The closing exercises of St. Paul’s School took place Monday night in the school auditorium with a crowd present.
The address to the graduating class was made by Reverend H de C. Mazyck and was forcible appeal to the students to live for the higher and better things in life.
The annual sermon to the graduates was delivered in St. Paul’s Church Sunday morning at the regular hour of service by the Reverend Mr. Wilcox of Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Wilcox’s test was a part of the first verse in the Bible, “In the beginning God”. His sermon set forth the necessity of Divine guidance in all the relations of life. The sermon was a very striking and interesting discourse.
The members of the graduating class this year were:
Olive Carawan
Allie Harrell
Sterling Chadwick
William Robinson
Samuel Way
The program of the Monday evening’s exercises was as follows:
School Song—School
Salutatory—Allie Harrell
Piano Solo, Concert Polonaise—Engleman—Anna Skarren
Commencement Address—Rev. H. de C. Mazyck
Valedictory—Olive Carrawan
Piano Duet, Comrades in Arms—Haynes—Mildred Salter and Anna Skarren
Presentation of Certificates, Promotions and Rewards
Presentation of Diplomas—Rev. C.P. Wilcox
Gloria in Excelsis—School
The fifth and sixth grades presented the operetta “The Flower Nymph’s Surprise” and the seventh grade presented the operetta Bonnybell.
From the front page of The Beaufort News, Published in Carteret County, Thursday, June 11, 1925
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