The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1919-06-05
CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR.
commencement ENerc .ses of Carlisle
school Held Saturday to Monday.

| cessful year in its history Monday
| night, when the last of the commence
ment exercises were held in the
school auditorium. The annual COM
mencement address was delivered BY
Dr.. John A. Rice, of Sumter. The
students left for their various homes
Tuesday morning. During the ses-
sion just ended the schools enroll
ment reached 231, which was large
increase over the largest previous en-
rollment on record. 4 large number
| of visitors from various parts Of the
State were in the city to attend the
closing exercises, which began on
Saturday night.
The annual debate between the
two literary societies was held Sat-
urday evening. The query was Re
solved, That the government of the
United States should adopt a policy
requiring six months military train
ing of all able-bodied men before
they have reached the age of 21.'
The affirmative was championed by
the kilgo society, represented by
Lieut.. Harry Snyder and Sergt. Vic
tor Burns, while the negative was
defended by the Beach society, rep
resented by Cadet T. B. Burns and
Cadet Purlie Tompkins. The Judges
decided in favor of the negative ar
guments presented by the Beach So
ciety.
Sunday morning at Trinity Method
ist church the annual baccalaureate
sermon was preached by the Rev. B.
Rhett Turnipseed, of Greenwood.
The subject of Mr.. Turnipseed's dis
course was "a Fallacy of Bigness, >
and was one of the strongest SER
mons heard in Bamberg in some
time
Sunday evening Headmaster J. c..
Guilds delivered the baccalaureate
address at Trinity church. Colonel
Guilds's subject was "The Purpose
of Educational Training for Ser
vice." in which he admonished the
students that an education is not for
the purpose of equipping a man to
live without work, but that an edu-
cation is to equip for service.
Monday morning the first prize
drill of the school was held at Rhoad
park, and proved to be most inter-
esting and entertaining feature of the
commencement this year, this being
the first year of Carlisle as unit
of the R. o. T. G. The judges were
Lieuts. E. H. Henderson, W. M. Brab-
ham, Jr., and Paul Zeigler, all of
whom have recently been discharged
from army service. Company B won
the saber for the best drilled COM
pany, the saber being presented by
Lieutenant Henderson. The colors
were also presented to Company B
for the next session. The gold medal
offered for the best drilled cadet was
won by Cadet Ernest Horne, of
Batesburg, a member of Company B.
The medal was presented by Rev. Mr..
Turnipseed. After the prize drill an
exhibition battalion drill was given,
and the winning company marched
through town carrying the colors.
Monday evening the commence
ment address was delivered in the
school auditorium by DR.. John A.
Rice, who made striking appeal to
the young people to lead big life.
DR.. Rice made a profound impression
on his hearers.
Certificates of graduation in the
commercial department we're pre-
sented to Misses Emmadell Harley,
of Elloree, and Sara Hutto, of Vance,
by the headmaster.
The primary scholarship prize was
won by Miss Mary Cleckley, whose
average was SO, with Miss Nell Bam-
berg second with an average of 80.
The scholarship medal was won by
Miss Katherine Rhoad, whose aver
age was 90 2-5. Cadet Arthur Gra-
ham secured honorable mention with
an average of 90 3-5. The U. D. c..
medal for the best essay on the SUBJ
ject, Compare Causes of the Civil
War and the World War; was won
by Miss Lena Brigham. Cadet TRAY
ers Stroman won second place.
The awarding of department stars,
and the closing remarks by Rev. Pc
ter Stokes, chairman of the board of
control, concluded the exercises.
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