The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1921-05-28
SCHEDULE EVENTS
AT NORMAL CLOSE
ENDS SUCCESSFUL Term
School to Become Teachers College at
Next Session-Year Has Been
Notable One.

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, Closing it's annual session with the
, award of diplomas to more than GO
members of the senior class, COM
mencement exercises for the thirteenth
year Of the Arkansas State Normal
School will be opened on Friday,
June 3, and will be closed on Thursday.
June 8, with graduating exercises at
which the address will be delivered by
Governor Thomas C. McRae. The
sermon on Sunday, June 5, will be de-
livered by the Rev. DIR. Marvin T..
Haw, presiding elder of the St. Louis
district of the Southern Methodist
church. From the dual standpoint of
attendance and results accomplished,
the thirteenth session has been the
most successful in the history of the
institutions service to public school
education in Arkansas.
The commencement program was
informally opened on Thursday night
with presentation of the senior class
play at local theatre. A social in
honor of the seniors will be rendered
by Louis Dunaway, class president
on the night of June 2, and second
entertainment for the graduates will
be given by the juniors on June 4.
Graduation Of pupils from the
eighth grade of the training school
Jon Friday night, June 8, will be the
first event on the formal program. 1t
will be followed by the sermon at the
First Methodist church on Sunday
night, under arrangement which OBJ
viates conflict with the Hendrix Col
lege commencement, in progress at
the same time. Pupils Of the depart
ments Of music and expression will he
presented In recital IN Mondav NIGHT
in the science building auditorium.
Exhibits by the home economics, man.
ual training and drawing classes viii.
be given Tuesday afternoon. Glass
dayy will be observed Wednesday at
6 p. M, to be followed at 8 p. M, by
the literary societies and their an
nual program. A reception will also
be given to out-of-town guests after
the two events have been concluded.
Governor McRae will address the
graduates Thursday morning, June 9,
when diplomas and certificates will be
awarded by ]. L. Bond, state superin-
tendent and chairman of the board.
I Other distinguished visitors, inclu1-
ing members Of the board, probably
will be here for the closing event.
Practically all details in connection
with the summer session, which will
be opened soon after the regular ses-
sion is ended, have been completed
by B. w. Torreyson, the president,
and his associates. From indications,
the enrolment will exceed that of
1920, which was the largest the school
has yet recorded.
With the opening of the 1922
session in September, the school will
in reality become a normal college,
having two years added to its courses
of study. Since its name can not he
changed except by legislative author
ity, its title will remain the Arkan-
sas State Normal School with this line
added: "a State College of Teachers"
The addition of two years to the
course of study, it was said, will
cause the return of graduates VINO
desire to further equip themselves for
teaching. When inaugurated, the new
curriculum will provide full COLLIE
giate course of four years.
Besides enrolling it's largest student
body, the Normal has maintained high
interest in all class work and other
activities during the year. Student
organizations and publications have
been well supported and everything
combined to produce satisfactory
year. In athletics, the dissension
among the colleges last fall caused
abandonment of the football schedule
early in the season. Only small
number of basketball games were
played, but the baseball team earn
ed honors by defeating all corners.
Coach Estes and his Teachers clearly
won the title in the Arkansas Inter-
collegiate Athletic Conference, and
have had no acceptance to challenge
for a series to decide state honors in
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