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VOLUME 1.
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1916
NUMBER 45
HENDERSON-BROWN
CLOSING EXERCISES.
Thirty Graduates Receive Diplo
mas and Twelve Medals
Are Bestowed.
Arkadelphia, May 31.—The
twentysixth annual graduating
exercises of Henderson Brown
College were held in the college
auditorium today. There were
30 graduates.
The closing exercises were as
follows: College chorus, “Come
Sweet Spring.” Miss Pauline
Huff of McCrory, faculty repre
sentative, read an essay on ine
Aristocracy of Merit;” Gus
Dollarhide, class representative,
oration on “School of Life;”
MissCosie Patterson, valedictory;
Miss Olga Leaman sang “Sum
mer Time” and the “Fairy Pi
pers.”
The baccalaureate address was
delivered by J. H. Hinemon of
Little Rock, superintendent of
the Arkansas School for the
blind. The subject was “educa
tion.”
MEDALS CONFERRED.
Medals were conferred as fol
lows: Scholarship, Thornburg
Workman; declamation, Cecil
Gee; essay, Miss Julia Baker;
debate, Howard Dawson; medal
for most improvement in the
year, James Workman; house
keeping, two awards for a tie, to
Misses Emison and Gee; expres
sion, Miss Pauline Huff; Latin,
Miss Mary Workman; art, Miss
Lottie Gulledge; history of music,
Miss Jessie Mai Harley; harmony,
Miss Mary Workman.
THE GRADUATES.
The list of graduates follows:
Bachelor of Arts—Misses Julia
Pearl Baker, Clovis, N. M.; John
Byrd Crabtree, Bradley; Lillie
Emison, Russellville; Pauline
Huti, Ottie Huff, McCrory; Hor
tense Murry, Cosie Patterson,
Voliie Reed, Georgia Man warr
ing, Arkadelphia; Nona Wolf,
Bingen. Thornburg Workman,
Odem Walker, Arkadelphia; Wal
ter Scott, Hope; Augustus Dol
larhide, Little Rock.
Bachelor of Science—Robert
Lee Jones, Crisp, Tex.; William
Rowland, Arkadelphia, Miss An
nie Katherine May, Little Rock.
Expression Graduates—Misses
eighton Boyce, Texarkana;
mnie Boullion, Arkadelphia;
Bauhne Huff, Ottie Huff, Me
mory; Katherine May, Little
ock; Della May Thomas, For
yce» L«ucileCupp, Junction City.
Piano—Miss Lynelle Baker,
Hamburg.
Woodruff County Teacher’s
Association.
Augusta High School Auditorium
Morning Session—10 o’clock.
Invocation. Rev. Wilcoxon.
Address of welcome. Rev. H.
Hanesworth; response, Miss
i Ethel Johnson.
Primary plans—Miss Mai Hart
Stephenson.
Trials of a Teacher, Miss Nelle
Harbour.
Instrumental Solo—Miss Poca
Eskew.
Afternoon Session—2 o’clock.
Business Session.
Vocal Solo—Miss Lillian Haral
son.
Domestic Science in Schools—
Miss Minnie Lou McKnight.
Girls’ Canning Clubs—Miss
Eileen Critz.
Reading—Miss Francis Golson.
Benefits to be derived from a
County Association—Mr. Wood
bury.
Mrs. J. R. Piercey and sister,
Mrs. Elgin of Prescott, visited in
Augusta Monday afternoon.
Miss Effie Dunlap attended the
commencement ««ercises of the
Wynne High School last week.
The Tatting Club met with
Miss Dorris Kyle Monday after
noon. A jolly good time was had
by all.
Miss Bessie Jones of Riverside
was the guest of Misses Ellen
Lewis and Gretchen Tarpley this
week.
Ready for shipment now. Yel
low yam potato slips at 15c per
hundred. Write W. Lawson
Smith, Brookhaven, Miss. Adv.
Mrs. D. M. Thompson who has
been a pleasant guest at the
home of her son, R. C. Thomp
son this week will leave tomor
row, Saturday, for her home at
Levesque. She will be" accom
panied by eer grandson, Master
Elloitt Thompson.
Artists’ Course in Piano—Miss
Fredonia Rowland, Arkadelphia.
Art—Misses Helen Booth, Ir
ma Lucile Lassiter, Ruth May, of
Little Rock; Laura Gray Cargile,
Sarah Young, Okolona; Corinne
Coker, Warren; Ottieand Pauline
Huff, McCrary; Majorie Votaw,
Nashville; Eunice Edna White,
Prescott.
Domestic Science—Misses Vol
lie Reed, Rosalie Riggin, Arka
delphia.
Voice—Misses Estelle Bald
ridge, Benton, and Olga Snyder,
Little Rock.
Teacher’s Institute
At Augusta, June, 5-10.
In our Institute work there
will be two Section Meetings for
each branch of study treated in
teacher’s examinations.
The Institute will op?n at 10
o’clock Monday morning. Four
teen Section leaders have been
appointed as follows: Miss Ruth
Conner, Spelling; Miss Nell Hut
chins, Reading; Miss Mary Rod
dy, Penmanship; Judge A. L.
Hutchins, Grammar; Prof. C. E.
Hines, Arithmetic; Miss Francis
Fletcher, Geography; Prof.
Campbell, U. S. History; Prof.
Lambert, Ark. History; Miss
Zada Berry, Physiology; Mrs.
Lillie M. Kelley, Theory and
Practice; Miss Poca Eskew,
Civil Government; Prof. C. C.;
Hunnicutt, Algebra; Mr. Ab
bey and Miss Critz, Agriculture.
The Section schedule is the
following:
Monday: 10-11 a. m,, Reading
and Penmanship; 11-12, Spelling
and Arithmetic.
Tuesday: 9-10, Reading and
Pepmanship; 10-11, Spelling and
Arithmetic; 11-12, Grammar and
Geography.
Wednesday: 9-10, Grammar
and Geography; 10-11, U. S. His
tory and Ark. History; 11-12,
Convict Escapes.
Columbus Rodgers one of the
negro convicts sent here to work
on the public roads escaped from
Overseer J. L. Bronte Sunday
evening. The negro was sentenc
ed to the pen for four years for
breaking into H. Arnof & Sons'
store in this city and his time
would have expired May, 22,
1919. Mr. Bronte is confident
he will recapture the escaped
criminal.
Messrs Frank Shue, Forrest
Greer, Nudy and Ellis Arnof,
Pete James and Egbert Dupree
motored to Augusta Monday
night.
Physiology and Theory and Prac
Thursday: 9-10, U. S. History
and Ark. History; 10-11, Physi
ology and Agriculture; 11-12,
civil Government and Algebra.
Friday: 9-10, Civil Govern
ment and Algebra; 10-11, Theory
and Practice and Agriculture;
11-12, Meeting with Examiners.
Prof. J. L. Bend, Supt.-Elect,
Prof. Leo M. Favrot, Associate
supervisor of Rural Schools and
others will visit our Institute.
Respectfully,
T. W. Woodbury, Co Ex.
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