The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-06-18
Seven Young Ladies Receive
Diplomas. Eloquent Address
Ry Rt. Rev. w. T. Russell


Martha Elizabeth Owens of the
academic course and Misses Glenn
Brown. Arlena Gray Evans, Ida Cath
crime Edwins Of the commercial
course. Honors were also conferred
on the students of the academy as fol-
lows:
Highest average awarded Miss
Leilah Blanche Thames.
Roll of Honor Won by Miss Audrey
Schwerin.
Church history won by Miss Mabel
Cromke.
Arithmetic. won by Miss Leilah
Blanche Thames.
Music, sgon by Miss Lula ellis.
French, prize won by Miss Audrey
Schwerin.
Perfect attendance won by Collie
Mathis.
Catechism. won by Leila Brennan.
Department, won by John Bren-
nan.
Miss Eaoise Lanier in a we'll COM
posed and most gracefully delivered
salutatory welcomed the audience to
the commencement exercises. MissLa-
nier also delighted the audience by
her rendition of the piano solo "Trau-
merei" followed by a duet with her
sister. Miss Susie Lanier, beautiful
Interpretation of Turtle Dove. Op.
3G3 by Franz Behr.'
In a beautiful class poem entitled
..The Rost' the seyen graduates COM
pared. their lives to the budding rose.
going forth into life in all their beau
ty and leveliness and developing into
the rose Of perfect character, leaving
the world to scent the fragrance OF
their smasterful personalities and
make way for their penetration into
all Of the affairs Of life.
The valedictory. a beautiful rhet-
oricai composition was most graceful
sy rendered by Miss Dorothy Hood
Howle, who compared st. Josephs
Academy to / majestic vessel on the
lofty decks Of which had been learn
ED the first and most important les
SON necessary for navigating their
little barks-"Non Nobis Solum'. the
art of living not for self clone, but
using for others to the best advantage
the gifts God has bestowed. In the
sheltered water the majestic vessel
had glided on, but after the fare
wells of today different courses would
sbe pursued by the seven little barks.
sEonfdently will these little barks be
handled for the crew Of seven will
ever carry the chart and compass CIV
EN- by their loved alma mater.
AZ
the students of the Academy enter
taisted the audience with very pleas
ing program DAMS beautiful chorus
sFuniculi-Funicula" was rendered by
zone hunderd voices.
Miss Marie L. Bultman read an in
feresting historic account of our
flag and made an appropriate com
smemoration of the Hath birthday OF
our flag, June 14th, 1921.
Miss Mildred DeLorme explained in
most interesting manner the seal
gof South Carolina calling especial at
Stention to the figure in the seal OF a
woman walking along the seashore,
representing Hope and to the high
esteem in which the knights. warriors
and gallant gentlemen Of South Caro-
lima have ever held fair women" as
eas this is the only state in the union
that does not allow the divorce law.
Al beautiful pageant portrayed our
scountry.s victories from 1873 to 1913.
Liberty raised aloft on pedestal was
represented by Miss Pearl Barry Be
fore Lsbertys shrine bowed England
personifed in 1888
France personitied in 1900.
TFipoli personified in 1905.
England personified in 1914.
Mexico personified in 1S4S.
Cenfederate States of America per-
sonifed in 1855.
Spain personified in 1898.
Germany personifed in 1918.
When England personified had
granted Liberty's demands of the
Year 1914. the students of the Junior
department sang that we'll known
chorus of sixteenth century origin 20
Dear, What Can the Matter Be. and
when the strains of music and chill
sdren's voices burst forth into Dixie
following the narration of the events
cheer Miss Annie Tiecher accompan-
led the students on the piano and her
n1asterful touch and perfect technique
snspired the students with additional
spirit A piano Trio. The Celebrated
Spanish March followed the an
lneuncement OF the events OF the
syear 1895, during which the students
grouped about Libertys pedestal to
sing with enthusiastic young Amerl-
scar hearts. their loved anthem
ssAmerica' following the announce
naeaat of the events of the year 1919.
The students of the High School
s6epartment clothed in beautiful flow
sir1g white robes and carving tai! green
stennaed white lilies. portrayed IN an
sagts tsstic manner the beauty and sym
biology OF the lily.
Eight students of the High School
department costumed in colonia!
:sSTfe danced in most becoming and
4raeeful manner the beautiful colon
IL fz5sauce of Washington g time-The