The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-13
BERTHE HAS FIRST
Commencement
Great Parade and Very Fine
Exhibits Hon. I, W. BjcA-
ett Makes Address
Special ,o In Ns- znd o,e-rvs.l.


yesterday and witnessed Bertie's first
county commencement of our public
schools. 1t was an ideal day without
untoward accidents. every one filled
with the spirit OF the occasion and =
general good time had on all hands
The cause of educate was given a
decided impetus 10y the spectacle OF
the 1856 children in the parade OF
schools. No man who Witnessed that
sight Will ever vote against "A special
tax Of any reasonable amount Prof
Herbert w. Farley, the highly efficient
county superintendent, had every
detail Of the meeting we'll arranged.
The magnificent building of the
Windsor graded school was the CEN
trail point around which all Of the
days incidents centered. The schools
gathered on the campus. Sixty OF
them represented. We doubt if such
| a we'll dressed, we'll behaved splendid
| looking body of 1856 boys and girls
| of school age ever before assembled in
| anywhere. Certainly they were the
| equal Of the best. Mr.. Mason +. Gil
| liam and his assistants representing
| each township in the county handled
the procession admirably. The line
| of march was OF sufficient length to
give the whole town u view of the
| highly inspiring sight.
The various township and school
| banners gave Information of atten-
dance. betterment work and prom
iSes for future work
Exercises in the Open.
The exercises of the morning were
held in the open air on the graded
, school campus. Rev. L. II. Hayman
of the Methodist Church gave the in
. vocation. A spirited defamation
contest was had, by boy and girl
from each of our nine townships.
Master Charles Smallwood Capehart.
of -
the House from Bertie. was declared
the winner in this contest. He is a
handsome manly young fellow and de-
claimed unusually we'll. Others
rendered excellent recitations.
A basket picnic was then had and
a fine dinner enjoyed. Owing to the
enormous crowd and lateness of the
hour the audience was divided IL the
afternoon, about a thousand going
:, to the court house to hear the ad-
dress and the rest remaining to wit
ness the athletic contests, consisting
of 100 yard dash, 220 yard dash, 44O
yard dash, running high jump, run
ming broad jump, sack race and a
mile relay race. A large nur-ber par
n ticipated in these races and the de-
J., cisions were all close. During the
recess the public inspected the vari
= Gus school exhibits that were display
~ ed in the ten rooms and halls Of the
- graded school. These exhibits were
| of great interest and included bOtf
:, book work and manual training work
: - The Roxobel graded school won th'
:, prize for the best and largest exhibit
In the Windsor graded school ex
- hibit was train of cars, engine, bag
- gage car, and two passeng cars mad
- of wood and on a wooden track, witt
1f switch and signal tower complete
!. This was the work Of Master Adoni
~ cam Judson Cobb. he will be hear
- from later on.
III Hon. T. w. Beckett Speaks.
- After dinner the address of the da
;o was delivered by Hon T. w. Bicket
~ | District Attorney Francis d. Win
- ston. Attorney General Beckett de
20 20 livered a very forceful address tina
p greatly pleased his large audience.
W was his first visit to Windsor and h
~ will receive warm welcome her
~ ~ when he comes again. While here h
-. was the guest of Hon. and Mr.
:, Francis d. Winston at Windsor Cas-
- tie. At the close of the address Pro
- L. c.. Brogden, supervisor of rurs
' elementary schools Of North Carolin
awarded the certificates to the var
Gus seventh grade graduates. Pro
Brogden is a clear talker and mad
-. an excellent impression. He S0Ok
w we'll. Sixteen prizes were donated /
various patriotic citizens both for II
:" athletic -Iinners and for the schoo
having The largest number presen
IS the largest percentage present of the
nd enrolment, the best appearance in II
nd parade, the best industrial map, II
tn best exhibit by a one teacher schO
to and others for various excellencies.
it It was q great day for Windsor ar
Ill no doubt the next years commenc
he ment will bring at least $500 pupil
At any rate magnificent start h;
-rn been made.
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