Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-08
CLOSING EXERCISES
MARKED BY BRILLIANT
AT FAIR At RYLANDER
President w. w. Dykes of
School Board Delivers Diplo-
mas to 81 Graduates
ANN HEYS YALEDICTORIAN
Literary Address by John R. l..
Smith, of Macon, Splendidly
Delivered

Closing exercises of Americus
High school were held Thursday
night in the Rylander theater, with
a brilliant assembly of friends and
patrons of the schools of Americas
gathered in observance of the oc-
casion. The exercises began with
the invocation by Rev. John M.
Cutler, pastor of the First Method
list church, and closed with bene-
diction by Rev. Carl W. Minor,
pastor of the First Baptist congre-
cation. The literary address, one
OF the most intellectual talks ever
made on commencement occasion
here, was delivered by John R. L.
Smith, of Macon.
The honor graduates were: Mary
Glover, salutatory; Ann Heys, vale
dictory, and the medalists of the
class were Catherine Goodman, P.
O. S. of A. trophy for best record
in history; Eleanor Ross, U. D. G.
historical essay prize; Irlene Guest,
d. A. r. medal for essay on Geor-
gia Revolutionary Heroes; Eleanor
Ross, Times Recorder medal for
history; Lillian Medford, Kiwanis
Medal for debate; Jasper Parker,
Rotary medal for defamation; and
Elizabeth Smith, Lions medal for
recitation. Third District school as
ISOLATION medals were presented
Ann Heys, music; Lionel Stukes,
defamation, and Eleanor Ross and
Albert Cutler, debate.
Members Of the class who re-
ceived diplomas were: Edward An
drews, Theo. S. Barton, William h.
Baugh, Seth S. Belcher, Robert M.
Bell, David Broadhurst, Robert w.
Buchanan, Samuel Conner, George
Ellis, Charlie III Everett, Henson
Findley, Edwin Gammage, G. w.
Harris, Cecil Howard, Luther Ivey,
Samuel Lott, Edward Macarthur, AL
Ian Mcneil, Jasper Parker, Edwin
Player, Darby Reed, Walter Reev-
es, John West Sheffield, Leroy
Swain, Russell Thomas, Willard
Turpin, Skillman Young, Mary
Earle Allen, Flora NJ. Bacot, Chris
tine Brown, Winona Burton, Par
malice Davis, Dorothy Dunaway,
Frances Easterlin, Mary Elizabeth
Easterlin, Ruth Everett, Grace Ertz-
berger, Mary Annie Feagin, Ira
Gatewood, Mary Glover, IrleneGuest,
Claire Harris, Ann Heys, Christine
Hines, Nettie Claire McMath,
Euince Mathews, Lucille Morgan,
Carrie Lou Parker, Annie Ruth
Ray, Eleanor Ross, Eyleen Row
land, Flora Surles, Jewel Turner,
Alice Westbrook, Dudley Witt.
The complete program as render
ed was as follows:
Invocation Rev. Jhos M Cutler.
Come ato 1.-The Gay Feast of
Song" Soprano Elizabeth Joyner,
Alice Mcdonald, Catherine Good
man, Elizabeth Merritt, Juanita
Mullikan, Lurline Wall, Villa San
born, Dora Riley, Florence Stevens,
Chloe Davenport, Martha Johnson
Alto-Eugenia Walker, Anna Bell
Crabb, Lucille Williams, Ned Ellis,
jamie Tye, Eva Braswell, Annie D.
Hall, Elizabeth Smith; Tenor-The-
oditus Stukes, Henry Everett, Joe
Poole, Melvin Tye, Anthony Coun-
Gil; Bass-Aubrey Hart, Lon Gam
mage, Gilbert Purvis, Alton Poole,
Ray Ansley, Jas Mcdaniel, Roy
Colston, BENZ. Davis, Robert Hooks,
John Elgar Sheppard.
Salutatory-Mary Glover.
The Cornerstone of the Repub-
lic-Jasper Parker.
Valedictory-Ann Heys.
Glad Festal Day. Wilson, BIZ
yet" Soprano-Elizabeth Joyner,
Martha Johnson, Elizabeth Merritt
Dora Riley, Florence Stevens;
Alto-Eva Braswell, Juanita Multi