Henderson daily dispatch., May 12, 1932, Image 16

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ASSOCIATED AND CENTRAL PRESS HERVinx
53 Are Graduated At Henderson High School Finals
Highsmith Speaks, Tells
What High School Needs
prizes Presented Many Students For Various Achieve
ments During Year; Southland Theatre Filled For
Commencement Program as School Year Ends
Diplomas and certificates were pre
sented to 53 graduates of the Hen
derson high school at the gratuating
exercises Wednesday night, held in
the Southland theatre, which was
filled for the program. The address
was by Dr J. Henry Highsmith. of
Raleigh. State inspector of high
schools, who spoke on the require
ments for a modern high school.
Awards and prizes for various
achievements during the school year
were presented to a number cf young
people.
E. M Unions, superintendent of the
schools, presided, and the graduating
class was presented for tts awards by
Prof R R. Cobb. principal. The
"sheepskins' were presented by G.
W Knott., chairman of the board of
trustees-of the city schools The in
vocation - was by Rev. I. W. Hughes,
rector of Fluty Inltocent.s EpisCbpni
church, and the benediction was by
Re\ W. C. Cumming, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church.
Members of the class were seated
on an improvised rostrum on the
stage of the theatre t( the rear of the
speakers. They marched in from the
front entrance of the theatre to the ;
strains of the processional. "Gradua- [
tlon March played by the boys high
school orchestra. accompanied by
Mrs. I. W. Hughes, their instructor.
The audience sang " America," and
then followed the invocation.
The aaluUutary was by Miss Eliza
beth Singleton. v w;iosc scholarship
record was only a fraction of one
point below that of the valedictorian
of the class. Miss Elizabeth Polston
Ptof Rollins introduced Dr. High
smith. after which the address was
given and the class was presented by
Pr >f Cobb and the diplomas given by
Mi Knott. Various citizens presented
the awards and prizes given, after
which Miss Polston spoke the vale
dictory and the class sang its Alma
Mater song, the music for which was
by George Harnson, president of the
class Then came the benediction and
the close of the program.
F. special request of the members
of the class, there were no flowers
at all, other than those which had
decorated the stage for the evening.
In his address. Dr. Highsmith said
we are living in a new day. and that
a new education was needed to meet
its netds. High schools must be dif
ferent Barring the depression, which
he said we would snap out of. the
present is the best day the world had
ever seen.
Outlining what he said were the
reeds of a modern high school. Dr
Highsmith said the first requisite was
a modern plant, with enough rooms
of th*» tight size to meet the needs.
Th*» libracy should be the center. The
curriculum must he broad enough to
meet the diTferent types of children to
be taught, and none should be run
out because of being “short"' cn any
one subject. He said vocational train
ing was a requisite, and that every
boy and girl should be given training
of a practical nature to assist them
in earning a livelihood. They can't
al> go to college, but all of them must
make a living. A home economics
course should be provided, with sew
ing and cooking taught. Courses in
commercial education should also be
provided, along with mechanics'
drawing and some woodworking in
struct ion. He said also that emphash
should he laid upon good health, with
a program of real physicial education
The undernourished should he looker
after and a gymnasium would be
needed. If the five day week and th<
six hour day are to come, a ; he pre
dieted they would in the next five t<
ten years, some provision must be
made toward directing the spare tim<
of the people, and It w-.re far bettet
to spend money for that than to huil<
penal institutions. Thought should be
MASCOTS OF CLASS OF 1932
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given, also, he said, to the building
i of character. #
Answering the charge that all this
is fine if It could be done. Dr. High
smith said that if the young people
j are not given training today, it means
they will never get it. He closed with
J the declaration that it was the duty
of the State to "carry on” for educa
[ tion, despite the cepresaton.
Marshals who served during the
exercises were selected from the
junior class on the basis of the high
est scholarship records. Miss Mar
j jorie Gerber was chief marshal, and
j the others were, from the tenth grade.
I June Hardee. William Adcock.
■ Charles Roth. Walter Burwell; from
, the ninth grade. Eric Flannagan.
| Douglas Pierpont; from the eighth
1 grade. Nancy Parham and Mary
| Baity.
Officers of.the graduating class
were George Harrison, president:
Louise Ggialdine'" Powell, vice-presi
ient; Mildred Thomas Poythfess. sec
retary. Nicholas ".Horace Chavasse,
treasurer. Miss Maxine Taylor was
the faculty sponsor of the class. Other
members of the class besides the of
| fieers are:
Anne Elizabeth Wortham. Georgia
Elizabeth Wortham. Lucille Roberta
Hicks. Stella Lottie Stone. Dorothea
Woodlief. Blanche Elnora Walters, I
Mary Sue Albright. Edna Althea
Perry. Alice Edna Goodrich, William
S. Green. Jr., Olive Marie Hlght, El- !
ton R. Holmes. Irene A. Cooper, j
Florine M. Ellington. Katherine Lee
Newman. Evelyn Virginia Burgess,
Martha Helen Fugleman, Frieda
Hayes. Bertha Mae Futrelle. Mary
Elizabeth Parham, Margaret Eliza- '
beth Bunn. Florence Elizabeth Harris, j
Edward Cutler Joyner. Jasper Uriah !
Teague. Leland M. Howland. Samuel !
Robert Watson, Jr.. Stewart Finch,
Jr.. Ann Marie Capps, Lillian Ruth
Aycock Mattie Hazel Aycock, Kath
arine Blanche Reavis, Virginia Lyon
Rogers. Lessie Ruth Brummitt. James
[»eonard Eason, Harry Woodrow Cat
lett. Luther Carlton Boyd. Thomas
Mangum Powell. Kenneth Wayne
Polite. Katherine Virginia Falkner.
