The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, June 07, 1930, Image 1
VOL. VI.?NO. 23.
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"Thirty-Third Annual
. ( , Commencement At
Slate College
The trend of present day education
is admittedly away~frmn mere
- ornamental culture but is towards,
a*.sustained bv inclusive of. what
is practical and actual. To such tfi?ul
?, of training, -State college, it-OrmiKL1Hr
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^BKztK^^wm'' w *
1)H. R. S. WILKINSON
? ->v burg, vigorously directs its efforts
and most successfully function!?. In
* fact, in its scope "of'endeavor?high
school, teacher training, lil)eral arts.
Agriculture, mechanical arts, home
economics, fifteen-vocations, and shiumer
school?it a veritable "city that
is b set on a hill." Its extensive, as
well as_intensivc, varied educational
activities among us, in South 'Caro?.V
?_k Una, Ln.aJies. j.nuiltssihk' Ite.Oemghid.
... will its .stupendous accomplishments
permit it to occupy an1' place
other, than foremost, among colleges
... ... *-fn?our state, and first place-, among
r~ "t n.stitotions?Of its kind, throughout
America, to reach which pre*emmiV
?' nenae, its development and growth
^ have been most aniaaing, because:
- -"'When, in 1911. R. S." Wilkinson, I'h.
D who is justly termed "Dean of
* ' | gollege presidents" of our group* in
V !' ' f there*- the entire physical *" - :on-- %
P'ace were worth less?thah
>- ' '. 00,000. Today, they are conseyvaf'
f pf^^y caminifl "and ' f n I'm ^ o Al' I >'' a cm-c p
. , of land: ^aior build ing*~mid quite
J a number of minor ones that are ad'
f mirably?adapted to their use; most
adequate eqUipmeni of "sciehee hall"
and most?modern equipnunu. for 'he
farm and in the dairy, each Of which
is operated' on a basis that is truly
scientific. Moreover, there are, this
'-%(HV, < h'ghl.V qn?lit?<"l rhost
of whomare recugnincd rpocifit"
?ists in thgit-^respective lint* and studFjTnJoHy^of
1633. And were one desirous
of ascertaining the cause for
the marvelous growth and expansion
that obtain, the answer would nec1
f e&sarily be President Robert Shaw
, Wilkinson, for, admittedly, it has
| been his progressvveness a?id his ability
to get, and thro ' ' '"'se
{' use of money entrusted.to him, to hold
the .confidence of the "powers that
be," as well as meritoriously to de*
mantb and readily to receive, the
UIIU CUU|Jt*rt4 tlOIl OI OUT
group. Unquestionably he has proved
. * himself to be a sane and safe leader
* educationally, as a result of whichy
it were indeed hard to determine whether1"
the white people; or the"'colored
- pople, are the . most proud of, and
' "TuVthusiastic about, the outstanding
achievements at State college. Nor
is that all! Already, with his characteristic
persistence' for yet more
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enlargement, he hafc a program?a?d I
wilhin three years it will be realized F
if- full-^-for a gymnasium. costing t;
$40,000; a library, costing $00,000; C
- and an engineering .building at a cust X
- i,,r ?rii),oqn ??n,iinn.uf whiuh win l.u a
K?ven "by the "Roseriwaltl fund." In the 1
meantime lie continues, each year, to h
make the summer school?at?Htate C
college, yet more outstanding irfTtsr-t
scope and efliciency. This year, th^re A
will be. two sessions. The first ses-11
sion, June lf'-July 10. and for which c
- a faculty of 47 specialists have been S
employed, will be for regular teachers .. S
The second session wtllbe iou honie^S
economics instructors, and agricbl- 1
t: ral workers, l'ronl Delaware, Mary- \
land, Virginia, North CarflJina^Jiror-"
gia and Florida .as. well as South
Carolina. This session wiTl begin Au-1 6
gust 4th and continue one?fiionth, the C
instructors for which will be experts it
from -the department of atfrirulture j t'
; ? .Washington arid specialists picked , C
from the leading universities of A - J IN
n erica. ' IP
The'commenceiuent exercises' began | C
May 2f>th. 4:00 ?. m.. with; ''
the baccalaureate sermon which wasJ-s
preached'by the Rev. \W V. Dibble, n
(white) pastor of St. -Paul M. 10.
church of Orangeburg, the burden* of -
u.-h(?o? ilincnm->o? w??t "fioMgiong I.e.)-I
" dershlp," In which he elfectively cin-1 n
phasized that it is only through whole a
some service, that the sustained joy,
in life car be' realized.
