The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1918-06-07
SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
TRAINING SCHOOL CLASS
Achievements in Scholarship and In.
teresting Glass Exercises.

did sermon at the Methodist Church,
the Union City Training School COM
mencement exercises proper took
place last Thursday night at Rey-
nolds Theatre.
The audience was large one.
The stage was beautifully decorated
with flowers and pot plants. The
young ladies of the class appeared
in sweet-girl graduate frocks of
beautiful white; the young men
looked inspiring in presence and
manner.
Hon. F. G. Newberry, of Arkadel-
phi, Ark, former member of the
faculty, was seated with the class,
and Rev. J. Randall Farris, was also
present to invoke the class blessing.
The program included the follow
ing subjects: "The Duty of Girls
in the Present Crisis" by Paulyne
Rives; president Wilson, the Man
of the Hour" by Harris Bondurant; |;
Women, the Making of American
Citizenship" by Mary Johnston;
"Our Service Flag" by Julia EN-
brey; class address by Hon. F. C.
Newberry. 1t was all very fine. in
deed. Misses Paulyne Rives and
Mary Johnston contested for essay
honors, Miss Rives winning by a
single point out of an average in
which 100 was perfect each in COM
position, expression and delivery. In
delivering medals Rev. Farris stated
that the decision was the closest he
ever saw any judges make.
The class address by Mr.. Newber-
ry, who is now one of Arkansas fra
ternal and political leaders, was
both a surprise and pleasure to all
present. 1t was indeed an oration
and a classic.
To begin Mr.. Newbcrry referred
to his former associations in Union
City, especially to those men who
had so much influence upon his own
life in the persons of H. T. Robinson,
Rev. w. C. Sellers, Judge A. ]. Law
son and of the younger men, F. G..
Aydelott, Geo. A. Gibbs, Jr., and
Rev. John Harrison. The memory of
these men was to him the greatest
inspiration of his life.
Mr.. Newberry said he came back
like a prodigal son. All this was
very pleasant, but when he branched
out upon his theme, What shall
we do with Our Lives" the wisdom,
the eloquence, the genius of the ages
were invoked in dazzling and in
viting array to present what has
been proven to be best in life to
achieve and to pursue. Beyond all
peradventure the greatest success
and pleasure in life is in the pur-
suit and achievement Of something
that makes for the mental, spiritual
and physical structure of the human
race. 1t is not the pursuit of gold
nor any of its equivalents that makes
life worth living, but the uses of
these things to enhance the strength
of mind and character, to contribute
to human and national integrity and
to the glory of God. These are prin
ciples for which we are fighting in
in the great war and in which the
young and the old may and have
achieved honor.
1t was a wonderful theme deliv-
cred with scholarly smoothness and
dramatic effectiveness.
Not only the school but the au-
dience was thoroly carried away,
under the spell of Mr.. Newberry's
The diplomas and medals were
awarded by Rev. Farris. The medals
are as follows:
Scholarship medal.-Offered by ].
P. verhine for the highest average
on all subjects for the entire year. |
Won by Charles Hudson, average
96%. William Caldwell came Sec
ond with an average of SO. Ola Akin,
]. G. Smith and Thos. Leroy Brans-
ford deserve honorable mention.
Five dollars in gold.-Offered by
John T. Walker for the highest
average in mathematics Won by
Thos. Leroy Bransford, average
981s. Chas. Hudson came second
with an average of 971s.
Latin medal.-Offered by Brans-
ford & Andrews for the highest
average in Latin. Won by Ola Akin,
average 95%.
Essay medal.-Offered by DR.. H.
}. Robinson for the best essay. Won
,y Paulyne Rives, who graded only
,ne point above Mary johnson. i
Scholarship medal, primary de-
,artment. nt.-Offered by F. G. Aydelott
or the highest average on all sub