Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-04-19
HICKORY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
Profitable Year Brought to a Most
Enjoyable Close.
,ondenes ne Yorkviiis ENQUIRER

Corresponoenes Ine forkviils knouIrsf
Hickory Grove. April l7.-Ths commence
ment exercises Of the Hickory Grove High
school. w. T. Slaughter. principal. OPEN
have been the occasions Of tremendous inter-
est and great pleasure throughout the town
and surrounding community.
The weather was not what II might have been
desired but Il did not detraet from the inter-
est that everybody felt In the delightful pro-
gramme. from the song Of welcome to the ex-
Quisitety appropriate pantomime, Now lay
me down to Sleep" The only cloud on the
proceedings was the fact that Prof. Slaughter.
the principal. had to Be away for = while on
account OF . severe surgical operation hts son
was undergoing at Camp Sewer.
Dot. the Miners Daughter" was presented
Friday night with great success, BY the faculty.
assisted b. zeal talent. and the presentation
set . new standard Of excellence. not second
to that previously established In the presenta-
ton Of Dust OF the Earth"
The feature OF Sunday morning was the
Bacealsureate sermon. preached by Rev. J. L.
Oates, pastor Of the Yorkville A. r p. church.
That il was an able sermon goes without say
ing. and Of course II was Scriptural. the lead
ing thought being: Life must fulfill The COM
plete eireie-reoeiving. giving: giving rsosV-
ing. This il the will Of Christ"
On Monday evening. came the erownins
event. when the graduating class entertained
. large and appreciative audience OF rels-
tives and friends with original. novel and In.
terestirg exercises and became the proud
possessors Of their diplomas. for which they
had worked 20 long and 20 faithfully.
The exercises OF the evening opened with
the invocation by Rev. E. Myers, the hetho-
dist minister, who very feelingiy and earnest
ly prayed that God would show to these
young minds now Quickened and broadened by
the training they have had in their High
School work. the way TO higher achievements
~ fo ,scfulneaa in life
There were eight graduates-siS young
ladies and two young gentlemen. tMhelr M
n.ms. Is are. A;:s' Jsn., M.sS's n.k,;shs @ H.nnsS
A. Stephenson. Lucy E. Stephenson. Ora L:
Wstson, and Aessrs. Nesbit Burgess and
Harris Wyle. In the opinion Of the writer
there were never sweeter looking young giri
graduates than were these six misses a. they
came upon the stage. with the glow OF youth:
fui beauty In their bright young faces, and
with their 1.-the and graceful forms becoming
Iy attired In their modest and tasteful Rradu-
alton dresses And. while they we're greatly
in the minority. in point Of number. the
young gentlemen we'll matched, the attractive
ness Of their girl companions.
The class was conducted upon the stage by
two beautiful young misses in white costumes.
wearing streamers OF the class colors. garnet
and gold. They next conducted DR.. Z. L;
Hughes, who was TO address the class, ano
Principal w. T. Slaughter. to their places,
anu hha"S one y. - D. uysr. vho made
me iron' OF '"e uana, ssu. prineins, W r
tne opening PS .o,,. ;ntroJuctorv re.
siauHn'er' uen ,,A n, ,.,svsed ,he vork
marks IN ~hien ne oI,S ,s ,Sne II, r,,d,ced
Of the session Ius. enasI. NJ. any 49,. Cssties
tne class presoea h Ia haan . fsi,hful stu5ent
and had not missed single day at school
during the entire session. Miss Maggie Cas-
lies delivered the welcome address In clear
steady voice. expressive OF sincerity ano
AalV, lN0fIl M
esrnestness' ,.dina InE and s;mnl;city Of style.
aHeetlohAte "otu'"S nSas as h;s,nrv hy Miss Janet
=. rex ea"'s tn s h,s,orv wss o1ven "a A voyage
mehnsn'; i,;uh Inc snhnol n ,e.s stsrtina from the
over the h,Sn ,Sn saS,h srsSe and ending with
,Sa i"rS;na a, commencement harbor on the
go .he a ~ nerfect UNDERSTANDING. Il gave q
so,,,nists history Of the class and revealed
compiete n,s'o y,ea,,,,,aS mo, With when the
many many Q, o S.n,nation. were threatening, and
\. o'.o gave many Amusing incidents Of the
- 80 s,hi.h we're much enjoyed
The el.s, will came next by Miss Ora Wat
.on The will was ingeniously composed and
was delivered In such q way that 1t caught
ne sndienee' There were many amusing be-
o,,ests and some that were gifts OF the heart
IA y,ere Invaluable
Ths c,ass noem was recited by Mr.. Nesbit
prrae.s. Thi, original poem was we'll gotten
nm and Il made a decided hit.
Good luck to you all-may the future unfold
To.s,,no ru and fame for the Garnet and Gold.
F9r'une a"u - . s.no IN clear, sweet feeling
,,.i..s ,ha;r class sonv. TO the air Of Believe
sSs vooIs t"n An TSosa EnSesring Young Charms T.
"s Nj. Mary r. Henderson read the class
Mns g. had the nrophecy well memo
r;zed and recited II beautifully. This vas one