The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-08-03
CLOSING EXERCISES OF
SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL
Commencement Services Held Last
Evening For Lnlmanual Baptist
Vacation School

: \ very Interested rnuEr, CATION at
! tended, the graduation exercises q the
! Emmanuel Baptist DrllS Variation ihhIc
! school ut the churchs auditorium in the
Y. VI. {. y. building, last evening. tn"
model reproduction Ut the npchlns'
! Music, Bible Manual md Closing per
iods Of the school conducted by Rev
: George l.. Lorkhnrt. III" pastor, were
most cifectiV" throughout.
!. The Biblr Nrm"ry w"rk. sIiIEInE' DIS
! play Of handcraft of the scholars show
cd how telling Tho intensity" training OF
/ thn past five weeks has hccn
The auditorium was decorated
: throughout with school displays, such rs
: hu,llnurkS. ratIia picture frames. uoilics,
lwinu holders. table mats. paper por-
! tiers. clay modelling and over halt Il
hundred little shirts completed To be
| sent abroad for Belgian babies for thc
! coming winter.
during the past three weeks u largo
! box has bern filled with tin-fUii. gath
, cred by the scholars IL bc sold FOR .lr-
| meniun Relief work. Thcac twn entcr-
kept the childrcu's hearts Open and
i sympathetic. and the schools spirit
| larger than It's mere self.
| The community Nights" which have
been held weekly, were successful at
lrm;ts on the part Of thu school. 10
share It's privileges and pleasures with
| Tho parents uf the children and friends
| III the community In which the school
! was held. The attendance at these spc-
! rial evening sessions reached al aver
;tgr OF OVER 800 people nightly. They
Wcr: givcI III form Ut lawn tctes.
The school has been scf-suppurl ing.
ail Of the teachers giving their aid vol
unfairly with the exception Of a paid
mrni which has been II special WORTH
. while feuIlIrr. OF tn" school. over sixty
| have hrtn registered.
! The exercises CLOSED last evening with
! Il hrhutiful pamtulnin" I'm" star
| Spanglcd tanner" 10y Hiss Vera Cor
! don.
a. THOSE Assisting Rev. Lu,khnrt. the
pastor. Were kinucrgartncrS Miss Helen
I Wilson, ASSISTANTS. Misses Vera ti"rdon,
Hazel Plants and Margaret Frederick.
! Schntt and Mrs. Peter Fr"d"rick.
/ Music ana play, Miss BrSs Tutli",
Manual training. Misses Winnie Roger
SUI;. Nclll" Russell and Ruth Cunning
; ham. i:ny'% department.. Mrsdaincs.
I Frank iawl~y. John r'unncr. JuhE Big
low. George Gram. r. Eowlin. II. g..
/ Jones'. Frank Krcugcr Frank RHODE
haN"r and Miss Itnzrl Marsh. Girls
department. Mrs. j. l.. CALDWELL Red
! cross work and Mrs \. \. tlncS, school
! treasurer.
This nl"rninE Il closing "hapry hour
VIII he observed h"tw",l 30" and LOGO
,"'"lUck II the Emmanuel church social
/. li"u&", 2S29 E"fI street. at which lin"
! The ntT1 work. made. VIII Il" given over
, To tn" rrSP'clIT" Schul;IrS and tn" final
/ far"wrll$ Tor Ia" Year taken. betty cen
teachers and pupils.
i, During The graduating talk lasI rv"n-
! inr;. hy 4 show "f hands. III" I":rS"nucI
! at Nh" school WAS shown /" hr made uI
lot r!ildr"n from Lutheran. rrrshyIrrI-
an. Roman catholic. friSC"raliau
MrthnuISt. Baptist and other dcnulni-
nations. Thi" Daily Vacation .iIhlc
school has h's"li kept nnn-SrctnriaIi
: throughout and has been distinctly q
community social Srryir" work. II is
q he FIRST OF ITS kind in Wheeling; and
has had Il humber "f Interested visit
"rs at'its sessions. tnln from in and out
Of the city.