The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-05-19

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I On last Sunday morning at IL
o'clock the churches OF Covington
I joined in union service in the large
/ auditorium Of the Grammar School
building to hear the commencement
sermon delivered by Kew. Z. a..
| Pressly, Associate Reformed Presby-
terrain minister, OF louisville, Ga.
lne seating capacity was taxed to
iUs utmost, and practically every COM
! munity near Covington was repre-
scented in the congregation. The
STUDENT bodies of botn Byars- Hall
High School and the City Grammar
ScnJol were present and occupied
reserved seats near the platform.
Seated on the platform were Rev.
w. c. Kerr local pastor of the A. r.
F. church; Hon, L, E, Gwinn, presi-
dent Of the board Of Education, r.
M Lester, superintendent of the
Covington Public Schools; Eugene
Younger, superintendent of county
schools, and Mayor ]. ]. Miller.
Following the invocation BY Rev.
w. A. Freeman and an anthem by a
combined choir of the various
churches Of this city, Rev. Pressly
gave a Scripture reading from st.
Luke and entered his discourse,
which was masterful. He showed a
wonderful familiarity with Biblical
history, and frequently during his
sermon he quoted the Bible from
memory, adding much to the clear
ness and strength Of his remarks.
His audience was impressed with his
eloquence and forceful illustrations.
In concluding, Mr., Pressly faced
the graduating class and made clear
to them that equilibrium in form
ing Christian character is as essen
tial to a we'll balanced mind as it is
to an evenlvs poised body.
1t was not necessary to present
Mr.. Pressly to the audience formally
as he is well known in Covington,
having had occasion to conduct all
protracted meeting in the A. r. p.
church here some time ago, and his
popularity among the Christian
people of Covington was attested by
the large audience in attendance.
The auditorium Of the Grammar
School was filled to its capacity
Tuesday night to enjoy the, program
prepared by the Seniors of Byars-
Han High School for Senior Class
Night. The program was all vaude
vile and much merriment was
caused by the jokes the Seniors made
about their teachers and people about
town.
There were five parts to the pro-
gram and they were all well acted,
deserving of great deal of credit
to both the class and the teachers,
who had charge Of the program.
The annual Alumni banquet Of
Byars-Hall High School took place
at the Grammar School Wednesday |
night at o'clock, with Mrs. Will |
Vaughan presiding as POSTMASTER.
Every class Of the school since 1912
was represented, there being more /
than 100 present at the banquet
board.
A faultless menu was served by t
the science pupils Of the school under
the direction of Miss jamie Farmer,
teacher Of Domestic Science.
This annual banquet has become
one Of the features in the commence
ment activities and much interest is
manifested in the occasion by those
who belong to the association.
Each class was represented on the
program. Messrs. R. NJ. Lester and
William Ruffin and Miss Alice Parr
made short talks. Miss Gracey Nc
Neelv beautifully rendered a double
vocal number.
One Of the most interesting parts
of the program was the fashion
show. a young lady from each class
appearing on the stage in the cos
tune in vogue at the time her class
graduated AS each young lady ap-
reared on the stare, Mrs. Alison
Simnnton ACCOMPANIED with music
that was popular during the time
The Senior Class Of 1921. who were
honr ruests. entertained those oath-
cred with sketch Of an orchestra in
pantomine.