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ANOTHER COMMENCEMENT
Commencements are in full
swing in the state now. Os course
our own is to us the most impor
tant, but they are all pretty much
alike. And we love them, with all
that they signify.
It is beautiful to see how com
posed the pupils appear as they
go through with their various
parts; we older folks are the ones
who are disconcerted. Somehow
they seem strange up there, es
pecially the girls whom we have
been in the habit of seeing running
around barelegged and who come
out to play in music recitals or to
“read” wealing long, sweeping
skirts, high-heeled pumps, care
fully waved hair and a dignity that
befits an important occasion. The
boys are appallingly clean and
have even more dignity than the
girls. (I suspect shaving has some
thing to do with it.) Most of them
wear a look that is a curious blend
of Sir Galahad and Napoleon, an
air of inner concentration. I al
ways feel immensely flattered
when one of them speaks to me; I
honestly do. Their visions and
dreams are so far ahead of my
plane that it is an honor to be
noticed.
But they cannot go so far that
my good wishes will not follow
them.
WE, THE AUDIENCE
It would pi’obahly he highly in
teresting to somp one not concern
ed in a commencement to watch the
audience, composed mainly of pa
trons and relatives of the pupils.
As the programs are given we are
at once tense and tremulous. We
are proud of each young person,
“though we love our own the best”.
We are glad to see that ours show
up fairly well compared w r ith the
others, and we don’t regret one
stitch of sewing nor one lick of
the hot iron that helped produce the
effect. May we never be too old
to thrill to these occasions!
PERSONAL SERVICE
A young woman told me recently
that she has asked her missionary
society to take as personal service
this month the task of being sure
that each senior girl has the re
quired white organide dress for
graduation, the society to buy the
material where it may be neces
sary. The money will be provided
by a special offering. “For,” said
this woman -who has not forgotten
her own school days, “a white or
gandie dress this month might be
the deciding factor in the future
life of a girl.” And she was most
decidedly not talking for publica
tion. It seemed to me a lovely thing
for that society to undertake.
WJIO”LL WIN, AND WHEN?
For some years I have offered a
prize which has not yet been claim
ed, though the offer is still open.
I will give five dollars to any sen
ior class at Wakelon that will man
age to get through “with all its
graduation exercises without say
ing “bear Old Wakelon!” ‘Dear’
may be used alone, as may ‘old’,
but not the combination.
The reason for the offer is mere
ly one of my idiosyncrasies.
THE FOUR-COUNTY NEWSPAPER—WAKE, JOHNSTON, NASH AND FRANKLIN.
ZEBULON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY FOURTH, 1934
SOCIETY NIGHT PROGRAM
Recitation —“The Littlest Rebel”
—Eunice Outlaw.
Recitation- “Ma’s Monday Morn
in’ ” —Christine Perry.
Declamation—'"A Harvard Yale
Football Game”—Vermon Starnes..
Declamation—“ The Unknown Ri
der”—Jack Temple.
Inter-Society Debates
Resolved, that the powers of the
president of the United States'
should be substantially increased as
a settled policy.
Affirmative: Mary Lucile Phil
lips, Ferd Davis.
Negative: Lucy Frances Massey,
George Henry Temple.
This program is furnished by
Wakelon’s four Literary Societies
—Philomathean, G. M. Bell, Ero
sophian and Philanthropic.
Marshalls: Edna Earle Sexton,
Elaine Robertson, Christine Duke,
Mary Frances Mitchell.
Because of the illness of Jack
Temple his place on the program
was taken by Ralph House, who
spoke on The Home in Our Govern
ment. In the recitahions Eunice
Outlaw won, while Ralph House
was given the decision in declama-I
tion.
Thp affirmative won in the de
bate. George Henry Temple was
awarded the honor of being best
speaker. Judges were: Atty. Phillip
Whitley, of Wendell; Miss Ratledge
of the English department of Wen
dell, and Miss Harper, also of the
Wendell faculty.
COMMENCEMENT SERMON
The second event in Wakelon’s
commencement program was the
annual sermon, which was preach
ed on Sunday morning in the school
auditorium at 11:00 o’clock by Dr.
C. L. Read, pastor of the local
Methodist church.
