The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1920-05-21
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
OF UNION CITY
Commencement Week - Interesting
Exercises-Large Attendance.

Exercises-Large Attendance.
The annual commencement exer.
cises of the Union City Public Schools
began last week on Tuesday with an
evening of entertainment by the
first, second and third grades.
On Friday evening, May IA, ex-
hibits in the home economics and
manual training departments were
held at the main school building on
College stret. On this occasion Mr..
woodward, of the Middle Tennessee
Normal at Murfreesboro, was pre-
sent for an address on vocational
training. Mr.. Woodwork represents
that branch of the public school
work in Tennessee which is fostering
vocational work in the schools and
he made from his viewpoint very
able defense of the system. The
audience, however, was made up
largely of school children. Only a
few people who are to maintain the
schools and are therefore responsible
for the extension Of this work were
present to hear the address.
1t would be useless to attempt to
describe the exhibits in the manual
training and home economics depart
ments. The visitors expressed them
selves in fiattering terms concerning
the work. The needlework especially
under Miss Stones charge included
some very rare and exquisite speci-
mems. The work of manual train
ing is conducted by Mr.. White in a
very large room, with work benches
and equipment for a large number
of pupils, and the specimens. made
by them and entered for the exhibit
tion attracted special attention and
very wide and liberal comment on
their marks of craftsmanship. 1t was
the most extensive of the work of
that department ever shown here.
So also the home economics-the en-
tire display of culinary and needle
work was an achievement in voca-
tional training.
On Sunday morning, exercises
were held at the Methodist Church,
DIR. H. E. Waters, of Jackson, deliv-
ering the baccalaureate sermon. The
program included special music. The
pastor, Rev. Freeman, read a por-
tion of scripture and prayer was Of
fered by Mr.. Fry A chorus number
was next and then song by Miss
Esther Moore, "Flee as the Bird to
the Mountain"
The congregation was an excep-
tionally large one, and it was indeed
an agreeable thought that people
are so generally and generously in
terested in the work of the schools.
Rev. Waters made very favor
able impression upon every one, it
seems. At least the address ELECTED
yery many kind comments.
The minister's subject was what
Shall | Do with Jesus?" and he pro-
aeeded with an enlargement upon
he theme, in a most interesting /
fray of logical copclusions, to show /
hat without God life is failure, {
md without Christ our work in the 6
world is fruitless. He therefore made {
t plain that we owe our allegiance !
o God and that our efforts in life |
hould be for the glorification of His s
Kingdom. 4
The language "What Shall / Do
nth Jesus?" was used by PLATE I
yhen Jesus was brought before him I
ccused of speech proclaiming him Il
elf king of the Jews" PLATE was Z
overnor of Judea. He was Roman n
nd had reached his place thru de- c
ious paths by the strength of his {
haracter. He therefore was not T
loved by indecision and weakness in T
aying to the accusers, "What Shall n
Do with Jesus?" He was strong C
ian, but he did not care to inter L
re with jea1ousies and dissensions L
the Jews. So he first addresses j
Imself TO the leaders of the Jews, N
len to King Herod and then to the G
OBJ, What Shall Do with Jesus?" N
Finally Jesus was given to the C
OBJ, and in this act PLATE covered m
mself with infamy and shame The
irit of the mob is not the spirit of w
ID, and Plate answered the prompt I'll
gs of selfish nature in disposing B
the life of Jesus.
Illustrating the thought the min
ter related a circumstance of the
ung man who wanted to be a
ristian but was not willing to re- /
lQuish dancing. Asking if he could r,
a christian and continue dancing, all
e question was left to him to an pa
'er, and he went away troubled. of
nally he approached the minister pl