The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-05-25
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Commencement night was a burs
Of glory that packed the City Hal
with an appreciative audience Il
witness the final exercises of the
high school. The stage was decorat-
ed with school penants and the col
o~s, purple and gold, intertwineC
with the class colors, black anC
gold. Ferns and magnolias We're eff
fectively used on the platform. Miss
Gretchen Hawkins was at the piano
At the first notes of the grand
march the class entered preceded
by Supt. Byrd and Mr.. G. C. Huck-
ably, principal of the high school.
1t was an inspiring scene.
The present class numbered
twenty, but there were twenty-six
diplomas awarded. The absent men,
bers being seven who had COM
pleted the course in February and
entered other institutions. These
were Misses Virginia Hunt, Mary
Byrd, Rozina Cavett, Mary Cum
Minis, Thyra Denholme and w. S
Norton. The programme which fol-
lowed made another golden record
for the school. The participants
We're sure of themselves, showing
training and culture and high am
bition.
Supt. Byrd's address was short but
to the point. 1t voiced the sentiment
that he has nursed and nurtured
during all the twenty years he has
lived in Shreyeport:-to build up a
high school, second to none in the
South. 1t has been done. Year by
year~the standard has been raised
and the efficiency of the school in
creased. A diploma from the
Shreveport High School has never
been discredited but has been a
passport to colleg and universe
ties. Supt. Byrd spoke of the splen-
did facilities Of the school, the
splendid faculty, and the generous
and able board of directors. Ad-
dressing the class with affectionate
interest, he urged them to go for
ward, to go further and higher, that
their lives may be benediction to
the world. Mr.. Byrd expressed re-
greet that the president of the School
Board, Mr.. T. H. Scovell, who was
to present the diplomas, was I'M.
avoidably absent.
Presentation of diplomas brought
forth rounds of applause and trib-
utes of flowers. The stage was
garden in full bloom, to honor those
young people, whose careers are
Just opening before them and whose
further advancement will be
watched with interest by the COM
Mrs. John R. Land, regent of Pei
can Chapter, and Mrs. Howard
Prescott of Hypatia We're seated on
he stage with the graduates, and
n gracious and beautiful words
made the medal presentations from
heir organizations. The high honor
IF receiving both medals was
awarded to Miss Grace Baker.
Graduates on the stage were
Misses Grace Baker, Helen Gala
way, Marie Creswell, Eva Durkee,
aosalind Kalmbach, Marie Lansford,
Cliff Martin, Bernadine OConnell,
gladys Pendergast, Alma Ratcliff,
rene Rafcliff, Grace Sylvester, Ret
a Winter and Messrs. Murray Wer-
Ter. Wharton Humphreys. Fred
porter, Jack Tullos, Ralph Chap
nan.
Programme was as follows:
Salutatory, Murray Werner.
Music, Sextette from Lucia diI
.ammermoor" Donizetti), the High
school Glee Club.
Essay, "The~Influence of Words"
Hiss Retta Winter.
Glass prophecy, Miss Grace Baker.
Music, "po-ho-no,' Glee Club.
Valedictory, Miss Cliff Martin.
Music, shepherd Lady" Glee.
slub.
Presentation of diplomas, I. H..
president School Board.
Presentation of Medals: History
medal, by Mrs. John R. Land, re-
tent Pelican Chapter D. A. r.; Eng
ish medal, Mrs. Howard Prescott
or Hypatia.
Address, C. E. Byrd, superintend-
mt of schools.
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