Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-05-23
Closing Day Of Public Schools Next
Friday-Many Events Scheduled
For P. HIS. Graduates.
FINAL EXERCISES TO BE
HELD MONDAY JUNE 1ST

Closing days for the public schools
Of Worcester county are fast ap-
preaching. Next week will wind up
lessons and examinations, and then
come the Commencement exercises.
On Thursday night the Senior Class
will give the faculty an oyster roast
at George Island Landing.
On Friday night class night will
take place at the Empire Theatre
when the three-act farcial comedy,
"Stop Thief" will be given.
Saturday evening there will be a
farewell dinner for the Seniors and
| their class advisors.
Sunday night, May 81, the annual
sermon to the graduating class will
be preached by the Rev. r. P. Mich
ois. All the other churches in town
will be closed except the Episcopal.
On account of this date biting that of
the annual visitation of Rt. Rev. VIM.
E. Davenport, Bishop of Easton, the
rector, Rev. G. V. Bell, is unable to
cooperate in this Commencement ex-
ercise
In Pocomoke City, Commencement
proper for the High school will be
held in the Empire Theatre on Mon
day, June 1, and DIR. Gary, principal
of st. Johns College, wi be the
speaker. In the other towns, the
program is as follows: Berlin, Jure
1, speaker, DR.. Charles H. Gardiner,
Millersville Normal School, Penna.;
Stockton, June 2, Prof. Charles S.
Richardson, University Of Naryland;
Ocean City, June 2. DR.. Charles H.
Gardiner; Snow Hill, June 3, same
speaker.
The central closing exercises for
the Elementary schools will be held
as follows: Pocomoke City, Empire
Theatre, Tuesday evening June 2;
Ocean City, Thursday, May %; Snow
Hill, Friday evening, May 20; Berlin,
Wednesday June 8. DR.. A. S. Cook
will address the meeting at Pocomoke
City; Rev. E. L. Bunce, this city, will
speak in Berlin, and at other points
speakers will be arranged for.
All pupils throughout the county,
who have completed the work of the
Seventh grade and passed the exami-
nations given at the end of the year,
will receive certificates at these exer-
cises. Attractive programs have been
arranged for each evening by the
pupils of the different schools attend
ing the exercises. Patrons and trus-
tees are invited to attend. All exer-
cises will begin at o'clock.
The number of graduates through
out the county number 110-81 in the
Academic department, and 20 in the
Commercial. In Pocomoke, Is boys
and ~ girls receive diplomas; in
Snow Hill, 6 boys and 20 girls; in
Berlin, II boys and 25 girls; and in
Stockton, 4 boys and 8 girls in all
"a girls and Sc boys. 1t is noticeable
trat the number of boy graduates m
Pocomoke exceeds that of the girls
something unusual. The usual per-
centage of superiority in numbers
throughout the county, however, is
with the gir!s-about 2 to 1. The
graduates in the different Worcester
schools axe as follows:
POCOMOKE HIGH SCHOOL
Academic Dept.
Granville Quinn Adams, Cecil H.
Bailey, Janet Blades, Dorothy Lee
Bounds, Herbert Bounds, Margaret c..
Ellis, BERTHE A. Ford, Annie Hender-
son, Charles Howard, James Russell
Hopkins, Howard J. Landlord, Fannie
Miller, Dan Morse, Basil Payne, Lu-
ellie Pilchard, Amy Scheduled, Riley
Stevenson, Annie Kerns Robertson,
Walter S. Ward.
Commercial Dept.
Julia Blaine, Elmer Birmingham,
Thelma Birmingham, Frederick Hay
man, Vernon Ingersoll, Mervin Out
ten, Lillian Waters Satchell, William
H. Satchell, Jr.
SNOW HILL HIGH SCHOOL
Academic Dept.
Walter Bonneville, Lena Beauch-
amp, Thelma Bishop, Gladys Bounds,
Mary Bradford, Ella Cottingham,
Mary Clarke, Lola Dryden, Tabitha
Hickman, Elizabeth Hillman, Mae P.
Jones, Ruth Jones, Mary Elizabeth
Landlord, A. Edward McAllister, Le-
Roy Sherkey, Hilda Riley, Louise A.
Scott, Mildred Alpha Scott, Marie E.
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