Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-06-11
the ST. JOSEPH HIGH ScVOol com.
MEMcEMEnT.

The great event OF Commencement
quite fttingly concluded the festiv
tiles incident to the closing of tn
st. Joseph High School.
The Court House was prepared
for the gala occasion by loving hand
and the festive trimmings little sug
gested the Court Room. Under 8
wealth of oleander blossoms anc
sweet peas, with greenery and trail.
ing vines, the Judges desk masque.
raded Titania's bower. From the
pink festoOning of the chandeliers
the light peeped forth and gaily
shone on fair women and brave men.
The spacious hall was an appro-
pirate setting for the evenings en-
tertainment.
AT $3.50 the Senior Glass filed
slowly down the center aisle, fol.
lowed by the gentlemen of the High
School faculty, the speaker for the
evening, Mr.. Fox, and the members
OF the Town Council and School
Board.
In the great semi-circle formed in
front OF the Judges desk were seat
ed those to whom all eyes were
turned. Many friends had come to
witness the last scene in the last act
OF the drama of their school life.-
some to sing inspiring songs of
sweetest melody, some to admire,
and all to praise the class that was
to pass out into life's school. Very
serious did they seem, these three
young girls with their one fellow
student, when the speaker addressed
himself to them in words of wisdom
and inspiration. Never has he spok-
IN more thoughtfully nor more feel
ngly than when he admonished this
class, and gratefully they listened to
llm. Their much loved principal,
Mr.. Jordan, with tender and affec.
'lonate words, explained the signif-
canoe OF these State diplomas, and
he relation and obligation assumed
n their acceptance. He was assist
a in presenting them by little |
Wilma Jordan and LOrris Levy, who |
arrled the satin-bound sheep-skins !
n golden basket.
The scholarship medal, offered by
he Mayor and Town Council, was
.warded to Miss Elizabeth Crothers. |
whose record for the four years work
las been second to none. Miss Crotb-
rs, in a graceful manner and fitting
vords. expressed her appreciation of
he honor bestowed upon her. The
aledictory was sweet and affecting,
quite an appropriate fms to her
chool work. After this ceremony
lr. Jordan presented to the stu
ents OF the grammar school who
'ere promoted to the high school
heir certificates Of promotion. Those
eceiving them were: Alice Bondu-
ant, Camille Buelow, Catherine
lornsby, Dorothy Skinner, Lena
'aragOna, w. H. Ward and Hol-
ian Smitha. The Faculty medal
'r scholarship was award to Cath
rine Hornsby, Dorothy Skinner
inning second honor. l.
For perfect attendance there were
awards given in the grammar
;hool, 4 in the intermediate and 8
the primary rooms. Catherine
Yard won first honor in the 9Th
rade and Elizabeth: Drake in the
th.
Thanks are due and should be ex.
ressed for the generous assistance
ven by the friends of the school
making the closing of this very
'ccessful year a series of delightful
ltertainments; those friends who
mt their material and spiritual as
stance on every occasion, not the
asst OF which was the contribution
their voices in songs that made
night long to be re.
In good old Anglo-Saxon:
e thank you.
The evening passed all too quick
;. Good-byes, congratulations, and
rophecies were blended and lost in
Ie strains OF music that invited the
~ throng to trip the light fantastic
to the wee sma' hours'' of the p,
orning. |,
So has ended the session of 1914 ,
J. Il
All is best, though we oft doubt Ii
What the unsearchable dispose
Df Highest Wisdom brinus ahout