The Parisian. (Paris, Tenn.) 1907-1962, 1921-05-13
COMMENCEMENT
AT GROVE HIGH
Baccalaureatc Sermon Sunday at
Baptist Church; Week of
Programs Follow.


Commencement week at Grove
School from Sunday May Is. to Fri
day, May 20, marks the close of a
very satisfactory and smoothly run
ming school year Thirty-four stu
dents will be graduated on next
Thursday evening at the Dixie, when
nr. Carey E. Morgan OF Nashville
Will deliver the commencement ad-
dress.
An interesting feature of com
mencement week, will be the
pageant, The Fete of the Nations"
on Grove school hill Wednesday
evening. One hundred and twenty
five take part. A special electrical
arrangement will add to the attrac-
t.yeness of the outdoor setting. In
the pageant all the nations of the
world come together, and give char
acteristic native dances. The bright
colored costumes will show to an ex-
eellent advantage in the grand march
which closes the performance,
Living pictures representing well
known songs will be part of the
entertainments A prize will be
awarded the best interpretation.
Some of the songs to be picturized
are: alice Blue Gown" posed
by Miss Clara Tally; Schools Days"
Miss Eta b. Dumas and Owings
Humphreys; Miss Dixie Miss
Louise Travis; 1.-The Rose of No
Mans Land" Miss Irene Speight;
"The Vamp,' Miss Eula Love;
America" Miss Mary Rodgers.
The graduating class this year,
composed of thirty-four, seven boys
and twentyseven girls, is ,class
of splendid record. Their work has
been far above the average and they
have been leaders in school activi
ties. They have been the winners
of three medals, Howard Dumas of
this class capturing the inter-class
de clamation medal this year.
Owings Humphreys is class presi-
dent, Claude Tyson, editor of the
Comet; Mary Atkins, vice-president
Eirita Pryor, secretary and treasurer.
Eula Love, class yell leader is
Only fifteen years of age, the young
est class member, and the youngest
student to ever graduate from Grove.
She is finishing high school in
three years, and is the daughter of
DIR. and Mrs. C. A. Love.
1t is interesting to note that an
unusually large number of the Grove
graduates this year are from the
county, from Puryear, Henry, Como,
Mansfield, besides from Paris which
demonstrates the yearly increasing
popularity in the county of Grove
School. These students are gradual
ing with honor and have all done
good work
The class personnel entire in
eludes: Mary Atkins, Love Brandon,
Gladys Cate, of Mansfield, Willie
Fai Cooper, Cathie Lee Clark, How
ard Dumas, Eta b. Dumas, Bessie
Hendricks, of Puryear, Owings Hum
phreys Marilee Hallum of Henry,
Susilee Landlord, of Henry, Mae
Maxwell, Minnie Miller, Ruby Miller,
Donna McFadden. Ned Karnes, Ell
rita Pryor, Eula Love, Gordon Rod
gers, of Como, Weldon Rodgers, of
Como, John Roberts, of Como, Irene
Speight, Lorene Summers of Stewart,
Tenn, Louise Travis, Nellie Gray
Toler, Maurine Valentine, Mary
Weaks, Sylvia Weinbaum, Gladys
White Claude Tyson, Naomi Brown,
Tennie. Smith, Jewel Ray, Pattie
Heffernon
Glass day exercises in the Grove
auditorium Tuesday morning at ten
O'Clock will feature the usual class
prophecy will, poem, etc, and will
be full of refreshing fun and good
kumor. The recital by the Grove
School departments of music and
expression under the direction of
Mrs. j. II. Bayer and Miss Inez
Rurch respectively, in the school
auditorium Tuesday evening, the
Literary Society contest at the Dixie,
Monday evening, the Barton medal
contest, at the school Thursday
evening, are other prominent com
mencement announcements.
Prof. ]. II. Bayer of Grove School
expressing the sentiments of his fac
ulty says: THE public is cordially
invited to attend all the graduating
exercises, and we sincerely trust that
the patrons will encourage the stu
dents by their presence. They have
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