Escorted by Lorraine Bridgers,
marshal, and led by Sprite Barbee,
class president, and small Nancy
Whitley, mascot, the seniors enter
ed as “Lead On, 0 King Eternal”
was sung by the audience as pro
cessional. Rev. R. H. Herirng led
the invocation. The glee club sang
an anthem, “Lift Up Your Heads,” i
and George Henry Temple sang a
solo, “Crossing the Bar.” An
nouncements were made by Supt.
Moser.
Dr. Read chose as a basis for his
N. C. Students Are
Poorly Prepared
From Prof. A. P. Hudson, chair
man of the freshman English de
partment at the University of N.
C. ( comes the statement that stu
dents coming to that institution
from North Carolina schools are
not so well prepared in English as
are those coming from other states.
This does not mean that all N. C.
freshmen are poorly prepared, but
that there is an undue proportion
of the worst prepared. An effort
will be *made to secure “greater
unity between high school prepar
ation and the first two years of
College.”
Signora Furlanotto, 46-year-old
Venice (Italy) woman, has given
birth to her 25th baby in 25 years
of married life.
Wakelon School News
sermon passages from Ekekiel, Job
and Isaiah, the central theme being
God’s search for a man and the
soul’s answer. He asserted that to
be called provincial is no cause for
shame since the majority of the
nations leaders might have been so
classed. He urged that the young
people hold up the standards of the
“Bible belt” in the South, being
true to the fundamentals of faith
in God; that they set their minds
with fixed purpose and immovable
determination toward the highest
and best and press onward with
perseverance.
The benediction was by Rev. A.
A. Pippin, of Wakefield.
HONORS WON IN STATE
l n the State Music Contest, hold
last week in Greensboro, Charles
Winstead wo n first honor for un
changed boys’ voices. Jocelyn House
was one of those winning second
honors in piano solos. The Wake
lon mixed q lartet was awarded
third honor.
GRADE PICNICS
On Tuesday Mrs. F. E. Bunn’s'
7th grade enjoyed a picnic at Little ]
River park. 1
Miss Southerland’s 7th grade also '
had a picnic dinner on Tuesday, be
ing guests of their grade-mothers,
Mrs. Lela Horto n and Mrs. A. 11.
Jones, in the flower garden at Mrs.
Horton’s house on Gannon Avenue.
A bountiful and delicious lunch
was spread on a table while crates
of cold drinks were a welcome addi
tion. Louise Pace, in behalf of the
grade offered a toast to the grade
mothers. Mildred Strother gave a
toast to the teacher. Nettie Ruth
Phillips expressed the appreciation
of the grade for the help given
them during the year by Misses
Price and Buffalo. Eric Perry
toasted the members of the grade
who won in the contest on Im
provement in Written English dur
ing the year. These winners are: 1 j
—Willard Morris; 2—W. A. Oak-!
ley; 3—Ruth Duke.
A special feature of the dinner J
was a cake presented to Mi3S,
Southerland by Ernest Hodge, a i
former pupil, and baked by Miss!
Estelle Richards. First portions of!
this were awarded the class offic-'
ers and the prize-winners.
Ambassadors
Visit In Raleigh
Josephus Daniels, Ambassador to
Mexico, and William E. Dodd, Am
bassador to Germany, were both in
Raleigh last Sunday, the former to
visit his home, and the latter to
visit his mother-in law, Mrs. Thom
as Johns.
Gnats Kill Stock
From Arkansas come reports of
buffalo gnats having killed thous
ands of dollars worth of mules and
horses, 300 having been killed
within a ten-mile radius of one
town. The present plague of the
deadly insects is the most serious
known for years.
Patronize Our Advetrisers.
Misses Buffalo and Price and
Mrs. Theo. B. Davis were guests.
CLASS DAY PROGRAM
A n immense crowd attended the
Class Day program on Tuesday
night. Led by Sprite Barbee, class
president, and Nancy Whitley, mas
cot, the seniors passed beneath
arches of spirea held by the jun
iors to reach their places on the
rostrum. The following numbers
were enjoyed:
Junior Song to Seniors.
Senior Song to Juniors.
Salutatry— Bonnie Belle Alford.
Song of Welcome.
Class History—Elmo Bunn.
( lass Statistics—Janie Cawthorne
Class Poem—Kathleen Perry.
Class Bibliography- James Bunn.
Advice to Juniors —Nellie Whit
ley.
Class Prophecy—Mary Leigh
Denton.
Gifts—Geraldine Massey.
Last Will and Testament —Geral
dine Jones.
Valedictory Bobby Horton.
