Closing Exercises Highlight Colored School Program
The colored school held its closing exercises Thursday at 8 o'clock at the First Baptist Church. The program featured choruses, an invocation by Rev. F. S. Stephens, a class play titled Little Miss Jack, a diploma presentation by Rev. J. S. Slaughter, and a reading of The North Wind. An additional performance, Unner sine Skies, was announced for tonight at the A. M. F. church. The event welcomed both white and colored attendees.
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My Favorite Stories By Irvin S CobE No Place for an Outsider
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