The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-05-29
PUBLIC SCHOOL CLOSING.
Fourteen Graduates. The Little Tots.
Session Very Satisfactory.

The closing exercises of the Grenada
High School were concluded yesterday
Thursday when the second half of
the graduates had their exercises and
the diplomas and medals were delivered.
The commencement sermon was preach
ed by Rev. |. p. TrOtter at the First
Baptist church Sunday morning. Mr..
Trotter is unusually felicitous in what
ne says but on this occasion he was in
deed fortunate in his deliverance.
Owing to the fact that there were
fourteen to graduate in the ilth grade.
it was thought best to have the gradu-
ating exercises on two different days
because of the fact that to crowd it all
into one day would keep the audience
too long, so the following were on the
program for the exercises Tuesday af-
ternoon:
Misses Selma Prooks, Frances Jones.
Bette White Middleton, D'Orr Mcleod
and Lucille James and Talbert Aldridge
and Fred Manson. The exercises were
interspersed with appropriate music
and were enjoyed by a full house.
The annual concert Wednesday eve
ming by the primary and the grammar
grades was exceptionally good. The
little tots entered into the exercises
with an interest and an enthusiasm
that showed the excellence of their
training and the keeness of their wits.
They showed that their instructors had
made them to know what school
means-lts means to take hold of what
| is written and known by others and
appropriate it to ones own use-to
bring out that within, and this these
little fellows had done most perfectly.
The fact that they had been trained
to do particular thing was in itself
worth all the time and trouble that
anyone had expended to make them
ready for the occasion.
On Thursday morning at 10 o clock
the final exercises were begun. Those
on the program for that day were;
Misses Carrie Doty. Loree Atkinson.
Malcolm Lawrence, Miss Catherine
Bull, William Daley. Donald Wright
and Miss Vera Horn. Every speaker
did well and their deliverances showed
that they had been well trained and
that they had given most careful
thought to them. Miss Carrie Doty
was awarded a gold medal that was Of
fered by New Orleans banking con-
cern for the best essay on "lmmigra-
tion. There was one other young
lady contestant but Miss Doty's paper
was considered slightly superior. By a
singular coincidence Miss Doty father.
w. S. P. Doty. presented the medal.
Mr.. Doty was requested by Prof. Hall
to perform this service some weeks
ago and at that time il was not known
who would be the contestants or who
would be the winner, nevertheless his
speech was very timely one.
That Miss Vera Horn should have
been valedictorian in a class of so many
bright pupils is indeed credit TO her
and shows that she put in many hard
, hours of study.
Two gold medals We're presented
Malcolm Lawrence. one by the L. d.
, C's of Grenada for the best essay or
5 The South Yesterday, Today and
; Tomorrow. and the other by the Mis-
sissippi Division of the L. d. C's which
4 was awarded him as the winner in the
state contest on the same subject
I Hon. j. A. Blount, one of Grenada :
e rising young attorneys. made the pre-
5 sentatiou speech in the choicest Language
I and in the most graceful manner.
e Prof Hall and his faculty have dcn'
e fine work for the past session and they
t deserve the well done thou good anC
4 faithful servant by every good citi
/ zen of Grenada.