On Monday night, class night ex- 1
exercises were had, highly featuring ^
original compositions, music, "class
poem, class, history, class pTophecy,
class will, ami class song.
On Tuesday night, was the com- ?
mencenient concert which, for some J
years haa-iieeh, and is now, an annual
attraction,"largely attended by
alumni and patrons. The attendance ^
concert specially featured* the Glee-.':
.clubs and ,fhe_ Mendelssohn .Choral
society, and was directed by Prof. *J.
Harold Montague, Mus. B. and Miss j,
? -Thrtmirt1.~^ihions, Mus. B., both of j
whom are connected with tP" excel- p
h-np music denart incnf. of which the ^
iuxtilutioft justly "boasts.
On Wednesday, a. 111., before (.i
an immense audience that taxed the ]
si.-achattei?chapel to its capacity, the-^
addresses of the graduates, wisely in tersperseti
with? very?high class m i?Vic,
were delivered as follows:- ^
Salutatory, with oration?"'Culture
for Service"?-Mabel K. l'e'ntlergra?-s.
Sumnierton: oi^dinn?~''The, Spirit Srf h
Cooperation"?Yirle E. Sheffield, F!l- ^
?"Duty, iVrseiva ie nee, Service ?
Sidney* R. Williams, Elloree.
After these, came the truly, ma *.tirlv
address, to the class, by President
D,. H. Sims-,?A-.?Mr;?Fh?Dr;?of?
Allen univevsTlyVin-which" address, it p
was plainly evident, be the subject S
-j matter and earnestness of its delivery a
that he both understood the problems S
they must face and meant to be of p
service to them.'-- The prizes having- u
been awarded?and degrees eonferredr-p
among which was. the honorary degree tl
-Ud?A-.?M,?opoo?Jesse?(X?Ihamas*L ui_ _tJ
"["Atlanta, Georgia, field secretary of tl
the Urban league. And what Presfc T
dent Wilkinson claims to have beep b
''the very best year in the history si
1 of the college" had rimu'Tnn <-We_
By no means unimportant, and
ought, with emphasis, be-stated, is ti
the fact that, at State college, clean- a
ness is at al| times, and everywhere, b
Tn conspjcuous evidence?^Tri all the Tl
buildings, on the~etf>rlpu?, in the chi- b
cken enclosure, the barns, the stable? Ti
'?just everywhere! There, cleanness tl
.is not" next to Godliness; cleanliness t(
W godliness! This desirable state of' ii
things is made possible, and actual,
by the.law, that is rigidly enforced, _
college, each day, two hours work, un?'
those two hours are invariably used g
to keep the place clean! The Haines w
- of the graduates are as follows.! . - A
Education - li
Mildred Merodith Allen, Cheraw, i c]
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COLUMBIA, S. C., SATH
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_ Program
.ucile Theresa Bursn, St. Augustine,
Morida; Charlie Mae Campbell, Sparanburg;
Bertha A1 bertha. Coachman,
Georgetown ; _ Georgia Eliza Cooke,
'olUHlbia; Rowena _LHlian, trosson,
'IiiiiUh i Mamie Louir.o Ki)k 1 1 >? Bar
ington; .Anna-Louise Giles, Spartan>Arg;
Jean Elizabeth Harrington,
'hpraw; Hallie Mamie Jo'sie, (DarlinTTofFT
AVillie Almeta Mack, Columbia;
lary Richie Pope, Abbeville; .Sylvesa
Lee Price, Kingstree; Enuna Ruhel
Saunders, Chernwf Savannah B.
