Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-30
CIR AIDED SCHOOL CLOSES
DR.. Lee Davis Lodge Delivers Address
TO Members Of Senior Class
FINALS Held LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
Number of Medals Awarded-Super-
intendent Makes Announcement Rel
ative to Attendance and Scholar
ship of Some Local interest-Com-
mencement Lasted One Week. .ia

mencement Lasted One "eeh'
An address to the graduating class
by DIR. Lee Davis Lodge, president OF
Limestone college, Gaffney, presenta-
tion of Diplomas to the members OF
the graduating class, award of med
ais and the reading Of interesting class
statistics relative to scholarship and
attendance marked the close of the
1922 session of the Yorkville Graded
school,, Friday night. Exercises were
! held in the city hall auditorium in
| the presence of large audience. The
programme Friday evening marked
the close of school commencement ex-;
,crcises which began on the previous
Friday night. DR.. Lee Davis Lodge,
president OF Limestone college who
has often been heard before by York
vile audiences, delivered a mastery
address on the subject of education
and he captivated his audience by the
manner in which he pointed out the
great need of the state and the nation
for more educated citizens. The med
al offered b, the u. d. c. chapter for
the best essay on a given subject was
won by Miss Aileen Hall of the
eleventh grade and the medal offered
| by the d. A. r. chapter was awarded
Miss Allen Shannon, also a member
of the graduating class. The medal
offered the best declaimer in the con-
test for girls was presented Miss An
ME Wallace Marshall while the medal
offered the best boy declaimer was won
by Erskine Plexico. Miss Ruth Pick
leo was awarded the medal offered to
the member of the eleventh grade for
highest scholarship. Her average for
the years work was 96. -
Three Get Second Honor.
Misses Margie Plexico, Margaret
| Love and Alice Inman tied for SECOND
honors in scholarship, each making an
average of 81 for the year. n
Diplomas were presented the mem
bers of the graduating class by T. F.
Mellow, Esq. chairman of the board
of trustees.
Before the exercises OF the evening
were concluded superintendent f. A.
Montgomery announced interesting
statistics relative to attendance and
scholarship in the various grades. The
following little tots of the primary
department did not miss single days
attendance during the school year:
First grade-Lennie Harris, Elmer
McCarter; Second Grade-Minnie
Brown, Mary Burge, Coleman Jones;
Third Grade--Edith Blackwell, Melyie
Bennett, Dan Riddle Bee Redmond,
Victor Correll.
Attendance and Scholarship.
Perfect Attendance, Fourth Grade
Ruby Hope, Herbert Ferguson, Paul
McCloud; not absent but tardy once-7
Rosa Kennedy, Jake Mackorell, Joseph
Moore, Emma Nivens; pupils making
highest average-Herbert Ferguson,
81; Catherine PARROT, 81; Sara Lee
Brockington, 81.
hSSliOi ~ Oui NAA tNNSb pNhhNSh
tendance-Brson Barnwell; highest
avcrage-Mell Smith 9S.
Perfect attendance Fifth Grade
Mildred McCloud, Robert McCloud;
highest average-Helen Moss, Katie
Edmonds, Harvey Ferguson, Fannie
Grist
Section b. Fifth grade, perfect at.
tcndance-Bessie Redmond; highest
, crage-Lewis Wallace.
Perfect attendance Sixth Grade
John NJ. Gillespie, James Kennedy,
Allen Parrot, Bobbie Carroll
Perfect attendance Section b, Sixth
, Gradc-Nancy Burgc; highest aver
age-Nancy Burge, 81; Thelma Wal
lace, 81.
Perfect attendance, Seventh grade
J. C. Wallace, Margaret Owen, Le-
titia EdmoRds, Nellie Pannell, Sara
McCIain, James Moss; not tardy, alb
sent nor dismissed-Harry Laws;
highest average, Margaret Owen;
not absent Seventh Grade-Vera Dor
Sett, llaSkelL MCCafter.
Highest average section B, Seventh
Grade-Alberta Pegram, 96.5; Bernice
P%trick, 95.
Perfect attendance Eighth Grade
girls-Jennie Mcclure, Sallie Faulk-
ner; present but tardy, Jane Darwin;
highest average Eighth Grade girls
Lois Gillespie, $685. Mary Ethel
Owen, 96.l Martha Pegram, 95.4.
Perfect attendance Eighth Grade
bCys-Edward Faulkner, Ray Parrott,
Erskinc PleXico, William Kennedy, Ell
lison Brown, Robert Mcfarland;
highest average Eighth Grade boys
William Kennedy SO; Earle Barber
94.5; Erskine Plexico, "a; Ellison
Brown, 90.
Perfect attendance Ninth Grade
Ada d. McElwee, Julia Plexico; high
est average Ninth Grade-KatherIne
McGcc. 95; Julia Plcxico. "a; Ada d.
, McElwec "a; Annie w. Marshall, ,93;
Major Whtcsidcs, 90.
Perfect attendance Tenth Grade
Inez Wallace, Sara McGee; present
each day, but tardy or dismissed