Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1925-08-27
NORMAL
SUMMER TERMS
Closing Days at Institution Most In
teresting Ones. Fall Term Makes
Encouraging Start This Week.
(J. M. Downum.)

The closing week has been a most
interesting one as quite number of
distinguished visitors and friends in
terested in the welfare and growth of
the Appalachian State Normal, have
been present. Miss Annie Dougherty
daughter of Prof. D. D. Dougherty,
and a graduate of Carson-Newman
College, gave several we'll rendered
vocal solos at chapel exercises on
Wednesday. On another day, Mr.. Gill
lis of Charlotte entertained the school
by several numbers on the piano and
harp combined, and on the same day
Mr.. c. A. Johnson of Baltimore, an
other skilled musician, played we'll
on the accordion. A large number
of friends came to look over the Nor
NAL and its work. The elimination of
events was the graduation exercise
on Thursday evening at 8, when 25
were awarded diplomas, making 40
Normal graduates in 1925. The pro-
gram began with the class and au-
dience singing America" Then fol-
lowed the literary address by DR.. J.
Fl. Highsmith of the State Board of
Education, who took for his subject
"Self Expression" and in most elo-
quent original and pleasing way
brought out the various ways in which
different people express themselves,
closing in the manner in which the
teacher does and should express him
self for the highest good of those
whom they teach, impressing the fact
that few if any have better oppor-
tunity for self-expression in the best
sense than the teacher. Mr.. Highsmith
made fine impression on the large
audience present by his well chosen
and eloquent thoughts and words.
The class exercises were as nearly
perfect in every move as may ever be
witnessed. First came an original song
"Alma Mater" followed by the ad-
dress of welcome by Miss Alma Rhyme
finely expressed, then the splendid
class poem was read by Miss Anna L.
Wall, the unusually good class proph-
ecy by Miss Elizabeth Stevens; the
very fine valedictory by Rev. Walter
E. Wilson, and the very fine class
song closed the class part of the eve-
ming. President Dougherty in few
brief and well chosen remarks pre-
sented the diplomas and asked DIR.
Highsmith to present the Certificates
from the state department to which
each was entitled. This DR.. Highsmith
did in pleasing and instructive man.
ner. Thus closed the graduating ex-
ercises of the largest Normal Glass
to graduate thus far and with exer-
cises not surpassed by many anwhere
With the examinations on Friday
closed the second term of the largest
and most successful summer school
in the history of the school, The fol-
lowing facts may be of interest: The
entire number enrolled for the two
summer terms was 1882, of these 109
were men and 1923 ladies. There were
269 students came as high school gra-
duates taking their first Normal
School work. There were 72 counties
of North Carolina represented and
20 from other states making 92 in
all. The fall term begins on the 25th,
and all indications are that the en-
rollment will be good.
A wedding ann ouncement recently
came out that is of great interest to
the many friends in Boone and else
where of Mr.. James H. Councill now
resident engineer in Haywood coun
ty working for the State Highway
Commission. The lady is Miss Mar
garet H. Moore, daughter of the late
Judge Fred and Mrs. Moore, of Ashe
vile, The wedding is to take place in
October. Mr.. Councill was in the high
school department of the Appalach-
ian State Normal, and entered the
University with scholarship and
took the course in engineering. Miss
Moore was educated at Greensboro
College, and is most excellent lady
and popular wherever she is known.