The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1917-04-13
H0LC0MB CON-
S0L|DATED SCHOOL
COMMENCEMENT,
Session Highly Satisfactory and a
Great Credit to that Community
DR.. Rogers Makes Annual Address
DR.. Countiss Delivers Sermon
Student Contests of a Hiph Order

IN this county passed the first scholas-
tic mile post in its career this week.
tne commencement closing with the
exercises Tuesday evening. The year
mas peen most successful one. and
those who Joined themselves together
to make the school, to create in the
minds of the citizenship of that local
lty a real desire for a school that
would place the children of that sec
ton of the county in line for en-
trance into the colleges of the coun-
try, nave every reason to felicitate
over, what was done and the results
OF their labors. Everybody is now
behind the school; if there are any
kickers they are so lonesome that
their wee voices are drowned in the
choruses of praises of what has been
brought right to the doors of the
community. Unity of purpose and
OF action never failed to bring re-
ward commensurate with what is un-
dertaken. The school has run as
smoothly as fabricated bark on the
sleeping waters of bay where the
moonbeams dance to the tune of the
mocking bird, awakened from it's
noctural slumber. Tho principal.
Prof. E. M. Lewis, mapped out his
work for the year and made all ends
work together with his plans. He
never failed at any time to have the
support and cooperation of the trus-
tees, a condition absolutely essential
for good school. In passing it may
well be said that if the trustees can
not support the head of a school they
either ought to resign or ask for the
principals resignation. 1t is the
principals province to plan and the
trustees business, very largely, to
cooperate and advise.
The commencement sermon was
delivered Sunday by DR.. J. R. Coun-
tiss, President of Grenada College.
When it is stated that pulpit any
where is filled by Mr.. Countiss it may
be taken for granted that the congre-
cation has had an intellectual feast.
and that there has been clear, con-
vincing and able exposition of what
ever theme in Holy Writ he has un-
dertaken to discuss. His sermon on
this occasion, the writer learns, fit in
well with the school and its work, and
was more than encouraging to all in
tereSted.
On Saturday evening there was
defamation contest participated in
by ten different members of the stu
dent-body.
Monday evening the annual ad-
dress was delivered by DR.. r. w.
Rogers, of the department of educa-
ton of the University. DR.. Rogers
is an enthusiast on education and
was very happy in the message he
had for the Holcomb school. He
talked of the great things to be ac-
complished by school consolidation
and many other things along the
same line, all of which was particu-
larly pertinent to the life and affairs
of the community.
On Tuesday evening there was
another defamation contest. All
acquitted themselves very creditably;
indeed some of the papers would
have done credit to much older and
more experienced heads. Chester
Martin was awarded the Blount
medal. 1t may be proper, just here,
to state that Senator J. A. Blount,
Holcomb Consolidated School from
ltS Inception ana reHuereu tHe truS-
tees some invaluable aid in getting
the proposition to going, has pledged
himself to give a medal every year
until he succeeds in leading some fair
daughter to the marriage altar.
Mack johnson came next in the
awards, getting second place. Among
the girls, Miss Lucille Fulmcr got first
place, and Miss Edith Hayden sec
ond place.
Had recent rains not rendered the
roads almost impossible for autos,
many no doubt from Grenada would
have attended all the exercises, as
there are a great many here, among
whom is the writer, who feel very
great interest in the work of the
school and who are hoping for it
great success.
The Sentinel tenders congratula-
tions to Prof. Lewis and his co-labor-
ers on the first years work of Hol-
comb Consolidated School.