Mount Olive, May 29—Thursday night marked the class exercises of the annual commencement exercises of the graduating class. Ben Thigpen, president of the class of 1926, and Ernestine Flowers, secretary of the class, were in charge of the program which was decidedly superior to any presented in the high school in the past several years, according to the opinion of many.
First on the evening’s program was the address of welcome to the audience by Ben Thigpen president of the class. Julia Grimes presented the class history, which gave everyone a backward glance at the four year high school career of the class of ’26. The class poem was written and read by Marie Lewis.
The Class Grumbler was read by Mollie Mae Britt. This entertained the audience very much, showing how many people of this world always look on the dark side of life. Roslyn Southerland, the winner of the essay medal, read her essay on “The Cherokee Indians in North Carolina.”
Lillian Summerlin, the class prophet, read the prophecy, which gave us a look into the future of each member of the class.
The class will was read by Walter Cherry, the draughtsman of the will. Mixed with the humor was enough of the serious to make the feature very interesting.
Julia Marr, the giftorian, furnishes the audiences with numbers of good laughs, when gifts were presented to the various members of the class. Many humorous, most of them appropriate, with personal touches for each, the gifts proved a delightful feature. The giftorian presented Mr. J.O. Bowman with a check for $85 from the Senior class to be used for the stage curtain. Last she presented Miss Goff, the Senior class teacher, with a beautiful wrist watch, as a parting gift from the class.
Written by Roselyn Southerland, the class song was the next song, and the Seniors filed from the platform to mingle with the audience, and figuratively, with the world.
From page 6 of The Goldsboro News, Sunday morning, May 30, 1926
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