Manteo, May 17—As the final program of the commencement the graduating exercises of the Manteo High School were held in the high school auditorium Tuesday evening of this week. Dr. H.M. Poteat of Wake Forest College delivered an address the forceful theme of which was the dangers of ignorance to American citizenship. In less than an hour of convincing argument, he stressed the danger of socialistic and ignorant immigrations into our borders; of the weaknesses brought about in our educational system by immature and poorly prepared teachers as well as by those grasping for new fancies and foibles; of the overworked tendence toward vocational education and elective courses for young students as opposed to the cultural subjects for mental development; and, finally, of weak religious training in the home and community, which came in for particularly scathing condemnation.
The high school class was 17 in number and the largest class ever having graduated in the school. The roster follows: Hugh Basnight, Clara Cox, Emma Mae Crawford, Lena Price Daniels, Dorothy Drinkwater, Margaret Hoyle, Alma Meekins, Angerola Melson, Eliza Midgette, Ellery Midgette, Susan Midgette, Early Smith, Simeon Tolar, Harry Wescott, Mabel Wescott, Alice White and Hazel Lee Willis.
On Monday night, May 12, the high school students presented “Peg O’ My Heart” with remarkable cleverness for an amateur production. Miss Beatrice Daniels starred as “Peg” and Harry Wescott as “Jerry.”
Friday night, May 10, Dr. S.H. Templeman of the First Baptist church of Elizabeth City preached the baccalaureate sermon to the graduating class and previous to that the grammar grades had given a fairy like operetta beautifully costumed and capably trained. Throughout the entire commencement program the result of well taught music in the school was demonstrated and vocal talent rarely found was evidenced by several students.
From the front page of the Elizabeth City Daily Advance, Saturday, May 17, 1924
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