Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-17
lust FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY: THOU CANS
WEDNESDAY, JUNE II, 1914.
SCHOOL DAYS ARE OVER.
Graduation Exercises; and Address Dy
DIR. ID. w. Daniel Wednesday,.


The closing of the 1913-14 session
Of Walhalla High School became a
reality last Wednesday night when
a class of thirteen pupils were given
diplomas, having finished with credit
the course embraced in the ten grades
Of the High School.
DR.. ID. w. Daniel, of Clemson Col
lege, who delivered a masterful ad-
dress before the graduating class,
took occasion to compliment the class
as whole. saying that, without at
tempt at fiattery, K was one of the
most intelligent classes whom 1T
had ever been his pleasure to address
on similar occasion. He regretted
the fact that there was but one young
man to graduate, yet he stated that
this was typical Of conditions all over
South Carolina. He had addressed
number of graduating classes this
year, and the largest number Of boys
in any one graduating class was two.
Many of the classes he had addressed
were composed Of girls exclusively,
and Walhalla had as many young
men graduates as any other school he
had visited except one.
DR.. Daniel also expressed great
qualification with the appearance of
| the Walhalla school auditorium. say
ing that it was by far the finest high
school auditorium in the State->a
c-Nodit to the citizens Of Walhalla
school district and a credit to the
State at large.
The list Of graduates is Us follows
Annie Abbott, Rose Mary Busch,
Ettie Cobb, Lucy Davis.
Helen Lewis, Lula Linler,
Kate Smith, ldah Pitchford,
Fannie lsbell, Tabitha Stribling,
Luther Davis.
The presentation Of diplomas was
made by DR.. Daniel in a few we'll
| chosen remarks.
The Scholarship Medal
was won this year by Inez Douthit,
and the presentation was made by
r. II. Jaynes. Esq Miss Douthit also
won the scholarship medal last year.
In speaking to Miss Douthit Mr.
Jaynes took occasion to say: "A mind
fired with ardor in the pursuit of
learning. trained to acquire it and
able to enjoy it-this is the most
precious of the goodly pearls, and
second in value only to the one OF
| 6biNS'I piltS. Allu JIOuSH ali InlnRS
OF earth teach us what shadows we
arc and what shadows we pursue.
yet there is no earthly blessing that
will so outlive the vicissitudes of for
tune and the lapse of years as cul-
tivatod mind and literary taste.
Wealth may take to itself wings and
| fly away; friends may fall on o. T.
right and on our left; old age may
creep on with Stealthy step; but amid
life's wrecks and woes there Is re-
served this solid ground to stand
upon-this sweet trySting place of
the soul and truth"
Scholarship medals were also won
by Willie Brandt, of the 4th grade,
and Hugh Macaulay, of the 9th grade
These medals were not open to the
school, but to the members Of the
two grades. uperintendent II. w.
'Gasque presented the medal to Will
lie Brandt, and e. l.. Herndon, Esq.
chairman of the board of trustees,
presented the medal to young Mac
aulay.
New Medal Next Year.
For two years now Geo. NJ. Ansel
has offered medal to the best re-
citcr among the girls of the school,
ard noting that there was no contest
among the boys along this line, r.
j. Iaynes, Esq, announced that he
would offer for the next year a SINH
lar medal to be contested for by the
boys of the school, to be known as
the declaimer's medal.
A Fine Record.
The Walhalla High School has
made a fine record during the past
year. The work done has been sec
ond to no high school in the State,
and the Walhalla school stands at
thr top among the ten-grade schools
OF the State in efficiency, and the
pupils graduated from it are able to
enter the Freshman classes of most
OF the colleges OF the State without
examination. Among the High
School graduates who have entered
| colleges during the past few years
those going from the Walhalla High
School have without exception taken
rank among the best qualified and
fitted for the higher work Of the COL
legcs to which they have applied for
admission.
These facts speak well for the
school and the faculty, and Walhalla
School District may justly feel proud
OF the attainmentS Of the past years.
And there is to be no backward step
for the future. The school is to-day
where 1T properly should be, occupy
ing the center Of interest on all sides,
enjoying the united efforts Of the
whole citizenship Of the district.
Thncn 20 ~.