Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-06-04
BY PROF. w. ID. PAYNE,
rincipal. Henderson High School.

| by 1ICOF. w. IL. IA NJ,
Principal, Henderson High School.
The Glass of 1886 voted early in
January of this year to continue the
Senior Speaker type of commence
ment program: which was started at
! the Henderson High School by the
Glass of 1884. The vote was unani-
nous for this type of program, and
this is the third in the SERIES
After a great amount of study and
discussion by the class under the lead
ership Of the senior English teacher,
Mrs. James Y. Paris the class voted
to use the theme, 100 Years of Pub
lie Education in North Carolina
since our State is just about to OBJ
serve the centennial celebration of
public education in North Carolina.
1t was felt, further more, that the
topic would be most fitting as it was
expected that the class would hold it's
commencement exercises in the audi
forum of the new high school. Vari-
Gus important details of the growth
of Public Education in Henderson
were included in the study that the
class devoted to this topic.
After several months of study of
the whole development of Public Edu-
cation in North Carolina and par
ticularly in Henderson; each member
of the senior English classes wrote a
1900 Cor more) word essay on some
topic pertaining to the main theme.
Mrs. Paris and the class then care
fully reworked and corrected and inn
proved these papers. While Mrs. Paris
was the guiding hand in the whole
project, the papers were to be the
very own work of the Individual
pupils. After the papers were rewrit-
ten and corrected to the satisfaction
of the expert eyes of Mrs. Paris, 20
papers were selected to be read before
a committee of judges from the high
school faculty to select those who
would compete in the final try-outs
for the speakers to be chosen for
commencement night.
Those selected in the first reading
of the papers were as follows:
1.-The Story of the New High School
Building"
1. Josephine Martin.
2. Fritz Daeke.
8. Council Pinnell.
4. John Sorensen.
Should the Community Educate All
of It's Citizens?"
l. Ann Watson.
g. James H. Hicks.
8. James G. Cooper.
4. Esther Falkner.
Growth of the Curriculum"
/. Elizabeth Garrett.
g. Alma Pulliam.
"How The Graded Schools of Hen
derson Crew.
l. Virginia Bullock.
Henderson High School Looks
Ahead"
1. Ethel Miller.
2. Lands Chavasse.
8. John Laws.
"The Literary Fund"
1. Edith Baker.
2 E. V. Bum.
schools of Colonial Times
l. Betty Knott.
Growth Of Public Education in
North Carolina"
/. Haywood Phillips.
2. Mary E. Poythress.
3. Maria Johnson.
The committee of judges that heard
these papers read were: Eugene Hol-
mes S. M. Crowder, Mrs. Julia B.
Nanny, Mrs j. M. Pigford, and w. D.
Payne. After hearing all of the papers
read these seven were chosen to COM
pete in the final contest to select four
or five speakers for commencement
night.
The entire faculty of the high
school met after school on the after
noon of May l to hear the following
papers:
schools of Colonial Times" Betty
Knott.
Tho Growth of Public Education
in North Carolina" Mary E. Poy-
thress.
"The Growth of the Curriculum"
Elizabeth Garrett.
How the Graded Schools of Hen
derson Crew." Virginia Bullock.
"The Story of Our New High
School," Council Pinnell.
Henderson High School Looks
Ahead John Laws
Should The Community Educate
All of It's Citizens? James C. Cooper,
Jr.
After hearing all of the seven
papers, the faculty decided that it
would be a fine thing if all of them
could be included by cutting the
papers to a time limit that would be
low enough for all of the seven to be
used on commencement night.
Mrs. Paris volunteered to have a
conference with each pupil and show
him. or her, how the DaDer might he