercises of the Hender-
sonville High school to begin on Fri
day morning of May 16.
A tentative program has been ar
ranged. It calls for a number of in
teresting exercises in the way of rec
itation and debating contests, a ser
mon at the Methodist church and,
class day exercises.
For various reasons it was deem
ed better to employ only home talent
and for this reason no out-of-town
speakers will be heard, the exercises
being left to the students with the ex-
ception of the baccalaureate sermon,
which will be delivered by Rev. A L.
Stanford at the Methodist church on
Sunday morning, May 1S.
The class day exercises will be Civ
en- on Friday morning at 10 o'clock at
the school auditorium, the tentative
program having been arranged, sub
ject to changes, as follows:
Salutatory Address-R. o. Lyday.
Glass History Roy c. Bennett.
Piano Sole-Miss Ruth Smith.
Glass Poet-Harry G. Hunter.
Glass Prophecy-Mon w.
Egerton.
Piano Duet-Miss Fannie Mae Car
michael and Miss Ethel Manders.
Valedictory Address Miss Maude
Duncan.
Chorus-Class song by graduates.
Monday Night.
On Monday night, May 19 at S:15
o'clock, the recitation and debating
contests will be held at the Chautau-
qua-Auditorium to which an admis-
sion Of fifteen cents will be charged.
For the purpose of selecting three
girls to participate in the recitation
contest a preliminary exercise will
be held on Friday night at 8. o'clock
CT this week at the school building,
when the following girls will contest
for the honor or repfesentfng the
Elsie Anderson, Lula Alexander, Elsie
Flicker, Lille Allen, Ruth Shauefer.
A medal will be awarded the success
full contestant in the commencement
exercises.
Following the recitation contest the
boys viii ldebate the following sub
ject:
Resolved, That all Ships of the
United States Should Pass Through
the Panama Canal Free of Toll"
The affirmative will be represented
by Thurston Crane and Oswald Smith,
with Frank Corhier and Morse Shreve
upholdfng the negative.
A medal will lbe awarded the most
successful debater
Music for the exercises, will lbe rem
dered by the High school orchestra.
On Friday night, May %, at the
Observation-Disclosures, the literary
society of the High school will give a
play entitled "The Other Fellow" to
which an admission of twenty-five
cents will be charged.
Prof. w H. Gale, principal of the
school, announces that no diplomas
will be awarded this year as the
eleventh grade has been added to the
course of study since the last school
term. Those holding diplomas of last
year and finishing the eleventh grade
this year will receive certificates to
show completion of the course of
study.
Students are required to make four
teen units before being entitled to
certificate, sixteen standard units be-
ing. possible under the present course
o. study.
The following are expecting GER
tificates in the Latin, scientific and
English courses.
Misses E. Anderson, Maude Duncan,
Lottie Dixon, Ethel Manders, Fannie
Carmichael Ruth Smith Mona Ed
wards, Lula Alexander; Messrs. Roy
G. Bennett, Morris Ripley, Montriville,
Egerton, Harry G. Hunter, j. Charlie
Morrow and Russell LYDIA.
The work of the business depart
ment, which was added this year, has
made satisfactory progress and about
dozen pupils are expecting certi-
ficates. Professor Gale announces
that pupils will have to take ordinary
stenographic business dictation and
be able to handle a typewriter with
ordinary speed and accuracy in or
der to receive certificates in the stem
ographic and typewriting courses. He
is anxious for the success of this de-
partment and being fully aware of
the backset it would get in turning
out incompetents he is determined to
give certificates only in cases where
efficiency justifies.
Professor Gale expresses great sat
isfaction at the work of the school
as whole this year, fully appreciat-
ing what the new building has added
in the way of convenience and efdci-
ency in school work.
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