The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1917-04-12
PHELAN SCHOOL CLOSES

AS the date for the closing exercises
of the Phelan public school draws near
each year, the entire community is
awakened in anticipation of a good
time" which Prof. Templeton always
proposes for them. Especially are they
interested in his annual concerts,
which are really a vaudeville compar-
ing fayorably with the celebrated Or
pheum circuit, and this year witnessed
some Of the best plays he has ever
produced, which merit especial praise
as it marked the debut of many of the
leading characters
Sial the FIRST day Yves devoted
to cless Wofk MI pefsed pFth nlllsids
recitations, dialogues, etc., BY thb
younger pupils till the noon hour when
a magnificent dinner was spread on
the school grounds for all and if any
failed to "fll up" it was their fault as
was noted that enough was left to
feed another such crowd.
After dinner the bell soon called us
back to the spacious auditorium where
we were treated to an able and schol-
arly address by DR. r. A. Clark, pas
tor of the First Methodist church of
Covington. Dr. Clark made fine i'm
preston on our people and we hope
he viii visit us again. The j. Y. Peete
medal having been won by Miss Willie
Deverell was then presented to her
by it's donor in his usual pleasing way
laying especial stress on fidelity to
duty. Rev. M. R. Gibson, of Coving
ton, presented Miss Rosa Pickens with
the medal offered by Mr.. Templeton.
Supt. Robson presented diplomas to
the following young ladies': Misses
Mormon Deverell, Linnie Archer, Viii
lie Cole, Lola Mccullough, Ruth Bax
ter, Florence Marshall, Hattie Rich
ardson, Mamie Holloman and Esther
Faux.
Each year the attendance to these
exercises grows larger and as an evil
dence Of their popularity and the
prominence of our school away from
home, we have only to mention that
between so and rs of Covington's
leading professional and business men
honored us with their presence and
were profuse in their praise of our
school, and while they were not will
ing to concede we had better school
than they, yet they were willing to
accord us second place in the county.
Thursday night, the 10Th ult., "The
Deacon's Tribulations" and "The Ne
gro Night School" was presented and
on Friday night, the Both ult., "The
Poor Married Man, comedy in four
acts was produced. Each night the
large auditorium was packed to its ut
most capacity and frequent and gen
erous applause given these young peo-
pie is sufficient evidence that their
efforts were not in vain. The popu-
larity of these concerts has reached
far beyond our local territory as we
noticed in the crowd many from Cow
ington, Stanton, Mason and other
points. Again Prof. Templeton was
invited to Stanton, where on Friday
night, the 9th inst, large crowd
gave these young people a continued
round Of applause throughout the
evening. Wednesday night, the 18th
inst, the same plays will be produced
at Atoka.
We are proud of our boys and girls,
but the more so Of our most worthy
and faithful principal, Prof. S. j.
Templeton who has been with US for
II years and we hope that another IL
years-yes twice that number, will
still find him with us. He was ably
assisted during the past term by Miss
Eunice Hewitt, Mrs. w. A. Massey,
Mrs. Holmes Winford and Miss Sudie
Hewitt as music teacher.
A FRIEND.