Smyrna times., 1935-06-13
q TO GRADUATE
SMYRNA HIGH
First Graduating Class To Be
HOnOred in New School
Auditorium
COMMENCEMENT WEEK

Next week is Commencement
Week at the Smyrna High School
when once more our splendid
schools will come before the public
to pay honor this time to the class
of 1885 who after four years of
hard work, have completed their
course and will receive their di-
plomas Tuesday evening. Incl
dentally it will be the first class to
graduate in the new school audi
torium and to this end Superin
tendent c. w. w. Schantz has ar
ranged a fine program. The new
stage scenery and draperies are
here and amid the display of the
class colors, Navy blue and white,
and American Beauty Roses, the
class flower, while penants and flags
and the class motto: Each is the
Architect of His Own Fortune, the
class in cap and gown will receive
all the honors that the School Fac
ulty and Board of Education can
bestow. The class, one of the larg-
est to graduate from our schools,
is composed of:
B. Alverna Jones Sarah B. Jones
Seymour Bleckman Allen c. Knight
Alyce Ruth Blendt Violet B. Lawton
Rosie Louise Darrell Gladys j. Lefner
Mildred E. Deakyne Mabel Eta Moffitt
Florence Doughten Frances A. Morrison
James H. Gentry Peter Pollock
Fred Godsborough Howell H. Sevil
William S. Gunter William Earl Spence
q. Virginia Heinod Margaret Walters
John Harper Jones Virginia Mae Warner
The program for Commencement
Week will begin Sunday with the
Baccalaureate Sermon to the Class
given at Asbury Methodist Episco-
pal Church by Rev. John L. John
son, D. D., the pastor. The class
in cap and gown, will occupy the
front pews of the church and spec
ial music will be rendered by the
three choirs. DR.. Johnson will
deliver a discourse to the class on
''The Elements of True Greatness"
Monday night will be "Class
Night" when the class will render
their Trial of the Glass of 1885"
at the school auditorium. The
School Band will open their pro-
gram with March, western
Spirit" at which the president of
the class, Howell H. Sevil, will in
troduce the numbers of the pro-
gram as follows: Greeting, Sarah
B. Jones; Class Will, Peter Pollock;
Song, Class of '35; Glass History,
E.Virginia Heinold, ARuth Blendt:
Glass Poem, John Harper Jones;
Glass Grumbler, James H. Gentry;
Song, Glass of IS; Glass Prophecy,
Margaret A c. Walters; Farewell,
3. Alverna Jones; Song, Glass of
'35. School Song to be sung stand
ing by the class and audience in
unison. Tuesday will be Com
mencement Night when again the
auditorium will be filled as the
graduating class marches to the
stage to the Professional: "Kron-
ungsmarsch", played by Miss Eas-
ton and Miss Rogers. The pro-
gram from this point will be car
ried cut as follows: Invocation.
Rev. Frederick M. Barton, rector
of st. Peters P. E. Church; Saluta-
tory Address: Americas Pro-
gress", Sarah B. Jones; Song, Glass
of '35; Valedictory: Liberty in
Democracy, B. Alverna Jones;
Presentation of Diplomas, Hon. w.
w. Hynson, President of the Board
of Education; Awarding of Prizes,
superintendent c. w. w. Schantz:
Monte Grafton, Howell H. Sevil,
President of the Class of '35; Alma
Mater, School Song, Benediction.
Rev. James R. Galley, Presbyterian
Church; Recessional, Festival
March" )" Miss Easton and Miss
Rogers