Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-05-31
Graduating; Exercises Edge6eld
High School.

High School.
Monday evening at $3.50 o'clock, a
very important occasion was celebrat-
ed in the Edgefeld High School, when
four young ladies and three young
men received their state and local
High School diplomas from the 11th
grade. o
Mr.. W. o. Tatum, Jr., presided!
over the programme and called on
Rev. A. T. Allen for the invocation.
The music interspersed in the pro-
gram were piano solos by Misses
Elizabeth Lott, Isabelle Byrd, May
Rives and Eleanor Minis.
On the platform were seated Prof.
W. o. Tatum, Supt. W. W. Fuller,
Superintendent of Education, the
trustees, W. C. Lynch, George F.
Minis, j. w. Kemp, Mr.. J. o. Van
Meter of the faculty of the Univer--
sity of South Carolina, and the seven
graduates as follows: Bessie Duno-
want, Eleanor Minis, Elyse Hudgens,
Corrie Cheatham, Robert QUITS, Will
liam Strom and Dixon Zimmerman.
Robert QUITS gave the salutatory in
good style, and made the audience
feel a real old time welcome.
The valedictory was delivered in a :
clear voice and distinct tones by Miss
Corrie Cheatham, who had the honor
of leading her class in scholarship.
The address of the evening was
made by Mr.. ]. o. Van Meter and
was very forceful one, taking as the
three needs of every young life in his
theme, Truthfulness, Honesty and
the Fear of God. /.
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A medal for the best all around
student in scholarship and school spir-
it in the High School was awarded
Miss Elizabeth Lott by Superintend-
ent of Education W. w. Fuller.
TIE Scholarship medal in the Grad
ed School was awarded Charlton Tai
bert and presented by Mr.. Fuller.
Dixon Zimmerman was awarded a.
medal for most Improvement in ora
tory.
The diplomas were presented at.
the request of the class by Mr.. Ta-
tum.
A report of the years work was
made by the chairman of the Board
of Trustees, Mr.. W. C. Lynch and the
faculty announced for next year as
follows:
First grade, Miss Daisy Harvin.
Second grade, Miss Emmie Lam
ham.
Third Grade, Mrs. Mamie N. Till
man.
Fourth grade, Miss Mamie Duno--
want.
Fifth, Sixth and Seventh grades to-
be supplied.
High School, Professor W. O. Ia
tum, Miss Sa,lie Mae Nicholson, Miss.
nellie Beckham.
In the 11th grade four of the stu
dents were the same age, born in the
same month, June 1906: Misses Cor
RE Cheatham, Eleanor Minis, Elyse
Hudgens and Robert QUITS, three of
these having gone from the first
grade through the 18th together with
out interruption. Their teachers have
been, first grade, Mrs. W. c. Tomp-
kins; second and third grades, Mrs.
Grace Emmett; fourth, Miss Estelle
Turner, spartanburg; fifth and sixth
grades, Miss Hortense Padgett, sew
enth grade, Mrs. Halle Greneker.
High School, eighth grade, Rev. A. L.
Gunter, superintendent, Miss Nam
Hough, now Mrs. Forester Of Sum-
ter and Miss Marie Hall of Landrum;
ninth grade, Prof. c. L. Brooks, of
Laurens, Miss Nan Hough and Miss
Snow Jeffries, now Mrs. Julian Bland.
Tenth grade, Prof. Brooks, Miss
Snow Jeffries and Miss Pearl Ward
law first term, Miss Plunkett, Miss
Elizabeth Rainsford, second term,
and Miss June Rainsford.
Eleventh grade, w. o. Tatum, Jr.,
superintendent, Miss Caro- Des-
Champs, of Pinewood, Miss T. Marie
Leech of Hickory Grove and W. M.
Mahoney of Manning.
F. A. M.
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