Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-05-25
SCHOOL EXERCISES

ENlueIlClHS lHeT dpploNdi VI thS
first evenings entertainment, an au-
dience which packed the Yorkville
opera house, attended the second and
closing entertainment in connection
with the closing Of the Yorkville
Graded school Friday night. The ex-
ercises included declamations and
recitations by several boys and girls
contesting for medals offered, the
presentation Of medals and pretty
little allegorical sketch entitled, "The
Fairest Spirit" in which the girls of
the graduating class and several girls
of the ninth grade appeared.
Contests for the medal offered for the
best recital by high school girl were
held first. Three young ladies, Misses
Ora Gettys, Margaret Finley and
Kittie Sandifer, were the competitors.
In the boys defamation contest,
Henry Herndon, Robert Bratton and
Earl Gaulden entered the competi-
tion
The judges, Miss Mary Williams
and Revs. T. T. Walsh and E. E.
Gillespie, awarded the girls medal to
Miss Margaret Finley, and that Of
the boys to Henry Herndon. A med
al was also awarded to the best story
teller in the school, representative
from each Of the ten grades entering
the contest. The medal was awarded
to little Miss Annie Wallace Mar
Spencer were awarded honorable
y,oa fnr, in hn n
Quite pretty were the stage deco
rations for the mythical play, entitl-
ed THE Fairest Spirit" The cast Of
characters was as follows: First
Grace, Ora Gettys; Second Grace,
Margaret Finley; Third Grace, Frances
Allein; the Spirit of Wisdom, Marie
Walker; the Spirit Of Beauty, Sarah
wilkins; the Spirit Of Art, Sallie
Sandifer; the Spirit Of Mirth, Mar
garet Bratton; the Spirit Of Hope,
Mary Ferguson; the Spirit Of Justice,
Lucille Moore; the Spirit Of Peace,
Loueza Oates; the Spirit Of Music,
Esther Ashe; the Spirit Of Sport,
Margaret Marshall; the Spirit Of In
nocence, Wilma Quinn; the Spirit Of
Patriotism, Kittie Sandifer; the Spir-
it Of the Dance, Mary Alexander;
the Spirit Of Love, Irma Williams;
the Spirit Of Service, JAMIE Land;
Nymphs, Mary Speck, Sue Meek Starr.
Mrs. w. F. Marshall presided at the
piano. The scene Of the play was
in the palace of the three graces,
the various spirits being ushered
into their presence by the nymphs.
each spirit describing herself In
q pretty little speech before being
admitted to a seat at the feet Of the
three graces and among sister spir-
it's. The play closed with the crown
ing Of the greatest of the spirits, the
spirit of service, so designated by the
graces. Each Of the young ladies
acted her part we'll, the various Co.'S
tunes being especially appropriate
and the brief speeches and skillful
presentation Of the myth showed the
thorough training which the youthful
performers had undergone.
Before the audience was dismissed,
Superintendent Riddle read the fol-
lowing list Of those pupils whose at
tendance had been perfect during the
past year and also mentioned the fact
that Miss Wilma Quinn Of the tenth
grade had not missed single days
attendance i'm three years except upon
one occasion when she was dismissed
by permission Of her teacher:
First grade-Bertha Alexander,
Martha Pegram. Frances Williams,
Carroll Inman, ]. c. Wallace, Jr.,
Emmett Jones, Carl McGinnis (tardy
once). Second Grade-Ruby Thorn
asson, Lula White. Lamar Black,
Walter Mcconnell. Harold Williams,
Edward Faulkner tardy once), Avery
Talent tardy twice, dismissed once),
Third grade-Stokes Robinson, Rob-
ert Porter, LonZo Morrison. George
Laws, James Glenn, George Ferguson.
Walter Beckham. Norma Grist.
Fourth grader. d. Alexander, Mar
garet Love, Evelyn Shieder, ]. Q.
Wray, Milus Carroll dismissed once),
O. F.. Grist, Jr, dismissed once).
Fifth grade-F'rank McElwee, Joseph
Wood, Alice Inman, Roberta Kunz.
Ida Miller Quinn, LESLIE White,
Thelma Johnson. Sixth grade-Gay
Eula May Plaxco Cody
Ferguson, Herbert Laws. Floyd Wray.
Seventh grade. w. Quinn, Thomas
Speck, Thomas Wood, Adell Alex
ander. Veola Johnson, Edison Wal
lace dismissed once). Eighth grade
Rudolph Logan, Helen Sandifer, Hen
ry Herndon dismissed for athletics),
William Marshall dismissed for ath-