The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-05-27
HIGH SCHOOL HAPPENINGS.
Institutional and Student Activities
Interestingly Reported.
Ry ROLAND BTNNINGs.

The senior class finished their final
examinations Wednesday. The ex'
aminations for the lower grades start.
ed Wednesday and will be concluded
Wednesday of next week.
The annual junior reception to the
seniors will take place Wednesday,
May 81, at the fair grounds pavilion
This will positively be some func
ton. Delicious refreshments will be
served and music will be furnished
by Claiborne's orchestra.
The medal offered by Alex. Bloom
enstiel will be awarded to the senior
who writes the best impromptu essay
in forty minutes, on one of i've sub
iects to be chosen by the contestant
These subjects will not be known II
the contestants until they begin tx
write.
The members of the domestic
science departrn gave a picturt
benefit Thursday night at the Gen
Theatre and sold candy Throughout
the show. A nice sum was realized
from the nights endeavor.
The D. II. s. Progressives will pla.
their last game of baseball Sunday
They will tackle the high school team
of st. James on the latter's grounds
The probable lineup of d. II. S. viii
be as fellows: Battery, Sanchez, V
Stuart and E. X. Smis; first base, Vic
tor Maurin; second base, Kline Sims
third base, Archie Stuart; short stop
Leonard Leblanc; center field, Johr
Hunley; left field, Fred. Loumiet OF
Nolte DeRussy; right field, Rolane
Binnings. The team will go to st
James in automobiles. After this
game the uniforms viii be sailed away
for next years team.
The senior class night exercises will
be held Thursday, June /, in the au
ditorium, and the following program
will be rendered: Presidents ad
dress, Roland N. Binnings; prophecy
Lillian Folse; history, Byrdie Casso
will, Alethea Betz; song, Mildred
Buquoi; recitation, Abbie Allen
motto, Alice Younge; class poem
Lenard Folse; junior farewell adj
Glee Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lemann will
entertain the seniors, juniors and
teachers at their home Saturday eve.
ming, June 8. This is social func-
ton much looked forward to, and an
enjoyable evening is assured.
A shortage of money in the state
treasury has made it necessary for the
high school to dispense with the SER
vices of the janitor Each class
cleans up its own room. 1t is also
the duty of the various classes to
clean up the halls of the school, In
turn. The senior class set a good ex.
ample by starting the job, then came
the juniors, who also set a good ex.
ample by doing their part. Then il
was time for the sophs to perform
They did very good job, and SO did
the freshies. Now let's see, seniors
juniors, sophs and freshies, If the low.
err grades are more efficient i'm the
mode of sweeping than we are. They
will perform next week.
The members of the senior class
sent out fifteen hundred invitations
for the commencement exercises
The front portion Of the auditorium
will be reserved for relatives of the
graduates.
d. H. $. closes Friday, June 2
The session now drawing to close
has been a record one for the school
The graduating class is the largest
ever turned out, and in fact, contains
twice as many members as any pre-
vious class. The number of pupils
enrolled is larger than in any former
year. In every detail the term has
been one of the most fruitful and
successful in the history of the school
Our faculty is one of the best in the
state. They are wrapped up in their
work for the good of the pupils, and
generously agreed to teach the final
two weeks without recompense so
that we would not lose this valuable
time. This faculty has been one of
the most congenial and earnest body
of teachers DIS. has ever had, and
the 1916 graduating class will COM
pare most favorably in scholarship
and otherwise with any of its pre-
decessors. These graduates will
henceforth encounter the school of
life, which they are well prepared to
conquer Our motto is mo excel
lence without great labor" This we
will bear in mind. The years spent
at school will never be forgotten or
regretted; in fact, we shall look back
upon our school days as the happiest
and brightest days of our life.
Rev. r. III. Prosser has donated a
medal to be awarded to the member
of the senior class who wins an oral
test on American history. This test
will be held next Tuesday, and the
public is cordially invited to be pres
ent. The medal will be awarded COM
mencement night
Minnie Bush leads the senior class
in scholarship with general average
of 96.15 hip. Bernice Leblanc
comes second with an average of
1905 Fl, and Georgette Richard
third with mark of $3.50 1I-42.
The graduating exercises will be
held in the auditorium Friday night,
June 2, beginning at o'clock. DIR.
E.. L. Stephens, president of the
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial
Institute at Lafayette, will deliver the
commencement address, and Hon. e.
N. Pugh will probably present the
diplomas and medals. Miss Minnie
Bush will be valedictorian, and Miss
Bernice Leblanc salutatorian.
Members of the junior class viii
act as ushers for both the class night
and commencement exercises.
The essay submitted by Emanuel
Morgan was selected by a two-to-one
vote Of the judges as the best of six
on the subject of Immigration, with
Special Reference to Louisiana and
The winner viii re-
ceive the gold medal offered by the