Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-06-07
GRADED SCHOOL CLOSES
Diplomas are Awarded to Five Mem.
berS Of Graduating Glass.
ADDRESS BY REV:,4:::J. Il OATES

the Presence of a Large Audience.
Award of medals, a musical pro-
gramme an address to the graduating
class by Rev. ]. l.. Oates and presen-
tation of state diplomas to the five
members of the graduating class mark
ed the final exercises held in the court
house Friday evening Of the COM
mencement programme of the Yorkville
Graded school. Practically every seat in
the court house was taken by parents
and relatives and friends of the school
children and the final exercises proved
quite pleasing. Superintendent E. A.
Montgomery presided, and the exer-
cises were opened with an invocation
by Rev. J. X. Walker, pastor Of Trinity
Methodist church.
Progress Of Education.
Tracing the progress Of education
from the earliest times, Rev. Oates
/ in the course of his address showed
the influence of education upon the
progress of the world pointing out
that whatever men have known Of a
Superior Being they have sought
knowledge of other things and have
been melted to further effort to spread
learning and knowledge throughout
the world in the hope Of improving
one generation over another. Man has
always had in his mind the idea of
education, he said. Education and
knowledge and learning was for a long
time somewhat sporadic. and confined
to classes.
Little attention was paid to the edu-
cation of women century or more
ago and until the present century
there was little opportunity for men
not possessed of wealth to acquire
knowledge. But the more men have
learned of q Superior Being the
stronger has grown in them the de-
sire to know Of other things.
As the United States has progressed
in the Christian religion, so have the
American people made wonderful
strides in education and learning in
the past century and the past .gener-
alton. Today we have an idea born Of
God of universal education to be ex-
tended by some means or other to
every hoy and girl in the land. We
know that education will develop the
mind and build up character. We are
trying to develop men and women of
superior knowledge and power. We
do not say that we want super men
and super women; but, we do want
them to know something. We want
men and women with power to do
things and to help others.
End of Splendid Beginning.
The completion of the work Of the
eleventh grade by you young men and
women marks the end of a. splendid
beginning on your part in your efforts
to acquire wisdom and knowledge.
Even when you have completed your
respective courses in college if you are
permitted to attend college four years
from now you will rot have acquired
complete education.
You will find that as you progress
all your life you will be trying to
build for yourself character somewhat
like unto the Most Perfect Character,
and so it will be until the end of your
lives ever striving to reach perfection
in service in giving Of your knowledge
to others.
Scholarship Medal.
Following the conclusion Of Rev.
Oates address to the graduating class
it was announced that the medal Of
fered for the best general scholarship
had been awarded to ]. Frank Nc
Elwee, Jr. The medal was presented
young McElwee in a happy speech by
Rev. r. Tracy Walsh.
Two medals were offered for the
best declaimers- to the best boy
declaimer and one to the best girl de-
claimer. The declaimer's medal for
boys was awarded to Grady McFar-
land and VIZ presented by J. A. Mar
ion, Esq.
In the case of the girl declaimer's
tie was announced between Misses
Alice Inman and Annis Dorset. Miss
Inman was not present; but the medal
was presented Miss Dorset by Col. j.
G.. Wardlaw.
D. A. r. Medal.
A iaedal was awarded the high
school student making the best mark
in history during the year by Kings
Mountain Chapter, D. A. r. 1t was
presented Miss Ruth PleXico by Mrs.
NJ. L. Carroll Of the chapter. 1t was
announced that Miss pleXico's his
tory average for the year was 9S 2949;
Miss Alice Inman was second with
! 9S I'll and Miss Sarah MCGEE, third
with an average mark for the year of
| 9S 33-SS.
U. D. C. Medal.
The medal offered by Winnie Davis
Chapter, U. D. c. for the best essay
was won by Miss Gay Alexander Of
the graduating class. It.was presented
her by Mrs. w. H. Herndon, president
of the u. D. G. chapter who announced
that second honors belonged to Miss
Minnie Thomasson and third place in
the contest to Miss Annis Dorset.
! ninIonoas Presented