iruith, Spjutunburg; Estelle Viola
itevenson, Florence; Janie Elizabeth
Sweeney, Greenville; ^Florence Mre
'aggart, Mt. Carmel; Beulah Lorene
Vright, Lancaster. ,
~~T_ Bachelor oLArts. -T~
Annie Laurie Bomar, Florence; Linel
Horatius Cotton, Atlanta, Ga;
'arrie Louise Do Lorme, Sumter;, Hot
ie Marie Frasier, Camden; William
lammd ?'JLpwHiyL,- ClfvelanrL?Ohlbf
'harles Edward Murray, Greeleyville;
label Eugene Pendergrass, Summeron;
William Waddie Smalls,-Seneca;
!arrie Mae Spears, Columbia; Heny
Napoleon Vincent. Columbia' Daiy
Belle Will in ms, Orangeburg; Sid-:
ey Rrinus Williams Florence.
Bachelor of Science
Virle Edgar Sheffield, jSl.lieott, N.
lonsvilie; Timothy Alexander Stew
rt, Charleston.
Bachelor of Science in Agrvmltlire
Talvin Brcrwn, Scotia; .Benjam.in
Y^njdin "Hazel, ^Hampton; James
Irvuri Dickson, Columbia.
Bachelor o^Seience in Mechanics '
Walter Imvrence Barno, Florence;
ulger Pierpont-Moore, Marion; John
)aniel Rhodes. Orangeburg; Rugim+l
,dolphus Shokes, MoClellansville.
tachelor of Science in Home Economics
Musa Slater. McDuffie, Laurihhurg,
I. C7: Joanna Clemmie Wall. Pge Doe.
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-* , Home Economies'. -???
Elizabeth Anderson, Darlington;
lattie Robert Bethea, I.atta; Maiy
'.sther Jenkins, Florence; Thomasi? a
.alya Kirveii, Syracuse; Lnuvetiia
j^nthia?McI vo?v Florence; A nnit- I ,<-e
for wood. Florence.; Mattie Rvefcrti
KAu-street, Si- Geouge; Katrina Porher,
Georgetown; Helen Cynthia
eyooius, ^oiumoia; t:ora Kansom
rrpprrr Orangeburg.
Agriculture
Morgan Melvifi Willis, (Tr.esham;
Union Albert Odom, Blackville.
PlatniioVH Olg" Dak wills, Red
Commerce
Hint; Fannie Minna Dezon, My con,
ieoigia; Arcelia Lonia Williams. Aiorangebiro
m:\Vs
oiii ted to preside over the diocese of
outh 'Carolina, visited Orangeburg
rid preached in Williams Chapel on
unday morning, June- 1st. An apreciative
and large congregation
as out to ?hear?the -distinguished
relate. The bishop preached froor
rie 5th chapter of St. Matthew a'ui
ie 14th verse. "Ye are the lijrht of
he world." The sermon was foi>
ently delivered, attended as- it w;is
y the presence of the spirit. The taihop
also' consecrated the Holy Sarament.bf
the Lord's Supper.
Dr. E. II. McGill and wife enteral
ried the bishop and Mrs. Kaiisoitf
t dinner. They returned to Coluniia
Sunday afternoon. Dr. S. R.
Teen,' treasurer of Allen university
rought the Bishop* and Mrs. Ransom
imp, L - III! m ? ? ? . I ^ Ml . M. nv i ?? V I V
ie guests of Dr. and Mrs; Green at
'& Sunday afternoon before return--'
if? to Columbia.
-Our rally was quite a success
The City of Orangeburg is giving
its upkeep. This playground was
ullt and- furnished last year by 44>
iris. Organized by-MriT MeGill, .they
ir Club. Th^? playground is not oti'
for Williams Chapel but for the
lildren.of the entire city.
