The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-05-27
COMMENCEMENT HELD
IN THE OPERA HOUSE

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"IsHINc COURSE AT LOCAL
HIGH SCHoOL-LARGE CROWD
PREsENT-JUDGE BENET DE.
LIvERs SCHOLARLY ADDRESS
(; The commencement exercises Of
sAe local high school were held in the
city hall today, beginning at II
o'clock. The auditorium was beaptl-
fully decorated for the occasion, and
early the people began to gather to
see and hear the young people who
arg finishing the course here and
commencing the journey Of life.
Promptly at the appointed hour,
the eleven graduates entered the
stage. With them were Superintend-
ent Fulp, Hon W C Benet, the speak
er for, this year, DR.: Bristow and Rev
Mr.. Telford. The program as printed
in our. Wednesdays issue was carried
out in every detail. the young people
pleasing the large audience with the
worth of their efforts. Miss Annie
Wilson was salutatorian Of the class,
while. Miss Mary White, as the first
Aonor graduate of the class, was val
edictorian.
When the class, exercises were
completed Superintendent Fulp in
troduced Judge Benet. He was re-
ceived kindly by the audience which
confronted him. Saying a, few per-
sonal words, he began in a little while
his address ON "The Obligations OF
the Educated Men and Women Of the
South" His address was as scholarly
as it's author. No words which we
n,ixht use would adequately describe
it, and we shall ask our readers to
wait until a future issue when we
hope to give it to them to read and
preserve. r.,~ -. -. ~,
At the conclusion Of the address,
and when beautiful bouquets OF
flowers had been presented to the
speaker and to Mr.. Fulp, the latter
arose and presented diplomas to
the graduates as follows:
Misses jamie Vance Bowie, Vir-
ginia Leslie, Margaret Dawson, Will
lie McLane, jamie Milford, Mary
Whita Carrie Hawthorne, Annie
Wilson and Paul Graves, Thomas
Maxwell and Harold Tate. 49,.
Major Fulp then read the Honor
Roll for the year and presented the
certificates of punctuality, conclud-
ing with the announcements, after
which the Benediction was pronounc-
ed by Rev. Mr.. Telford. ....
Fhe following is what Major Fulp
had to say in his remarks:
The following pupils have made
an average Of over 80 per cent each
month during the school session and
are entitled to a place on the yearly
honor roll: Sara Neuffer, Albert Gill
liam, Eugenia. Swetenburg, Walter
Hagen, Norma Flynn, Claude Neuf-
fer, James Culbertson, Florence
Sprouse, Frances Wosmansky, Anne
Smith, Emily Morse, Sarah Smith,
Susan Minshall, Mary Norwood Per-
rim, John McMurray, Margaret Flynn
Alma Wilson, Rachel Minshall, Ellen
Nabers, Ada Perrin, Jennie White,
Virginia Wilson, Judith Hill, Deby
Owen, Grace Milford, Mary Shaw
Gillian. -
The following pupils have been
neither absent nor tardy during the
session and are awarded certificates
of punctuality: Sara Neuffer, Albert
Gillian, Frances Welsh, Eugenia
Swetenburg, Dale Welsh, Walter
Hagen, Edwin McCuen, Margaret
Culbreth, Norma Flynn, Lounelle
Sutherland, Claude Neuffer, James
Culbertson, Knox Cheabham. Joe
Jones, Edwin Ramey, Ovelle Gillian,
Frances Johnson, Florence Sprouse,
Frances Wosmansky, Anne Smith,
Emily Morse, Beatrice Hughes, Alvin
Culbreth, Margaret Maxwell, Sarah
Smith, Sarah Thomson, H. N. Walk
er, Charles Finley, Alex Hagen, Su-
ssan Minshall, nellie Flynn, Mary
Norvood Dorr;n Jobp McMurrav