Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1924-06-05

the Annual Address to the graduates
was delivered by DIR. Elmer Guy Cut
shall, president Of West Virginia
Wesleyan College, who was intro
duced by Superintendent o. J. Wood
ford DR.. Cutshall held his audience
in his masterful way for fifty min
utes in which time he presented to
his hearers the great need of the
time, "the doing away Of selfishness,"
both individual and national. BY his
illustrations he showed wildly how
man naturally places his own inter
ests above those of his fellowman,
thereby causing all the nfisunder-
standings, hatreds and troubles of the
world, and that if mankind would
place the interests of others, or SER
vice foremost, most of the misery Of
the ages would to great extent be.
eliminated. The rousing applause
given DR.. Cutshall at the close Of his
address showed the appreciation Of
the audience.
The next number on the program
was a selection, Come Where the
Lilies Bloom, by Mr.. Elders famous
male quartet. This was the last APP
pearance of the quartet which has
rendered such great service to the
High School as three of the boys
graduated
Following the selection. by the
quartet, Lucy Marie Radabaugh, who
led her class in scholastic stand
ing with an average of eighty eight
per cent, for her four years in high
school, delivered the Valedictory, her
subject being the motto of her class,
"They Can who Think They CAM"
She expressed the appreciation of her
class to the President and Members
of the Board of Education, the High
School Faculty, and the members of
the undergraduate class in such
way that her hearers felt that the
Glass of 1924 was conscious and
grateful of the part they had played
in moulding the lives of the nineteen
boys and girls thus far in their edu-
cational career.
The class was then presented to
the president of the Board of Edu-
cation for graduation by the Princi-
pal, Charles P. Harper, who express
ed the appreciation and interest of
the school in the graduates, and told
of the great service expected of them
by their parents, their school, and
their naticn. AS parting word to
his first graduating class, he gave
them the word that has been fore
most in the minds of the people for
the past few years, that of SERVICE.
In presenting the diplomas to the
graduates, President FELTON, in his
masterful way told of, the splendid
cooperation of the citizens of the
tow - Faculty and the students
in helping to make Belington High
School one of the best high schools
in the State. To the graduates he
expressed his appreciation of The OPP
po''A'--,'' ---,--e-ting diplomas to
such fine class of boys and girls and
urged them to make the most Of
their opportunity. thereby bringing
renown to Belington High School.
Below is given the roll Of che
roll Of the graduating class Of 1924:
Clarence Ralph Thornhill. President
Lucy Marie Radabaugh. Secretary
Troy r. Brady, Katheryn e. Cain,
Mary Cook, William H. Curry, Susie
Rose Gibson John L. Harrah, Cleta
May Jones. Mary Monica Keyser,
Lynn F. Moora,. Russell Offhaus, Eli
aabeth Rosl berger. George Row,
Stark A. Shomo, Keneth Brown
Shinn, James H. Simmons, Roma Re-
nola Thompson, Gladys Pauline
Thornhill.
After the diplomas had been pre-
scented to the members of the class.
Reverand Griffin, of the Baptist
Church pronounced the benediction