The Monroe journal., 1921-05-24
ONE OF The BEST YEARS
OF MONROE SCHOOL CLOSED
Baccalaureate sermon Delivered BY
Nir. Mcl.arty, n Gifted son
of Union County.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL EXERCISES

The city schools closed one of tn,
most successful years of its entir
history last Friday. having made
splendid record. not only in the quail
ity of its scholarships, but in the tri
angular debates and in athletics.
The commencement exercises be
gan sunday evening with the deliver
Ing of the baccalaureate sermon b!
DR.. E. X. McLarty in the Methodist
church.
IL is always a great pleasure tC
Monroe people to hear DR.. McLarty
pastor Of the largest church in Ashe.
vile. but who is gifted son of this
county. His address on this occasion
was mastery one. the keynote be-
ing character building. His sermon
was based on the vision of Paul. the
apostle. and particularly Paul's ODE.
dience and response TO that vision
DR.. McLarty's advice TO the young
people OF the graduating class was to
seek for vision by living rightly
and to keep in touch with God. Old
friends of the speaker were amused
when he quoted the immortal boy
stood on the burning deck" giving
a picture of the boy amid the flames
awaiting the command of his father.
The modern version OF this poem,
said DR.. McLarty. would be: Dad.
can't stay here: I'll get scorched. !"
This illustrated the instability and
lack OF will power of the boy and
girl of today. The young people were
urged TO cultivate these two charac-
teristics by hard work and applica-
tion tc duty and not to spend their
lives riding in automobiles, going to
movies and drinking dopes through
a straw.
Grammar School Exercises.
For the first time the graduating
exercises OF the seventh grade of the
grammar school was Incorporated as
part of the commencement pro.
gram. These exercises were given
yesterday morning at the grammar
school before large audience. The
program was as follows:
Chorus by grammar school girls
Class History-Louie Skies
Piano Elizabeth Simpson.
Glass Statistics-Marye +. Faust.
Chorus by grommar school boys.
Class Poem-Virgnia Blakeney.
Piano Solo-Katie Graveley.
Class Prophecy-Annie l.. Cald
well.
Duet - Eleanor Stevens and vir
ginia Neal.
Glass Wlll-Eleanor Stevens.
Prof. Ray Funderburk. after a
splendid talk to the boys and girls on
Success" in which he urged them
to complete not only four years OF
high school, but regular college
course. presented certificates to the
following: Virginia Blakeney. Vir-
ginia Neal. Ashe Lane. Eleanor Ste
ven, Selma Penegar. Henry Simpson.
Ralph Terrell. Henry Griffin. George
Louie Skies. Annie Louise
Caldwell, Mary +. Faust, Elizabeth
Simpson. Walter Lockhart, Byron
Long. Neal Clark, John Correll. Ha-
eel Davis, Mack Farley. JAMIE Bell
Glenn. Catherine Fulenwider. Cath
crime English, Anon Plyler and Ka-
tie Graveley.
Among the interesting features OF
this program was the presentation to
the grammar school chapel of large |
American flag and handsomely |
framed picture of the largest wins
daw in the Rheims cathedral. The
seventh grade hopes to establish this
as a custom at the grammar school,
both to beautify the school building
and to increase school pride. The
class president, Walter Lockhart, Jr.,
In an appropriate speech, presented
to Miss Iva Ratliffe handsome um-
brella as a token OF the affection and
of the entire class. This
most excellent program was conclud-
ed with a chorus by the school girls.
The commencement exercises will
be continued this afternoon on the
high school campus when the class
day program OF the Senior Glass will
be given. This will be followed by
the graduating exercises at the gram
mar school this evening at which
lime the literary address will be de.
livered by Rev. John Jordan Doug
las OF Wadesboro.
The marshals who are rendering
efficient service are: Sam Presson
Ind Elizabeth Morgan. chiefs, JAMIE
shannon. Beatrice Crowell. Anna
Frances Redfern. Margaret Dixon
Skies. Emmett Gulledge. Billy Stew
art. Clarence Houston, and Charles
Baskerville.