The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-06-04
TwOAble Ministers Address
the Graduating Class.
MEDALS ARE AWARDED
MONDAY EVENING
Very Attractive Exercises held Friday
Evening, Sunday Morning, Monday
Morning and Monday Evening. A
Splendid Class of Young Folks.

city graded schools came to a close
Monday evening with the annual lit
erary oddress by DR.. John F. Vines,
Of Anderson, and the delivery OF di-
plomas and medals.
The first of the commencement eX-
ereises were held Friday evening at
the school auditorium when the
graduating class held it's class exer-
cises, when all of the members of the
class either read essays or entered
into debate. The following program
was carried out by the members of
the class, all of them acquitting them
selves with a great deal of credit:
Salutatory: The Effect of Literature
Upon the High School"-Gussie Mil
life in the Old South"-Lucy Chill
dress.
Possibilities of Civic League I'm
provement in Our Town"-Henry
Franks.
"The Need of Athletics in the School"
Mamie Austin.
rldno SOlO-franCeS Davis (ElSnth
Grade)
Debate: Resolved, Women Should be
Allowed to Vote"-Affirmative, Har-
riett Simpson; Negative: Clatie
Roper.
"The Battle of Gettysburg"-Hay
Taylor.
"Thorwaldsen's Sculptures" "-Brucie
Owings.
Song by the Glass.
why the School Should Have an
Eleventh Grade"-Mildred Babb.
"The Need of Domestic Science in our
School"-Nannie Mae Williams.
"The Justification of the South in
Seceding"-Julia Henderson.
nght"-Vivian Huff.
Violin Solo-James McCravy eighth
Grade)
'The Educational Possibilities Of Nov
ing Pictures"-Ruth Winn.
"The Contrast OF the Old and the
New School Building"-Pauline
Prentiss
"Longstreet at Gettysburg"-Era
Madden
Valedictory: Influence of Music"-
Caroline Roper.
Mr. w. A. Barton, principal of the
high school, presided over these ex-
ercises and directed the excellent
chorus work for the evening.
Sunday morning DR.. 70. Pendleton
Jones, of Newberry, delivered the an
\ nual sermon at the First Baptist
church. Rev. NJ. l.. Lawson intro
duced the speaker with a few words
appropriate to the occasion. very
large congregation heard Dr. Jones
deliver forceful sermon, stressing
the need for cultural, Christian educa-
tion and an equal opportunity for rich
ton. DR.. Jones urged the raising of
the standard Of all the schools and
giving the opportunity to rich and
poor alike to secure educational ad-
yantages.
Monday morning the minor exercis-
es OF the commencement were held at
the graded school auditorium, when
promotion cards were given and the
winners Of attendance and penman-
ship buttons were announced
Monday evening, as stated above,
the last Of the exercises were held,
when DR.. Vines delivered a masterful
address on "The Task OF the Hour,
the Demands of the Time. Dr..
Vines, like Dr. Jones the day before,
stressed the Importance of Christian,
cultural education as the foundation
stone on which to build for the fu-
ture. To attain unto this cultured
life, he said, the stamp of value must
be placed upon the physical life, the
intellectual life, the practical life, the
patriotic life and the Christian life.
All OF these things should be given
their due consideration, IL this coun-
try, now the most lawless on the
globe, is to attain to that pinnacle of