Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1925-06-04
BELINGTON HIGH
SCHOOL CLOSES

SISTED Annual Sermon, Inter-So-
ciety Contest Junior and Senior
High Commencement, Class Night
and Junior-Senior Banquet.
The Nineteenth Annual Belington
High School Commencement Week,
began with the Annual Sermon to
the Graduates, on Sunday morning
May "a, 1925, by DR.. Elkanah HUI
ey, President of Broaddus College,
the Methodist Episcopal Church
pr Hulley's theme was ''Thou shalt
Love the Lord thy God with all thy
aeart, mind and strength" In his
discourse he emphasized the impor-
tance of the development of all the
culties the student has, and inn
eessed on his hearers the high ideals
hat can only come through such de-
yelopment. The music under the
supervision of Mr. Elder was highly
Ejoyed. Miss Lucille Cain of the
ophomore Glass played the March
While the Seniors escorted by the
president and secretary, of the jun
br Glass, Misses Vada Elder and
opal Dadisman, marched up the isle,
Followed by the faculty The church
Auditorium was beautifully decor
Lted with the High School colors and
pcuqets of flowers, by the Junior
lass.
The complete program was as fol-
ows:
March-Lucile Cain
Doxology
Invocation-Rev. O. H. Dorsey
America-Congregation
Scripture Reading Rev. Edwin
Cross
Not Ashamed of Jesus-Male Quar-
Jet.
Annual Sermon-Dr Elkanah HUI
ley. President Broaddus College.
kore Love to Thee-Double Quartet
Announcements
Eenediction-Rev. Joseph Hoffman
4 The Annual Inter-Society Contest
sAerween the Mozart and Lyceum Lit
erzry Societies was held in the High
School Auditorium, Monday evening,
BIT eight o'clock, May 25th. This
Contest as promised was one of the
r. - sol -, %to -
Everything went off as scheduled and
the productions as well as the pro-
sucers surprised the audience. The
Judges for the Literary part of the
programs were Dean Charles Albert
ri pavis-Elkins College, Miss Mar
nret L.. Dillis, Head of the Express
Ion Department, Da,is- Elkins Col
kege, and Professor Elmer R. Stahl,
of Broaddus College. They judged
according to the regulation score
ksrd system, without comforting The
Pdecisions were two to one in all
events except, the debate and the es-
say, in which Bretsel Harris and Miss +
Hilda Board won unanimously.
Miss Nan Beatrice Koenig, Director
of Music at Broaddus College, judg- !
ed the two musical events. AS the
Contest was close in practically all
the events it was impossible for the I
audience to forecast the winning
society, but the decision of the judges
L.aJ d
scored seventy points to the Lyceums
scored eighty points then and the
Mozarts twenty. As this was the
first time that the Mozarts had won
the members of that Society are re-
joicing and think that they can do
the same stunt again next year, Will I
the Lyceums are girdling on their Z
armour to win back the laurels they
have lost, so look out for wonder
full Contest next year. The decis-
ions were announced by Dean Albert !
and the winners of each decision was
awarded a certificate as each decis- l
ion was annouced, by Principal Har-
per The essayist were coached by
Mrs Wilson and Miss Rohrbough,
the readers by Miss Blatchford and
the orators and debators by Mr..
Harper.
The Contest opened with the Piano
Solo event, in which Miss Thelma
Absalom, of the Mozart Society play
cd the Fifth Nocturne, by Leybach.
Miss Helen Gibson followed with /
Remembrance, by Maurice Telma and
won for the Lyceums.
Stanley E. Dadisman, gave the
winning Grafton, which was "The
State Beautiful or West Virginia,
and won for the Mozarts over Oral
Rinehart, who gave True Patriotism.
The question for debate was Re
solved That the proposed Twentieth