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J&DAY. JUNE 7, 1930
COLD STAR
MOTHLHS HKFUSK 1
No Less Than 55 ?ign Petition
To President Hoover
New York^?dune?f^Nu less than J
fifty-hve Negro Gold Star Mothers
have petitioned President Hoover urging
that he overrule the War Department's
polnr - apgragntirm n?u*or?for
the pilgrimage to soldiers'- graves?hr ?
-PrttHtHfr and tn the event that Fresl- "*
dent Hoover-refuses to~act, declining
_to take part in- the Jim Crow l>ilgn- ~
mage. : ?
The petitions of the. Negro Gold
Star Mothers have been forwarded to 1
President .Hoover by the National As- c
?sueiatiion?for?the Advancement?oT
Colored People which, officially called *
-the inftlter to tne president's attention
and asked that he overrule the War
Department in the matter. The let- V,
tei of the N. A. A.~ C. P. -tn Presi- T
dent Hoover states that negotiations ?
over a period of three months with s
the War Department brought the fi- 1
nal ruling that the policy of color se- "
- eregatHHt on.the pilgrimaged gramme ^
would stand. -- t
In their nctitwin to tU ?* <1
forwarded to him by the N. A. A. C.
call the attitude of the War Depart- y
P.. the?Negro Gold Star Mothers, ^
loved ones were jgivcin freelv and l'
willingly a their "country's call and
continue; S
"In the years which- hav^
omctr dqpth took uui luved ones our'"
anguish an4_sorrow have been assuag- )
ed by the realization that " our loved ^
ones who lt|st in the soil of France 1
gave their lives to the end that the
world might be a better place-in which ''
'to"live for all men; of all races and a
all colors. ' e
-"Twelve yea^s after, the Armistice,- ?
-the high principles of 1P18 seem to'"
have been forgotten. We. who gave1'4
and who are colored, are insulted-by J ^
the implication that we are not fit
persons to travel with other bereaved ^
Hold Star Mothers on the.__ba.sis of
geographical location, we are set aside
a separate group, Jim Crowed, tft
segregated and insulted. l'
"VVe appeal to you as chief execu- c.'
live of-bur nation and as commanderin-chief
of the Army and Navy, to is- f
""sue an order abolishing this unjust ?
ruling. -. P
"If you as president of the United 8
J<fates?refuse to abolish this ruling. s<
we respectfully decline to make' the
-trfp"-tTT France, preferring instead 10 ~Ir
remain at home and retain our honor
and self-respect." * '
The -N. A. C. P! has received
signatures to-these petitions from all 01
parts of the country including Alaba- st
fornitn-- Ftoriderr^
Ceorgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana "
Massachusetts. Michigan. Mississip- K
' rir-Missouetr-Kentucky, New Jersey, j1
New York, Ohio, Oklabomar-Pennsyl vania.
aSoutTT Carolina, Tennessee~?nd
Virginia. a
;*.r~ vy
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?Accepts Mullins Post ^
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With Institution Thirteen Years
^-Accomplished Much jr
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- - Finnic, iui si* years prin- 11
cipal of the Allen high school, and V
for thirteen years a teachet^ in Allen
university, -resigned his position. J"
as principal and teacher last week, F
is has been announced. X B
It wtrs ldarned recently that Mr.
Valentine has accepted the principal- (1
ship of the graded school at Mullins
in the Pee Dee ^section of the state. I.
His career as a teacher is said to have v
been unusually successful in that he b
hffS always been able to get the hear- T
tiest cooperation from his teachers J.
