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be11re3-12r-iyGRADUATESWILL RECEIVEoflers.rgAHS DIPLOMASs- Commencement ExercisesISb at Brooklyn School to beS Held Next Fridayd,S.r,i,s,nno5.doniic]! Ji*lThe graduation program at For-! rest county agricultural high school, began Friday with the annual Homecoming Day celebration, will be climaxed Friday, May 16, by commencement exercises and presentation of diplomas to 27 graduates, the second largest senior class in the history of the institution.The commencement sermon, which will be delivered by the Rev. R. S. Saucier, Brooklyn Methodist minister, will take place in the Brooklyn Methodist Church at 11 o’clock Sunday morning. Practically every day next week is featured by some senior class activity.The annual junior-senior banquet will be held at the Forrest Hotel at} 8 o’clock Monday night. The senior play, “Am I Intruding.”, will be presented in the A. H. S. auditorium at 8 o’clock Thursday night. The senior breakfast at the home economics department cottage at 8 o’clockFriday morning is the last entertainment on the program before thecommencement exercises next Friday night.Commencement Speaker* - • . ♦Dr. Z. T. Johnson, State Teachers College professor, will make the commencement address, and will be introduced by Superintendent K. P. Walker. .Dr. Johnson, a member of the S. fjT. C. faculty less than a year, already enjoys an enviable reputation in this section as an interesting and forceful speaker. Dr. Johnson holds an M. A. degree from the University of Kentucky, a Ph.D. degree from Peabody College, and was head of the history department at that school before coming to Hattiesburg in 1929.Delivery of diplomas will be made by S. E. L. Weatherford, Forrest county superintendent of education. J Members of the graduating class, and class officers are:Graduating ClassJ. R. McCall, Picayune, president; Philip Thompson, Hattiesburg, vice-president; Freda Earle Batson, Carnes, secretary; Annie Lou Chancellor, Maxie; George B. Dubose, Carnes; Annie Elizaoeth Entrekin, Carnes; James Angus Fairley, Hattiesburg; William H. Fillingame,Brooklyn; Cecil Johnson, Fruitlandpark; Herbert Lee, Carnes; Elizabeth Lee, Carnes; Eula Lott, Bond;Alice Lott, Bond; Angus MurphyMcBride, Columbia; Wilbur JustinMartin, Brooklyn; Herbert Middle-Drook, Rolling Fork; Gladystene Mitchell, Hattiesburg; Clifton nobles, Hattiesburg; William C. Pearce, Brooklyn; William, W. Porter, Hattiesburg; Sarah Kathryn Shirley, Hattiesburg; Lyman M. simms, Jackson; Clinton O. Smith, Brooklyn; Elmer Smith, Brooklyn; Spurgeon Suttle, Lucedale; Curtis* waiters, Brooklyn, and DeMart vVeidy, McCallum.The graduating class is the largest in the history of the school except i^r that of 1923 when a change in_vmooi regulations resulted in the J begraduation of both the eleventh and pc .w#itn grades. Eighteen graduates received diplomas from the Forrest fo county agricultural high school in m 1929. allDespite disorganization of the stu- pe dent body due to construction of the nt tiew John C. Gay building during fo: part of the school year, the A. H. S. Hi aas enjoyed a successful session un- mi der the direction of Superintendent grWalker this year. ^Mi1t£actIbS'SIsc.sio:tcsiaa:ticlolPlt;LiGj£S]GWaiorsiiis
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Hattiesburg American
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US
Sat, May 10, 1930
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