The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-05-31
CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
Graded School commencement Held
Last Wednesday and Thursday.

graded school were neld IN the Schoo
auditorium. The exercises begar
Wednesday afternoon, when Mis-:
Urma Blacks music class gave de
lightful recital, and Thursday even
ing the graduating exercises were
held.
The recital Wednesday afternoon
was attended by large audience OF
interested friends and patrons of the
school. The programme rendered
| was we'll arranged, and carried out
| with much skill, showing earnest and
painstaking work on the part Of both
| teacher and pupil
The high school exercises were held
Thursday evening, and each class in
the high school participated in the
programme. Each class had its song
and garland. made up of the class
colors. marching in singing and car
rying the garlands, which were hung
| across the front of the stage.
First came the freshmen with their
garland of green and pink: followed
| by the sophomores. with orange and
green, each singing its catchy school
song and carrying it's garland on the
shoulders of the members. Then
came the juniors with their garland
of crimson and green and their snap
py song which revealed to the au-
dience that they did things which
made school worth while.
The second part of the program
was the graduating exercises. After
the song by the graduating class and
the salutation by Miss Lerline Hern-
don, the class was called to order by
the president, Miss Margaret Easter
ling. The roll was called by the Sec
retary, James Shealey. and the class
poem was read by Miss Dora McMll-
Ian: the class history by Miss Mar
garet Easterling; the prophecy by
Miss Eunice Hunter; the will by Miss
Vista Brabham; and the valedictory
by Miss Lucille Hunter. All these
papers did great credit to both pu-
pills and teachers.
At the conclusion of this part of
the programme the superintendent,
Mr.. Allen, with a few words of ap-
probation and counsel, awarded di-
plomas to the following: Beuna Wis
ia Brabham, Margaret Hays Easter
ling. Florence Lerline Herndon, Eu-
| nice Elizabeth Hunter, Florence Lu-
cile Hunter, Dora Mcmillan, James
Wellington Shealy, and James Gar
ris Zeigler.
The awarding of prizes came next.
Mr.. D. A. Reid, our enterprisIng and
public spirited jeweler and citizen,
| offered at the beginning of the ses-
sion to give four gold medals for the
best general averages, one to the boy
| and one to the girl in the high
school department making the high
est averages. and one to the boy and
one to the girl in the lower grades
making the highest averages. The
| high school medal was won by
| Wilkes knight and Mamie Faust,
with Aegina knight a very close
second. In the lower grades Willie
Mae Allen won the girls medal and
Robert Back, Jr., the boys. In the
lower grades Harriet Virgins and
James Grimes were close seconds.
| The averages were as follows: Wilkes
Knight, 91.3: Mamie Faust, 96.1S;
Aegina knight, 96.13: Willie Mae
Allen, $3.50; Harriet Virgins. 9S.35;
| Robert Black. 94.10; James Grimes,
94.O6. Miss Margaret Easterling
won the medal given by the United
Daughters of the Confederacy for the
best paper written on Sherman
| march and the burning of Columbia.
Grace Hughes won the medal given
| bv Miss Urma Black for the pupil
who made the most improvement in
music. Harriet Virgins won the
medal given by Mrs. Aurdaugh Tor
the highest average in the sixth
grade. These prizes were delivered
bv Dr.. E. O. Watson and Mr.. r. +.
Bellinger. The following Won the
distinction of being neither absent nor
tardy during the year: Frances Al
/ len, Mary Ducker, Hortense Sandl-
fer, Robert Black, Lemuel Virgins,
Pearle Phillips, Carrie Simmons, Har-
riet Virgins. Sallie Richardson. Cald-
we'll Jones, Lily Mae Phillips, Jur-
line Sandifer, Nellie Hyatt. Theresa
Fowler, Mamie Faust.