While principal of the Allen high d
?school, Mr. Valentine accomplished V
,quite a few note worthy things. Ev- F
ery year during his principalship the F
e'd a .high class banquet to the seniors h
J These affairs have always been look- g
Jed upon as outstanding social events F
i of the schoo] year. |ft
In student-faculty financial .drives R
the classes advised by him have al- ft
ways taken the lead. Under Mr. Va- I:
dentine's principalship^ each Senior ft
! class for the past few years has left F
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tinstttution. The class of 1930 left d
as its memorial a paved walk from V
the Chappelle Administration bmltb F
ing to Coppin hall, and a driveway
from Harden street rtn the AdmlnlS- TV
|tratio'n building:. The class of 1929 left V
a-handsome stage curtain-in the cha- V
j pel with appropriate stagre scenery
and- settings. The class of 1928 erec- tl
"ted two tall brick colttmns in the ti
: driveway on fTaulen sttwt.1 t>nptn>T^' r
_with?olectE?^ lights and a beautiful c
I lighted ( arch-at the entrance to the IV
Administration building?rm Harden IV
street?Si one of those memorials was n
erected atra cost helow three hundred
-dollar ar - "= ii
Mr. Valentine was a friend to his t<
1 tudehts and held the love, respect f,
aid esteem of all Who were under f;
Ihim. The students of Allen are loath j
to ha/e him leave, it is said. ' \
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-lent?to?take?the?place?hefd?for?sev- has
ral years by Clarence B. Antisdel, D.
),? ????? ' cplo;
Alter a program made up of splen-'"?f *
id music and speeches delivered by c?nf
he coltejje student?; Jflui the awarding His
f diplomas Doctor Starks was pre- Perv
ented to the audience by Doctor An- l^eisdel,
who now retires as president :,,^e
ft'er" serving the college for years vtMI
io.it arccptirbly and prutlecnUy.--For tr<,n
he first time in the history of Bene- r<>
ict College will a Negro educator diect
its affairs. tPor nmm o>?? him.
ears this office has been held by ^
hem while peuple?there having
eeil?Ui?L_mnre than five- presidents a" ,
uring the half century, however. . an"
Many of his friends greeted Doctor the
F>flM|S at the close of the exercises
n"the great wuik so well I'uuiwlbd'lVw tht'
is predecessors. .For 15 years Dr. bvr.t
tarks directed the affairs, of M'orris ?rin
o I lege at Sumter. - "^rWith
the induction of Dr. Stark* SUP?
'to .office at Benedict last night came et v
faculty of"professors' and teachers rt ctl
ntirely Negro. During the past they pe?c
aye maintained a faculty of both ? n
diite and Negro teachers at the col?
'ge, but from now on, it is said, only f'
legroes will teach there ami that the 3at.'?
'hite teachers?many or^'hom have ce"e
een with the schol for years?will a J16
ive up their places and retire to uth- P
r fields of endeavor, excepting the 1
idiring president^Dr. Antisdel, wlun ??s
. is reported, will head the college of Pr?8
tieology, which is to be revived this ?v ,
oming fall. * B?o1'
Judging from the crowd out a,nd
Te very excettent program carried' ~
ut Benedict College holds a warm j^'?d
lace in the souls of Columbia Ne- ,a
roes and many in all parts of the aPP^
ate and the~future of the school will |hori
e as fruitful if not more so than it 1
as hecn in the past.
One hundred students were gradu- Ih
ted from the various departments toilo
ist week including the ones who resiived
diplomas from the Sunday
hool teachers training course. Out
f the number to finish 17 were given
; A." one B. J5., 1& were Lul
ree of graduate in education and f>4 SUV(
rom the college high schook perit
ll is understood that woTk below ^?igh
tie high school will -be discontinued-J??ad
nd the practice school on the campus Hose
hich has been in use for some time say
ill be turned over to the Columbia ^uec
ublic schol system for grade work
mpng-.-the Negro schools. Forn
rplomas-and certificate of gradua- Loar
on last week: niusi
Th^ QnnrTfly ^phoul training teach- G*
i-'s diploma? 4 Miles Bogan, F.rnest ^chu
ionner, Martha Brad hey-,-Louistine
irew^on, Lola Carter, Pauline Carter,
Imanue] Gaulden, .Willianx Gaulden, kien
/.alee Goldsmith, Ola Marshall, Lau- ?dor;
a McDowell, Claudia Smith, Mabel
Williams. . 1 J_Vor:
College preparatory diploma.Inez
jesta Ashley, Mattie Lee Belton, n
:Ve 1 yn Lauradelte Bright, ?Eliar- -j?1-irouahton,
Thomasbia Logan DuckLl;
Abbie Helen Karl, Elvira Jrvte:
andv, Helen Brock -Ga-ndy, Mhxcie Io^
Lee Gandy, Mary Emma 'Ciilliam, ;
aura Juanita Gloster, Doris Lee Gloer,
Blanche Eula Glymph, Emma He- . _ r
ecca Gordon, Gladys Virginia Griffin ^Js*
homas" Pinckney Hammond, Helen *i?
