Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-05
SHARON SCHOOL CLOSES

The Sharon High school has wound
up another years work; and from the
standpoint of enrolment, general
scholarship and the quality of work
done, the eight months term which
came to a close last Friday evening
was the most successful in the history
of the school,
Thursday and Friday nights were
devoted to the closing exercises,
Thursday night being given over to the
exhibition of the primary grades. A
large and appreciative audience of pa
seat in the large auditorium being
taken and a number Of the spectators
being forced to stand The entertain
ment consisted principally Of various
drills, practically every child in the
primary grades taking part. There
were a number Of selections rendered
by music pupils. Recitations by Mary
Whisonant, Lee Street and Lee Young
blood were also among the pleasant
features Of the frs. nights program.
On Friday evening the graduating
exercises were held. There were only
three graduates this year, one girl,
Miss Elizabeth Allison, and two boys,
Ralph Cain and John Rainey Saye
The fact that an admission fee of ten
cents was charged, the proceeds to go
toward the incidental fund Of the
school, did not keep many away, and
the audience Friday night was fully as
large as the crowd Of the night before,
a number of people coming from the
surrounding community.
Professor ]. B. Paysinger, principal
of the school presided over the eXer-
cises and introduced as the first speak
er, Ralph Cain Of the graduating class
who addressed the audience on the
immigration question. He favored its
restriction and pointed out the harm
done by emigrants, declaring that they
were in the main ignorant, vicious ana
wholly selfish, merely coming to the
United States for the sake Of gain,
taking their acquired wealth with
them back across the sea. They were
the bearers Of disease and anarchistic
doctrines. The speaker was unable to
but was firm in the belief that for
eigners had an iniquitous influence
in America, which country he thought,
should be for Americans. Mr.. Gains
Grafton was an interesting one, highly
acceptable to the audience, whose
close attention he held throughout.
A duet by Misses Susie Hartness and
Ella Lee Byers followed the Grafton or
Mr. Cain.
Taking as her subject The South
ern girl Of Today and Yesterday" Miss
Elizabeth Allison told Of changes that
had taken place in the general make
up of southern girls since the war.
Conditions are quite different now, she
said, and southern girls are taking
their position among the worlds work
ers. However. the southern girl is to-
day different from girls Of other sec
tiOns, and in spite OF changes that
have naturally come, she is now, as
she has always been, the same true,
patriotic, devoted and distinct type OF
womanhOod she was in Ante Bellum
days.
Following the liberal applause given
Miss Allison, came music by two OF
the teachers, Misses Winnie CraW-
ford and Wilma Logan.
John Rainey Saye, the third member
Of the class, chose as his subject, "Wo-
man and the Ballot" The high school
graduate did not favor arming woman
with the ballot Her place was at
home, he thought, and her duty was
to raise her children to make good Cit
iZens. He divided the subject into
three parts, from which he thought it
should be considered-woman as an
individual as member of the family
and member of the state. He favor
ed giving her every advantage, but
would keep her away from the politi-
cal field which was out of her sphere.
In presenting the diplomas to the
graduates, Prof. Paysinger proceeded
to give them some good advice. There
were three things necessary to sue
cessful life viz, hard labor, fair play
and pure life. They had a long jour
ney before them and guided by the
three essentials named, he was sure
they would be successful.
BLACK Nance" was the subject of
a recitation by Miss Penninah Cain.
followed by a short play entitled "A
Day in Happy Hollow School" Miss
Marie Graves was teacher and the fol-
lowing were pupils: Susie Hartness, !
Blanche Pratt. Rebeca Saye. Eugenia
Pratt Fannie YoungblOOd. Odessa
PlexicO Elsie Horton, Edna Lowrence,
Fred Penninger, David Byers, Roy
PleXicO.
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