Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-05-21
LESLIE SCHOOL IN
fine PROGRAM FOR
THE CLOSING DAYS

High School closed the most success
ful years work in its history with APP
propriate exercises Thursday and Fri
day, May IS and 10. The exercises
were splendid from beginning to end
and rejects much credit upon Prof.
y. 5. Lancaster and his able corps of
assistants. The people of Leslie are
justly proud of their school and its
achievements for the past year. The
school enrolled fifty-four more pupils
this year than last, an increase of more
tl.an forty three per cent over the
last year record.
The exercises consisted of songs,
plays, drills, an essay and an orator
ical contest, debate, graduating ex-
ercises and literary address. The
exercises opened Thursday morning at
II o'clock with song by the primary
department This was followed by the
essay contest. The contestants and
their subjects were Miss Lois Will
liams, why I go to school," Lota
Speer, Literature for the young
mind" Mary Wilson, Our Country; ="
Cha Mae Suggs, why love fowers;"
Esther Stewart, What l know about
trees" Ruth Ranew, Mother" and
Ruth Parker, "the value of reading"
The faculty had offered a gold medal
for the one who was declared the
winner in this contest Miss Ruth
RGnew was the winner.
The primary and intermediate de-
partments then put on an operetta after
@hich the following boys entered an
oratorical contest, Ellis Park Green,
Cato Wilson, Clifton Anderson and
Luther Roberts.
The town council had offered a
medal for the best orator in this con-
test Clifton Anderson was declared
the winner, while Luther Roberts was
given honorable mention.
Thursday night the grammar school
department put on two excellent plays
after which came the champion de-
bate between the Lanier and Anthem
ian Literary Society. Messrs Gem
Dell and Augustus D. Bolton repre-
senting the former and Mr. Frank
Deriso and Miss jamie Lee Gardner the
latter. The subject discussed was,
Resolved, That Georgia should have
woman suffrage. The Athenians won
a unanimous decision on the negative
cf the question.
Friday morning came hte gradual
ing exercises. The class carried out
the following program Saturday. An
ME vera Suggs; vocal duet, Sarah
Sumerford and Ruth Malone; class
prophecy, Eunice Young; class his
tory, Ruth Malone; class oem, ]. D.
Bolton; solo, Saran Sumerford, class
GRAFTON, j. G. Dell; last will and test
ament, Frank Deriso; grafton, A. D.
Bolton, valedictory, Maggie Mae Pill
cher. This is one of the largest grad
uating classes ever turned out by the
Leslie school.
Following the graduating exercise
Prof. Charles G. Clement, instructor
Of English in the Americus High
school, delivered the best literary ad-
dress ever heard by the Leslie school
dress ever heard by the Leslie school.
Friday night the junior class put on
q play, The Suffragette Convention .
which made the geratest hit of the
commencement. Prof Lancaster then
announced that the general excellency
medal offered by the Board of Educa-
ton for the best all round record
made by any student had been won by
Mss Laila Clifton. A minstrel drill
By the seventh and eighth grades
closed the commencement
Too much praise cannot be given the
pupils of Miss Helen Argo for the
musical numbers rendered by them
between the different parts OF the
program. Those taking the leading
part were: Laila Clifton, Lota Speer,