The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1915-05-21
HAMPSHIRE SCHOOL
fNCS TERM WITH A
NO7ABLEPROGRAMME
.ropIF FOR FAR AND WIDE
GATHER TO WITNESS THE
CLOSING EXERCISES.
FARMER sUPT. JONES, SPEAKER
dad Of Middle Tennessee Normal De-
! pvers Great Address on Efficiency.
! msdals Are Awarded and Dinner Is
Served on Grounds.

Served on Grounds.
With appropriate and inspiring ex-
..oises the term of the Hampshire
-obool came to a most successful
Combustion on Wednesday. In the
corning there was a defamation con-
+ost participated in by eight lovely
nttIp girls, in the afternoon Former
STATE superintendent Jones, of Muir
fra4,aoro. delivered an able address
and at night the play The Thread OF
DESTINY" was rendered.
The gathering on Wednesday was
one OF the largest ever known at
HAMPSHIRE. Business was practical
" suspended 1t was a real school
field day. The people came from far
and wide, from all the Hampshire sec
ton, from across the river, from Mt.
Pleasant and from Columbia. The
school spirit was rampant and enthu-
siasm for their magnificent education
al interests was most manifest.
The exercises were all that could
be desired The young people in the
program gave evidence of the most
painstaking and thorough instruc-
ton, the speech of Mr., Jones was one
of the strongest deliverances ever
heard on an occasion of this char
acter and the play at night delighted
an immense audience, substantial
sum being secured for the school i'm
provement work.
The exercises commenced shortly
before II o'clock, the following girls
taking part in the reading contests:
Misses Eddie Ruth Morelock, Sarah
Patten, Louise Parks, Louise Brooks,
Zulieka Hughes, Constance Morelock,
Elizabeth Akin, Louise Ross, The
judges were Miss Huckaby, Prof. R.
L. Jones and ]. !. Finney. The latter,
in few words, awarded the medal to
Miss Eddie Ruth Morelock, express
ing the difficulty that the judges had
experienced in coming to a decision
and congratulating all of the contest
ants upon the high order Of ability
shown. Mr.. Finney also congratulate
cd the people of Hampshire upon
their school spirit. During this con
test number of selections on the pi-
ano and violin were most delightful
ly rendered.
At noon great and sumptuous din
ner was spread on the blue grass
lawn and beneath spreading forest
trees, There was more, much more
than an abundance of everything
good that the appetite could crave.
Hospitality dispensed with lavish
hand Everyone was made to feel
at home and so insistent were the
demands to take of comforts for the
delight of the inner man that It was
a hard matter to restrain oneself and
practice that selfdenial so often the
subject of praise.
In the afternoon Supt. Jones took
for his subject Efficiency" He spoke
OF the great advances that had been
made in every line of endeavor dur
ing the past century. Declaring that
If the present efficiency represented
100 that of century ago did not rep
resent over five per cent. Numerous
Illustration were given to prove this.
From these facts he drew the conclu-
sion that it was absolutely necessary
IN this time and age to be efficient, to
develop every talent of man. This
was the best age, the speaker declar-
ed, that the world had ever known,
but tomorrow would be better. His
address created a profound impress
sion and at its close the speaker was
showered with congratulations
The past term has been a most
successful one, the apprecia-
ton of the people of that
section of their principal, Prof. John
r Stephens and his assistant, Mrs.
stephens, being attested by their
election for another term.
Scholarship medals we're awarded
as follows: High School Carnice
Fogue; intermediate, Constance
Norelock and James Whiteside; pri-
mary louise Pogue.