The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-02
NEWBERRY HIGH SCHOOL
CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR

The graduation exercises OF the
Newberry high school were held in
the opera house Tuesday evening,
when nine young ladies and four
! young men received their diplomas.
The chairs in which were seated
! the graduates, the faculty and others
taking part in the program, were ar
ranged in a semicircle, and the plat
form was tastefully decorated in
! black-eyed Susans and yellow and
black, the class flowers and colors.
The young ladies were pictures Of
g:rlish grace and loveliness, each De
ing dressed in white organdie, and
carrying an arm bouquet of sweet
i peas.
! Prof. O. B. Cannon, superintendent
Of city schools, was master of cere-
monies, and in an appropriate man
ner announced the various numbers.
The exercises opened with prayer
by DR.. C. A. Freed, followed by the
song, "Welcome, Sweet Springtime," ;"
by a chorus Of high school girls.
| The address to the graduates was
made by DR.. A. J. Bowers, formerly
professor in Newberry col
lege. DR.. Bowers made a splendid
address on DUTY" telling the class
that each must determine what his or
ser duty is; that often it is not what
person desires, or even has the
! ability to do; and that after a course
Of duty is determined it should be
adhered to until finished. He stress
ed the spirit Of daring which is nee
cessary to the accomplishment of du-
ty, and emphasized especially the
high principle Of going ''the second
mile" His address made a great inl-
preston on his hearers and will
! doubtless be of great benefit to the
young people just finishing their high
school course.
/ A song, "Santa Lucia" was the
next number, sung by the chorus with
piano accompaniment by Miss Marion
! Jones, and violin obligato by Mr..
! Vigodski.
Col. E. II. Aull gives each year a
medal to the member Of the gradual
ing class writing the best essay on a
given subject. The subject this year
was, "Thar's More in the Man Than
; Thar Is in the Land" suggested oy
Sidney Lanier's poem of the same
title. Colonel Aull explained the
purpose Of the medal and announced
as winner Miss Margaret KiHard,
with hoorable mention for Wright
+ Cannon. The winning essay was
read by Miss Kinard and was an ex-
cellent paper.
The awarding of diplomas was
, made by Professor Cannon, the fol-
! lowing receiving diplomas: Robert
Wright Cannon, Buford Bradley
! Cromer, Willie Mae Culbertson, Dor
othy Denning, Mary Elizabeth Freed,
Maude Hamilton, Margaret Kinard,
Virginia Ruth McCarley, Mildred FL
sic Paysinger, Hubert Marvin Setz-
Ter, Legare Tarrant, Caroline Pool
Weeks, Boyd Wheeler.
! The medal offered by Mr.. Harry
Dominick for the student in the grad
uating class making the highest av-
erage in scholarship for the entire
, four years, was won by Miss Caroline
/ Weeks, with second and third places
going respectively to Wright Cannon
and Miss Maude Hamilton. This
medal was presented by Professor
James C. Kinard Of Newberry col
lege.
Professor Cannon mentioned the
fact that Miss Elizabeth Freed had
won the highest, place in the state
girls expression contest, held recent
Iy in Columbia, thus winning for
, Newberry high school the honor of
holding the silver loving cup. Miss
Freed is very brilliant young wo-
man, but as she has only attended
this school Nc past session she
could not compete for the scholarship
medal,
The medal to the student who has
done the best work for the session in
the literary society is given each year
by Mr.. John NJ. Kinard, and this
medal was presented by Mr.. Kinard
to James Dunstan.
The Joseph L. Keitt, ST., medal to
the 7th grade student at Boundary
Street school making the highest 2v-
erage for the year, was won this
wear by Leroy Anderson, with non
orable mention to Virgil Schumpert.
The medals given in the two 7th
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