The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-08
Commencement at
Coker College
Commencement Exercises Wit
nessed by Large Number OF
Friends and Relatives--
Joseph Daniels Talks

Hartsville, June 2.-COker Col!eSe
has closed its thirteenth annaal COM
mencement The graduating class
numbered iifty-two, which was the
ian gest in the history Of the college,
Al! OF these graduates were awarded
the bachelor degrees The attendance
was large and the halls We're crowded.
This large class brought many par
ents and friends to the college. Tne
exc: cises began Saturday night with
a debate on the query. Resolved that
the Open Shop is better for the Cnited
States than the Closed Shop. The
affirmative was n3aintained by Miss
Katherine FitZSimons, of Spartanburg,
and Miss Ernestine Batena>n, OF Cam.
den and the negative by Miss Ruth
Townsend. of Fair Bluff. n. c., and
Miss Louise Body, Of Chester. The
Judges gave the decision to the ar
firnaeive.
Sunday morning DR.. a. w. Beaver.
pastor of the Lake Avenue Baptist
Church, OF Rochester, ~. Y, delivered
a sermon on the opportunities ana
the obiiga tons of the present time.
At $3.50 O'Clock in the evening he ad-
dressed the Young Wonlan's Christian
Association. DR.. Beaver was in South
Carolina during the war.
Monday at II O'Clock the board OF
trustees held It's annual meeting. De-
spite the low price Of cotton the n
nancial report was satisfactory. Ihe
meeting was enthusiastic and several
constructive measures were adopted
by the board At 6 o'clock on D. K.
Coker's lawn came the beautiful
pageant entitled THE Spirit Of
Spring" This was held under the
! direction OF Miss Hazel G. Keith, OF
the department Of physical education.
At $50 o'clock in the evening a rec
ord breaking crowd filed the audi
torium to see the senior play-osca.
Wilde's THE Importance Of Bein'
Earnest" This was under tae d.
rection OF Miss Claire V. Whiting. Of
the romance languages department.
Tuesday smerning the annual SWIM
! ming meet was held. On account o.
one Of the boats being out Of con-
mission the boat races had to be
called off. In the afternoon at 5:3O
o'clock the senior class held It's class
day exercises It was IN the nature
/ Of a pageant entitled The Spirit of
Cocker" The music was an a6apta-
i'tion Of pinnafore arranged by Mr..
land Mrs. Golz. In the evening the
auditorium was crowded to hear the
! address to the graduating class by
Hon. Josephus Daniels. His address
was a presentation Of the privileges
and duties Of womanhood. 1t the
close of the address, the president
presented twenty-five bachelor OF art
degrees seventeen bachelor Of science
and nine bachelor Of music. At the
close of the exercises the Howard
Lee Jones scholarship was again
awarded to Miss Gertrude Schaibie
of Hartsville, for the highest average
during the year. The French govern
ment awarded music scholarship
at Fountain bie;.u School 10 Miss Mary
Sue Roof.
The institution has had its usla
three hundred students, and has
closed what is considered most sue
cessful year.
At O'Clock Tuesday the annua
alunlnae meeting followed by lunch
con, was held in the reception hal
of the Susan Stout Coker Memoria
building. The committee on the oper
air amphitheater reported that $4,1O(
had been spent on the amphitheater
The alumnae appeared delighted with
the amphitheater. and especially The
beautiful reflection pool