The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-06-01
cHAMBERLAIN-HUNT ACADEMY.
Closed Its Years Work with Interest
ing Program Tuesday.

Tuesday evening at the Presbyter-
IAN church Chamberlain-H Hunt Acad-
emy closed its years work. While the
attendance, like that Of most schools.
I was somewhat smaller than the year
before on account Of the financial de-
preston, the Academy has had a fine
student body and a good corps Of
teachers.
The exercises Tuesday evening con-
sisted of music, defamation contests
and an address BY Dr. Geo. D. Booth
Of Natchez.
Mrs. Speneer's orchestra furnished
two numbers of the musical program
and the q. II. a. trio one number. The
four contestants for the senior decla-
nation medal We're r. Il. Saunders,
J. +. Calhoun, r. b. Mclean, and +.
b. Davis; and James r. Trimble was
valedlctorian Of the class.
Followlng these declamations, DR..
Booth delivered an excellent address
to the graduates which was just as
applicable to all of the guests of the
institution as to the class.
At the close Of DR.. Booths address.
Capt, Kennedy, president Of the acad
emy, delivered the diplomas and med
ais. Two Of the medals We're given
Dy distant organizations, one for the
best essay on good roads, by the In
terstate Bank and Trust Co. of New
orleans, and the other for the best
patriotic essay, by the Colonial
Danes.
The graduates We're as follows:
William Benjamin Adams, Vicks-
burg, Miss; James Roscoe Calhoun.
Mt. Olive Miss; Francis Burton Da-
Wis, Morgan City, Miss; Philip De
Gaetano, Port Gibson, Miss. George
]. Griffin, Jr., Abbeville, La; James
Leray Hasie, Hampton, Miss. Robert
3. Mclean, Winona, Miss; Kelley h,
Poole, Baton Rouge, La; John Robert
keld, Port Gibson, Miss; Robert Rife
Saunders, Greenville, Miss: James
Rogers, Sproles, Silver City, Miss.
James Travis Trimble, Bunkie, La.
The medal winners were:
Senior Defamation, Robert Rife
Saunders, Greenville, Miss; Junior
Defamation, William Thorburn, Fern
wood, Miss; Senior Bible, William
Ihorburn, Fernwood, Miss; Junior
Bible, Edgar Crisler, Port Gibson,
Miss; Neatness, John Minter, Semi
nary, Miss; Chemistry, John Robert
Reid, Port Gibson, Miss; Physics,
Robert Mclean, Winona, Miss; Mill
tary, Kenneth Mounger, Lettsworth.
La; Essay on Patriotic Subject, Ros-
coe Calhoun MT. Olive, Miss. This
medal was given by the Colonial
DANES.
The medal given by the Interstate
Trust & Banking Company of New
Orleans, for the best essays on the
subject "Are Good Roads Worth Their
Cost q" was won by Philip De Gae-
tano, Port Gibson, Miss; Scholarship,
Martin Carbonell, Barcelona, Spain.
The commencement sermon was
preached Sunday morning by DR.. Bit
zer of Rolling Fork, who also preach
ed to the Y. M. c. A. in the evening.
Both sermons were instructive and
spiritual
The junior defamation took place
at the academy on Monday evening.
but because of the program at the
college that evening, no public an
nouncement was made of the contest
and only the students were present
The school has had students from
several states in attendance during
the session Just closed, and four from
Cuba, one Of whom won the scholar
ship, which carries with it, in addition
to the medal, free tuition for another
session.
The trustees met Tuesday morning
and decided to screen the buildings
before another session, also to COM
plete the swimming pool in order that
it may be ready for the boys by the
time the school opens again.