Elizabeth Watkins Singleton, Dorothy
Owens Grissom. Pauline Evelyn Pope.
Lorcna Elizabeth Polston. Lillie!
Frank Peace. Ail of these received !
diplomas of graduation.
Certificates were awarded to the
following:
Marion Wilson Rogerc, William
Crayton Johnson. Margaret Elizabeth
Davis, Robert Alwinn Whitten. James
-'tainback.
Medals and aw - ards were presented
follows:
Mrs. John D. Cooper. Jr., medal, for
he best essay on the military career
if George Washington, presentd to
Inn Watson by J. C. Klttrell.
Board of Education medal for the
>est seventh grade recitation, pre
ented to Edith Baker by Mrs. Henry
Perry.
D. Y. Cooper. Sr., medal for the
<est seventh grade declamation, pre
sented to Bennett Noell, by Mayor
frvlne B. Watkins.
Mayor's medal for the best high
chool recitation, presented to Mar
aret Hannon, by M. C. Pearce.
T. P. Gholson medal for best high
chool declamation, presented to El
len DuPriest by Rev. I. W. Hughes.
Roth medal for hest all-round
enior. presented to Nicholas Chavasse
>.v Rev. W. C. Cumming.
Anderson athletic award, presented
o William Green by Coach William
V Payne. Coach Payne also presented
n Thomas Powell a cup for his ser
ices in managing the business af
airs of the high school athletic as
ociation during the year, and an
ther cup to Leonard Eason as the
oach's loyalty award for the boy
cat fitting the role of an ideal player.
M iss Marie Capps, on behalf of the j
Brnltrramt Hally Btajrafrf}
1932 GRADUATES OF HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL **
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j girl's high school orchestra, presented
a gift to Mrs. I;* W. Hughes, who has
trained them during the year.
George Harrison, president of the
class, presented to Henry Boykins. ,
colored janitor of the high school, a
gift on behalf of the class.
During the exercises several refer-
I ences were made to the absence of}
! the late Professor John T. Alderman, j
I who recently died. Prof. Alderman
was head of the city school system
for 25 years until his retirement in I
1923, and nearly every year since I
then he has sat upon the stage at I
commencement and personally pre-j
sented the diplomas to the graduating |
class. Tributes were paid him by sev- |
eral speakers during the evening.
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DISPATCH HAS NO
COPIES “BULLDOG'’
A number of requests have come
to the Daily Dispatch for cripjes
of the Henderson high school
commencement publication, called
“The Kiilldog.” which came from
th»i* yesterday. The Dis
patch has no topics of this pub
lication. It was printed in Oxford
and distributed in the city and
elsewhere without any connection
with this newspaper. For that rea
son, the Dispatch is unable to sup
ply any copies of it.
LIBRARY 10 STAR!
BOOK CLUB FRIDAY
School Boys and Girls Are
Asked To Meet There
At 3 30 P. M.
Organization plans for the two book
clubs for children at the H. Leslie
Perry Memorial Library have been
completed. Thj girls and boys who
THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1932^
wish to become members are invited
to meet at the library tomorrow aft
ernoon at 3:30 o'clock. Officers will
t be elected and program plans will be
announced.
“Playmates" Is the name given to
the olub for the children of the first
grades. A name for the second chib,
composed of git’s and boys of the .
fourth, fifth and sixth grades will be
che sen by the members.. Regular I
meetings of each club wiM be heki. j
The programs will carry out the idea j
of getting acquainted with friends in I
Rockland Each club will have Its I
own record book in which the mem- I
bers will register as they meet friends
in BookJend.
[finals wednesoav
AT AYCOCK SCHOOL
Eleven Are Graduated; Me.
Duffee Is Speaker; Prizes
Are Announced
Graduating diplomas were delivered
to eleven members of the senior cla*,
at Aycock high school at the tl%lng
exercises held there last night The
addpass was by D. P. McDuffee. Ren
derson attorney, who deplored rub
ber stamp" types of education and
emphasized that the essentials include
a well-rounded training and learning
In addition to the diplomas awarded
to graduates, certificates were
sented to seventn grade pupils t>\
John B. Crudup. and awards for va
rious achievements were also p le .
sented to a number of pupils.
The list of graduates is as follow
Virginia Allen, Rena Abbott. Thoma«
Currin. Horace Edwards. Inez Fullei
Thurston Hoyle, Hardy Harris. Ruth
Pernell, Robert Pernell.
Puckett. Mavis Poythress.
Awards of prizes were made bv
Prof. VV. C. Poe, the principal, g.
follows
Ruby Falkner. medal for perfect at
tendance for six years; Rena Abbott
medal for most efficient truck driv-
Ing; Thurston Hoyle, J 5 in gold for
best all-round athlete; Thomas Cur
rin, $5 in gold for perfect attendance
during his four years In high school
The seventh grade certificates were
presentd to ih following: Josephine
Overton. Louise Peoples. Perry I*?
Ayscue. Lorena Huff. Theola Faulk
ner, Esther Robertson. Wilma Mae
Overton, ' Pryor Hicks. Robert Hoyle
Benjarrtln Edwards. Horace Robert
son, Pattic Mae Harris, James Faulk
ner. Grady Fuller. Annie Laurie Sat
terwhit«v Virginia Lassiter, Mamie
Edwards. Essie Pearl Faulkner. L D
Faulkner. Alice Huff, Emma Lou
1 Grissom, Florine Abbott, Helen Faulk
ner, Carrie Mae Allen. Berlin Blake
Arch Hoyle. Hodge Smith, Bessie Lou
Abbott.
Professor Poe said today the a
tendance at the closing exercises »»;
the largest in the history of the
school, and that the year just closing
was one of the best tkk School ha<
experienced.