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Events Of DanvilIe.BuCkeye
City Schools

by far more than ordinary merit. and |
the large appreciatiye audiences evi- |
denced the high esteem in which the |
work and service OF the Twin City
public school is held by the people of |
the community.
The first exercise OF the week took
place on Sunday evening, Nav 16. |
when the annual baccaaureate SER |
class by Rev Theodore F.. Hofmeis.
ter, pastor of the Christian church.
A most eloquent and scholarly SER
mon was delivered from the text
Neglect not the gifth that is within
thee" and it was strongly empha-
sized that college education is nee
essary if one would develop his tai
ents thoroughly.
On Tuesday evening, the members
Of the Senior class gave the play,
"Silas Marner," dramatized repro
duction of George Eliot's wonderful
story. The town hall, in which the
play was given, was crowded to the
limit and a number sufficiently large
to again fill the hall was turned away
with the promise that the play would
be produced again on Thursday even
ing and at this second performance
the hall was again crowded The
rendition of the play was excellent on
both occasions, SURPRISING the stand
ard usually set for amateur actors
and actresses. There is no need to
make mention of individual stars, for
each member of the cast played the
role assigned with life-like interpre-
tation that captured the attention of
the audience and held it closely
throughout the entire performance
Misses Althea Payne and Florence
Shaw had charge of the staging of the
play and they are to be most warmly
congratulated on the splendid success
of their efforts.
On Wednesday evening the grad
uating class assembled on the stage
before a large audience to listen to
the class address and to receive their
diplomas. The invocation was given
by Rev Hollett of the M f. church,
who made beautiful plea for the
blessing of God on the work of the
! school. The leading feature OF the
evening was the address given by DIR.
| Frank B. Pearson of the Ohio State
| university. DR.. Pearson spoke of
three phases of education as follows
First, Education as the process that
| raises the level of appreciation. "
| Second, Education as the process
| that teaches how to employ leisure
hours" Third, Education as the
process of shifting from the egoistic
to the altruistic." He developed each
of these topics in a masterful way
that revealed wide experience in
and profound understanding of, edu
catiOnal matters, yet at no time did
he pass beyond the level of his audi
ence. His thoughts were so clearly
prehend them. The climax of his ad
dress came in his public announce
ment of the fact that since the first
of March the Danville-Buckeye City
high school has been placed on the
accredited list of high schools by the
North Central Association of College.
and Secondary Schools. This means
that any graduate of our high schoo
can now enter any college or univer
sity in this association without taking
any entrance examination; and fur
ther, that our own local high school i
now second to no other in the state
so far as access to higher school priv
ileges is concerned. To say that DI
Pearson's address was appreciates
would be putting it too mildly; it wa
: enjoyed immensely and the teacher
and patrons of the school hopeful
anticipate his next future visit.
| lHG dI cdCu cAcIClSc w q
also most delightfully."- entertained b
the musical numbers rendered
Shows orchestra.
On Friday evening the banquet {
the alumni was held in the X. of
hall. In spite of the extremely il
clement weather, goodly number {
loyal alumni assembled to do hone
to their alma mater. Mr.. A. E. Hes
president of the association, calle
, the assembly to order and called G
Mr. H. S. Workman for a restrospec
i've review of D.-B. II. s. Mr.. Wor
man told of many funny incident
that occurred during his school da!
n and traced the marks of influence
), the school as evidenced by the hie
,, positions held by some of her wortl
r sons and daughters. Following tn
e came the address Of welcome to IL