The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-05-14
PERFECT RECORD
FOR ATTENDANCE
Theron Price, Of Lone Grove School,
Has Answered Present Every
Day For Five IeNrL


Perfect attendance at school for hv2
years is the record of Theron Price,
seventeen years old, who is student
in the north grade of the Lone Grove
school of this county He was awarded
a gold medal at the eighth grade com
mencement exercises held at the
school building Thursday night,
Nine eighth grade graduates receiy'
ed diplomas. Their names are Leola
Kimbrell, Fannie McElroy, Geneva
Gauntt, Bessie Taylor, Richard Taylor
Evalyn Price, Tommie Payne, Thenia
Lewis and Jewel Hunter TWenty-eight
medals were presented to the stu
dents of the school who had won in the
Durant meet, the Carter county meet
or in contests in the Lone Grove
school,
An informal tea party, in which the
nine graduates purported to give a re-
hearsal Of the commencement num-
bers supposed to have been given years
ago when the graduates were school
children, was the unique program Civ
en- by the members of the graduating
class. Fannie McElroy gave the salu-
tatory, and Leola Kimbrell, the vale.
dictory address. County Superintend'
ent L. NJ Thurston made the presen
tation speech and delivered the dl
plomas. Mrs II. p Zaneis, superin
tendent, presented the medals. Dr
lJ. w. Burns, of Ardmore, was to have
delivered an address, but was unable
to return from the state convention %
the Christian churches at Enid in time
for the program.
Distribution OF Medals.
Medals were presented to Tom FISH
err. Pearl Fisher, and Katie Fisher
which they won in the spelling con
, tests at the Durant educational meet
For places won in the Carter count
, meet, medals were given to Miller Tay
/ lor for. second place in high scho
oratory; Lyle Tanner for second plac
:. in oratory for the first and secon
q grades Pearl Fisher for first plac
in spelling; Willard Payne for frs
o place in oratory of the fifth and siXt
>. grades.
In the Lone Grove contests medal
- were awarded to Alex Berry OF th
h first grade for perfect attendance fC
=, this year: Miller Taylor in high scho
:. school reading; Mary Lewis, hig
! school lreading; Mary Lewis, hiG
school spelling; Richard Taylor, Sc
Il enth and eighth grade defamation
n Eyulyn Price, seventh and eight
y, grade reading; Tom Fisher, eight
>, grade spelling; Pearl Fisher, seyent
- grade spelling; Willard Payne, fif
- and sixth grade defamation; Kat
n Fisher, sixth grade spelling; Dc
a Reeder, fifth grade spelling; Jimm
"a Lewis, third and fourth grade decl
= nation Pernie thinner, third al
=, fourth grade defamation; Camel
N Young, fourth grade spelling; Balla
nj Tanner, third grade spelling; Ly
y Tanner, first and second grade dec
nation; Aline Bigbie, first and seco
grade reading; Thelma Fisher, seco
NJ grade spelling, and to Alex Berry, fiji
e grade spelling.
The practice of giving medals
,d the best work in the different class
has been in use by Mrs. Zaneis
several years. Another feature /
found in many schools is the meth
of teaching by departments in whi
IN one instructor teaches all the histo
,ly another all the mathematics and
in the other subjects. One more teacl
a will be added to the faculty this ye