The Columbia evening Missourian., 1922-05-20
'MEDALSCIVEN
AT DOUGLASS
HIGH CLOSING
c. S. Morris, 22-year-old Ne
gro Delivers Commence.
ment Address at
Exercises.
MARKS "a YEARS WORK


W. NJ. Dinwiddie of Board OF
Education Hands Diplo-
mas to Nine H. S..
Graduates.
The thirty-fourth annual commence
ment Of the Fred Douglass High School
was held last night at Columbia Hall to
a capacity audience. The high school
graduates, those finishing the seventh
grade and members of the high school
chorus marched in and took their places
on the platform on which chairs we're
arranged in tiers. There we're 200 voices
in the chorus. The girls were dressed
in white. W. NJ Dinwiddie. W. l..
Oliver. Miss Dorothy Broeffle, Mrs. W.
p. Dysart and Miss Winifred Tittmann
attended.
The program of the evening was:
New National Hymn ............
................ High School Chorus
Invocation .......... Rev. J. L. CASTOR
Response
Grafton: ''Home-The Paramount School
Life ................ Hazel Hicks
Grafton: The Principles Of DemOc-
racy" ........... Kirklin Renfroe
Good Bye" Tosti ............
...... Trio and High School Chorus
Address: Blocks With Which We
Build ...... Charles Satchell Morris
Listen To The Lambs" Deu ......
......... High School Chorus
Presentation of the Class ..........
....... Jacob E. Jones. Principal |
Presentation of Diplomas ........
.......... Mr.. W. NJ. Dinwiddie.
Vice President Board of Education.
Bridal Chorus" Rose Maiden) Cow
en-. .......... High School Chorus
Presentation of W. c. T. U. Essay
Prizes ........... Mrs. W. p. Dysari
Presentation of Prizes and Medals =.
80. ................. ". |. Oliver,
Superintendent of Schools.
'Star Spangled Bamner'' ......
............... High School Chorus
In introducing the speaker of the even
ing, Principal Jones said: Il thought
Mr.. Morris would be an inspiration to
our young ones. MIR. Morris is but %
years of age and great-nephew of our
own Fred Douglass"
MIR. Morris said he was especially hap
py to be here because of the number of
young people in the audience, because
the problems of today and tomorrow are
to be solved by the young men and
young women. He said he had not come
10 tell new message, but rather he
will be satisfied if he can give an old
message with new flavor
Charles Satchell Morris, Jr. is a
graduate student in the University of ;
Chicago, and is one of the leaders of the
'ounger generation of his race. His
subject was Blocks With Which We ,
Build" and he enumerated five: charac- /;
er, courage, faith, aspiration and 10y
llty.
Mr.. Dinwiddie presented the diplomas s
o the nine high school graduates: v
frances Cater, Thelma Homesley. Hazel a
Hicks tSalutatorian. Mae Emma Logan. a
Gertrude Slater. Lille Mae WiIhte, s
>irklin Renfroe (Valedictorian) George
need and Quintes Criswell. n
Forty-two children who finished the v
eventh grade, also received diplomas. o
Mrs. W. P. Dysart of the W. CT. u. IL
resented medals and prizes TO those 81
'riting the best essays against the use
tobacco. THE judges told me that II
ONE of the essays handed in from the s.
douglass School were beautifully writ u
m said Mrs. Dysart. Those who receiy- p
medals are: Fourth grade, Catherine Ia
fifth grade. Gree Connor;
xth grade. Lucille Davis, and seventh 81
rade, Catherine Turner. Alma Logan, 81
eshman and Gertrude White. junior. &C
lch received a SIS gold piece. m
Miss Alma Williams, teacher in the 81
ouglass School presented a prize given IL
! the Ladies' Club to Thelma Homesley &.
no for the past nine years has never
zen absent from school or tardy.
W. ]. Oliver presented medals to the N
inners in the Field Day exercises held
weeks ago. They are: Nelson Pypes p,
inner Of the l0O-yard and 22O-yard
shes; Theodore Smith, winner in the r.
Dad jump. James Sneed was awarded
medal in the high jump. He lacked
ly inches of matching the record
ade hY University of Missouri athletes