The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-06-13
Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
BY REV. T. o. FULLER.

kortrecht high school closed its SEES
sion Thursday night with exercises
breaking crowd filled every available
space in Church's auditorium, leaving
scores Of anxious friends on the OUT
side who could not gain entrance. The
curtain lifted at $3.50 o'clock and the
program began under the direction of
Prof. Frank c.. Long, the acting prip-
cipal, and was as follows:
Old Hundred
Audience.
Invocation
Or. c. II. Condell.
Chorus Spring Song ....:.... Pensuti
High School.
Salutatory-The Valor OF the Negro
John Lewis BrInkley.
Oration-The War Modified Woman
Daisy Deem Wright.
Chorus-Greeting to Spring STRAUSS
High School.
STANDARDIZATION; Its Probable
Theodore Roosevelt Davis.
Class Poem-Plus Ultra-More Be-
Pearl Arnetta Banks.
Zenora Johnson.
Grafton Valedictory-Public Schools
a Necessity to the Perpetuity Of
American Institutions ..........
Rachel Alberta Burns.
DR.. S: W. Broome.
Chorus-kose Waltz ...,......... Baum
High school.
Presentation OF Diplomas and
President Peres.
At this point Mr.. Peres introduced
DR.. Bunker, a distinguished visitor
who had come with him and who was
tutapacta1 tn tba aNAPptEAQ prt9Ak wnFA
awarded as follows: Peres' prize, for
general proficiency. to John l.. Brink.
ley, Peres' prize for excellence In
science, to Daisy Wright, Wharton 8.
Jones prize for excellence In penfnan-
ship, to Ida B. Watkins, and Wharton
fish grammar, to X. Alberta Burns, who
was also awarded the Henderson
scholarship prize. The exhibit In man
ual arts by Prof. T. L. Strand, was
excellent. The absence Of Prof. G. P.
Hamilton, the principal, was the cause
done well under the circumstances. He
is a graduate Of the University al
Michigan, Kansas and Chicago, and has
had many years experience as a high
school principal. All Of the speeches
and the music received the plaudits OF
dietion by Rev. 7. q. Fuller. the ctrtain
fell and the school year ended.
The club workers OF the Mount Yer
ron Baptist church gave a box party
at Clara Howe building Thursday night.
The anniversary sermon to the mail
carriers OF the city will be preached
tisst church, ST. paul avenue sunday
afternoon. A LARGE crowd OF mail car
licrs and their friends will be present.
The White Rose circle Of the St..
Johns church was royalty entertained
Wednesday night, at the Brown resi-
dence on Beale avenue, Rev. w. j.
McMichael expressed the appreciation
OF his people.
DR.. J. c. Clark, one Of our leading
dentists, was quietly married to Clara
NJ, Peterson Wednesday night. a. the
avenue.
Mary Fleming, one Of the most in
terested readers OF this column, has
fitted up a beautiful ice cream parlor
on LIarderdale street for the conven-
fence OF her friends,
New teacher pupils are enrolling at
the Howe summer normal each day.
Several entered Thursday and Monday
viii break the record. The special lee.
lures and expert primary work will
bexin next week. Some teachers were
detained this week, closing out their
school work.
No political party ~ large enough TO
e~uarantee the peace Of the world. The
SalI az humanity and patriotic states
manship should be answered by all men
without regard to party Affiliations