Mexico weekly ledger., 1919-05-22
MISS ANNA |. WALLACE
IS VALED|CTORIAN

Miss Anne Lacy Wallace, daughter
of DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Wallace of Mex
leo was awarded the honor of vale
dictorian of the class of 1919 of the
M MILAN High School at the grad
uating exercises held in the High
School auditorium Friday evening.
Miss Eliza Mary Martin was awarded
the scholarship and Miss Martha c.
Meyer was h~onorably mentioned FOR
third place.
Seventy seniors, received their Dip
Tomas, twenty-five boys and forty-five
girls. This is the largest class in the
history of the school showing a re-
markable record especially in the
large number of boy graduates.
The Rev. J. H. Hughes gave the m
| vocation which was followed by a song
"Oitalia" by the Mcmillan Chorus.
The same demand was made or the
children of the dim ages as are made
today according to DR.. Edgar James
Swift, of Washington University, who
| delivered the Commencement address
His subject was "The New Demands
on Public Schools" There are very
| few demands, the speaker said, on the
public schools and the students of to-
day that were not made on the chill
dren who lived centuries ago. The
| difference he said is that we are real
izing these demands and are trying to
meet them.
His remarks were helpful and filled
with excellent advice to both students
and the instructors. He emphasized
the great Importance in thinking and
of putting these thoughts into action,
1t was one of the most comprehensive
| and forceful addresses ever delivered
in Mexico.
Following his address the Mcmillan
! chorus gave two renditions, "Auld
Lang Syne" and Fairy Waltz"
L. B Hawthorne, superintendent Of
the Mexico Schools then announced the
honors, and was followed by the a.
warding of the diplomas by S. P. En-
mons, president of the Mexico School
Board.
The auditorium was filled to capacity
and only a few of the graduates oc-
cupied the stage, the rest having seats
reserved on the main floor on account
of the large number. 1t was a splen-
did sight to witness this magnificent
class; it was a sight to gladden. the
hearts of every citizen in Mexico.
They might we'll be proud of the class
of 1919.
The names of the graduates follow:
Girls-Izetta Atkins, Gillie Bern
ard, Frances Bolts, Sue Carter, Jessie
Rae Cobb, Gladys Dowell, Frances
Flynt, Lora Fuhrer, Elizabeth Green,
Ruth Harper, Helen Heller, Irene
Hendrix, Ruth Howell, Wilmoth Jesse,
Leona Jones, Pauline Ketter, Gladys
KFstler, Pearl Lyle, Mary McDonough,
Hazel Mcintyre, Margaret Mackie,
Eliza Martin, Martha Meyer, Leona
Miller, Georgia Morris, Ethel Platte,
Emma Sue Reed, Gladys Robson,
Irene Rodgers, Dorothy Rodhouse,
Minerva Sanford, Grace Sommers,
Gladys Sommers, Lillian Spottswood,
.\nne Wallace, Elsie Ward, Idylle Will
'"rson, Nellie Wilkerson, Ethel Woods,
Mary Worrell, Ida Vowel, Nellie
Vaughn, Alice Dobyns, Marie Gibbs.
Roys-Joseph Bolts, Delno Calhoun,
Edward Coldwell, Ralph Day, Fred
D An, Emmett Dermody, Rhodes Dill
"rd, + yt3n Emmcns, Edward Gooch,
% I2n51n, Roy Jones, Charles Kun
Ct, Kent Rowland, George Sullivan,
Everett Watts, Frank wilkins, Blake
Il. lialIz, Stanly Wilson, Gibson Win
arT, Forrest Wonn 4 Alvy Eddy,
William Hickman, Loyal Wonneman,
Willis Manchester, Harold Perkins.
The handsome trophy cabinet which
the Glass Of 1919 presented Mcmillan
high school as a memorial of their
Ass, is II of the h~andsomest gifts
>Yc: made the school by any class and
- so referred to by Superintendent
# Schools Hawthorne Friday even
ing. 1t is an all Audrain county pro-
duet. The cabinet is of solid walnut
raised in Audrain county. 1t was built
by L. McF. Gamble of this city. 1t is
on fact long, two feet deep, six and
ha,f feet high, lined with green and
with electric lights for display our
poses.