The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-05-17
TOWN And COUNTY NEWS


HIGH SCHOOL
DAY OBSERVED
Governor Cooper, 81. Swear
ngen and Dir. Parkinson
Are Guests Of Schools and
Deliver Addresses
Last year the experiment was
tried inviting the governor, state
superintendent OF education and
state high school Inspector as
guests of the city high school. The
effects from the meeting Of last
year were so markedly beneficial
inthe inspiration given to the high
school students that another invi-
talion was extended this year to
these distinguished gentlemen in
Viting thern to be present again in
Sgmterson May the eleventh IS
guests Of the high school. In &C
cepfance of this invitation Gov. r.
Cooper, DIR. j. E.. Swearingen
and Mr.. and Mrs. B.. L. Parkinson.
ef Columbia. were present in Sum
ter on THURSDAY. Gov. Cooper, in
order to attend this meeting,
Travelled from Washington where
ne had been on business, his train
arriving in Sumter at 1915 a. m.
and giving only short margin of
time before the beginning of the
exercises at 11:49 O'Clock in the
nse-nilg.
Tfae school battalion of the boys
high school, composed of four COM
panies, dressed in the uniform of
the school, marched from their
school building on Calhoun street
tx be Washington street school
grounds on Calhoun street to the
grounds where they gave a splen-
d5ddrM prior to the. opening Of
the exercises held within the chap
Ioff the girls high school building.
Thesexhibition drill OF the battalion
was this year. Cor the first time,
handledentirely by the students
themselves and this drill vas in
deed most creditable, the boys
taking the greater pride IN each
vancouver executed and keeping
perfect step to the marches of the
batsalion's bugle and drum corps.
The exercises within the audi
forum OF the girls high school
were opened by DIR. S. II. Edmunds
by the reading of "eThe Gentleman's
Pslam, Immediately after which
the roll ofhonor Of the high school
was read by Dr. Edmunds. These
were ths.names of the Sumter lads
whose representative blue stars
were turned to- the starseof gold:
Howard archer, Howard Gage,
Carson jenkins, Joseph Joye, Da-
vid W. Loring, w. Sinclair Man
ming, Horace Muller, Robert o.
Purdy, joan q. Ryan, Jr.. Harri-
soE Saunders, ErwinED. Shaw. "Ab-
sent but gloriously accounted for
The Lords prayer was then re
peated. Very appropriate and very
Beautifully sung by the high
school students, was the selection,
Let Us Have Peace"
Gov. Cooper was then introduc-
ed to the audience and choosing as
his subject the passage Of scripture,
:s1s the truth shall make you free,
ge shall be free indeed" He
showed how freedom results from
education and then OF the response
buities and of the duties that a
citizen owesto his state. He made
rha very significant statement of
the fact that it costs the state
more TO take care of the criminal
than the cost OF giving a boy a col
sge education. He stated that it
isthe duty Of the state to educate
the boys and girls and it's the
duty OF the boys and girls educat-
ed to render in return. trained SER
wee TO their state and fellow citi-
zens. Governor Cooper ended his
yey splendid talk with a patriotic
appeal to those who would some
day be the citizens Of this Sow
ereign State of South Carolina. A
splendid compliment was paid the
city schools of Sumter by the gov
ernor in his statement Of his rea-
sons for: wishing to be in Sumter
again as a guest of the schools. He
stated that he was present on last
year because he had never before
I visited the Sumter schools and had
always heard 81 much about them.
The reasopGfor being SO anxious to
make the return visit this year, he
gave as-being the fact that he had
visited the schools.
The address OF the next speaker,
Mr.. Is. l.. Parkinson, state high
school Inspector, was upon the
question of health. He showed
canclusiveiy that from a point OF
view OF a money value the highly
important consideration that should
be given to our health. The state
ment was made by him that mil
lions OF dollars were wasted every
year by the enforced idleness OF
those OF our country suffering from
preventabIe diseases, and that mil
lions of dollars. are lost annually by
those dying prematurely from pre-
ventable diseases. 1t is the duty,
therefore, of one to keep himself
well. by observance of the Well
known laws of health and of n.y.
giene. He stated that it was no,
only the duty Of one to keep him