Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-05-20
DR.. CULBRETH At
FEB VANCE FINALS
First Event of Commence
ment Held at School
on Sunday Morning

Commencement exercises of the Zeb
Vance high school were begun on
Sunday morning, May 10. with the
baccalaureate sermon preached by Dr.
j. M. .Culbreth, of the First Methodist
church Of Henderson.
Tie large auditorium was comfort
ally filled. The stage had been made
beautiful with its decorations of floor
baskets Of spring ftower4 the color
scheme being of green and white.
The school glee club accompanied
at the piano by Miss Helen Kimban,
rendered Lead On. 0 King Eternal"
as the professional. The chief ushers
were Miss Elizabeth Young and Ike
Rem. Jr.. John Marshall Barnes and
Geraldine Moss, i'm dimutive cap and
gown led the way for the senior class
Of sixteen members.
Invocation was made by B. B. Wood
lief, of Kittrell. chairman of the local
school board. After the singing of
Holy. Holy, Lord God Almighty" by
the congregation. the Scripture lesson
from Revelation was read nv the
principal of the school, Prof. C. A.
Dees.
The Anthem, Rejoice in the Lord"
was sung by the glee club following
which DR.. CuIbreth was presented by
Z. r. WOOdlief.
The theme of DR.. Culbreth's mae
terly message to the senior class and
to the splendid congregation was
Making A New World" using Rev.
21:1 as the text. In challenging fash
ion, he showed the young people OF
the class how this world of ours was
literally being made anew, urging
them to take their full share in it's
continued creation. He pointed out
three creative ideas and ideals that
! might well thrill their souls as thew
do their part in making them come
true
First, the i"ral that there shall be A
new world ht while peace will 1ecome
habit in all international relations
He said, that, while in t9I4-'18, every
body pronounced blessing on war.
priest, preacher, educator, religious
leaders, leading in the benediculOn
there is growing now as decided
spirit against war and, it's deprada-
tions. He urged tho young people to
make sure. they added each stone
to the Temple of Peace
second new ideal i'm the making
is the growing. crystalizing sentiment
/ in regard to the more equable distri-
butive of wealth. The thought of
wealth as trust was brought home
and plea was made that we learn
that wealth is not for selfish use but
there should come in this new earth
being created sense of trusteeship,
and sharing 80 that the great un~
equalities Of wealth and of poverty ne
corrected by proper distribution of
opportunity.
The third creative ideal was that
Of Brotherhood. The thought of
brotherhood in it's brOadeSt meaning
was urged upon the young people
they were asked to undertake hard
task Of bringing about the applica-
ton of Christ's high principles in the
emancipation of all peoples every
where, stresSing that the power be-
hind all this new creation was Jesus
Christ. In ringing challenge the
preacher bade the young graduates
to go out to hcip in this creative
work, remembering Jesus last words
to his disciples. "Lo. L am with you
always. even to the end OF the world"
Following the sermon, duet THE
Lord Is My Shepherd" was sung by
Mrs M. c. Miles, of Henderson. and
Miss Helen Kimball. Miss Mildred
Murrell. accompanying. after which
DR.. Culbreth pronounced the benedic-
tion.-Reported