ouise Harper, Edda Lee Hampton, r:
,eona?Mae?Harrison.,, Mar jorie Mil- A
red Harrison, Enos Hatton, Andrew" p . .
: iBwwi Hill, Evelyn- Lucenda,. Hill,
Loy Henry Hill, Eugene Theodore q*
lolmes, Carrie Belle .1 ohnsonV Bea"'
rice Thoma*im> .Torres,' Maggie Eliza^ ? .
eth Lenhardt, Elizabeth Annie 'I,?- tee an,
Fandonia Ernestine Manigault, ar<j
llois Juliettg McCoy, Annette Azilie ?jk
IcDonald, Ravid Henry McDonald, jlajjL
Lorothy Alice McKim, Sadie Virginia
fcRae, . Elizabeth MaVgaret Moore, Luja
sabel Mary Mosby, Mildred Peoples,
largaret Etta Randolph, Ruth Reed, jei]e
lelen, Este.lle Satterfield, Helen Mae
oxton, Snrah-Xtjetta-ilimkimi. Claris
ia Smith. Ruth Alma Taylor. Clara ST
'irginia Thomas, Mae Ellen Tolbert, ^
Ti'srilla Sarah Tucker. Pennie Vir
:nja Washington, Cora Belen Wgir_
lane Elois White, Cbrlmie Elr/sabeth
/i|s6n. Daisy Odessa Wilson, Varnceil
>mmc?,
Graduate in education diploma:. Ber K?eP
ha Bow mam- Martha Bradley, Louis- PerSl
ine Brewton, Rachel Carr, Pauline j"esP
>ttie Green. Carrie*. Hoover, 'Helena mos'
IcKim, Julia Nesbitt, Parisina Sartor,- *Tn
Tartha Scott, Gladys Thompson, Ayr?
es Williams.?:?* ' 3utflDegree
of bachelor of arts: A nee.'. ?
he Davis Bailey, Daisy Juanita Bn- pn,
?n, William- Gaultlen, .Tables Otislpiar*
llbbs, Mari^ Lou pearl Grant, Erline'War
luess, William Pickens Jones, Hersie' Mab
me. Prances Anita Mack. Willie B. D<
IcCrady, Alma Forest Potts, John Mor:
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Stark.s Rprnm<
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.AKGE CLASS GIVEN*^0
DIPLOMAS ?\
Vnliadel, ftetiring I'residetit, lu1?
Remain With School I nam
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arge^ audience last week attending witn
he annual commencement of Benedict
ollege. He begins h is CJltTrpr oc im-uo I of t
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ss Head At
lict
oker Washington
. - School Closes
he closing exercise of the ahoye
ed school, held in Bethel A. M. K.
f'-h last Thursday evening.
said Vi be anions the best ever
essed in Columbia. Prof. C. A.
ison, who has stood at the. head "
his school for nearly twelve yeays
nvade it one of the best schools
South Carolina. Both white and
red speak in thu hic?Vi>.ai ?-?'
...e..vn 1113
Vincipal Johnson. He merits .the
idence and respect of all races
promotion to the position of sir-^
ising principal of city pnhrmlg,
only reason -why the colored peo-~~
were willing to give him up. KThen
it was with reluctance? Fam?eartrers?and^
studeni^tKmit .
one. like Principal Johnson and
greatly affected in parting with
Mr. A. C, Flura/ superintendent?
fie CbluPmbia city schfpols, was one ?
he?commencement speakers, . H ia-.. <Vj
ess* was enthusiastically received ml
made a lasting impression upon
large audience present. He collided
the work ..being done at the.
cor 'Woiihiiigttm?school ami" nivn
prog lain lemlwgfl so -excellently
he graduating class. Speaking of
cipal Johnson and his promotion,
Flora said, "that the position of . '
rvising 'principal ^i\d been Creatvhereby
teacher training and di
km?can?be given to the Negro .
