The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1922-05-29
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Graduation A.
Legion Cup To
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the Splenulu CLASS Ol IOI !.ft. VI
pie being graduated frd njanT.
land High school. Clev' wa
ing, ambitious-we like
are proud of them.
Many of them were born and have
been reared in Lakeland and educat-
ed here-strictly local products, while
others have come in from other parts
of the state or from other states. and
proven themselves the equal of the
strictly home youngsters.
In their studies, in athletics, in 9th
erclass activities such as the highly
creditable presentation Of the class
play. a-Sudden-Peggy," and the
production of bright and artistic an
nual, the members of the class of '22
have shown brains and a determina-
tion to excel that will serve them well
in the coming years.
BaccaIaureate Exercises
Despite the rainy weather Sunday
morning a large crowd gathered at the
Auditorium to witness the baccalau-
reate services, most of the churches
of the city giving over their morning
service. -
On account of the rain the gradu-
ates were forced to dispense with the
wearing of caps and gowns, this being
a disappointing feature as the pro-
cession Of students adds much to the
impressiveness of the occasion.
DIR. w. ]. Bolin, pastor of the First
Baptist church, delivered the bacca-
laureate sermon. He chose as his
theme, "Be of good cheer" weaving
about this central thought a beautiful
discourse of philosophy and religion,
delivered in an effectively direct man
ner.
The following program was OBJ
served.
Doxology.
Invocation-Rev. Samuel H. Esh-
man.
Hymn Come Thou Almighty
King" Congregation.
Scripture Reading--Rev. A. c. Pinks-
ton.
Anthem-"Lift Up Your Heads"
(John s. Hopkins). First Baptist choir.
Prayer-Dr. C. I. Stacy.
Announcements-Pr G.. f. Ever
EFT.
Anthem-"Seek Ye the Lord" q.
Carley Roberts), First Baptist choir.
Sermon-Dr. w. J. Bolin.
Hymn-"My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
ngregation.
Benediction-D. G.. w. Rosenberg.
Class Day
The Glass Day exercises will be held
at the Auditorium Tuesday evening at
s o'clock, when the following interest
ing program will be given:
Song-Class.
Glass History-Mary Louise Boul
ware.
Glass Poem-Jane Law.
Vocal Duet-"Morn Rise" Blanche
Johnson and Gertrude Redgrave.
Oration-John Cannon.
Recitation = James Graduation"
Blanche Johnson.
Vocal Solo-"They Needed Song
bird in Heaven" Billie Norvell.
Glass rophecy-Mortimore Haynes.
mpersonations-Frank Hursey.
Song-Class.
Glass Will-Sibyl Fox
Giftorians-Claire Streater and Earl
Futch.
Song-Class.
Graduation Program
The graduation exercises will be
held Wednesday evening at the Audi
torium DR.. Joseph Roemer, of the
State University at Gainesville, will
deliver the address of the occasion,
and the diplomas will be presented
by C. A. Parker, county superintend-
ent of public instruction.
The valedictorian is Miss Helen
Claire Renner, and the salutatorian,
Holland Crevasse.
An interesting feature will be the
presentation of the silver loving cup
offered by the local post of the Amer
ican Legion to the high school pupil
writing the best essay on What Amer
ican Citizenship Means to Me-" The
presentation will be made by Raleigh
Merrill, commander of the Lakeland
post of the American Legion.
The program in detail follows:
Piano Solo-":Valse Chromatique",
Mildred Stevens.
Invocation-Dr. G. I. Stacy.
Salutatory-Holland Crevasse.
Violin Solo-"Meditation" (Thais),
Mrs. Elmer Wilson.
Address to Graduates-Dr. Joseph
Roemer.
Vocal Solo-"one Precious Day."
Helen Forney.
Valedictory-Helen Claire Renner.
Xylophone Solo with Piano Accom-
paniment--C F. Owens, Marguerite
Owens.
Presentation of Diplomas-supt. G.
A. Parker.
Presentation Of American Legion
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