Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-23
SCHOOL EXERCISES Will END
To-ntGht-FcaturcS Have Been Bril-.
liant and Well Attended.


The closing exercises Of the Wal
halla High School have been attract
ing large audiences to the audit rum
for each feature, the first OF which
was the annual defamation contest
for the Jaynes medal, which was held
Friday night last. The contestants
were Walter Duckworth, Willie
Brandt, John Schroeder, Harry Nor
man, Julian Abbott. Eugene Parker.
Garwood Jaynes, Lee Davis. Louis
Seaborn. The declamations were in
terspersed with vocal and Instrument
tai selections by Misses Mildred
Moore, Ruth Brown, Florence Hot
rick and Marion Hetrick, and a cho-
rus of the High School girls and Of
the graduating class.
IN the contest for the Jaynes medal
the judges-Supt. w. G. Taylor, of
Westminster. o. G. Lyles and M. r.
McDona the medal to
Harry Norman, whose subject was
"Americanism. and honorable men
tion went to Louis Seaborn ("The
Greatness of Stonewall Jackson").
The accomplishments of the entire
group of boys contesting, however,
was splendid, and each has real rea-
which he acquitted himself
The Commencement Sermon
was delivered Sunday morning at the
auditorium by Dr.. J. B. Green, Of
Greenwood. He took as the basis Of
his remarks Philippians AS, and for
80 minutes held the rapt attention Of
his large audience. At the evening
hour DR.. Green preached from the
pulpit Of the Presbyterian church,
delivering another very able dis
course, which was heard b. good
congregation.
The Fairy Play
Monday night was indeed a charm
ingly staged affair "Midsummer
Eve" gave ample scope for wide dis
play Of the fairy charms Of players,
the costumes being admirably suited
to the bringing out Of the different
parts of the play, the whole scene
presenting most enchanting spec
tacle.
The Ansel Medal
was contested for last night. This
medal is annually offered by Geo. NJ.
Ansel for the best recitation by the
girls. Those contesting were Misses
Glare Sloan, Edith Foster, Eugenia
Moss. Edith Carter, Ruth Hetrick,
Mildred Smith, Margaret Craig, Liz
ellie Harden, Pearle Phillips, Lois
Gillespie, Emma Sanders, Jessie Nor
gan, Caroline Ansel, Sara Craig,
Grace Brown. Elsie Fretwell, Retta
Covington. Clara Belle Burley. The
recitations were interspersed by
chorus by the High School girls and
selections by Misses Ruth Brown.
ynfh I ,,nt1 l.; IN
Ansel, ElOise MOntjoy, Eunice White,
Carrie Darby Harrison.
Clara Belle Burley was the winner
of the Ansel medal. Her selection
was humorous one--"K etchin' a
Chicken"-and gave wide range for
native ability in elocution that this
Miss has not been neglecting.
Honorable mention was bestowed
upon the recitations by Jessie Nor
gan WA Yankee in LoveD, Edith
Carter C"Railway MhtineeD, and
Eugenia Moss ("Gwine to Marry
JimD. The judges were Mesdames
G. w. Pitchford and II. G. Jones, and
Miss Sallie Stribling.
Exercises To-day and Tonight
will bring to close the 1916-17 ses-
sion Of the High School. These eXer-
cises comprise music selections by
the young ladies Of the graduating
class, an address by Dr.. Henry N.
Snyder and the presentation Of the
honor medal. These exercises began
at 1890 this morning and are in pro-
gress as we go to press.
The Graduating Glass
will hold the center Of attraction to-
night. This feature will begin at
$40 o'clock. The program will be
carried out as published last week.