PALS Holds Commencement
Pals holds commencement with students and faculty gathering for the ceremony. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the event marks a formal conclusion of studies and presentation of certificates.
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Newspaper
Monroe Morning World
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1942
Page
5
Pals holds commencement with students and faculty gathering for the ceremony. Details are sparse in the fragment, but the event marks a formal conclusion of studies and presentation of certificates.
The address urged youth to pursue a just lasting peace and warned that revenge and hate threaten World War II outcomes. It emphasized Robert MacArthur’s legacy, challenged the next generation to act, and praised civic leaders and scholars for their roles in education and awards during the ceremony.
Graduation exercises for the Tallulah High School class of 192 featured sixty nine graduates in the auditorium. Speakers included George Spencer and Loraine Lovitt with awards to Lovitt, Rodwig, and others from American Legion DAR and D A R chapters. Scholarships were announced for Mae Peel and Grace Brownlee with college choices for several seniors.
Eighteen Ouachita parish students graduated from Louisiana State University last week. Named are Evelyn Baur B A Lelia Dean Frazier B A Louise Sanderson B A Annie Laurie Spencer College of Arts and Sciences James Webster Jr Journalism Hubert Eugene Chandler Pre Med Florent H Hamonds Sara Frances Hinkle Katherine Mickel Carol Peyton Oliver James P Perrine John Cecil Winkler Edna Mae Mullin.
Anne Goodwin Yancey earns bachelor of music. Gilbert T Brow Jr and Lean Thompson complete law. Kenneth Ervin earns M A and Arthur H Sewater gains A B A M. Other degree recipients include several additional graduates noted by initials and fields.
Pythian Sisters Temple Monroe No 1 schedules regular meeting Monday at 2:00 pm This will be the last initiation for charter members All uninitiated members urged to attend A large class of Knights and ladies to be initiated Knights of Pythias hall urged to attend
The Ouachita parish grammar school's seventh grade held graduation in the high school auditorium. Kay McHenry was first honor and David Welch second. Music by the school chorus. Rev. E D Holloway spoke on The Value of Ambition, urged drive and effort.
An orator urges focus and persistent effort as the path to achievement. He cites Lowell and scripture to warn against aimlessness, urging work, forward progress, and the plowward task, noting ambition brings respect and prompts others to strive. The speech extols bold, starry-minded youth pursuing fame, power, and creative achievement.
The Gilbert area claims the season s first cotton blossom as C B Sherrouse reports a bloom in a Bayou Macon river field. He notes many blooms present but this one is the first brought in. Perry Hill farms the property. crop prospects look strong this year with better prospects than recent years.
The Ouachita Parish High School band and tumbling team travel to Camp Livingston today to perform for soldiers. Led by coach Ben Rush, the tumblers will perform forward and backward flips, 18 foot dives, bar work including a double fly-away, and hand ladders. Band director Walter C. Minner leads a fortieth appearance program in 34 weeks, featuring a marimba duet by Miss Ann Humphries and Miss Anna Lee Bedwell, plus marches and selections such as Thunder and Blazes, A Chinese Temple Garden, Sabre and Spurs, Amparito Roca, Cowboy Rhapsody, The Stars and Stripes Forever, and The Star Spangled Banner.
Hosie Lewis, a Negro, was arrested yesterday by sheriff's deputies on a peace warrant sworn by Mary Johnson. He is detained in Ouachita parish jail, with bond set at $350 after allegations he threatened the woman.
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