4hers."? He. further stated' that
cipal C. A. Johnson ?pf_lBQok?E __
hington oehpol would haic. cliaige
his new position ami that he was
;fied that he would give very exnt
service. Mr, Flora said that
w industrial building with a chaand
gymnasium included will be
ted on?the?grounds of Booker
hingtori school-to offer a full
ram for vocational classy i?
?nt that with these improvements"
;er Washington is destined to be?
one of the best public schodls in
ent-ire-?otrth -for'training"" of colyout
h. - -The Negroes~ of Cu 1 u niare
loiujl " in their expressions of
eciation_pjf. the educational auities
of our city for these exceladvantages
given. The .graduat lass
consisted t?f 54 persons.
ie commencement program is as
wsf 'vocation!
music?'A Hope Carol"
isette Smith; eSsay with salutu- ~
"Discipline of Life and CharacCarrie
Bailey, music, "Love's |
'"Education as a Basis of Pros y","Dorothy
"Nance; music, "Good
it, God Beloved," Longfellow, 11th
e group; music,. "Mighty LaJC a
Nevin, 11th grade group; eswith
valedictory, "The Ladder to
ess," Robert E. Bradley; music,
vely Springtime," ^fasfckowishi- *
nan; announcements; music, "The
of thp Volga Boatman," Brakes???~
pis; presentation of dinLrf?Mn<
c, Glass -SongT ?-?...
aduates, grouped -according to
larship, are: :??t
pup I.?Robert Eu'gePe Bradley,
n Pettiford. Green, Thomas SinMartin,
Carrie Belle Bailey, Theft
Blanche Blocker, Victoria StoGladden,
Clara Belle Hampton,
y Sarah Lewis, Dorothy Eugenia
Esther Toatley, Nola Suber.
oup II.?WiTbert Harper, John
e Thompson. Alberta BfVAnt.
ine Collins, Annie Wilma Counts.
Le Lee?Dixon,? Lueda?Victoria
'ers, Esther Bernard Gjeen, EmMo^tieth,
Clarice, Myers, Juliette
ma Raiford, Dorothy-Westcrrrr
oup III.?Frederick Douglass DaHope
Leray Grant, Thomas Sinin
Murphy, Leroy Franklin Scott,
Elise Ashford, ETzTe' Edretha
in, Edna Boozer, Priscilla Eagles,
le Green, CapellaMeaas-. JuaVta
nson, Lelia Walker, Edith Wesoup
IV.?William Earle Gop,
>rt Mabry, Mable Able, Lucinda
smi,?-6imma Kershdw.Sarah Hcv- ?
v iiriuria w eston, ./una Mae Woodipse
receiving Certificates are.:
is Adams, Willis Boyd, Charles
nas, Alice Counts, Beatrice Counts
Dennis, Ruthine Ford, Edith
ood, Lilhe Mae Hampton; Ber- ^
Jackson. |
Koj>JG ENGLISH
rr>kPARTMRNT
ie^ Benedict-Allen summer schop.1?
chosen its English instructors in
ing with its policy of securing
cms who have specialized in their
ective fields. It is often claimed
L {)oorly ^ught subject in soutlischools,
while at the some time
lilOKt tunulntl , rr -
... ?IT in-lltulCl'rt lte<l
^?ontmi|ed on page ei*ght . .^. . . . *~
?er Potts, Wilma Beatrice Sriiith,
:)ld Arnold Stevens, McSwain
dlaw, Affnes I^urine Williams,
et" Williains.
*p:ree of bachelor of science: Jp^n
ria Steven^ ~ ^
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