The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-06-10
School Closing.

A very successful years work has just
come to close in the Manning graded
school. The final commencement ex-
ercises were held last Friday night,
when eight boys and nine girls receiv-
ed their diplomas. This was the largest
class in the history of the school, and it
was one of the best. The graduating
exercises consisted of ten papers pre-
pared and read by ten members OF the
class.
They were as follows: Robert Brad
ham, ssOur National Government" and
'salutatory; Miss Jennie Bowman, "The
Rural Free Delivery, Miss Rose Erwin,
ssWoman's Sphere;;"Miss Emily Gelger.
"Woodrow Wilson," Jerome Hirsch-
mann, "Ocean Transportation" Cho-
vine Sprott, "Our State Government
Joe Burgess, class History; Miss Fannie
3radham, class prophecy; Miss Celeste
Erwin, class will; Miss Aileen Fladger,
''The Bonded Life" and valendictory.
The Loryea medal is awarded annual
ly to the first honor graduate, and this
wear, it fell to Miss Aileen Fladger.
Excellent selections of music were
interspersed throughout the exercises.
The other mombers of the class were
Misses Adele Timmons, Lucille Tim.
mons, Mary Holiday, Thomas Brog-
don, Gilbert Hodge, Barney Thames
and Allen Williams.
The eighth grade exercises which
consisted of declamations in contest for
gold medal, offered by the Peoples
bank TO the best declaimer. Those de-
claiming were Myrtle Bowman, Jennie
Burgess, Mildred Erwin, Beulah John
son, Annie May Mahoney, Irma Nc
Kelvey, Carolyn Plowden, Elsie Ridge
way, Isabella Thomas, George White,
Beulah Williams and Julia Wilson. :,
The medal was awarded to Georgia
White with honorable mention of Julia
Wilson.
The ninth grade held its exercises on
Thursday night in the form of debate
on the question of woman's suffrage.
The affirmative was upheld by three
girls, Elizabeth Coskery, Meta Levi,
and Sue NJ. Sprott; and the negative
was argued by three boys. James Bar.
ron, Berry Sprott, and William Wolfe.
It was an excellent debate, the like of
which probably had not been heard
before. Each debator did very we'll in-
deed. The question was decided in
favor of the negative, and the medal,
offered by the Bank of Manning for
the best individual debator, was award
ed to Berry Sprott of Foreston.
Music was furnished by Misses Ap
pelt, Bradham, and Mr.. Charles Wells.
Tbs commencement sermon was
preached in the Presbyterian church
on the Sunday previous, by Rev. J. L.
McLees of Orangeburg. His subject
was the sioryof Moses in giving up q
life of ease to lead his people out of
bondage through hardship. It was one
of the most powerful sermons ever
heard IN Manning.
On the whole the closing exercises
of the graded school were most pleas
| ing and showed progress and excellent
training.
We have one of the very best schools
in the State, and tits fortunate for any
child to have such association as the
pupil body of our school. Everybody's
child is cared for perhaps, more closely
than it is at home. We are told that the
discipline is we'll nigh perfect and the
organization is wonderful. Out of 1856
pupils only have been iogged since
Christmas. Out of a possible $4,000 tar.
dies there have been only 36, a per
centage of 000.5.