The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1921-05-27
COMMENCEMENT OF THE
LEXINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

4 Inc mOSL dLlTdCJlVe feature OF tDt
closing exercises being held thi.
week for the High School is, Of course
the new building; and all honor and
praise should 60 to Prof. Brown and
the members of the school board and
county court for providing our coun-
ty with such a beautiful and conven-
lent edifice.
The various programs which will
fill up the entire week began Monday
evening when the Periclean Society
held their annual debate, the subject
for this year being Resolved That
the United States Should Prohibit
Immigratino for a Period of Three
Years" Carl Douglass and Lanoice
Hay spoke for the Affirmative, !, and
Shelby Wood and Paul. Walker sup
ported the negative side. All the
boys made very good speeches which
were delivered in pleasing and
forceful manner, the medal going to
Paul Walker. Miss Fay Houston, Mrs.
w. II. Denison and Mr.. Felix Greasy
were the judges and Rev. H. r. Rose
made few appropriate remarks, al
though he was prevented from max
ing public presentation of the medal
by an unfortunate fainting spell which
had attacked Mr.. Walker at the close
of his speech. The medal was a gen.
erous gift for the encouragement of
the boys which had been made by Rev.
Fleetwood Ball.
Misses Nellie Davis, Bernice Conger,
and Lucille Hart contributed enjoya-
bic piano numbers. Lucian Spellings
and Robert Page gave readings which
were well received and Guy Amis read
an unusually good number Of the Peri
clean Weekly. Rev. Fleetwood Ball
delivered the Invocation and Rev. T.
j. Stricklin, the Benediction.
Tuesday afternoon the Cytherean
Society presented beautiful Patri-
otic Pagent in which Prof. Luther
Bobbitt represented Uncle Sam and
Miss Gertrude Roberts, Columbia.
The Thirteen colonies were depicted
in pleasing manner by Misses Lu-
ellie Scott, Bert Youngerrnan, Alberta
Holmes, Robbie Wall, Eva Ross, Co
ra Mae Wilson, Margaret Sisson,
Elizabeth Beasley, Nettie Wolfe, Vio-
let Butler and Willie Deere.
Miss Velma Brooks, who is a re-
markably good public speaker for SO
young a girl, read the Cytherean
Annual, and Mrs. Ida Mae Pafford
The evening was finished with Sc
ries of Living Advertisements"
which was clever and well arranged.
Wednesday evening was devoted to
a recital by the music and expression
pupils of the Spellings' Studio and
was in every way credit to the
teaching they had received from Mrs.
Emma Boyd Spellings, Musical Di-
rector of the school, and Miss Eliza
beth Spellings, expression teacher.
Program opened with a four hand |
piece, "The Crimson Glow" by Miss
es Roberts, McCulley, Wall and But
Ter. Misses Jewell Austin, Louise Nc
Culley, Robbie Wall and Bernice Con-
ger and Nell Davis played selections
from the more modern composers.
Miss Ruth Powers played Beethoven's
Last Composition. Miss Lucille
Hart Gave the Evening Star" of
Mr., Paul Walker sang
in aa effective manner and a very
pleasing voice "0ut On The Deep"
and Miss Inez McCulley closed the
musical part of the program with the
difficult and beautiful Hungarian
of Litz. She shows
mastery Of technique and beauty of
expression possessed by few school
girls and her playing was very effec-
i've.
The expression pupils presented the
one-act play: "'0p-O'-Me-
Thumb" in a very pleasing manner,
he parts being taken by Misses Eliz-
lbeth Beasley, Ada Edwards, Irene
Wolfe, Vashti Orr, Lucille Scott and
.ucian Spellings