The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1922-05-19
A WEEK CROWDED WITH
GOOD ENTERTAINMENT

This week has been full and run.
ming over with splendid entertainment
incident to the closing exercises OF
the High School.
Beginning Sunday night. in the
High School auditorium, the COM
mencement exercises were ushered in
by Rev. w. B. Blackard, pastor of the
Campbell Street Southern Methodist
church, preaching the Commencement
sermon. The reverend gentleman COM
pared the sea of life with the sea of
waters and builded on the comparison
sermon which highly edited the
large audience.
Monday evening was given over ia
the annual debate of the Periclean So
siety and Messrs Ashley Adams and
Terry Wright, representing the af-
firmative and Messrs H. j. Bolen and
Robert Pope, the negative, were Sc
lected to discuss the question "Resolv-
ed, That the passage of the Bonus
Bill would be beneficial to the United
States" The debate was said to be
one of the best ever heard in school
here and the winner gained his medal
by close margin, as shown by the
points: Adams, 842; Wright Sal
Pope 841, Bolen, 833. Adams won
personally on his side, the affirma-
tive was given the victory by the
judges.
Tuesday evening High School stu
dents presented the elaborate Japa-
nese operetta, "Yanki San" and like
miss Cherry Blossom" given by the
City School on Thursday night of last
week, this operetta was declared to
rank with the very first if not being
the best ever staged in Lexington
The program having been published
giving the cast of characters, it is
needless for us to again name those
who participated, but it is great
lpleacure to state that each one did
their parts in manner surpassed only
| by those who follow the stage for q
\ livelihood. II Is always a pleasure To
commend the work of Mrs. Joyner the
music teacher. On this occasion the
stage settings and decorations and the
costumes were beautiful, bordering on
the gorgeous and that feature alone
went far toward making the play
mostly in song, pronounced success
Wednesday afternoon at 200 o.
clock occurred the graduating exercis-
es of the eighth grade, the class con-
sisting of 28 boys and girls who have
worked successfully to take up the
high school work. Floyd Richardson
was the class orator and diplomas
were presented by County Superin-
dent r. E. Powers.
At 800 o'clock Wednesday after
noon came the Senior High class ex-
ercises, the class being made up of
Misses Bert Youngerman, Elizabeth
Beasley, Gertrude Roberts, Norain
Walker, Wary Cartherine Webb, Net
tie Wolfe, Messrs Eunice Wood, Shell
by Wood. Lanoice Hay, Jim Davidson,
Ernest Essary, Vernon Montgomery,
Paul Walker. Quite program was
rendered by the class and very much
enjoyed by the large crowd present.
Wednesday evening was devoted to
the graduating exercises, at which
time Miss Ber. Youngerman as Salut-
attory, delivered an oration "Woman's
Answer" and Mr.. Eunice Wood, as
Valedictorian, had the subject. pres
ent Day Americanism." Both did well.
The class address was delivered BY
State Superintendent ]. B. Brown,
who gave some amazing statistics re-
garding school affairs in Tennessee.
The entire exercises were of a charac-
ter calculated to fill with pride those
who have watched the young men and
young ladies who have so faithfully
worked to finish the High School.