The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-05-23
DAN PIT SPEAKS
 TO ROTARY CLUB
District Governor Ad- dresses Bessemer
 Luncheon
tBessemer Bureau

BESSEMER, Ala, May 22. Besse- mer Rotary club was host at it's Thurs day luncheon to District Governor Dan Dix, who paid the club his annual official visit. His talk touched on the international aspect of Rotary
 Governor Dix has completed his tour of the Alabama clubs, the Bessemer vis- 1t being the last. He has been district governor for two terms and is widely known throughout the state His first term was in 1916, and since he has been officially connected with the state and international organizations he has at tended five International conventions and is considered one of the best in- formed Rotary officers. His term of office will expire in the next few weeks. There was good attendance at the Thursday luncheon and it was an- nounced that there was>a 100 per cent attendance at the previous one.
 Commencement Sermon Sunday--The commencement sermon for the senior class of the Bessemer High school will be delivered Sunday morning at il o'clock at the new high school audi torium by Dr. Frank Macdonald. pas tor of the Woodlawn Baptist church. A large crowd is expected, and the audi torium, which seats 2.000, will pro- vide ample space. This is the first time that the commencement sermon has been delivered in school building, it having been the custom to rotate the service among the churches. The high school this year will graduate 92 stu dents, 70 finished at the end of the term while there were % in the mid-term class.
 The senior class play, "Smilin' Through" will be given in the audi torium there on Wednesday evening The graduation exercises will take, place Thursday evening, while the alumni banquet will be held Friday eve ming. Places will be provided for 800 at the banquet Dr. J. N. Powers. president of the University of Missis- sippi, will deliver the graduation ad- dress.
 The negro schools will hold their graduation exercises Friday evening at the negro high school. This is the first time the exercises have been held at the school, which was completed during the year.
 Starts Scout WOrk--Raymond Hitch cock, who will act as scoutmaster for Bessemer, began the reorganization of the old troop and the formation of new ones Thursday. He expects to enroll about 500 boys, having 24 complete troops as his goal
 There is.a need for scoutmasters and assistants, as well as troop commander and volunteers will be asked among the business men.
 A Bessemer council will be formed. which will eliminate the necessity of boys going to Birmingham to stand their examinations. The council committee will be appointed soon and will draw
 Special emphasis will be laid on mili- up a code of honor.
 tary drills for the scouts and Hitchcock expects to hold military drill as a feature of the Fourth of July celebra- tion.
 New Teachers Secured Prof. James Davis, principal of the Oak Grove High school, and Prof. H. H. King, princi- pal of the McAdory High school will be connected with the Bessemer High school next year. These two educators. who have been here a number of years. accepted the positions of teacher of arithmetic and teacher of history, re- spectively.
 To Hold Baby w-Interesting plans are being made by the officers of the junior department of the First Bap- tist church for the baby show, which is to be given ct the city park Satur- day afternoon. It is expected that a : large number of babies will be entered.
 Parents of children who enter the show have been requested to see that the children are properly tagged at the gate. The judges will be out-of-town people, mostly from Birmingham, and the babies will be judged only from number and not by name. Prizes are to be given for; the health jest and prettiest babies from three months to four years of age. A. D. Ausman of the Chamber of Commerce will present the prizes. The children