Farewell Song.
SEVENTH GRADE EXERCOSES
Seventh grade graduating exer
cises were held in the auditorium
at Wakelon at 3:00 p. m., Wed
nesday. The program was in the
form of an original play, written
by three pupils of the grade—
Cornelia Herring, Elizabeth Pearce
and Margaret Watson —and delight
ed the large audience. Supt. Moser
awarded certificates of graduation
and of promotion to high school t»
sixty-one students. Mrs. F. E. Bunn
and Miss Annie Rose Southerland
taught the grade.
Special features of the program
.were:
Prophecy, by Margaret Watson;
solo, Charles Winstead; Poem, Az
lee Jones; piano duet, Elizabeth
Pearce, Cornelia Herring; class
poem, Ercell Littleton; tap dance
Ruby Bridgers; class history, Bruce
Williams; essay, Charles Hinton;
marionette show, Louise Pace, Mil
dred Strother, Kathleen Brannan
Horace Gay, Eric Perry, Wilbur
Oakley, W. A. Oakley, Ellie Wat
son, Clelland May, with Alpha Ed
dins as stage manager.
The prizes for work in English
were give by Mrs. Lela B. Horton,
grade mother.
The valedictory was delivered by
Cornelia Herring.
Valot Assaulted
By Gangsters
Dr. George G. Valot, Frenchman,
was assaulted by gangsters in Ra
leigh last week, following his testi
fying in a liquor case. In addition
to being beaten by men, he is said
to have bee n kicked in the face by
a woman. The doctor said that he
had made investigations into liquor
conditions in other towns, and add
ed that convictions were more dif
ficult to obtain in Raleigh.
Dr. Ella K. Dearborn, of Port
land, Ore., is the owner of what is
said to be the world’s largest and
most varied collection of spoons—
-2460 in number. In addition to
many odd and beautiful spoons pro
duced in the United States, the col
lection contains at least one speci
men from every other country on
earth.
NUMBER 45
YE FLAPDOODLE
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Swashbuckler
Happened to be coming out of
the News and Observer building
last Saturday just as Hon. Jose
phus Daniels propelled himself
through the revolving doors of the
structure. “Howdy”, said his Honor
as he almost stumbled over my
dainty foot. “How do you do, Mr.
Daniels,” 1 smiled. The name seem
ed to register, for he turned and
holding out his hand for a friendly
clasp spoke, “Glad to see you a
gain.” Ambassador Dodd was with
him and also smiled a greeting.
If there is a moral in this, then
the President certainly chose the
right man for Ambassador to Mex
ico. Why? Well, if the former edi
tor makes friends in foreign coun
tries, a4 he does here, Mexico is
our friendliest ally.
No U Turn
Some of our local beauties cer
tainly mpst bcdieve that variety is
the spice of life. At any rate,
couple of them have had three dif
ferent fellows in the past year.
At present they are catering to the
Wakefield type. (And I’m not talk
ing about cabbage plants!)
You Rat ! Mr. Rat To you !
When I find out what the public
wants, I’m going to root all five
candidates out of their legislatur
at.trial aspirational hopefulness.
After a wepk of listening in oh
“Who and what the public wants”,
I have practically found out the
tripe, pardon me i type I shall have
to be.
One of my friends says I could
n’t be a dark horse, because my
spots would show.
One friend like 3 Palmer Bailey
because he thumbs his way over
the district like the rest of the pore
men. He wears overalls too.
A lady friend likes Harold Cool
ey’s block-long Lincoln and liveried
chaffeur.
Another likes Bill Evans’ fight
i ing jaw.
And yet another adores Georgie
Pou’s baby-face.
One lady plans to vote for Jere
Zollicoffer because he reminds her
of her son-in-law.
After staring these cold facts in
the face, I’ve decided to wait until
both our Senator’s died and then
run for office.
I couldn’t be deceitful enough to
do all those things at the same
time. *
Suppose I had my baby-face ex
pression on and suddenly saw a
fighting jaw supporter coming my
Way. The facial contortion neces
sary for sudden a change, would
queer my vote with both parties.
Probably, I’d remind them of
the well, anyway, I’ll not cause
them to lose even one of their for
ty winks by presenting a solid
plaster of paris opposition.
Hotcha!
Probably the only running .for
office I’ll ever do, anyway, will be
when the rest room is full. (The
boss says that in that case it will
be o. k.)