The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1922-05-04

The County Superintendent Mr.. C.
"A. McAmis, and his fine corps Of
teachers are to be congratulated for
the progress shown by the student
body during the past year, The dali,
gray skies without We're Offset by the
flower decked stage, and the bright
ard smiling faces Of the large grad
uating class, who were the hosts upon
the gala occasion.
The county pavilion near Herman
vile was well filled with the parents,
and friends of the forty-three grad
yates, who were to receive their di-
pl0mas and medals, tokens of the ar
5uous work which had been accom-
plished by them during the year
The exercises were opened by the
Port Gibson Band, directed by Mrs.
Nelson Spencer, giving an overture,
The Bandsman's Delight" and the
audience showed its appreciation by
generous applause.
Rev. N. B. Harmon offered the pray
er.
Then followed the Roll Call Of 1922.
The address of the day was deliv-
cred by Rev. ]. I. Weems, who stress
ed the necessity of keeping pure the
Anglo Saxon blood, the best blood in
the world, that we might hold the su-
Hremacy among the races,-the in
heritance handed US by the great men
and women of former generations.
bis could be done only by obedience
70 the laws of nature and of God, pre-
serving bodily purity, mental purity,
and the purity Of the spirit in an al
nee through faith with God the Gre
at0r.
The Reading Contest was spirited.
There were seven who engaged in it
and the readings were thoroughly en-
i0yed by the audience who were not
at all deferred from applaudinp for
fear Of unduly influencing the judges.
Each received a round of applause
Which was well deserved.
The subjects given were; BY Cour-
Ter, The Whistling Regiment, Curfew
Snail Not Ring tonight, Naughty Zell,
Uncle Nose, Alemada, The White Rose
IL resulted in a tie. The winners were
Mabel Mitchell, and Lucille Calender.
rs the judges would not recede from
their gradings another medal was de-
cided upon and will be given to the
winner as soon as it can be prepared
Dinner was served on the grounds
BY the County Teachers Association
at a small cost the proceeds to be us
ed in their work.
Music by the band announced the
alter dinner exercises, which consist
Ell first of a Defamation Contest be-
tween Norton Miller and Clyde Mel
son, the medal being awarded to Nor
ton Miller,
Clyde Miller gave, "The Death Of
Rabespierre", and Norton Miller" Dan
iel Portions Ride" This was follow
ed by spelling contest, which is al
Wavs amusing to an audience for the
auditors are fully conscious that they
themselves would have missed the
words that thinned the ranks of the
spoilers.
Then came the anxious hour to the
students the awarding of the medals:
The medals and diplomas were handed
to the students by Rev. N. B. Harmon
as follows: English, Fannie Barland;
Mathematics, Randolph McMurchy;
Spelling, Fannie Segrest, Reading,
Mabel Mitchell and Lucille Calender;
Defamation, Norton Miller.
Those receiving diplomas were:
Maggie Greer, Lillian Martin, Pearl
Martin, Lille Pickett, Maggie Curtis,
Mildred Howard, Leola Bailey Wilker-
son, Gussie Smith, Robert Wallace,
Walter McCaa, Clyde Nelson, Janette
Clarke, Verna Taylor, Mabel Mitchell,
Lucille Calender, Julia Porter, Fannie
Segrest, Mary Pierce, Berlye Barnes,
Susanna Smith, Fannie Barland, Ed
ward Barland, James F. McCaleb,
Randolph McMurchy, Clara Bell Dove,
Georgia Fife, Thelma Goza, Serena M,
Jones, Josie Mae Wade, William Pow
ell, Jessie Gertrude Clarke, Earl Nit